Friday, July 27, 2007

Don't See That....Cuz I Said So!

So I was talking to one of my BFFs (yes bitch, F.U. has friends) and she mentioned that she wanted to see that new movie with Catherine Zeta Jones, No Reservations. So I of course tell her that that movie is going to be dumb as hell AND all those people did was copy the movie Mostly Martha. Now how in the hell do you copy a movie in 2007 from a movie that was released in 2001 and then try to pass it off as a different movie?! Read the plots from each movie:

Mostly Martha:

In a German restaurant, Chef Martha Klein is the undisputed supreme ruler of the kitchen staff and woe to any customer who would dare criticize her cooking. Her life is firmly centered around cooking which takes on a obsessive level with stubborn single mindedness. Even when she is ordered to take therapy, she still constantly talks about her work and the iron clad control she relishes in her task. All that changes when her sister dies in a car accident, leaving her 8 year old daughter, Lina. Martha takes her niece in and while making enquiries for her estranged father, she struggles to care for this stubbornly headstrong child. Meanwhile at work, a new chef named Mario is hired on and Martha feels threatened by this unorthodox intruder. The pressures of both her private and work life combine to create a situation that will fundamentally call her attitudes and life choices into question while these interlopers into her life begin to profoundly change it.

No Reservations:

Master chef Kate Armstrong (Academy Award winner Catherine Zeta-Jones) lives her life like she runs her kitchen at a trendy Manhattan eatery with a no-nonsense intensity that both captivates and intimidates everyone around her. Kate's perfectionist nature is put to the test when she "inherits" her nine-year-old niece Zoe (Abigail Breslin), while contending with a brash new sous-chef who joins her staff. High-spirited and freewheeling, Nick Palmer (Aaron Eckhart) couldn't be more different from Kate, yet the chemistry between them is undeniable. Rivalry becomes romance, but Kate will have to learn to express herself beyond the realm of her kitchen if she wants to connect with Zoe and find true happiness with Nick.

Like are you kidding me? How do you just rip off an entire movie?!!! And on top of that, they don't even make the movie better than the original. Now granted Mostly Martha was not an American movie and had subtitles, I still don't think its okay for Americans just to make the same movie. And if some reason you don't trust F.U. (dumb ass) click here.

So there you have it. If for some reason you were planning to see No Reservations, Don't Do It! If for no other reason....cuz I said so Dammit!!

1 comments:

Elle said...

Okay yeah, clearly the same movie. I really hope they gave some money/credit where it is due. And I still want to see No Reservations! :)