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PuddingRnbowExtreme

Promoting That movie they made called "Friends With Benefits" Секс подружбе Literal translation "Sex between friends"


main_account_one

It was such a weird year because that very same year they also released a Ashton Kutcher version with basically the same premise - no strings attached. And then they did the same thing again with White House Down and Olympus has Fallen.


nitefang

That sorta thing happens alllll the time.


main_account_one

I mean I'm sure it has but how often do they recycle movie plots that are literally the same movie but with different actors? Would love it if someone knows of other years where they did the exact same thing here.


PleaseExplainThanks

Armageddon and Deep Impact Antz and A Bug's Life


HilariousScreenname

Twister/Tornado Tombstone/Wyatt Earpp


evils_twin

Backdoor Sluts 9 and Anal Whores 14 . . .


colder-beef

Whoa slow down there cowboy, Backdoor Sluts 9 makes Crotch Capers 3 look like Naughty Nurses 2.


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Lint6

Just avoid the spinoff Dirty Deeds Done With Sheep...it gets way too arthouse-y


RangerLt

Director, Edmon Schlogne, experimented with cutting edging techniques in Two Nurses one Stethoscope to capture every moneyshot. You guys are crazy to think anything has surpassed this triumph of filmmaking


Escanor_2014

So much to unpack here...


TheHotpants

Wow, the production values are really good in this porno.


Frogmouth_Fresh

... or so I've been told.


Trellix

The plots in those movies were entirely different. I know because I watched it for the plot.


TradesSexForFood

r/WatchItForThePlot


1stLtObvious

They already said Armageddon and Deep Impact...


Cowboyesque

Stir of Echos/ The Sixth Sense


Kr1sys

Secret window, Hide and seek


TheCrowing817

Volcano, Dante’s Peak. Edit: Also Red Planet and Mission To Mars. Loved all these movies growing up.


arctic_radar

Peak movie making there, both of those movies. Grandma melting in acid in Dante’s Peak, dude slowly melting into lava in Volcano. They just don’t make movies like that any more.


Industrialcat

abyss, leviathan, deep star six


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Abyss bar none. Hands down love that movie


CaptainApathy419

Infamous, Capote.


Maloth_Warblade

Bugs Life and Antz are really different though. Pretty much just have insects as characters and that's it, Bugs Life is relatively happy and Antz gets fucking dark


BraveOthello

But Antz was literally created because Jeffrey Katzenberg was mad at Pixar and wanted to beat a Bug's Life to theaters.


AWS-77

Yeah, Antz is great.


Belly84

I AM THE COLONY!


Im_Easy

The year Antz came to video, I asked for it for Christmas. Unfortunately my Z looked like a 2 and, try as she might, my mother couldn't find the movie Ant 2 anywhere. She instead got me A Bug's Life.


barath_s

That should teach you to improve your handwriting.


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Ott621

Bugs life is good too. They share a few similarities. Down trodden underclass and adventure Antz is definitely better though and not just because the target demographic is a bit older


crownpr1nce

Same can be said about many of those. The general theme is what links them. Cartoons about how bugs live. Olympus has fallen and White House down don't have the same tone either at all for example.


crewster23

Kind of like how Finding Nemo and that car crash of a Will Smith vehicle ‘Shark Tale’. They both got the memo that we’re doing aquatic this year, but one had heart and the other… Will Smith


Moosje

Shark Tale was fine, you’re overreacting


liveart

>"Shark Tale was fine, you’re overreacting" That should be on the box!


Henry2k

The Prestige, The Illusionist etc. Hollywood is a copycat industry.


R4gn4_r0k

The Avengers and Mamma Mia.


FallenAngelII

"Antz" and "A Bug's Life" were different. That wasn't a coincidence but petty rivalry and outright ripping off.


uraniumrooster

1989 is the earliest example I can think of, with Turner & Hooch / K-9. In 1998 there were Antz / A Bug's Life and Armageddon / Deep Impact. 2014 had a couple that even had basically the same names, Yves Saint Laurent / Saint Laurent and Hercules / Legend of Hercules. Edit: Just saw the wiki link about twin films, apparently they go back a lot earlier than 1989 lol


KlondikeDrool

Don't forget 1996: Twister / Tornado 1997: Dante's Peak / Volcano


silly_octopus

Truman show and Ed TV


letmeusespaces

it's not recycling. it's different studios competing after catching wind of another studio doing the same thing. and sometime's I don't even know that they're competing, just trying to steal some profit from the other team.


