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Obviously we can hold blatant "rip-offs" accountable but shouldn't we judge each movie based on it's own merrit? Saw wasn't Se7en, Saw 2 wasn't Cube, and despite similarities between movies what if (and I'm not saying this happened) the writters are simply unaware of another similar script? I'm sure some of the ideas floating around in my head are in somebody else's somewhere. How do you decide if it's borrowing too heavily and how do you even know if another film is an influence? I try to watch movies and judge them without citing any other movies although it's difficult. Sometimes it doesn't matter if somebody brings something new to the table as what they bring is damn good. It gets hard sometime though, watching High Tension as a Dean Koontz (and Intensity) fan had me second guessing the creativity of the writers from the very beginning. For me I suppose it just depends on the overall quality of the movie. To use my food metaphor again, sometimes preparing the same dish with a few different or extra ingredients changes the flavor completely.
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