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Originally Posted by Mycroft
...Why can't they both be good films with interesting stories? Why are you trying to make a competition based on something that you have never seen?
Some people just gotta stir the pot...
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This phenomenon is called "twin movies". Google it. It is where a studio releases a movie and another studio immediately (or soon after) releases a movie with the exact same plot. Usually they are so closely released that they couldn't have time to copy without having advanced stolen info.
This is a well known topic in the movie world. Here are some examples
Babe and Gordy (1995)
Turner and Hooch and K-9 (1989)
Abyss and Leviathan (1989)
Armageddon and Deep Impact (1998)
Little Big League (1994) and Rookie of the Year (1993)
Capote and Infamous (2006)
Volcano and Dante's Peak (1997)
Chasing Liberty and First Daughter (2004)
Tombstone (1993) and Wyatt Earp (1994)
The Prestige and The Illusionist (2006)
Antz and A Bug's Life (1998)
Stealing Harvard and Orange County (2002)
Powder (1995) and Phenomenon (1996)
Top Gun and Iron Eagle (1986)
Red Planet and Mission to Mars (2000)
The Truman Show (1998) and Ed TV (1999)
The Wild (2006) and Madagascar (2005)
Observe and Report and Paul Blart Mall Cop (2009)
Hollywood is an absolute vortex of copying and blatant ripoffs.
It's not just movies - it's TV as well. For example:
Castle vs. The Mentalist
Elementary vs Sherlock
NCIS vs. CSI
Flip This House vs Flip That House
Wife Swap vs Trading Spouses
And the lists go on and on (and on).
The point is that this is a culture throughout Hollywood. This is another example of this. I pointed it out accurately and factually. I don't think that is "stirring the pot".
In fact, in a follow-up post I even discussed how this movie might have been started first.