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Change the gender of characters to make movies worse.

  • 07-04-2015 01:16AM
    #1
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    Was just thinking about the Graduate, in which a middle-aged woman seduces a teenage boy. Can you imagine if it became a middle-aged man seducing a teenage girl?

    So, AH, what other movies would be made worse if the genders of characters were changed?


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  • #2
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Mr. Bean.


  • #3
    mackg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,938 ✭✭✭mackg


    Junior.


  • #4
    PandaPoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,978 ✭✭✭PandaPoo


    Ghostbusters


  • #5
    Duff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,598 ✭✭✭Duff


    Batman.


  • #6
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Top Gun. Urgh


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  • #7
    The Diabolical Monocle
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭The Diabolical Monocle


    The crying game - the cacks come down annnnd aaaannnd .... everything's in order. quick bit of in out, end of film.


  • #8
    Zab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,931 ✭✭✭Zab


    boneyarsebogman wrote: »
    Was just thinking about the Graduate, in which a middle-aged woman seduces a teenage boy. Can you imagine if it became a middle-aged man seducing a teenage girl?

    He's a college graduate, not a high school graduate


  • #9
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Zab wrote: »
    He's a college graduate, not a high school graduate

    you'll ruin the rage


  • #10
    FueledbyCoffee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 265 ✭✭FueledbyCoffee


    Alien


  • #11
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    Fight Club.

    Have a Chat with your Friends about what's Bothering you, be Grand probably wouldn't be as successful.


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  • #12
    One eyed Jack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,439 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    boneyarsebogman wrote: »
    Was just thinking about the Graduate, in which a middle-aged woman seduces a teenage boy. Can you imagine if it became a middle-aged man seducing a teenage girl?

    So, AH, what other movies would be made worse if the genders of characters were changed?


    Lolita, wasn't the worst film I've ever seen.

    As for a movie that could only be made worse if the genders were changed?

    Every chick-flick ever made. Imagine Sex and the City with men? Beaches? Thelma and Louise?

    Imagine Platoon with women? That'd be one hell of an awkward movie to watch.

    Three men and a baby.


  • #13
    tosspot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54 ✭✭tosspot


    Basic Instinct


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    FueledbyCoffee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 265 ✭✭FueledbyCoffee


    Santa Claus the movie :pac:


  • #15
    Tigger
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    PandaPoo wrote: »
    Ghostbusters

    that is the correct asnswer; Ghostbusters :(


  • #16
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Brokeback Mountain
    Blue is the warmest colour.


  • #17
    FueledbyCoffee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 265 ✭✭FueledbyCoffee


    Mary Poppins


  • #18
    One eyed Jack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,439 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    American Psycho, I don't think Patricia Bateman would be nearly as compelling viewing :D

    Barb Wire, *shudder*...


  • #19
    Adamantium
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭Adamantium


    Terminator.

    A pissed divorcee goes back in time kill the 2nd wife of the man who once loved her.

    Contains nudity.


  • #20
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    Billy Elliot.

    Billi wants to take up ballet. Her father encourages her as he feels wanting to do ballet is a perfectly fine thing for a girl to want to do.


  • #21
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    WoollyRedHat wrote: »
    Billy Elliot.

    Billi wants to take up ballet. Her father encourages her as he feels wanting to do ballet is a perfectly fine thing for a girl to want to do.

    Cos we want to!


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  • #22
    csallmighty
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    Mrs & Mr Smith


  • #23
    PLL
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    How to lose a guy in 10 days.


  • #24
    Ken.
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    Rambo


  • #25
    RedemptionZ
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    Disagree with nearly all the posts, most movies could be just as good with either gender if done right. If Rocky was done with girls could still be just as good if you had seen that as the original.

    The action genre is probably the one of the only would I'd say might lose out and that's just down to the realism, for example imagine Die Hard, not the most realistic movie anyway, if all the male characters become female you'd probably find the plot a bit too outrageous. Though saying that I still think it could be done, just would take a lot more effort.

    Crime movies are another, again though it's only down to realism, there wasn't women running the Mafia so having them lead the Godfather or Goodfellas would be too unbelievable.


  • #26
    2Bints1Joe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 197 ✭✭2Bints1Joe


    Schindler’s List. She would forget where she put her car keys and the list


  • #27
    K.Flyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,560 ✭✭✭K.Flyer


    Charlie's Angels...
    or
    The A-Team...


    ehh.. wait a minute


  • #28
    ArnoldJRimmer
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    Priscilla, queen of the desert


  • #29
    Macavity.
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    Benjamin Braddock was 21 years old in the movie The Graduate and Dustin Hoffman (who played him) was 30 years old. Anne Bancroft who played the older woman was 36 years old in real life.


  • #30
    HugsiePie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,160 ✭✭✭✭HugsiePie


    Teeth.


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  • #31
    kneemos
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    Nude Nuns with Big Guns.


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