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16 Details Which Make No Sense In Pirates Of The Caribbean
Pirates of the Caribbean (or Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, as it’s technically titled) is among the finest action-adventure movies of all time, much as Jack Sparrow is by far the greatest pirate on the Seven Seas. It offers something for every lover of the genre, with risk, thrill, and romance, as well as standout performances by a superb ensemble of compelling characters.
When it was released in the early 2000s, Disney had no idea if a pirate film (much less one based on one of their theme park attractions) would be a hit, yet it managed to snag enough treasures to create an entire series. However, there are a number of aspects of the picture that don’t make logic, many of which are listed here.
#1 Will Broke The Curse, So He Shouldn’t Have Sea Life Growing On Him
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The reason the crew of the Flying Dutchman were all gross looking is because Davy Jones stopped doing his duty as captain. When Will became captain, all the crew reverted back to looking human and not crusty because he broke that curse.
But at the beginning of DMTNT, we see that he’s covered in barnacles and other sea life. Did he start neglecting his duty [although he directly says in it that he’s still helping lost souls], or did the new writers not keep this detail in mind while making this scene?
#2 What Is The True Origin Of The Compass?
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In Dead Men Tell No Tales depicts the fact that Jack came across the magical compass from his predecessor, captain of the ship as he gave the compass to Jack and told him “not to betray it”. But in Dead Man’s Chest, it clearly states that Tia Dalma had bartered with Jack in exchange for this same compass.
Not to mention, there are numerous times where Jack has betrayed the compass by giving it to various members of the crew in exchange for his own safety and ‘leverage’. Most of all, I’m confused to why the one time Jack gives away the compass to barter for a bottle of rum that Captain Salazar and his crew are able to escape the Devil’s Triangle.
Like, why? What? How? Why is the compass bound to Salazar and his crew’s fate? What is the significance?
#3 Salazar Wouldn’t Have Known Jack’s Name
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Salazar never actually hears Jack’s name, but still refers to him as Jack the Sparrow because they say they saw him in a crows nest looking like a sparrow, but they had no way of ever knowing his first name was Jack.
#4 Captain Salazar Is Released When Jack Gives Up The Compass, But He Had Already Given It To Others Way Before Then
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Captain Salazar is a great character and I love how, because of Jack, he and his crew were trapped in the triangle. My issue is how they were freed from it.
“Jack Sparrow has given away the compass…. WE ARE FREE”
My question is, in the other 4 movies there were MANY MANY other instances where Jack had lost or given up possession of the compass.
Dead Mans Chest, he offered to trade the compass to Will if he helped find the key, he also gave it to Elizabeth when he didn’t know what he wanted and there’s probably more.
At Worlds End, he was tossing it back and forth with Becket, he also gave it to Will – “what am I supposed to do with this?” “Think like me, it’ll come to you” and again there are probably more examples.
On Stranger Tides he lost it to Angelica, and he gave it to Gibbs to find Queen Anne’s Revenge and the bottles of ships and again, there’s probably more examples.
WHY ON EARTH DID NONE OF THESE EVENTS TRIGGER SALAZAR’S RELEASE!!!
#5 It Doesn’t Really Make Sense That Elizabeth Can’t Just Stay With Will On His Boat
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Maybe I’m missing something, but why can’t Elizabeth just live on Will’s boat at the end? Someone suggested it was because she cannot go into Davy Jones’ Locker, but she has been there and got out before, so why not again? Also, Will’s father isn’t dead but he can travel with Will, so why couldn’t Elizabeth just join his crew?
#6 Wouldn’t Will Turner Die When The Dutchman’s Curse Was Lifted?
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This trident of Poseidon, God of the sea, whatever. It seems that this magical trident has the power to break any curse in the world. Alright, I can buy that another magical item is the main objective of the plot.
But… if the trident broke every curse known to exist, and let’s take the curse of the Flying Dutchman as a start, then that means the ship itself cannot venture back and forth to the locker or sail underwater, due to its sails becoming white (hinting the curse is lifted), and her captain, which might I add has no heart because it’s in the chest still, is still alive after the curse is lifted?!
