Love movies that say “inspired by a true story.” Like that means anything. It’s not the same as based on a true story, no. It was merely inspired by it.
“I saw a man shot in the head on the subway and that inspired me to write this movie about a skateboarding gorilla!”
‘directly inspired by’ is a such a purposefully imprecise choice of words here, that could mean virtually anything.
Love movies that say “inspired by a true story.” Like that means anything. It’s not the same as based on a true story, no. It was merely inspired by it.
“I saw a man shot in the head on the subway and that inspired me to write this movie about a skateboarding gorilla!”