10 More Movies That Had The Balls To Do It Better (& WANTED YOU TO KNOW)
These movies weren't quiet about the fact that they knocked it out of the damn park.
Sometimes it just isn't enough for a film to improve upon previous iterations of the subject matter - sometimes the filmmakers just needs to rub it in a little, and ensure that audiences are aware of just how far things have come.
In these instances the filmmakers have clearly worked hard to outdo what came before, and whether it's done playfully or out of genuine sour grapes, these movies all pointedly illustrated that they were going above and beyond to do better.
And so, as a sequel to our previous article on the very subject, here are 10 more movies that had the balls to do it better, and y'know what? They wanted you to know it, too.
While it's a tricky line to walk and a filmmaker risks coming off as smug or egotistical if they get this calculation wrong, in the case of these 10 movies, each was able to back it up with their stellar execution.
Whether the inspiration holds up or not, these movies did it better and couldn't resist making that fact abundantly clear in the most blatant way possible...
10. Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Robin Hood: Men in Tights may be a parody of Robin Hood, but that didn't prevent it from throwing the gauntlet down at the feet of Hollywood's previous big-budget adaptation.
Mel Brooks' cult classic comedy is very clearly a response first and foremost to the Kevin Costner-starring Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves released two years prior, which saw Costner widely mocked for his lack of an attempt at an English accent.
Costner even went on to win a Worst Actor Razzie for his performance in the film, and so of course, Brooks couldn't resist the urge to fire a patriot arrow at this wide open target.
Half-way through the movie, when Robin (Cary Elwes) confronts Prince John (Richard Lewis) about his unfair taxes, John asks why the citizens would follow Robin, to which Robin replies, "Because, unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent."
As he says it, Elwes smugly turns to the camera, hilariously breaking the fourth wall and nodding to anyone who sat through Costner's woeful non-accent in Prince of Thieves.
Despite the film being a spoof, Elwes is still a genuinely brilliant Robin Hood, and to make the joke hit even harder, Elwes was reportedly offered the Prince of Thieves role before Costner came aboard, though turned it down because he found the script "too contrived."