I mean it’s all nice and swell that Will Turner is freed from the Dutchman’s oath to sail as her captain forever, but shouldn’t he be dead? I mean even if the curse is lifted, his heart is still technically in the chest and not inside… him, so… what?
#7 Will Never Actually Needed To Cut His Heart Out
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Why did Will have to cut out his heart to become the captain of the Dutchman? Davy Jones didn’t have to, he only did it because he couldn’t bear the heartache over Calypso anymore.
He sailed at least a decade with his heart still inside him, putting it in a chest was his decision that happened later on, not a requirement. So I don’t get why Will had to cut it out? Yes, the Dutchman needs a living heart, but the heart can be inside him, like it was the case with Jones for years.
I also don’t get why it would have been done to save him – if your heart gets pierced by a sword, how does it save you to cut it out completely? It would get even more damaged, if anything, but certainly not healed. Taking it out doesn’t repair any previous damage, right?
The transferal from captain to captain of the Dutchman happens by piercing the current captain’s heart, no matter where it is. Will did that, so that should have been it.
#8 Why Did The Curse Seem To Affect The Crew Gradually, But Affected Jack Right Away?
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So the pirates found the cursed treasure–how did they manage to spend most of it before they noticed they were sense-deprived immortals by day, and animated zombie corpses by night?
Barbossa did say they “came to realize” they had changed, but the real question is how did they not freak out on day 1 when they couldn’t feel the wind, taste food, or bleed? And then not freak out all over again when the moon came out that night?
Jack changed instantaneously when he removed a gold piece, so we can assume the other pirates did too. How could they possibly ignore those changes? [Or, why did the terms the curse change with Jack and not the others?]
#9 One Of The Pearl Crew Members Gets Burned, But Later We Find Out They Are Desensitized Due To The Curse So He Shouldn’t Have Felt Anything
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At the beginning of the movie the cursed Pirates attack the port to take Elizabeth’s coin. When two of the Pirates are wrestling with Elizabeth in her bedroom she opens the bed heater full of hot coals and the Pirates proceed to be burned by them, allowing her to escape momentarily.
But later we learn the curse causes the Pirates to “feel nothing,’ so how would they have been burned by the coals if they feel nothing?
#10 Elizabeth Threatens The Crew Of The Black Pearl With Dropping The Medallion Into The Sea… But Couldn’t They Just Go Retrieve It Since They Can Breathe Underwater?
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When Barbossa and the other pirates of the Pearl first abduct Elizabeth (I guess you could say she went willingly under “parley”), she threatens to drop the piece of gold over the side of the ship, and when she almost does everybody jumps.
But later in the movie, it’s revealed that the cursed pirates can breathe underwater and are even seen walking along the ocean floor, [so why would they be nervous]?
#11 The Crew Of The Pearl Wouldn’t Just Give Up And Hand Themselves Over When The Curse Was Lifted
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Why did the Black Pearl’s crew just give up when the curse was lifted? I get that it may have been a shock, but they had to know that getting convicted of piracy lead to hanging (so they’d die anyway). Not one of them realized this and tried to have a fighting chance? [This seems unlikely, based on past scenes].
#12 How Could The Cursed Members Of The Crew Each Pay Their Own Blood Debt If They Can’t Bleed?
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I have been re-watching the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise with my friends and noticed an issue in the first film regarding the blood debt ritual that the cursed crew of the Black Pearl must pay.
According to the movie, for the curse to be broken all 882 pieces of Aztec Gold must be returned to where it was taken and each crew member must pay a “blood debt”.
The Pirates fandom page states – “By the time the crew collected all but one of the gold pieces, Barbossa and his men already gave their blood to the gold. However, they needed the blood of their last crewmen (Bootstrap Bill Turner), who was lost to them, from their only child.”