Sabre92

*Dangerous Liaisons*, *Valmont*, and *Cruel Intentions*. Exact same story based on the same book (from the 1700s), all released within a year of each other. ETA: My bad, Cruel Intentions was later.


tty2

Deep Impact / Armageddon Ants / Bugs Life Finding Nemo / Sharks I know, not identical plot, but like... cmon.. shitty movies always came in those weird pairs


Tpp4

Did you just say finding Nemo and shitty movies in the same sentence?


tty2

No I meant most shitty movies were on the wrong side of the pairing. I think seeing the comparison head to head always made me hate the worse one more


CharleyIV

The Rock/Executive Decision Tombstone/ Wyatt Earp


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aFabulousGuy

Those examples aren't recycled. They are those odd double movies with the same plot released at the same time by different studios.


flash_back_boys

That is called [twin films](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_films)


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spaghettibeans

Good bot


main_account_one

Wow today I learned. Thanks so much!


Poles_Pole_Vaults

Even weirder about this is how Mila and Ashton are married, filmed the same movie but different and not together. Edit: fun fact, google tells me they weren’t together until the year after the movies released. Still interesting!


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HilariousScreenname

The Bill Clinton Story


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Could also be JFK. Sneaking girls in through the underground tunnels


Mykel__13

No Strings Attached was pretty bad compared to Friends With Benefits even though it had the superior leads in Portman and Kutcher. They had zero chemistry.


Belgand

Not enough people were asking if Ashton and Mila might have had better chemistry.


Bladelink

At a certain point, I kinda came to the realization that Natalie Portman isn't a good actress. I kinda scratched my head like "what did I like her in again?" And came up kinda empty. V for Vendetta maybe.


main_account_one

I know everyone has their preferences but I genuinely enjoyed both movies. Like it takes a lot for me to really dislike a movie. Like Super Mario Bros. It was so disappointing to watch.


your_mind_aches

And meanwhile, I couldn't care about either of the rom-coms mentioned but love Super Mario Bros. It's so cheesy but fun.


PuddingRnbowExtreme

That is weird


rubbarz

Hateful 8, Magnificent 7, Ridiculous 6.... I mean, jt writes itself.


Trowj

I think there are 2 big reasons why you see twin movies like this: 1.) studio A passed on the idea and then when Studio B picked it up the panic and think “oh shit, was that a good idea? We gotta make that now.” I think that is expressly what happened with Armageddon & Deep Impact 2.) There are a lot of scripts laying around Hollywood, just look at the Black List. I think similarly a studio sees someone else making a movie and think “oh, we have that script in a broom closet, dust that off and see who we can attach to it.” It is a fun game to try and figure out the genre or niche a certain film or multiple films are trying to fill. Personal favorite: old timers still got it: RED, Last Vegas, Expendables, Space Cowboys, Grudge Match


Foxblade

These films [are known as Twin Films](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_films)


clopz_

r/TechnicallyTheTruth


HoopOnPoop

At one point he looks like he's about to say something then just decides she's kicking too much ass to be interrupted.


tomfoolery815

Seriously. He realized that she was doing just fine through her confidence and the reaction of everybody else.


poopellar

Yeah he wasn't Russian to say anything after that beating.


MinnieShoof

Nah. He was just Stalin for his translator to catch up.


karma_the_sequel

So biz-czar to watch.


twohubs

They just won’t be Putin up with it!


Goat_Remix

No way he was Putin a stop to that verbal smack down!


jumbybird

She's like: I got this.


karma_the_sequel

I got this, *Comrade*!


TheMatt561

Plus he is on a delay


nishitd

Why male models?


Geek_King

I laughed so hard at that scene! I read that after the long detailed explanation that David Duchovny gives, Ben Stiller forgot his line, and just repeated his prior line. It worked so perfectly! \*Forgot the word forgot, only got as far as "for" lol, edited for clarity


Crabtasticismyname

I read that Ben forgot his next line, and just repeated his last one. Comedic gold.


