This is inevitable. Just because something has been written from scratch, that doesn't mean it necessarily feels original. There are only a limited number of plots available (the number varies depending on which academic you read) and how original something feels depends on whether the viewer has seen a similar treatment before.Howard-Smith wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 3:46 pm One comment on this film that irritated me was that it “didn’t feel original” when in fact it was a totally original piece of writing by my friend Chris Davies.
It's a bit of a lazy line in a critique though. It would have been more useful if the writer could have said what it remined them of, then you'd have had a better understanding of why it "didn't feel original".