10 Movies That Actually Benefitted From Studio Interference
7. The Matrix
The Matrix quite simply redefined action cinema at the time of its release. It threw sci-fi, action, kung-fu, fantasy, religion, philosophy and computer programming - of all things - at the wall and somehow made the whole affair stick like a perfectly cooked bit of pasta.
The legacy of the Matrix franchise is so firmly established, it needs no introduction.
One of the many heady concepts thrown at us is the idea of humans being used as biological batteries to power the machine’s techno-hell empire. Despite blowing many a tiny child's mind back in 1999 it’s fairly common knowledge that this wouldn’t work; violating most laws of basic thermodynamics.
Even so, the Wachowskis showed off how intelligent they are by revealing in the DVD commentary that captive humans of The Matrix were originally enslaved as a neural network; being used for processing power rather than electrical power.
The higher-ups at Warner Brothers thought this was an innovation too far, however, getting the Wachowskis to change it to something more comprehensible i.e. Humans as batteries.
Why did this improve the film? As stated before, many young moviegoers had a real revelatory moment the first time they watched the Matrix. If the film had been too complicated for the younger audience to understand, it simply wouldn’t have had the same impact.