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Why do ppl compare movies like The One and Equilibrium to The Matrix?


Those two movies are completely different than the Matrix, I hate the comparison. I also hate how on the Equilibrium dvd case I have it mentions crap about being better than the Matrix. Come on now, this is why idiots get confused and compare the two. Sure they use stop motion at times, but that is the only thing they have in common. The stories in all 3 movies are completely different.

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Probably because they're all based on "The Chosen One" trope?

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenOne

And personally, I enjoyed Equilibrium much more than I did The Matrix. But really it's more like an action oriented 1984.

A more apt comparison would be The Matrix v. Dark City.

Prof. Farnsworth: Oh. A lesson in not changing history from Mr. I'm-My-Own-Grandpa!

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Usually they compare because for those people The Matrix was the first movie they have seen with this topic & style.

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