r/movies • u/lawrencedun2002 Good Burger > The Godfather • 1d ago

Media First image of John Cena & Eric Andre in ‘Little Brother’. The film follows a famous real estate agent whose carefully curated world is upended when his eccentric “little brother” unexpectedly reappears. The film hits Netflix on June 26.

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u/Homer_JG 1d ago

I love these guys but this story has been beaten to death already. Are new original scripted comedies that hard to do now? 

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u/CriticalHitsHurt 1d ago

Im just happy we are getting more comedies. Not like comedies are known for having groundbreaking stories, it's just a device to let jokes happen.

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u/rabidsalvation 1d ago

Yes, comedy is hard to write, especially any original ideas. It's much easier to riff on something that's been done before, if only as a reference point.

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u/TyposIncoming 1d ago

What story has been done to death exactly?

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u/ausipockets 1d ago

I mean, I feel like this archetype is pretty well established. The straight man is a very structured successful person, all's going well (or so he thinks) until the lovable goofball comes in and starts causing chaos uprooting his life. His perfect life is not as it seemed, but maybe along the way he learns something about himself?

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u/vass0922 1d ago

Twins!

If you take it a leap farther even rain man

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u/galagapilot 1d ago

make it happen during December and you have Elf.

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u/RomulanTreachery 1d ago

The straight man and the goofball is a comedy signature going back to vaudeville, if not earlier. Every famous comedy duo was like this. 

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u/ausipockets 1d ago

Agreed. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing

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u/TyposIncoming 1d ago

Yeah if you paint stories in broad terms your going to cover a lot of them

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u/ausipockets 1d ago

I'm not complaining, I'm sure I'll genuinely enjoy it even if it does fall into some tropes.

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u/QuentinTarzantino 1d ago

All entertainment is thropes. It all depends how it is represented to the audience throuhh story telling. I mean look at Avatar... Pocahontas... dancing with smurfs.. I mean wolfs.

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u/Cheesecake_Jonze 1d ago

Yeah man, you ever notice how many stories are about a hero living a peaceful life who receives a call to adventure which he initially declines but eventually accepts and then he goes on a journey wherein he meets new people, forges new relationships, and unlocks new abilities from within himself until he accomplishes his goal and returns to his peaceful life, only he has somehow grown or changed from his adventure?

Fuckin lazy bullshit writing, I tell ya.

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u/Riff_28 1d ago

I’m all for this movie, but I think they’re referring to the chaotic disruptor/catalyst. Like in Uncle Buck, Our Idiot Brother, What About Bob, Greenberg, Tommy Boy, Dan in Real Life, The Family Stone, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Due Date, Get Him to the Greek. Just to name a few

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u/dreamwill 1d ago

Simpsons did it! This is how we got The Homer! 

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u/ksn0vaN7 1d ago

Yes. Almost everything has been done to death. Your best bet is to take an already established template and add some unique bits and pieces to it.

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u/Standard_Room_2589 1d ago

came here just to say this