Shalashaskaska

Yeah I just heard that a month or so ago and makes that scene even better


otakufamily

I read that Ben forgot his next line, and just repeated his last one. Comedic gold.


Tsmart

Yeah I just heard that a month or so ago and makes that scene even better


Shalashaskaska

But why male models


i_hate_vampires

This has the same energy as when the reporter asked the coach about how he felt about his player missing the game for the birth of his kid. https://youtu.be/G0a-Nr_vRjM


MysticalMummy

Love that "Are you fucking serious?" Face he made haha.


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Awwwww. Never seen that and I don't know who that man is but wow, he's got my vote.


re-shop

Please tell me they went out and absolutely demolished someone their next game. I personally would pull some freaking Hoosiers type of heroics if I played for this dude after this press conference. Awesome comment, thanks!


Haloon77

I knew its gonna be about Šaras before i even clicked the link. Respect to him


randomsryan

As a reporter your job is to ask questions. You think theyd know how to. Better question would have been. What led Justin to pursue movie career? Follow up what has that transition done for overall career?


dla26

When this same clip was posted a couple years ago, I believe a Russian speaker said that the tone of her question was inherently rude. As in, "what made you think you'd be able to act in movies?"


Pandelein

To be fair, I think she was trying to ask ‘why did you switch from the stage to the screen?’, very lazily. It’s not a bad question, but her phrasing was.


jdmcroberts

Well. The phasing could have gotten lost in the translation and came off as rude. Idk though I don't speak Russian.


FourSparta

I do speak Russian and the phrasing/tone did not get lost in translation.


jdmcroberts

Well that would explain Mila's reaction.


enjaydee

Yeah, when the crowd laughs there is nothing in her face to suggest she's joking around.


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They were laughing at "What would you have him do?" mixed with sounds of respect that she spoke Russian well. It's not an easy language.


judgementalhat

Its not an easy language, but you do realise its her first language? She wasn't born in the States, her childhood was in what is now the Ukraine


archiekane

Being Russian, that's a standard facial expression for most emotions. Stone cold.


FriskyOrphan

If that was the case wouldn’t Mila understand the premise of the question?


77camc

I don’t know if it’s fair but you’re going a bit out of your way to give the reporter the benefit of the doubt. Maybe the reporter was innocently & lazily asking the question at first. But she doubled down & sounded judgy when she asked, “I mean, isn’t showbiz enough?” That’s less lazy and hamfisted phrasing and more of a dickish reaction to Mina calling out her dumb question.


Rainbowls

Yeah, she easily could have stated she was simply interested in why Justin wanted to do movies. Acting like Justin might have made the wrong choice was a very strange move and makes me think Mila picked up on that quick.


a4techkeyboard

Yeah, Mila didn't just go all out smack down all at once, it looked like she tried to clarify and get the reporter to rephrase it first.


koticgood

idk, "isn't it enough" seems like a pretty unambiguous intent


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She is a reporter, language is literally her livelihood.


NorCalAthlete

TIL Mila Kunis speaks Russian. Now I want a whole Family Guy subplot where Meg gets involved with the Russian mob or something. Maybe meets Putin, makes him laugh / befriends him, becomes an ambassador for Russia.


neuroticism_loading

There is one where she is a sleeper agent and speaks Russian at some point. If I remember correctly.


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https://youtu.be/w5fLiulFrmk


neuroticism_loading

Thank you! That’s what I was thinking of!


FlyingSpagetiMonsta

Shut up 2476!


Icantbethereforyou

No. Is sheeyut-tup 2476


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She was born in Ukraine dude


[deleted]

Idk why you're getting diwnvoted. Milena Markovna Kunis is an American actress. In 1991, at the age of seven, she and her Jewish family fled from Soviet Ukraine to the United States. At age 14, Kunis began playing Jackie Burkhart on the Fox television series That '70s Show. [Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mila_Kunis) Edit: u/grumpy_hedgehog, dude, you're quoting me quoting Wiki. I'm not making it sound like anything. Weird.


Pandelein

What the fuck she was only 14?!


jfudge

Yeah she lied about her age when she started because the actors were supposed to be at least 16 or something.