The cursed crew doesn’t have the ability to bleed, however, and are therefore incapable to give their blood to the gold. This is demonstrated when a crew member is shot by Barbossa with the intention to reveal if the curse had been lifted after giving the blood of Elizabeth Swann, a young woman who had assumed the last name Turner.
Unfortunately for the cursed crew, the curse had not been lifted as indicated by the lack of blood and the fact that the crew member survived the gunshot wound.
At first I thought that the lack of blood might have been a stylistic choice and had no significance, but this was proven incorrect at the end of the film. When Jack and Barbossa are dueling blades, Will Turner pays the blood debt by spilling some of his own blood, the blood of his father Bootstrap Bill Turner.
Barbossa is shot in a similar spot where he shot his own crew member and begins bleeding profusely, indicating that he is once again living.
#13 Angelica Should’ve Died No Matter What
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At the end of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Captain Jack Sparrow uses the two chalices and the fountain of youth to kill Blackbeard and save Blackbeard’s daughter Angelica who were both dying at the time.
The way the two chalices seemed to be established to work was that one chalice would steal the remaining years of life from one person (killing them) and then gives those years to the person drinking the other one.
However both character were dying at that moment and Blackbeard was already established to be “destined” to die that day. (That was whole reason why he was even looking for the fountain of youth in the first place) Bottom line, Blackbeard didn’t have any years left.
The most Angelica could have gained was a couple of minutes and given that she was also dying too, that wouldn’t do her a whole lot of good.
#14 How Can The East India Trading Company Use The Heart Of Davy Jones As Leverage When Stabbing It Means They’d Have The Same Fate As Davy Jones?
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We learn that Cutler Beckett has taken control over Davy Jones and the Dutchman. We also learn that Beckett, along with Mercer, consistently uses Davy Jones’ heart as leverage to order him to do whatever they wanted. However, this does not make any logical sense. What were Mercer or Beckett going to do, stab the heart?
That would mean one of them would have to sail the seas for eternity. That was neither of their goals! In Dead Man’s Chest, he goes after Jack Sparrow, because he knows Jack might stab the heart in order to cancel his debt to Jones. But, there is no logical reason why any member of the East India Trading Company would stab it, so why was the heart used as their leverage?
#15 If Bootstrap Bill Took The Medallion, Then He Wouldn’t Be Able To Die (And Thus Wouldn’t Need To Sell His Soul) And The Curse Would Require His Blood, Not His Son’s.
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If Bootstrap Bill Turner took a coin from the chest, then how did he die? He should be cursed and therefore invulnerable. I know they later show that he is with Davy Jones, but that means that he is dead, or if he isn’t dead, wouldn’t the curse demand his blood, not his sons?
#16 Barbossa And Jack Both Have Critical Injuries That Don’t Hurt Them Because Of The Curse, But When It’s Lifted, Barbossa Dies Of Those Injuries And Jack Is Fine?
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Barbossa gets shot before the two coins are reunited with the rest of the treasure.
So, one could assume wounds carry over for a little bit, right? Well, Jack was also stabbed multiple times, shouldn’t he have died too?
Diane Lane is an American actress. She was born in New York City, New York, United States on January 22, 1965. She is the daughter of father Burton Eugene Lane, was a cab driver, and mother Colleen Leigh Farrington was a Playboy model and nightclub singer. Her parents separated when she was 13 days old. She studied at Hunter College High School.
Lane began a relationship with actor Timothy Hutton in 1980 and the couple split in 1984. She started dating to actor Christopher Lambert in 1984, and the couple got married on October 29, 1988, in Santa Fe in New Mexico. She gave birth to her first child as daughter Eleanor Lambert on September 5, 1993. The couple divorced in 1994. Later, Daine started a relationship with actor Josh Brolin in 2001, and they got married on August 15, 2004, in a grand wedding ceremony. The couple ended her marriage in February 2013.
Career
When she was the age of 13, Diane began her acting career as Lauren King’s role with the movie A Little Romance in 1979. She played the role of Charity Royall in her first television series Great Performances in 1981. Lane is best known for her role as Sherri “Cherry” Valance in the movie The Outsiders. She also played the memorable roles in the films as Martha Kent in Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Diane also famous for her role as Connie Sumner in drama movie Unfaithful and she was nominated for the Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards for best actress.
