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having re-watched the original recently, one of the most striking things was how successfully they managed to create a setting that excuses practically every si
by odessacubbage 5y ago
having re-watched the original recently, one of the most striking things was how successfully they managed to create a setting that excuses practically every single convention of bad screenwriting and still works as a film.
- Apocryphon 5y agoI'd read an article about what those conventions were.
- me_me_me 5y agowell for one, superman trope. Neo is a 'god' in the matrix and yet movie avoids 'I'll just punch everyone, so why bother doing something clever'. The scenes with key-maker escaping are really tense, and neo was cleverly outsmarted to be removed from the chase.