I'm not saying they copy the story, i'm just saying that there are a few similarities...
Of course, bananas are far more interesting.share
That used to be my favorite movie-and I still want a viking funeral-NO WORMS!
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It's basically a remake, isn't it?
shareNever heard of Rocket Gibraltar, but I'm calling it "People Places Things [parents having a terrible divorce] meets Moonrise Kingdom [kids taking matters into their own hands sans adults, on a beach]".
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You may not want to say it's a copy, but I'll say it. Total rip-off. Families come together to celebrate grandfathers birthday and he dies with the little kids giving him a Viking funeral. They may have changed individual characters and the issues each couple was dealing with, but the basic plot is intact. I despise it when credit isn't given for a story so obviously based on someone else's work. Ruined the film for me.
shareI'd never heard of Rocket Gibraltar, but watched it after seeing the comments on here. Billy Connolly is far more charming and interesting than Burt Lancaster, and Rocket Gibraltar is far more unbelievable - totally unsupervised kids know how to use power tools and rig a mast, plus they have far less reason to conceal the grandfather's death from the adults. Plus the parents see the boat go up in flames with their father in it, and no one goes out in the water to pull the boat back? How do they know the man is really dead? They all just sit on the beach and watch- including the policeman?
It's a waste of a lot of great actors.