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10 Famous People Who Choose to Live Quiet and Humble Lives When They Leave the Spotlights
When people achieve a certain degree of success, you almost expect them to change. With so much money and attention, it’s easy to fall into the pitfalls of arrogance and obnoxiousness. However, while there are lots of stuck-up celebs, there are also those who haven’t let fame go to their heads.
“Wealth and success don’t make you happy,” Leonardo DiCaprio once said. Perhaps as a result of this way of thinking, many people who work in the entertainment industry maintain a low-key lifestyle after their workday is done.
These people have succeeded in remaining grounded in an industry that tries to force them otherwise. They really understand what is truly important in life, whether it be giving money to charity, spending time with fans, or just being a good person. Millions of people from all over the world now love and appreciate them as a result. Here are 10 famous people who, when not in the spotlight, choose to lead quiet, modest lives.
#1 Angelina Jolie
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Angelina Jolie is a famous actress, yet she understands the importance of being modest. Her daughters are supposed to be careful with money and to wear her gowns on the red carpet. You can see her doing normal things like grocery shopping with her kids occasionally.
#2 Cameron Diaz
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Cameron Diaz is an excellent example of a celebrity who is also a normal citizen. Her Instagram feed is filled with daily activities that we all do – cooking, socializing, and shopping. Nothing extravagant, just normal happy life.
#3 Halle Berry
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Halle Berry is another celebrity who loves to live a simple life. She’s occasionally seen doing grocery shopping sans makeup and looking like an ordinary person.
Halle practices self-care and fitness to live a healthy lifestyle and inspire other women to do the same: “I got diagnosed with diabetes and I quickly learned that I could control my diabetes and live a longer, healthier life if I exercised regularly, changed my diet, and did some things in my life that are called de-stressors.”
#4 Justin Bieber
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Justin Bieber chose to prioritize his family life over his career. “I am now very focused on repairing some of the deep-rooted issues that I have as most of us have so that I don’t fall apart so that I can sustain my marriage and be the father I want to be,” he wrote in an Instagram post. He tries to keep his promise and spends a lot of time with Hailey.
#5 Kate Middleton
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Kate Middleton can fit as a royal role model for many young girls. Despite her high status, she lives a normal life. Kate will even buy a dress from Zara and wear it several times. She was also found flying in economy class. For example, she and her children were seen coming off a £73 economy flight to Scotland.
#6 Leonardo DiCaprio
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From 2010 to 2016, Leonardo DiCaprio was on Forbes’ annual list of highest-paid actors. He seems to be able to buy gold toilets and a new mansion every month. Instead, he opts for a normal life. For example, he was seen giving instructions to a lost tourist on a rainy day in Manhattan.
Furthermore, DiCaprio understands the needs of the poor and gives his money to the world. His foundation will donate $3 million to Australia’s bushfire recovery efforts in 2020.
#7 Mariah Carey
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Commuting by subway is something that all of us who have to go to work or school do daily. But singer Mariah Carey thought there was no reason for her not to participate as well. She also took the subway since she wanted to be a part of this experience. But, of course, she did it her way, always looking dazzling and dressed as if she were preparing to perform. Yes, she took the subway in a gala gown in New York City, and she even captured the moment with a humorous story that she then posted on Instagram.
#8 Reese Witherspoon
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Despite her amazingly successful career, the lead actress of Legally Blonde (2001) may easily demonstrate that she is a normal caring mother. She used to take her children, Ava and Deacon, to the park and babysit them while they played on the playground, just like any other non-celebrity mom. They’d then have a picnic and a couple of delicious slices of pizza.
#9 Shailene Woodley
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Shailene Woodley is a famous actress, environmentalist, and climate advocate. Her mother and she co-founded a non-profit organization that teaches young people empathy, compassion, and responsibility.