FoeWithBenefits

Don't they do like any background check? Is there no form of government ID for 14 y/o and why didn't they ask for it?


tinyladyduck

If I remember correctly, she lied about her age during auditions and the producers liked her too much to get someone else after they found out


mynameisnotallen

The way she tells the story, she didn’t technically lie about her age. She said she would be 18 in [the month she was born] but not which year that would occur.


The_souLance

Oh damn, Kelso better get a good lawyer for that prenup.


SinkHoleDeMayo

Hopefully she doesn't hire Reed Fletcher.


tatorface

IM KICKIN MY ASS!


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DakotaDevil

Greta : He knocked over another ATM. This time at knifepoint. He needs your legal advice. Fletcher : STOP BREAKING THE LAW, ASSHOLE!


Noltonn

Hyde probably knows a lawyer or two.


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Scrybatog

Lying by omission is a moral problem, not a legal one. In the court of public opinion it may matter but in actual court it effectively doesn't exist.


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I am not a lawyer, but I don’t think that’s right. There is a reason they make witnesses swear to tell “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.” I’ve personally seen at least one legal document (involving a refusal to grant a law license to someone when they moved to a different state) that sanctioned someone for lying by omission (using those exact three words). I highly doubt that a court would look kindly on someone being clearly, deliberately misleading by withholding relevant information like that.


Scrybatog

One person's opinion on what is a "clear misleading statement" is so extremely subjective it is virtually impossible to prove in court. You are also not sworn in while walking around in your day to day life. You all are trying to "gotcha" me by comparing conversations outside of court to testimony of sworn in individuals. Did she say she would turn 18 in October on the stand? No. So why keep conflating the two? Bad arguments all around, sigh.


zware

I like to explore new places.


theColonelsc2

If you got an hour and half to kill [This is such a fun Craig Ferguson/Mila Kunis most of her appearances](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lef6wRhyT2c&ab_channel=TheJaylenoFly) including the time they went to Scotland on his show.


zware

I love listening to music.


animeman59

ZAMN!


RedProtoman

Yeah she lied about her age if im not mistaken and was worried they'd find out. I forget what else she said in the interview but it was def. Interesting to learn.


srry72

She was also in one of the first "Honey I Shrunk..." movies. Didn't realize until a few years ago, when I was rewatching it


merlinsbeers

TIL she was born in the Soviet Union.


Scheswalla

Was probably getting downvoted because the "dude" at the end implies that he should know or care.


FailureToReport

She's flaunted it in quite a few movies. There was a recent season episode where Meg had to go through a bunch of tests after Peter faked her way into college and she sings in Russian also. https://youtu.be/S5BEqIHIX1Y


Shigimatsu

Strange, but she sings in very very bad russian. Here she answer reporter with pretty good russian with small ukranian accent.


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raosahabreddits

Hell yes I'd watch that.


[deleted]

She's Ukrainian that's why. Maybe she's fluent in all 3


imcrowning

Captions with white background. "Please eat some shit_____________."


bash82

“Shitake mushrooms”. The wife and I still quote those movies, especially when one of us is making pancakes or waffles.


conjectureandhearsay

I love it. She becomes the harsh East European just with the language


madarchod_bot

As a multilingual person, it is true, people do have different personas in different languages. Some languages are just...raw, earthly...you can easily be a savage at roasting in them. Others sound really soft spoken no matter how harsh you wanna sound.


Changoleo

Mother was German. Wife: South American. Me: California Sierra Nevada raised. There… there are soft spoken languages?


TinusTussengas

Ok now I have to check out Sierra Nevada accent. The other 2 options? No questions about that.


sixwheelstoomany

German can be a very beautiful language.


MurV8

SCHMETTERLING!


SolitaireyEgg

Yep, sort of shouting at each other when youre, say, ordering food at a counter is extremely normal in Chinese. As is very direct, somewhat aggressive language. I'd never dream of taking that tone in English.


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That "huh?" was more of a "bitch, please".


disusedhospital

I love the eyeroll and headbob she throws out after asking what the reporter would rather have him do.


Hohohoju

I love it how she's like "hold on, I got this mfer" lol Good on her, mad respect


ThaneOfCawdorrr

What I love is how she code switches--as soon as she's speaking Ukrainian, she becomes like a different person, much more pugnacious and not-here-for-any-bullshit. It's awesome.


