Movie Inspirations

I was watching the movie The Fighter the other day. I have to say that it is one of my new favorite movies. I have watched the movie three times now and the ending still sends chills down my spine. The movie is a classic underdog movie about a boxer. Which is probably why the whole movie I couldn't stop comparing it to the classic Rocky series. I was wondering if the director was inspired by any of the Rocky movies.

Sure enough when I watched the special features the director said he was inspired greatly by the Rocky series and he actually said he wanted to make the new Rocky. Being the huge Rocky fan I am, I believe this task is impossible. However, he did direct one heck of a movie.

This connection between movies really got me thinking though. I wonder how many other big movies were inspired by old classics.  I started thinking about newer action movies like the Bourne movies and comparing them  to older movies like the older James Bond movies. ALSO... I recently found out that John lasseter was inspired by James Bond and Jason Bourne to create the secret agent car in Cars 2 (Finn Mcmissile)