Woodley stays grounded and unspoiled. “I go outside whether I’m in the city or backwoods of any state. I connect with the ground, the trees, just breathing fresh air while I go for a walk and I find myself living in my heart instead of in my mind,” she says. Woodley prefers natural products and makeup and tries to live a natural life.
#10 Tobey Maguire
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Tobey’s only acting role since 2014 was in 2017’s Boss Baby. He gave up his celebrity to pursue a career as a producer. He simply disappeared from Hollywood after Spider-Man. He prefers a quiet life with friends while raising his two children.
Dumb characters never fail to tickle our ribs. From their words to their body gestures, the silliness comes and makes everybody laugh till they drop on the floor. Something about idiots is unexplainably charming. Even their breaths only can be super funny. Who will say no to a comedy about stupidity for laughter?
There are plenty of features in this genre. Even though viewers can be tickled easily by acting dumb and ridiculous punch lines, only those written and produced excellently can last and become cult classics. Their characters might look bold and brainless on the screen, but everything else about them is amazing.
Those are comedies about foolishness from clever moviemakers that will definitely entertain you to your heart’s content. Here they are.
#1. Three Idiots
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Two friends are searching for their long-lost companion. They revisit their college days and recall the memories of their friend who inspired them to think differently, even as the rest of the world called them “idiots”.
#2. White Chicks
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Two disgraced FBI agents go way undercover in an effort to protect hotel heiresses the Wilson sisters from a kidnapping plot. The film received negative comments from critics but was a big commercial success.
#3. Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
Source: New Line Cinema
A Korean-American office worker and his Indian-American stoner friend embark on a quest to satisfy their desire for White Castle burgers. Sound funny, right?
#4. Hangover trilogy
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Doug and his three best men go to Las Vegas to celebrate his bachelor party. However, the three best men wake up the next day with a hangover and realize that Doug is missing.
#5. Zoolander
Source: Paramount Pictures
At the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia. Can you guess what might come next?
#6. Dumb And Dumber
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After a woman leaves a briefcase at the airport terminal, a dumb limo driver and his dumber friend set out on a hilarious cross-country road trip to Aspen to return it.
#7. Tropic Thunder
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Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie is forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.
#8. Idiocracy
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Private Joe Bauers, a decisively average American, is selected as a guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program but is forgotten, awakening to a future so incredibly moronic he’s easily the most intelligent person alive.
#9. They Came Together
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Molly owns a quaint little sweet shop. Joel works for a gigantic candy company threatening to shut her down. How they meet, fall in love, break up and get back together is hilariously recounted in this rom-com spoof.
#10. Addams Family Values
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The Addams Family try to rescue their beloved Uncle Fester from his gold-digging new love, a black widow named Debbie. They are bizarre but fabulous.
#11. The Death Of Dick Long
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Dick died last night, and Zeke and Earl don’t want anybody finding out how. That’s too bad though, cause news travels fast in small-town Alabama.
#12. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
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When it becomes clear that his solo album is a failure, a former boy band member does everything in his power to maintain his celebrity status. Now, he is desperate.
#13. Borat
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Kazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world. With a documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes more interested in locating and marrying Pamela Anderson.
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We all are familiar with the live-action adaptation or CGI remakes of many Disney cartoons. Some notable names are Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Alice in Wonderland, and the list goes on. Many animated films have regained the heat after the live-action or CGI versions hit theaters. Some mediocre cartoons even have a chance to reach the top rank if the remakes are successful. Of course, besides Disney productions, cartoons from other studios are also considered to be put on the big screen, and here are 8 of them.
Scroll down to see if your favorite one has its name on the list!
#1 The Last Unicorn (1982)
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Topcraft’s animation is the journey of the last eternal unicorn to find other members of her kind. The team of the unicorn, a bumbling magician, and a bandit’s wife sets off on a fascinating adventure and faces many dangers. On the way, the legendary creature learns many precious lessons about love and regret.
A weak point in the original version is the stiff and awkward character designs. However, it lays a strong foundation for a CGI mixed live-action remake.
