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Re:Netflix's New Chapter by latexr on Monday January 23, 2023 @03:00PM (#34494136)
> The most important ingredient to the success of a movie is the plot.

Provably false by all the bad sequels which nonetheless made more money than the original¹. If plot were that crucial, movies would consist of a person sitting down reading a book, à la The Invention of Lying². Money matters to commercial success of a film above anything else.

¹ https://www.vox.com/2016/7/1/12070048/resurgence-independenc...

² https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invention_of_Lying

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Re:Netflix's New Chapter by joshspankit on Monday January 23, 2023 @08:35PM (#34497887)
The Invention of Lying makes me sad. I just showed it to someone last week[1]. Great premise, the first half is genuinely funny and then it throws out the whole vibe and turns in to a very cliché critique of religion.

[1] I actually only showed them the first part so we could walk away enjoying it

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