on "No Reservations" and my immense contempt

So, in response to Rachele's comment, which made me quite happy because it totally proved how well she does know me, I will describe my reaction to seeing the advertisements for the film, which I will under no circumstances PAY to see.
OK so if you haven't seen the trailer, you can see it here:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/noreservations/
It has Catherine Zeta-Jones and Aaron Eckhardt, who was in "thank you for smoking" which I really enjoyed. In fact, I almost bought that film the other day because I found it packaged with "Sideways", another one those middle aged films I tend to enjoy. It was only 8~ something for both of them! but it was at Mall-Wart... Yeah. I thought "Why the hell is this indie, anti-establishment double-dose for sale at WAL MART?!? Oh, THAT must be why it's eight bucks..."

Anyway, now that you've viewed the trailer, (hint: do it now) you'll see that there are many reasons I might be interested in this film. A warmhearted story, hot food & sex combination, even a bald, male shrink! Now, immediately, is there anything you notice that might piss me off? OH, right. the TITLE. Blatantly stolen from Anthony Bourdain's TV show, "No Reservations". I hope to god they got royalties off that.

Beyond that, I doubt many of you are aware of another, 'similar' film. Allow me to present "Mostly Martha", a german film that was apparently POORLY marketed in the US, at least by the looks of this trailer.
http://www.paramountvantage.com/martha/martha_trailer_320x180.mov
Please ignore the horrid music and voiceover, which is NOT a component of the actual film. Notice any similarities?

Edit: OK, I just watched the trailer I linked, which is significantly longer than the ones I've seen, and makes it even more obvious that this movie is a total, apparently SCENE BY SCENE rip-off.

Perhaps the plot, appearance of actors, sets, and even scene by scene matchups, including the 'rare enough' steak presentation. I think it's clear even from the short clips given that the acting is far superior in Mostly Martha-- although the crappy trailer presentation for english audiences is something you may have to look past to see it. Even the steak scene is overplayed by Zeta-Jones, and she certainly doesn't capture half the neuroticism portrayed by the beautiful Martina Gedeck. And dont take my word for it, look at the reviews. Apparently it got panned. Check rotten tomatoes.

So, needless to say, I was suspicious when I saw the first trailer on TV for the 'reservations' film. I could tell from that shorter one that the basic plot was similar, and what burned me was not that it was possibly a remake, but that NO CREDIT or affiliation was given to the original, from which they had clearly stolen their ideas. Looking at their website, there is no indication that it is a remake. In only one of the reviews I have read did I see that it was a remake. Thankfully wikipedia has cited the original at the beginning ofo their article.
The second time I saw a trailer, it included the hysterical 'rare steak' scene. This time, I got out of my chair and yelled at the screen. Ripping off, BLATANTLY, one of my favorite movies AND giving absolutely NO indication or credit... yeah I was pissed.
I saw several reviews that included NO MENTION of a previous film, or indicating it wasn't in the least bit original, and that was probably because they DIDN'T KNOW because the distributor made NO ATTEMPT to give credit.
Finally last week I saw a review printed in the local paper that mentioned Mostly Martha in passing, but again I saw the trailer two days ago and could not help myself yelling at the TV.
So YES Rachele, I was pissed. I haven't felt this righteously pretentious in a long time.
No post tonight, so enjoy the rant.
Love yas,
-Mer