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Changing Film Genres
Identity Theft (2013) >
Up the Front (1972)
Identity Theft (2013):
Identity theft is about a woman that is a professional at
identity theft. She steels a poor man’s identity racks his credit card bills up
to a very high amount. She only gets away with it because then man’s name is
sandy. Now that could pass for a woman’s name as well. No one ever questioned
her. Well Sandy the man whose identity was stolen set off to find this woman
who has made so much damage in his life.
Up the front (1972):
A boot-boy who is a coward is the star in this movie. He
went to war in 1914 had to be hypnotized to save England. With the master plan
tattooed and is butt the Germans are hot on his trail to try and make him hand
over the plans. Tattooing it on his butt was the only way he could get the plan
of action to the British.
Similarities and Differences
They are similar because they are both comedies. Yes I
understand we may not fond the common comedy as funny as they did back then,
but it was still funny to the people back then. They produce jokes. Also funny
situations are produced in each movie.
Now what would be different would be the way they were
produced. Not totally the same but they have the same concept. The 2013 movie
is modern day. It is relatable to us. We get great joy out of watching it. As
did the people that watched comedies in 1972 enjoy them. We do not enjoy them
the same as they are not what we are used to. The old movie has some scenes
where there was laughter in the funny scenes and there aren’t that in the today
films. The graphics are almost totally different as well. It has a much clearer
picture.
This
is 40 and Now You see, Now You Don’t
This Is 40 is an update to the lives
of Pete and Debbie, which we were introduced to from the film "Knocked
Up". Now the couple is married, living with two daughters, and they have
to learn how to overcome the obstacles faced during life. In doing so, they
experience many hardships and downfalls, but this soon brings them closer and happier
than before.
Now You See, Now You Don't is about
a chemistry student who invents a spray that makes the wearer invisible. This
is all fine and dandy until a gang of crooks find out about the formula and
want to steal it to use during a bank robbery. Now, it's up to the student and
his friends to stop them. While being chased, the kids find themselves in
predicaments that may be difficult to get out of.
There are many differences between
these two films. Not only is the plot completely different, but the way the
movie is being portrayed is different. Examples of this include how the script
was written, the props used in each film, the general audience targeted for
both films, the coloring and music being used during or in between scenes, and
just the general aspect of each film. The only similarity would be the
surroundings in the film which was a community neighborhood setting.
The
Sting and Horrible Bosses
As years have come and gone, films have been changing due to new
technology, new digital images and futuristic effects that make films look more
realistic.
The film, “The Sting”,
a 1973 movie, it takes place in the city of Chicago during the 1930’s. The plot is
about a young con man seeking revenge for his murdered partner. He teams up
with a master of “the big con” to win a fortune from a criminal banker. The
film quality was very poor, but at the time, it was great considering when the
movie was created and what cameras and lenses were available. The mood of the
film was funny and creative during the 1970’s, and shows that there are many
similar concepts between comedy movies back then and now. The Sting seems to be a little complex but throws a slight twist
in, to keep you on your toes and keep you interested through the entire movie.
A recent film that has been a top comedy movie of the 2011-13
time period and has similar concepts and themes is the movie “Horrible Bosses.” The plot of this film
is about three great friends that hate their bosses. The friends are pushed to
the idea to kill their bosses, and decide to hire an ex con man to help them
plot to take their bosses down. This comedy movie has a great twist at the end
and has the same style even as movies like “The
Sting” that was created almost 40 years ago.
The film takes place in present time and has a hilarious plot as
3 grown men adventure together to kill one another’s bosses. With the new
technology in today’s day in age, screen imaging has become amazing and clearer
with lots of things like HD or IMAXX theater viewing. Recent or older films
that contain similar traits that even in the past, when cameras and tools weren’t
as technical or clear, had great casts and plots that got good reviews for the
times that the films were created.
Ted and Sleeper
Ted- You can’t even compare a movie
from the 70's such as sleeper to a movie like Ted today. The comedy in Ted
seems more real life and the jokes seem a lot dryer. We also noticed that there
is a lot more perverted jokes and more cuss words in the new comedies like ted,
Sleeper didn’t have any foul language and or perverted jokes.
Sleeper - When you watch the comedy
sleeper from 1973, most of the comedy consist of witty jokes as well as stupid
tricks that go wrong.
The
Groove Tube:
“The Groove Tube” was a 1974
low-budget comedy film written and produced by Ken Shapiro. It mocked
television and the counterculture of the 1970’s. This film was originally made
to be shown in the Channel One Theater which only played R-rated movies. The
film starred Richard Belzer and Chevy Chase and included many different skits.
Some of the skits were “The Dealers”,”Koko the Clown”, a public service
announcement about venereal disease, and parodies of cooking shows. The movie
also shows several spoof television commercials.
The 41 Year Old Virgin who Knocked Up
Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About it:
“The 41 Year Old Virgin who knocked up
Sarah Marshall and felt Superbad about it” was directed by Craig Moss. This
movie, like The Groove Tube, mocks other movies from around the time it was
made. This movie mocks other comedy movies like “Knocked Up”, ” Superbad”, ”
The 40 Year Old Virgin” , and “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”. This movie also
pokes fun at multiple other movies and television shows.
These two movies differ because the
comedies now, even though they have a similar goal to mock other movies, are a
lot raunchier. The budget for “The Groove Tube” was $200,000 while the budget
for the newer movie was $1.3 million. “The Groove Tube” made $20,447,000 from
box office but “The 41 Year Old Virgin who knocked up Sarah Marshall and felt
Superbad about it” went straight to DVD because of so much competition. They also differed by the way the movie
looked. The clothes they wore, the cars they drive, and the quality of the movie
is all different.
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