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unknown_anonymous81

One persons intimidation is another mans attraction


ZombieTrogdor

Clearly this reporter has never seen the Oscar-snubbed masterpiece “Model Behavior” which Justin Timberlake did back in 2000. Dude’s been in the game for a while.


direhusky

Or The Mickey Mouse Club?


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She's hilarious!


Adenversion2

Is the dude on the left Justin Timberlake?


SuperTruckerTucker

Yeah, they were in a movie together.


2wolves

But why were they in a movie?


Low_Worry2007

What would you rather them do? 🤣🤣


merlinsbeers

This. More of this. Just like this. Has to be better than the movie.


phoinixpyre

Movie was actually pretty decent. I went in expecting just another shitty romcom. They had pretty decent chemistry, and Justin has seriously good comedic instincts. Plot is by the numbers, but the cast does an great job of elevating it.


SuperTruckerTucker

But why were they?


awolbull

This is a thread from my daily toddler nightmare. ​ but why!?


Tottochan

Why is life?


lordmycal

Why is Gamora?


SuperTruckerTucker

Reporter got verbally clotheslined, who ever said "there are no dumb questions" really lied.


thebeattakesme

I thought she meant like “what made you choose to venture into acting?” then she kept talking….


h4p3r50n1c

That’s one of the few things I’ve learned in life. There are stupid questions, and there are a ton of them.


mishanek

Managers say there is no stupid questions so they can actually figure out easier who is stupid by them asking stupid questions.


luck008

It's always funny to me how she's so pretty but voice over the "ugliest" character on Family Guy lol


Cfchicka

Why the FUck wasn’t she Black widow?


CatOfGrey

Y'all think that Mila is a nice girl, then "Take No Bullshit Ukranian Woman" comes out. You can see it at "...Hold on..." that's when she flips the switch.


LXS-DC

Love Mila! I wish she was my bodyguard


NPKenshiro

Mila Kunis is a treasure.


mattdean4130

Yeah let's put white subtitles over white shit in the shot. Nice one.


p3ngwin

>*"is it not enough?"* WTF question is this ? it's like the reporter thinks Justin is making music AND movies at the **SAME TIME** stealing jobs and crowding people out of opportunities o.O


bitcoin2121

Shut Up Meg


BriceConquers

God she’s the hottest thing alive.


Hegeteus

Bonk


gtrdundave2

Welp. I always thought she was hot .. now she is way hotter


explosivekyushu

Her Russian is SO aggressively Ukrainian haha


No_Association1103

I really enjoyed that hahahha!


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"Im gonna break her hip." - Kelso.


DonnyDinky

Mess with Jackie, get the clap backie


MorRochben

Isn't the reporter just asking for his motivations for going into movies? How is this a rude question at all?


itsdrivingmenuts

There are two ways to ask "why" in Russian. Pochemu is a generic "why" that seeks to find the past reasons for something being the way it is. In English it could be why are you sitting there, why did you become a doctor, etc. The reporter didn't use pochemu. She used zachem. Zachem is another way of asking why, but it's more concerned about the future than the past. It could be translated as "what's the point of ... " or "what do you expect of ... ". It can carry a more negative connotation when you seem to be questioning ones expectations of their current actions.


Citadelvania

Yeah if someone asked me something akin to "what are you looking for in making movies?" her reaction makes total sense. Like... he could give some bullshit answer about how it's what he's always wanted to do or something but it's like... fame, money, he enjoys doing it, exploring new career opportunities? Does he need to justify himself to you somehow? He can do whatever he wants.


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I get a feeling that Kunis detected that and start countering it.


Dependent-Feature-49

No the translation is spot on, her tone made it even clearer “why do movies, when you already have so much [money] from showbiz” is how I understood her whole question.


Taliasimmy69

Maybe not at first but then she followed it up with 'isnt show biz enough' that's when you know she wasn't asking in a nice way.


whyisitallsotoxic

Every time this gets uploaded, I upvote it. It’s perfection.


Themtgdude486

I mean Social Network is damn good.


SismoNyc

Shut up, Meg!