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Summary: Matrix Does Not Live Up to Hype
Review: Only good scene were the karate scenes, but that can't save this slow and cerebreal bore of a picture. Phantom Menace should have won best effects.
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Summary: The Matrix Has You
Review: Open your eyes. As you're reading this you start to realize that you live in the Matrix. You don't feel it you don't hear it, you don't see it, but you can. You can start seeing the matrix. You now may understand how easy and enjoyable it is to be over the Matrix. Outside the Matrix. If you understand what I'm saying.Concerning the movie, well, it has kind of meaning and it looks good. That's all. I like Mr. Reeves also. The way he's acting. The Matrix has you.
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Summary: Best SciFi movie since Blade Runner
Review: Original storyline and very well acted and directed
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Summary: Visually arresting. Morally vacant.
Review: Other reviews will give you more than you need to know about the plot of this movie; really, though, the point of a film like this is the special effects. And the special effects are dazzling. The visual atmosphere created in this film is numbingly consistent and appropriate for the situation and the story told--that is, dark, artificial, yet glamorous. The characters are dressed and made up to be cyberpunk heroes and heroines, all in black leather (Laurence Fishburne is particulary resplendent in his first scene in a full-length black leather coat), dark glasses, and rebel attitude. The computer-aided freeze-frame rotation shots, first seen (to my knowledge) in commercials for the Gap, are perfected here and used on multiple occasions. These glossy surfaces, however, represent the only reason for watching the film. The premise of the film--that the reality we all know and experience is a computer-generated fiction played out in our sleeping brains while the computers themselves feed off of our energy--seems promising (albeit cribbed from any number of precedents dreamed up by science fiction writers decades ago), but in the end it provides little more than an excuse for Keanu Reeves & co. to shoot up stuff, and an alarming number of people besides. That most of the victims are innocents is beside the point; Reeves and his compatriots are among the enlightened few who have awakened from the dream, and this godlike status gives them the moral authority to cut down whoever gets in their way. Thus, at root, there is no moral center whatsoever to this film. I view "The Matrix" as perhaps the perfect example of Hollywood's desensitization to violence, or of its subjugation of horror and outrage to style and attitude. I know this sounds pollyannish, especially for someone like myself who finds the intermittent attempts of various government figures to goad Hollywood into producing less violent fare to be, at best, silly, and at worst, dangerous. But to me this movie seemed like an adolescent boy's self-centered fantasy of power, and it had nothing else to moderate that influence. I know I shouldn't expect too much--this is, after all, also a Keanu Reeves vehicle. The role he is given here is perfect for this living mannequin, all monosyllabic lines and slow-motion action sequences, so for once he contributes to rather than detracts from the film. Still, I truly wish there had been something underneath the black-leather glamour, something less superficial to admire. "The Matrix" is visually resplendant and superficially entertaining, which is all that most audiences really seem to want anymore. If I say that it has all the depth of your average carnival ride, that is not to say that it can't be as transiently thrilling. Just don't look for anything more.
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Summary: THE BEST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN!
Review: out of ALL the many movies i have seen throughout my life, this is THE best. from the suberbly choreographed kung fu scenes, to the in depth biblical referenced storyline, it is the best movie i have seen, i've seen it at least 10 times and know theres people out there whove probably seen it 3 times that at least.not much more else to say except that it still is not perfect, (the phone dropping and door bouncing-through-flames special effect) but for anyone who has not seen this movie, i command you to go RIGHT NOW and watch it! enough said
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Summary: Just one word for this movie: GREAT !!!!!!
Review: Outstanding special-effects and great sound-effects in the Dolby Digital 5.1 format makes this movie to one of the greatest, most spectaculair productions of the past century. Watching this DVD is truly sensational....more than just once....
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Summary: Live Inside The Matrix
Review: Outstanding! This is definately must see. I can honestly say that this is the best movie I have ever seen. The movie totally explains all the questions that arise. The more you watch it the more you pick up. The cast was amazing, the soundtrack is equally as good. And the special effects and weird camera angles made the movie all the much better. Go get you a copy of this movie!
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Summary: Red or Blue?
Review: Overall, and excellent alction-packed, mind boggling film with a hot lead and excellent support from Laurece Fishbourne and Carrie Ann-Moss to back it up. Don't think it's exiting? Well, just imagine yourself in their position. What would you do? How would you act?
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Summary: Just the movie
Review: People always told me that if you get a DVD player, get The Matrix on DVD. That it's like THE BEST dvd experience out there. I was personally disappointed in the DVD edition. It has just the minimum stuff - the commentary, the preview, and the scene selection. I haven't really seen too many DVDs that blew me away as opposed to their VHS counterparts, but they did a decent job in Pink Floyd: The Wall.
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Summary: What A Mess
Review: People thought Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey was confusing. This movie takes the cake. I'm a smart guy, I have a graduate degree, but this film just seems to lack any substance. It's all Kung Fu fighting and special effects thrown in for good measure. The second Matrix film isn't any better which I saw at the theater. The film doesn't come across as clever, nor intellectual and it isn't even a very good action film or science fiction film for that matter. I know a lot of people seem to like this mess of a film, but save your money. I don't really think it is a film that will be regarded like 2001 A Space Odyssey 20 years from now. I'm afraid it may be forgotten.
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