Hate to tell ya kids, but "The Matrix" ripped off the wire fighting stunts from countless Hong Kong chopsocky flicks. "Bullet time" was just like the Gap ads on steroids. Nothing "original" at all, but it still got the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. BULL!!!:|
"Phantom Menace", for all it's flaws, blew the roof off the dump with it's FX (The Pod Race alone should've gotten it) and only lost due to the stupid playa hatas in the Academy.