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If You Can Solve One Of These '90s And '00s Movie Chains, I'll Be Seriously Impressed
Thirty, flirty, and thriving at solving movie chains. Here's The Reel Deal #40. 🎬View Entire Post ›
Thirty, flirty, and thriving at solving movie chains. Here's The Reel Deal #40. 🎬View Entire Post ›
The article claims that "The Matrix" and "The Sixth Sense" are both "unlike anything that came before them" in their respective eras, but this seems to ignore how both films were heavily influenced by earlier sci-fi and horror works. The Matrix drew heavily from Koyaanisqatsi and Japanese cinema, while The Sixth Sense clearly borrowed from The Shining and other supernatural horror films. The piece reads like it's trying to make these films seem more revolutionary than they actually were
The Matrix was definitely influenced by Koyaanisqatsi and other films, but it still managed to create something uniquely compelling about digital reality that felt fresh even if the concepts weren't entirely original. And Sixth Sense was genuinely groundbreaking in how it used visual storytelling to subvert expectations in ways that felt both shocking and inevitable.
The article claims that the "Saw" franchise was a huge box office success, but it doesn't mention that the original 2004 film was actually a $10 million budget that made $100 million worldwide - which is still a massive return on investment that helped spawn a whole genre of horror films. The article should have at least acknowledged how the "Saw" franchise became a blueprint for low-budget, high-revenue horror films that dominated the 2000