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The Matrix

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The matrix: Brilliant movie
Review: This really is a great movie. Though I can imagine some people might find it hard to keep track of what is happening. Also the subtitles and the wide-screen leave you with a dissatisfied feeling. But apart from that it's marvellous to just watch the movie for its outstanding special effects! It keeps you guessing how they did those special effects with slow passing bullets and not screwing up character movement by doing that. Fortunately, a nice extra of this DVD-version is probably that you get to know how they did these special effects. Take my advise and buy this movie on DVD. You won't regret it!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Most amazing action movie i ever seen!
Review: This really was an experience! 100% purified action. And a great plot too. First time i saw it i was confused about the plot and just amazed by the very well done effects. Sound and Video is at it BEST!. Quality speaking it is very good too. Few mpeg artefacts. If you are into cyber-punk-thriller-actions GET THIS NOW! You wont regret it, well hehe alteast i didnt. :)

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Great effects, good idea, hoorid characters...
Review: This review contains spoilers...
Why, oh why, is this movie so lauded? I have tried to enjoy it, and on each viewing, it gets worse. Take a clever idea (the world as we know it built by machines), add special effects (in '99 they were jaw dropping), but give no character life, of humanity, or any reason to like them, or root for them, or CARE! Did Neo have ANY spark of anything that didn't just "happen"? Was there anything about his "life" that lifted him? Why, possibly, would Trinity fall for him...I guess the same reason in real life; he's attractive. That's it. Good science fiction, good fantasy explores mans humanity, how human qualities eventually transcend technology. Neo was "the One". Because of that, everything was fed to him. We were shown almost nothing about him, yet he is "the one". And frankly; the machines were right. Man IS a virus; there is NOTHING about the remaining "humans" that tells us this will change. Personally; I was rooting for the machines. At least they offered some joy.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: You have to be a real fan to buy the Limited Edition!
Review: This review is referring to the Limited Edition Collector's Set: Don't get me wrong: The movie gets 5 stars and even more, but this edition gets 4 stars or less... WHY? Here's why: Why do I need to pay 60$ for the DVD + the soundtrack? Because all the rest is junk!: A poster, some cards, a box, and a film!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Stroke of Genius in the Machinery of Hollywood
Review: This review will not include any direct details about the movie, just in case you, good reader, happen to be one of the four people on the planet who haven't already seen it.

"The Matrix" is a coop. The Wachowski brothers have managed to infuse a great, up-to-date sci-fi storyline with touches of Zen Buddhism, Taoism, and influences of modern philosophy starting with and returning to Soren Kierkegaard. The art direction is sublime, weaving future noir with comic book and producing a wonderfully believable cloth. The writing is solid. Even Keanue Reeves is believable as the in-the-dark protagonist through which we discover this world.

The DVD is gorgeous. The features are solid. The behind-the-scenes is an amazing look into the massive effort involved in bringing something like this to the screen.

The fact that the Wachowski bros were able to introduce such important and beautiful modes of thought - by infusing the very nature of the story with them - while wrapping the whole package in a action-packed veneer is breath-taking. A move of genius. An entire generation of kids will now grow up thinking, howerver subtly, about these motifs. This aspect of the film, historically speaking, makes it hugely important. The fact that it's a fun and wild ride makes it wonderful.

I file this movie in my collection next to my Kubrick DVDs.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Very good film
Review: This sci-fi film is truly extraordinary.. I never knew a movie could be so good. The first time I saw this movie, I was fascinated by the technology used to make this movie. I also enjoyed the story line as much as I enjoyed the special effects. This is a must buy selection.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: keanu in tight black leather, nuff said :)
Review: this sci-fi treat has a bit of everything for everyone: philosophy, special effects, carrie ann moss for the gents & an incredibly sexy keanu for all the lucky ladies out there. i'd recommend this to everyone :)

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Sava galaxie by lotsa shootin and wearing them trenchcoats!
Review: This show is marketed to somewhat 15 to 25 audience. That's why the kewl (gewd) guys are about this age and the bad guys look like like 40ish. 25 y/o gang don't like forty y/o folks who are just not kewl enough.

Same trick George Lucas used in Star Wars -- you won't see any bad guy of age 20ish there. Good use of juvenile emotions -- the old folks are not comprehended and they are feared.

Same trick used in Phantasm -- who we have feared in the childhood -- some tall grouchy man...

Same trick used in zillions other movies.

The story is lame and researched by so many sci-fi books and shows etc: the machines take over the woild and you gotta gun them down just like in your favorite video game. Duka nuka, you know. Quake'em. Kewl.

Visually compelling, but not that much, I would not care to see it again let alone littering my home vidio library with it.

If I had any kids, I would not let them watch this show before they really learn what 1 (one) shot from a firearm can do to peoples' lives.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: OHMYGOD! OHMYGOD! OHMYGOD! OHMYGOD!
Review: This THE BEST action/sci-fi movie ever made. It has a great plot and a astonishing storyline. The fist time i saw the lobby shooting (you will know when you see it), i got the shivers. the camera angels, the mix of slow motion and real-time, the special effects is just great. You must buy this dvd to know. It is worth every penny

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Awesome
Review: This the best DVD ever! I have to say I have never seen such a movie. Anyone who is thinking about getting this really should get this.


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