Movies That Should Have Been Hacked
These films could have used a little sabotage.
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Movies That Should Have Been Hacked - Hollywood experienced a historic first these past few weeks when a cyber-terrorist attack allegedly from North Korea managed to derail a film release (Seth Rogen and James Franco's The Interview, which shows the comedy duo taking out North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, was initially pulled from theaters and then released on limited screens). While the incident arguably posed a dangerous precedent when it comes to dealing with foreign enemies, there are a few films that nobody would mind if hackers spared us from. Here are the movies that actually deserved to be hacked. (Photo: Columbia Pictures)
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Aaliyah Biopic - Lifetime's television movie Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B may have scored over three million viewers, but — if Twitter is any indication — nearly all of them could agree that the biopic should have never been made. From bad casting choices to a superficial plot, the memes bashing the film were more interesting than the film itself.(Photo: Christos Kalohoridis/Lifetime)
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Exodus: Gods and Kings - Ridley Scott's biblical epic has angered many with its seemingly racist casting choices: all the "gods and kings" are played by white actors, while the "slaves, thieves and lower-class citizens" are played by actors of color. Scott's response to the controversy, claiming that he couldn't get financing with a more diverse cast, reeks of an old Hollywood mentality that has no place in the 21st century. (Photo: Twentieth Century Fox)
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Nina - From the moment it was announced that Zoe Saldana would play Nina Simone in a biopic on the famed singer, it seems the project was doomed. Fans were outraged by the decision to cast the Dominican actress as Simone, especially when she was "blackened" up to become Nina. The film has been sitting on the shelf for well over a year, leading us to believe that Black Twitter already successfully shut it down. (Photos from left: Ian Showell/Getty Images, FameFlynet
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Horror Movie Remakes - From A Nightmare on Elm Street to Friday the 13th, Hollywood can't break its habit of remaking horror classics — to far inferior effect. But the fact that these films top the box office means that producers aren't likely to be scared off from this trend anytime soon. (Photo: New Line Cinema)
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