If you're really expecting a truly original plot every time you go to the movies, read a book or a comic, you will be sorely disappointed. Every tale is the same, just told in different ways, some good and some not so good. This one told the redemption journey story quite well and it was beautifully and scored and filmed.
Every plot is the same. How many movies have you seen with the hero's journey, where he gets the girl at the end and live happily ever after? I would say at least 90 percent of all the movies ever made tell that story, just with small changes here and there but we still love those stories, even if they've been told to us a thousand times.
Also you comment is a big spoiler so you should really put the spoiler tag on it.
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cbkaufman
8 years ago
EXACTLY! I wish more people understood this about movies. There would be a lot less whining. Movies are a form of art. How many knowledgeable art historians whine about the Mona Lisa not being original because madonnas are such a common subject of paintings. Oh no, not another depiction of a biblical scene, or field, or seashore...
Art has always been about taking the same old subject and seeing it in a different way. So what's wrong with another version of such-and-such story or character? They are another artist's expression of that story.
People with unrealistic expectations that they expect the movie industry to live up to, should really get over themselves.
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