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As soon as the Matrix came out, there were all sorts of reports that the story was not original. As far as damages go...I'm not entirely sure that the claim to
by MWil 13y ago
As soon as the Matrix came out, there were all sorts of reports that the story was not original. As far as damages go...I'm not entirely sure that the claim to the story is where the money lies. Subjectively, the story is crap and I can think of a million ways to have made the story more interesting that were not explored. That movie was a blockbuster for its visual effects. Period.
- Apocryphon 13y agoIt's not original, because it was a pastiche of a whole bunch of preexisting cyberpunk, anime, and sci-fi stories. It was a tribute to a lot of them. That's why it feels so familiar. There was no direct plagiarism necessary to create a pastiche.
- Tycho 13y agoAlthough some of the premises of the story (eg using humans as batteries... Or was it power sources?) seem illconceived, there we numerous memorable scenes from the film which didn't have anything in particular to do with visual effects, just great film-making. Like Smith's virus speech, or the costume styles, or the invocation of lots of different types of philosophy.
- MWil 13y agoWhich again, are not parts of the story which are claimed to have been stolen. I would be fine with using the broad category of film-making instead of just visual effects.