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* ''[[The Matrix]]'' sequels, ''The Matrix: Reloaded'' and ''The Matrix: Revolutions'' were heavily criticized for being full of lengthy philosophical pontifications by several characters, including Councillor Hamann, The Oracle, The Merovingian (twice), Agent Smith, and Morpheus. |
* ''[[The Matrix]]'' sequels, ''The Matrix: Reloaded'' and ''The Matrix: Revolutions'' were heavily criticized for being full of lengthy philosophical pontifications by several characters, including Councillor Hamann, The Oracle, The Merovingian (twice), Agent Smith, and Morpheus. |
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* Cecil B. DeMille's ''The Greatest Show on Earth'' (1952), which was ostensibly a backstage drama about a season at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, keeps interrupting itself with various segments that have little to nothing to do with the characters, including unself-conscious circus performances (with many, ''many'' in-universe audience reaction shots that tend to undercut the fourth wall) and pure documentary scenes showing what carnival workers do, the latter of which are accompanied by verbose and frankly pompous descriptions by a "voice-of-God" narrator. The movie in general can't seem to decide what it wants to be, making it a fine mess. (Of course, it won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1953, so it's a little hard to gripe.) |
* Cecil B. DeMille's ''The Greatest Show on Earth'' (1952), which was ostensibly a backstage drama about a season at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, keeps interrupting itself with various segments that have little to nothing to do with the characters, including unself-conscious circus performances (with many, ''many'' in-universe audience reaction shots that tend to undercut the fourth wall) and pure documentary scenes showing what carnival workers do, the latter of which are accompanied by verbose and frankly pompous descriptions by a "voice-of-God" narrator. The movie in general can't seem to decide what it wants to be, making it a fine mess. (Of course, it won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1953, so it's a little hard to gripe.) |
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* ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'' was directed by an animal rights activist who initially intended it to bring attention to the cruel treatment of animals in the meat packing industry by showing the same methods used on humans. The film has become iconic in regards its genre - possibly helping to start it - but not the genre it was intended for. |
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