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Summary: To Blind you from the Truth.
Review: Deep, the rabbit hole takes you away from the computer-generated dream world to the horrifying real Catharsis where Machines are all dominant and aggressive against the all too organic humans, now secondary in the alimentary chain. You'll wet your pants at first sight with the Power Plant. Alas, this is the real thing, you are a Battery. Now a Myth in movie history, The Matrix is Anime style for real, or at least, close enough to the concept. Released in 1999, this little project (as little as 75 million dollars) came from nowhere to be the new philosophy in this modern science fiction / action adventure film era. Conceptually ground breaking, and visually stunning, the film blends Kun Fu (Mega Kick action), along with the appealing Cyber-Punk way of adventure, to bring something never seen before, not here, neither in Indochina. The new photograph technique Bullet-Time, showed the world how things look as clearly as possible in a 360 degrees-CGI environment, with a highly fashioned hero skipping bullets (not fast enough for Neo), and immediately, every one of us went to say, Woooooowwwww man. Quickly the film became an instant box-office success, carving in the cultural collective conscience of the so called: computer / comic geeks (from here on, its actually cool to be one, no more shame), and the rest of the normal people (the ones who actually get laid). And so, the critics and audiences all around the world applauded its directors, the Wachowski Brothers (Larry and Andy), for their intelligent and keen contribution to the already wasted action flicks. Well, actually not everybody applauded, poor George Lucas did saw how his long wanted Oscar for Best Special Effects (which is what Episode I, is all about), went into the hands of Amateurs (compared to the Industrial Lights and Magic team, that have been around ever since Star Wars). 4 Academy Awards, including Best Editing, crowned the recognition as a Masterpiece, and helped the film sell more for the already trigger-happy Joel Silver (in case you are wondering, money does make you fat, right Joel?), the rest, is all history.
The Matrix has tree merits that makes its first viewing a crazy ride; first, the great combination of the smart and original script, along with specially strategic cuts of the first 30 minutes, made the What's real and what's not real topic, both confusing (in the best sense of the word), and captivating, where the spectator doesn't knows what's going on, actually, it puts you in the situation of the main character, so, you are as lost as Neo is. To continue with, the excellent Kun Fu action choreography by the great Yuen Wo Ping, made every action scene to the date felt short and boring (it was shock to know that the main actors actually performed 90% of their stunts). And of course, the amazing and never before seen visual effects that where always in service of the story (the opposite of The Matrix Reloaded, and The Matrix Revolutions, where every visual effect is for free, away from any story necessity), all reunited by a accurate direction, with the help of a First class crew, made The Matrix a cinematic phenomenon. The actors where fit in their roles (Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Ann Moss, Hugo Weaving, among others, are barely O.K. in their easy characters) as the traditional heroes (Neo is basically, a black haired Luke Skywalker), and the not so traditional ones (Morpheus), hunted by the strange looking Agents, that look more like an I.R.S. employee (a nice and fresh change). The script was good enough to sustain its story weakness and character stereotypes, ending in a great rush of action and Kun Fu fights, stunning from beginning to end. The music by Don Davis, is a mediocre work, mostly saved by the good choice of songs blended with his original score.
If you watch the movie carefully, you'll notice that there are 3 minor production mistakes, one belongs to the Cut when Neo and Trinity gets to the Agent Holdings (where Morpheus is kept), the appearing of the already dress and armed police effectives happens to fast form the time the heroes arrives (a time and editing mistake, take into consideration that after Morpheus is caught, the Agents aren't expecting the Heroes to save him), the other mistake is when the famous Rooftop Bullet-Time scene (where Neo falls back and skips the bullets), before the Agent shots towards Neo, the hero fires at Agent first (lest say, some 12 shots), the Agent skips all the bullets (a frontal shot of the Agent is shown), but behind him there is a very close building all covered by mirror like glass, the thing is that the building is close enough to have been hit by Neo's bullets, the CGI guys miss this one, and the building is shown intact, also, in that same shot, when Neo finishes shooting towards the Agent, he throws his pistols down (just aside his feet), so, during the Bullet-Time shot the pistols disappears completely, when the scene cuts away from the Bullet-Time and we see Neo on the ground, the pistols re-appear again, anyway, this is only if you watch the movie to many times.
This DVD was the first one to sell more than a million copies, after it, everything DVD rise up in huge sells. The transferring is great (the digitally grading of the film can be appreciated at its fullest), with a clean 5.1 Dolby digital, magnifying the Bullet-Time moments. The extras are quite good, specially the: Follow the white Rabbit mode, gives a different inside of the movie (the Audio Commentary is terribly boring, John Gaeta's Big Shot attitude, kills Zach Staenberg's effort to give away an entertaining and deep commentary). So, get kick into this un-realistic world of computer intelligence and Kun Fu punches.