#2 The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)
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Will Vinton introduced the enthralling works of the father of American literature to children through this stop-motion animation. The audience would follow Tom Sawyer and his friend to discover Mark Twain’s airship. They explored the place while watching and listening to Twain’s stories before they realized the ship was heading into Halley’s Comet.
As stop-motion has many limits, the film’s CGI remake seems to promise a much better version. The lively animation associated with the famous writer’s absorbing stories will make it a top-notch movie.
#3 Perfect Blue (1997)
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Perfect Blue revolved around Mima Kirigoe, a J-pop idol-turned-actor. Mima intends to stick to her acting career, but a menace of a mysterious stalker and a series of peculiar murders around her mess up her plan.
This adult animated film could become a fascinating psychological thriller with an ideal cast as Mima and the right level of visual effects.
#4 We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story (1993)
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With the time machine, a scientist decides to gift the children of the 20th century in New York City with sentimental dinosaurs brought from their natural habitats.
We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story could be turned into a lovely live-action CGI hybrid film. Cinematic dinosaurs can’t be more real, and this lighthearted script will make dinosaurs’ images much better, at least compared to Jurassic Park. After all, people should be reminded that dinosaurs are more than monsters.
#5 Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)
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Little Nemo is upset since his parents are too busy to take him to the circus. That night, he meets members of the circus in his dream, and they introduce him to King Morpheus, ruler of Slumberland. When Nemo sees the king, he was offered an opportunity to rule the kingdom and protect it from the Nightmare King.
A dreamland like Slumberland is a perfect place for creativity, and innovative animators know how to make the best use of it. Looking at similar movies like Inside Out and Soul will make you certain about the success of this film’s CGI remake.
#6 Animal Farm (1954)
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The animated movie Animal Farm was adapted from George Orwell’s famous novel of the same name. The story is about an animal farm that represents the rise of the Soviet Union. Under the Old Major the boar’s leadership, the animals of Manor Farm chase away the farmer to gain independence. However, the utopia turns out a nightmare for the animals under the dominance of Major’s successors.
Andy Serkis is the director of the latest animated adaptation of the story. His talent combined with the assistance of CGI technology will likely guarantee a first-rate adaptation movie.
#7 Wizards (1977)
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Written by Ralph Bakshi, the movie feature the fight between two wizard brothers over the governance of a post-apocalyptic Earth. The malicious brother, Blackwolf, uses a projector with Nazi propaganda to provoke his troop. To stop his evil plan, Avatar, his brother, with some weird companions decide to confront him.
The action flick doesn’t leave much impression on the viewers due to its old-fashioned and cheap-looking animation. The battle could be more exciting and absorbing with more detailed character designs in the CGI remake.
#8 Cats Don’t Dance (1997)
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The young cat Danny is ambitious about becoming a renowned Hollywood actor. However, he gradually realized that animal actors only play cameo roles while humans take charge of all the main parts. Instead of giving up, he and his fellow actors are determined to prove their capability and get what they deserve.
Though the animation Cats Don’t Dance failed hard, the meaningful premise should be brought back to the screen. Having been successful with Space Jam: A New Legacy, Warner Brothers can definitely handle a new version with CGI models of Cats Don’t Dance.
Have you watched any of the movies above? What do you expect from their live-action adaptation or CGI remake? Leave your comment below and check out other posts on our site for more interesting news and ideas!
There’s no denying that movies are more costly than ever. It’s not rare for a production company to invest hundreds of millions ( even billions) in filmmaking. As long as you have the right actor, director, or intellectual property, you may be able to recoup your huge investment. But what about ambitious directors who can’t afford to make a film about your favorite superhero or cast any big-name actors? The independent market is for directors with a limited budget. Low investment, low return.
However, there are certain exceptions: when a low-budget film outperforms expectations. This unusual event can launch unknown actors to stardom and first-time directors to legends. You may be familiar with some breakout independent films, but you’d be shocked how many of your favorite films had a far lower budget than you expected.
