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The Matrix - Limited Edition Collector's Set

The Matrix - Limited Edition Collector's Set

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Was Neo Committing Reverse Abortion?
Review: The Matrix is a kewl movie. Who can dispute that? In the virtual reality genre, it makes a great triple bill with The Thirteenth Floor and Tron. But has anyone noticed that it's about a fetus aborting its mother? Look up the word Matrix in the dictionary. It means womb, or mother. Neo is hooked up to an umbilical cord, that has to be broken if he's to be freed from the matrix. Then he proceeds to destroy the "mother" who nourished him. How Freudian do you have to get when the screenwriter is this obvious?

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Matrix Rocks!
Review: No need to ramble about how awesome this movie is, so I'll keep it short and sweet.

-Watch this movie and watch it again and again. -Best action movie ever! -The reason DVD was created was to showcase a movie like this. Digital Sound and Picture has found it's poster child!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A great movie
Review: The Matrix is a great movie its starts when a guy named Nio is scerching for an answer to the question that is the main idea of this movie "what is the Matrix" after he the answer the plot more and more intersting and dangures. The movie is staring Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne . This movvie is great and wonderfall don't miss it!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great movie
Review: I lvoed the matrix, saw it several times in the theater alone. What more can be said--great original story, great special effects, great acting, great action...I only wish that Hollywood would produce more movies like this instead of sticking with the "safe" stuff that they've been clinging to for the past few years.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Features+
Review: The extra "stuff" on this DVD make it a must have. The red pill "What is the Concept" is my favorite. Follow the white rabbit is a great feature.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Good but not great, 3.5 stars
Review: This movie delivers as a sci-fi, action, movie. It is very entertaining. Though Keanu Reeves acting suffers badly. This movie is worth renting but not buying.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This is always the most action packed movie of all times!
Review: This movie is sweet!It has non-stop bullets flying and explosions left and right!I'm not giving the movie away or nothing,but in this a man finds this world is fake while the real world is like hell..And robots take over the world we are in now!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Not high philosophy or anything, but a truly good time.
Review: It's true, you CAN watch this video multiple times, and still get a kick out of it. The acting is excellent, the fight scenes are excellent, the special effects are excellent, the script is excellent, etc....

I'll admit, this movie doesn't create "deep thought" or anything--I mean, most of its concepts get hashed out in any philosophy 101 course, and you'd have to be a simpleton to not understand it. However, the concepts ARE well-executed, usually consistent, and I am honestly looking forward to the sequals/prequals.

One question--if Neo was stuck in an intravenous-computer-lifepod thingy, how on earth did he even manage to thrash and keep afloat once he's released and falls into the water? In my opinion, he should have sunk like a brick or floated lifelessly like a deflated balloon....and I am curious as to the writers' explanation of why the computers (creators of the Matrix itself) actually "programmed in" the Oracle and don't know about her, and is her comment about the vase going to end up as some Leibnizien version of free-will?

Time will tell, hopefully.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Still one of the best
Review: I've had this DVD for a while but never written a review. Still stands as one of my favorites - not just because it's a good movie, but because the extras on the DVD were so well done.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The Modern Sci-Fi Classic
Review: I know my review is a bit late in coming, but for those that have either not seen the movie or have yet to purchase the DVD, let me tell you why you should do both.

First of all, the movie is an exceptional feat of special effects, and boasts the most incredible and mesmerizing action sequence I have ever seen in any movie (starting with the infamous lobby scene, which is cool, if not vital to the plot). For the special effects alone you should see this movie. If you are a science fiction fan, the subtle nuances will appeal to you. The film has been passed off as a mere action packed, shoot-'em-up flick, but if you look closely, there are actually a lot of references to religion, nihilism, and the Bible. Another thing that sets this movie apart from others in the science-fiction genre is its unusual premise that we are all living in a dream world controlled by sentient machines. This provides for some thought-provoking conversations between Morpheus and Neo.

Now I must warn those who haven't seen the movie that the action you expect doesn't come until almost half of the film has passed, but when it does, it is well worth the wait. The first 45 minutes of the movie familiarizes the audience with the Matrix and introduces the main characters, and there are a couple of strange scenes that will weird out some people (or both).

The only reason I did not award this movie 5 stars is because the characters were not developed nearly as much as they could have been. You don't find yourself caring for them as much as you find yourself watching their motions on the screen. After all, it's only a movie, right? But it could have been better if the characters had pulled you further into the dense plot.

As for the DVD, I highly recommend it to any DVD collector. The transitions between menus are fantastic and look good, and there are so many special features that it took me no less than an hour to look at them all.


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