Although 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

Although 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.