Weak Imitation of Dark City

Rating: 2/10 (15 January 2009)

I had seen all three Matrix movies and my first thought while seeing Dark City, was how shockingly similar DC is to the Matrix series. I wondered for a brief moment if the creators of the Matrix and DC were the same, then I just figured that the Matrix stole the idea and created an overly long, overly hyped 3 part yawner out of it. For that is all the Matrix is compared to DC...one giant Yawn!! I mean they tried so hard to make a bigger, better and more complex version of DC and all they accomplished was a weak and glitzy imitation. You don't need 6 hours and gratuitous amounts of trickery to tell this story. DC told the same story, in a much more interesting way, in the span of one movie.
What I find hilarious is that most people believe that the Matrix was a truly original and mind blowing concept...the world we live in is fake, run by machines in some twisted quest for self preservation. DC started it, the world we live in is fake, run by beings in some twisted quest for understanding and self preservation....Neo was the chosen one, holding power over the machines...John was the chosen one, holding power over the evil beings....C'mon people wake up and smell the Goldfish!