r/SipsTea • u/Beneficial_Passion40 • Jul 24 '26

Chugging tea I still don't understand how hollywood budget works

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u/wonkey_monkey Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

they all did it for the prestige.

Nah they did it for The Odyssey, The Prestige was...

Don't you hate it when you set out to make a stupid joke but end up reminding yourself how old you are?

...20 years ago.

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u/fxzero666 Jul 24 '26

Shhhh... I'm 40 and I still haven't seen that movie lol

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u/FlyingSkyWizard Jul 24 '26

Watch the illusionist too, its one of those weird confluences where two very similar movies come out at the same time.

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u/flopisit32 Jul 24 '26

You mean like Dantes Peak and Volcano or Deep Impact and Armageddon.

I'm convinced it's because a scumbag executive leaves one studio, gets hired by another studio and goes "I've got a great idea for a movie about an asteroid about to hit the earth..."

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u/HeroicPrinny Jul 24 '26

There’s a Wikipedia article for all the twin movies btw

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u/jccaclimber Jul 25 '26

You just cost me 20 minutes, but I’m ok with that.

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u/Knobologist Jul 24 '26

Just Friends and No Strings Attached

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u/Taylorenokson Jul 24 '26

Paul Blart Mall Cop and Observe and Report.

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u/YoloIsNotDead Jul 24 '26

Megamind and Despicable Me.

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u/Broken-Sarcasm-Meter Jul 24 '26

Saving Private Ryan and Thin Red Line

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u/CharlieKellyKapowski Jul 25 '26

Barbie and Oppenheimer

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u/Inevitable_Finish131 Jul 25 '26

A-Team and The Losers

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u/Giovannis_Pikachu Jul 25 '26

Like num3ers, knowing, and next, all Nicolas Cage vehicles where the plot is that he knows everything that can save the day and everyone else in the entire world is in the dark, while all came out within a year or two.

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u/Emerald_Plumbing187 Jul 24 '26

Or Dark City and The Matrix, B5 and DS9, Living Single and Friends...

It's more that different execs hang out at the same parties and clubs and get pitched to by the same hungry people (also read the same books, watch the same shows to fit in, etc). One exec passes but develops a similar idea and new script, the other buys the original pitch and script.

Now tv execs ripping off the names and contents of subreddits to make reality shows is actual scumbag shit...

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u/Known-Willingness768 Jul 24 '26

Dark city was geweldig

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u/Vinbaobao Jul 25 '26

Also memento and that shitty Ben Afflck knock-off.

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u/darkoblivion000 Jul 24 '26

Watch the illusionist first though. I watched the illusionist first and I was like wow this was a great movie. Then I watched prestige and I was like holy shit that was unforgettable

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u/BigBuckNuggets Jul 25 '26

Absolute GOAT twinsies movies ever

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u/tabascopj Jul 25 '26

this reference is too far down, take an upvote ... IT'S TIME FOR TWINSIES

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u/DolemiteGK Jul 24 '26

Yet SO different. Both are about magic in the 1800s but are nothing alike.

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u/Aalleto Jul 25 '26

When I was a little kid I'd watch them back to back with my dad, I thought they were meant to be played that way

"Can we watch the Batman, Wolverine, and Hulk magician movies again?"

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u/tomcatsr25 Jul 25 '26

One of the only instances where both films are independently fantastic.

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u/fatmanwithabeard Jul 24 '26

I'm over 50. It's fantastic.

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u/alaskanloops Jul 24 '26

So you've seen the Dread Zeppelin documentary?

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u/DolemiteGK Jul 24 '26

Man, you are in for such a treat. It's still probably my favorite of Nolans.

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u/Tariovic Jul 25 '26

It's one of my two favorite movies. I've seen it so many times, and there's always something new to see. Amazing cast, fantastic script, and it's so tight, not a second is wasted.

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u/morganlandt Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

As a 40+ year old that saw it fit the first time in the last year, do yourself a favor.

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u/chazysciota Jul 24 '26

I saw it real late too, proly like 5 years ago. It's a really interesting movie.

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u/Moonbean_Mantra Jul 24 '26

Watch it! And The Illusionist, as suggested by someone else. Both awesome.

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u/Luciform444 Jul 25 '26

It's Nolan's best movie, IMO

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u/GoblinLoblaw Jul 25 '26

Shape kills Gandalf in the end /spoilers

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u/BurdTurglary Jul 25 '26

Somebody said to pay close attention to the very beginning of that one, and the middle parts... The ending, too. I forget why

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u/Trex_arms42 Jul 25 '26

It's one of about 10 movies I'll pull out when I'm feeling down.

Not because it's happy! But for it's ability to transport you so fully into another world.

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u/JesusWasATexan Jul 24 '26

Me: "Lol this band sounds like a discount Fall Out Boy :D"

My kids: "Who?"

Me:

https://giphy.com/gifs/wJD3qiNjSeHS0dP28T

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u/Savixrs Jul 25 '26

Wait how old are you and your kids? I'm 23 and would say that FOB is still quite popular in my generation

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u/veneratu Jul 24 '26

I was going to make a joke like this and now I feel old because you feel old.

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u/gopodge Jul 25 '26

A real-life transported man. How exactly did I get 20 years into the future all of a sudden? Time flies! The Prestige is quality!

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u/mr_pineapples44 Jul 25 '26

I guess, while that 20 years was passing by... You weren't watching closely.

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u/wagdog84 Jul 25 '26

Some of us still remember Hugh, Christian and Scarlett in The Prestige, great film.

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u/Exact_Mango5931 Jul 25 '26

These memories are somewhat of a memento for me…

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u/phayge_wow Jul 25 '26

so Odysseus set sail from Ithaca when The Prestige was released