To clarify, this list isn’t rated only by the lowest budget, but rather by how successful the films were given the budget they had to deal with. So, without further ado, here are 12 low-budget films that went on to become box office hits.
#1 A Nightmare on Elm Street
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- Budget: $1,800,000
- Box Office: $57,000,000
Before New Line Cinema agreed to produce the story of Freddy Krueger, which was rejected by many businesses. However, the studio had financial difficulties throughout filming. The cast and crew worked for two weeks without pay. The company was successful in attracting investors and achieving its first commercial success.
#2 Blue Valentine
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- Budget: $1,000,000
- Box Office: $16,600,000
Many years passed between the time the script was written and the film’s release. The director wanted to shoot the characters at different ages, but due to financial limitations, this was not possible. He also waived his fees to help finance the film. But it all paid off when the film became a smashing blockbuster.
#3 Boyhood
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- Budget: $4,000,000
- Box Office: $57,300,000
It took 12 years to complete this film. The director updated the script every year, and the actors based their characters on real-life examples. The crew met 1-2 times every year for 3-4 days of filming. Despite the risks, the producers supported the extended production, which resulted in some extremely cool effects.
#4 Dirty Dancing
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- Budget: $5,000,000
- Box Office: $214,600,000
It took a lot of effort to make this film. Companies turned down the script one by one, the budget was twice as low as average, and the film’s main actors all had conflicts. Even after the film was completed, no one liked it. Despite this, it became a film classic, grossing more than $200 million.
#5 Insidious
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- Budget: $1,500,000
- Box Office: $99,500,000
The creators of the Saw film franchise made this film. Again, a minimal budget did not prevent the crew from making a picture in three weeks and recouping expenses up to 66 times over, since the film grossed almost $100 million.
#6 Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
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- Budget: $1,350,000
- Box Office: $28,100,000
This was Guy Ritchie’s debut full-length film, and it pushed him to global fame. The world also met Jason Statham and Vinnie Jones, who made their film debuts. Despite its low budget, the film received numerous honors and won the hearts of audiences.
#7 Moonlight
Source: © Moonlight / A24
- Budget: $1,500,000
- Box Office: $65,300,000
According to several sources, the film’s budget was $4 million. However, the director says that it was closer to 1.5 million. The shoot lasted 25 days, and none of the three actors who played the main character, Chiron, interacted with any other on set.
#8 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Source: © One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest / United Artists
- Budget: $4,400,000
- Box Office: $163,250,000
Producers were skeptical about this sensational film’s theme. They declined to produce the film. Kirk Douglas, who owned the story’s rights, eventually sold them to his son, Michael. He was then able to find a producer and fund the production himself.
#9 Pulp Fiction
Source: © Pulp Fiction / Miramax Films
- Budget: $8,000,000
- Box Office: $213,900,000
At first, the film’s budget was significantly smaller. However, the participation of Bruce Willis in the cast helped drive the budget to $8 million. However, $5 million went to actor fees, leaving only $3 million for filming.
#10 Rocky
Source: © Rocky / United Artists
- Budget: $960,000
- Box Office: $225,000,000
Sylvester Stallone wrote the screenplay for the film in only 3.5 days. Due to a lack of funds for filming, the actor’s family members played minor roles. His sibling sang while his father rang the bell in the ring.
#11 Saw
Source: © Saw / Lions Gate Films
- Budget: $1,200,000
- Box Office: $103,096,345
Nobody could predict the amazing Saw franchise to be so successful. The majority of the actors were unknown, and the film was classified as independent. The bathroom was the only set built for the film, which was shot in only 18 days.
#12 The Terminator
Source: © The Terminator / Orion Pictures
- Budget: $6,400,000
- Box Office: $78,300,000
Director James Cameron got the inspiration for the Terminator character from a dream he had while sick. When the script was written, financing was limited. And Cameron was forced to sell it for $1 on the condition that he become the director. Even Arnold Schwarzenegger did not believe in the film’s success, and happily, he was wrong.
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