The Matrix

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Summary: Woh, man, thats a lot of bullets
Review: Since when does no-talent acting and lots of guns make a great movie? Ok, it had lots of special effects to keep you from realizing it was missing a plot and real acting, but then so did What Dreams May Come, and nobody is calling that great. Come on, if this is the best movie of the year, then I really feel sorry for the film industry. Maybe for the sequal, Keanu can just stand there for an hour, jump around in slow motion a few times, and shoot a gun. At least we won't have to pretend there is a story. There was nothing original about this one, even the so called original story idea has been floating around in science fiction literature since at least the 40s.

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Summary: Definitely something for everyone..
Review: Sit back in your chair and let the visual imagery in this movie wash over you.. Don't be put off by what you've heard of the laughable plot and the starring roles of Ted "Theodore" Logan and Cowboy Bill, The Matrix is the surprise comedy hit of 1999.. with redundant lines like "It's a killing machine designed for one thing..", the absurdity of "His neurokinetics are way above normal!" and countless others, the INCREDIBLE performances by the "agents," and that priceless ending, this is a movie that will have you laughing and cheering along, and trust me, you will be amazed by what you see on the screen. If you want hong-kong action, get "Iron Monkey," but if you want the most biting American satire of the sci-fi "genre," and a movie just DYING to be seen on DVD, get "The Matrix"

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Summary: MATRIX
Review: SO COOL! WHAT A NICE MOVIE... ^.~

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Summary: The best, the best, the best, the best
Review: So good, it's really freaky. This movie really plays on your mind and lingers for a very long time. Watch it.

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Summary: Read This Review!
Review: So, having trouble understanding the "Matrix"? Let me try to assist you in your clouded view. The Matrix is not a film about computers. Nor is it a film about guns and violence. Nor is it even a film about the future. First, erase any of these notions from your mind, and we'll start from there. The matrix is a film about the human race finding an energy within themselves that will allow us maximum results from our measley existence. An inner 'God' if you will. To understand the meaning behind a film with such a vast vision, one must be able to step outside himself (as when the film's characters went back to the spaceship) and see a world beyond the tangible one we live in. The film is rife with psychological meanderings which culminate in Neo's visit to the oracle. If you'll remember the oracle asks Neo (in so many words) if he thinks he is "the one". Neo says "no". Had Neo said yes, then he would've surely been recognized as the one. It's simple: everyone is "the one"! and the theatrical fact that there was a race of machines smarter than ourselves, which created the world we see and feel while really hiding their true agenda is a fantastic metaphor for finding that space within ourselves that can allow us to 'bend spoons' mentally. And to have the world on a string. The action in the movie serves to keep you focused on plot. Now, having read this review, watch the film again and understand it's true meaning.

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Summary: For the pure love of violence
Review: Some may argue with me when I say that this film loves violence. They might use terms like "wallow" instead. But what convinced me was a single shot: the falling, in slow motion, of scintillating spent shell casings from the helocopter, during the rescue of Morpheus. It was then that it hit me: the Wachowski brothers were not giving us that shot in order to pump up the violence/action. They were doing it because they intuitively understood the sheer, unadorned beauty of violence.

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Summary: CHEESY BUT FUN
Review: Some of the moments in this film were so predictable and cliche that I could have wrote the script. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it & found it fun-- this despite the fact that notoriously bad actor Keanu Reeves is the main character. A plus is he doesn't maul his lines with a horrible quasi-British accent.

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Summary: It did it for me...
Review: Some people had problems with this movie. Plot was bad, it was too derivative, etc. I for one had already had the idea of "what if the world weren't even real?" , as we probably all have. I say this movie put that thought into a well-entertaining movie. The whole feel of the movie drips with a sort of high-tech "cool;" a different feeling than any movie I've ever seen. It puts the whole story in a modern day context, and it's really quite believable. I had to think about it for awhile after I saw it. It almost gives you a new appreciation for life! :) Plus, the special effects are great. Were they "adapted" from other movies? Maybe... but so was all sorts of stuff in Star Wars... and many other movies I can't think of right now... So, if you haven't seen it, do now. If you already have, and liked it, get the DVD! This movie singlehandedly will make me get a DVD player...

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Summary: Great Movie
Review: Some people only look at the brilliant graphics displayed in this movie, but most fail to realize the new idea introduced here. Suggested in the movie is that our world is a computer program used to keep us under control and keep us confined. Only one man can alter and destroy the Matrix as he saw it. Such was Keanu Reeves, a hacker and a program writer for a respectable software company. He is beheld by a man named Morpheus, a saint, sent to destroy the matrix. Neo realizes that he is not only fighting for the salvation of the world, but for his very existence and his pride.

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Summary: Good Not Great
Review: Some real neat individual scenes (like stopping bullets in mid air) and a few interesting insights make for a very entertaining film but do not in my opinion put this in the same category of scc-fi thriller as The Terminator 1 (not 2), Blade Runner and Alien. Compared to thos movies The Matrix seems more like a collection of entertaining individual clips rather than a tight coherent story. But all in all worth seeing because those other movies only come along about every 7 years or so.