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Summary: NOTHING SHORT OF AN AMAZING MOVIE
Review: A COMPUTER HACKER [KEANU REEVES] FINDS OUT ABOUT AN ALTERNATE REALITY. VERY VERY ENTERTAINING FILM. FILLED WITH EXPLOSIVE SPECIAL EFFECTS AND FILLED WITH EVEN BETTER FIGHT SCENES. THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY HURTED THIS MEGAHIT WAS THE FACT THAT IT WAS SIMPLY TOO LONG. BUT, DESPITE ALL THAT, THIS STILL TURNED OUT TO BE A REALLY GOOD MOVIE. FOLLOWED BY TWO SEQUELS, THE 2ND OF WHICH IS GONNA BE RELEASED NEXT MONTH.
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Summary: One of the most imaginative films ever made...
Review: The Matrix DVD is chock full of amazing special features that will extend your enjoyment of this truly fascinating sci-fi-action flick. If you have not yet seen the first Matrix, you are missing out on one of the most extertaining movies ever put to film. If you have seen it and are a fan, then this DVD, with all it's extras, SHOULD be sitting on your shelf. Highly, highly recommended.
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Summary: Great Sci-Fi Action Adventure
Review: With almost 3000 reviews out there nothing more needs to be said on the plot of this film. Therefore I will limit my review to the contents of the DVD that I viewed.The DVd contains an arsenal of special features some betteer than others. In addition to the film we get two feature length commentaries. The first is by the special effects designer and the editor with additional comments by Carrie Anne Moss. This is standard fare commentary with lots of dead time as the film runs. The two crew members discuss the concept and have a rather lengthy discussion on "bullet time." The discussion is rather complicated but interesting nevertheless. Ms. Moss chimes in rarely to discuss scenes in which she was a principal. The second commentary is more interesting. This is a music only track with commentary by composer Don Davis. He discusses the score and its creation and integration with other non-source material. It is interesting to watch the film in this fashion as one does not always get a sense of the great deal of music involved in the film. The usual making of special is included and runs around 26 minutes. This is a better than average production special and is well worth a look. Also included are two "hidden" featurettes called "What is the Concept" containing original conceptual drawings and "What is Bullet Time" containing a deeper discussion of the special effects created using the virtual camera system designed for the film. "Follow the White Rabbit" allows the viewer to see an extended version of the film with nine production featurettes included that deal with the creation of the special effects and fight sequences. All in all this is a very well made DVD which serves to enhance the viewing experience of a film that is rapidly becoming a classic.
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Summary: Fun From Beginning to End!!!
Review: Dodging of bullets, fighting agents... All in a days work for Neo(Keanu Reeves). This action-pack movie (Released in 1995) is funny, serious, scary, and TOTALLY OFF DA HIZZLE! The Wachowski Brothers do it again! It takes place when Morpheous(Lawerence Fishburne) tells Neo about the Matrix, and the rest, well, is history! Though it was made 8 years ago, and I've seen it over 4.5 billion, zillion, kagillion, times, I still love it!!!!!!!
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Summary: dumb people, shut up please
Review: i loved this movie, there are so many subliminal things in every scene, its crazy. it just makes me want to watch more.the special effects are cool. bullet time is very well done, and i dont think that they over did it at all. i love all of the underlying themes of the movies, like relgious references and parallels. im really tired of people who come out and say they hate this movie because 'it has no plot', or a 'weak script.' they watch it for like 5 minutes, and if they dont fully understand it, they get all upset and turn it off because their intelligence (or lack there of) is being threatened. all of you people out there, if you want a corny movie, go for something like the fast and the furious. if you want corny graphics, go for the hulk. moral of this story: give credit where its due, and shut up and stop dissing this movie because you're too dumb to get it. understand my drift? hopefully you do, because your ability to understand is in quesion. ps- who the heck is the person who gave matrix a one star rating, and the hulk a five star rating for its 'great graphics'. seriously, get glasses dude, that movie blows.
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Summary: Let's get jiggy wit it!
Review: Dude! This is the friggin Matrix! This movie kicks everyone's butt and you know it! The best movie ever! The sequels are crap but just like Neo this is "The One". So buy it now before you get a spanking! BONG!
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Summary: Come on - it's the matrix
Review: If you haven't seen or heard of this movie by now, then you need to go rent it. Once you've seen it, if you like it and there's one DVD you're going to own, this is it. It's one of those movies you can keep watching. This would probably always be a good choice as a gift too, if you're thinking of buying for someone else.
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Summary: A Whole New Way Of Thinking....
Review: Like, way outside the box!!! I love this movie. I have watched it at least 100 times. I can believe the theory. Who are we? Where did we come from. Why are we here? Machines that run the world without our knowledge. Excellent premise for a movie. The Brothers are genius. Neo, Trinity, Morpheus....they are the newest in icons. The heros of humankind...and so misunderstood. Can not wait for RELOADED....
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Summary: couldn't resist trashing this movie
Review: i did a search for the movie "the player" and this was the first title in the list of results. i decided to check out the reviews, and was very disapointed to see that only 133 out of the 2786 total reviews gave this film the lowest possible rating. than again i'm not at all surprised. most of us matrix haters (and i suspect we are quite multitudinous) wouldn't even want to waste their time doing what i'm doing here. i saw this movie in the theater, subcomming to the immense amount of hype, and i winced my way through it. what a mess. the people of my "great" nation are truly lost if this film constitutes first-rate entertainment.
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