Let's face it you wander into the cinema nowadays and it's sequels, remakes and movies that you have seen a million times before. So where has originality gone?
Over the years and years of film there have been a string of movies that were true originals, and are now being totally ripped off, so FemaleFirst takes a look at those movies that had never been seen before and of course have never been bettered.
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
While it was the likes if The Phantom Menace, The Matrix and The Sixth Sense that had had box office tills ringing in 1999 it was the little known The Blair Witch project that had the studio executives talking.
Made on a tiny budget of $35,000 the film follows the story of three student filmmakers who go into the Black Hills of Burkittsville to film a documentary on local legend The Blair Witch.
But the way the film was shot is not what makes Blair Witch so special, despite being a cast of unknowns and having no script, it's the way this film was marketed that broke the mould.
Alright it had no stars, no script, no budget and fairly inexperienced filmmaker behind the camera but what it did have, and used to amazing effect, was a website.
The film showed the movie industry the power of the internet and kicked off the now common idea of viral marketing.
Never before had chat rooms and movie sites power a film in such a way as simple word of mouth made Blair Witch a mammoth hit. It still remains one of the most successful independent movies ever.
Toy Story (1995)
In the early nineties audiences were content with the traditional animation pictures such as Aladdin and The Lion King, and there's nothing wrong with that remember Beauty and Beast is still the only animation to ever have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar.
However 1999 brought about major changes to the animation genre as Toy Story became the first feature film in history to be produced using only computer animation.
Ok so the film only grossed $358 million at the global box office, sounds a lot but next to the likes of Finding Nemo it really isn't, however John Lasseter and co paved the way and set a very high standard.
Toy Story was an intelligent and sophisticated buddy movie that really highlighted the potential of the animation genre with these new techniques.
Pixar became a true master of this film genre as Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille and Wall-E have all followed all getting gradually more sophisticated in the techniques being used.
Psycho (1960)
Released in 1960, at the height of Hitchcock's success, Psycho is widely regarded as one of the director's best movies and was nominated for four Oscars.
Hitchcock had begun an innovation in film using the daring, and never seen before, plot device of killing off Janet Leigh in the first part of the movie.
The violence in the shower scene made it one of the most terrifying scenes ever committed to film. That scene is the most influential few moments in the whole film and has become an iconic image in cinema history.
Psycho kicked off a craze of mystery thrillers as Hammer Film Productions released Taste of Fear and Maniac, amongst others, trying to capture some of Hitchcock's critical and commercial success and financial reward.
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Stanley Kurbick's collaboration with Arthur C.Clake really did bring some much needed attention to the science fiction film genre.
Released in an age when space and space exploration was at the forefront of many's mind nothing like this had ever been seen in cinema's before.
The film is notable for its scientific realism as well as boasting pioneering special effects, this film was released in 1968.
Upon release the film received critical acclaim from some and negative reviews from others but went on to be nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Director, winning Best Visual Effects.
However over the last forty years the film has been recognised as one of the greatest movies ever made.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Back in the last thirties Walt Disney and his team were told that a feature length animation movie couldn't be done.
However Disney and co didn't take a blind bit of notice as they produced the very first animated feature film in movie history and a retelling of the classic Brothers Grimm fairy story.
The movie kick started the animation movie genre and Disney dominated this field for decades. Now seventy years later Disney, in partnership with Pixar, is still at the forefront of animation filmmaking.
Other movies that are considered to be real originals include Being John Malkovich, The Wicker Man, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Memento, Night of the Living Dead and King Kong.
So if you are fed up of the same old drab that currently dominates cinema screen rent out on of these classics and enjoy.
FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw
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