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Summary: It blows your head up!
Review: I was always convinced that no movie could make me feel "inside" it but this one made trick! i went to see it four times and the DVD version has to be mine!
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Summary: One of the best sci-fi movies to come out in years
Review: I was amazed by this special effects mega-movie but I knew that if I could get my computer jaded son to like it, this would be the ultimate stamp of approval. He LOVED it! The computer related stuff was so far removed from anything he could identify that it didn't distract him from the movie itself. He now even sports a Matrix screen saver on his computer. I highly recommend this "on the edge of your seat" story.
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Summary: Pure genius
Review: I was blown away by the special effects and intricate storyline. This is a film which is truely worth watching and keeps you on the edge of your seat. This is one of the best films of the 90s and I advise all to watch it even those who are sceptical. I am not a fan of science fiction but I could watch this film again and again!
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Summary: Truely the best Sci-Fi film to date
Review: I was blown away when I saw this movie in the theaters. Now I get blown away everyday by it. This should come with all DVD players. The visual effects are amazing, the fight scenes are well coordinated, and the sound is surreal. Unfortunately it's only in widescreen which may be annoying to those with smaller tv's but it still is amazing. The plot is very complicated so don't miss a clip!
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Summary: Nice effects, but no story...
Review: I was expecting a lot more from this movie. No doubt, the sound and effects are top-notch, but I thought we were to the point that good Science Fiction needs a great plotline with good character development. This wasn't it. I was expecting twist after twist of confusion and conspiracy, but you know what's going on about 20 minutes in. Check out Blade Runner for futuristic landscapes and Total Recall for twists and turns that keep you thinking "What is reality here?" If you want the latest special effects in a Mortal Kombat setting, The Matrix is it.
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Summary: it's better than i expected
Review: i was going into the movie expecting to see an incredebly incomprehensive movie with a complicated and boring plot. But i was totally surprised! Sure, the plot was a bit complicated but at least it was comprehensible. I liked this movie so much that i couldn't stop talking about it. True, the beginning is a little weird but i really started to like it when Morpheus explains to Neo as much as he can about what the matrix is. If you haven't seen this movie, you absolutely should. You won't regret it!
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Summary: Thrilling and breath-taking
Review: I was lucky enough to get this movie before the official release and I think that it was worth every cent that I paid for it. It is absolutely brilliant in every way. The picture quality is above perfect as is the sound. It is a great story which requires a touch of thought first time round but I recommend it to anyone with an imagination. It's better that brilliant and an absolute must for any Sci-Fi fundi.
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Summary: Worth it despite the flaws
Review: I was lucky enough to see an advance screening of The Matrix at Skywalker Ranch for the entire Lucas/ILM team (who had just released SWE1). The entire place roared with approval for the film, and not just once did I overhear a techie claim that the Matrix was "much better" than the Jar-Jar movie they had just spent the last three years making.Ah, but here's the thing. All of you 20-something reviewers pausing your TOOL album long enough to pen your two cents while blowing off your dot-gone job - listen up. Of course you are going to love this movie. You are a demographic under transparent crosshairs and this movie was made to be spoon fed to you. They even made the hero a hacker! Ha! Hearing 2000 of you say that this was the "best movie ever" with "a complex plot" that "enlightened" you does not help any real film fan judge this flick. ... The Matrix was a very enjoyable action movie with frenetic pacing during the action sequences, mediocre acting from the cast, and enough gaps in the story continuity to annoy any careful movie watcher. However, it was fun, loud, and had more back-story behind it than most action movies in recent years. Apparently that is enough for many to claim it as the best movie of the year, but not me. A quick rundown of the positives: Carrie Ann Moss - truly the heart and soul of the movie, not to mention the best acting job of the lot. Her unforgettable first scene is probably the best one of the movie. Her heroine (until the clichéd end) is a model for strong female characters. Hugo Weaving - next to Alan Rickman's "Hans Gruber", the second best action movie villain ever. They're lucky he'll be in the sequel. One of the few times that both the villain and the hero are guaranteed to be in the follow up. It didn't hurt The Empire Strikes Back, did it? The Soundtrack - the industrial electronica and the fight sequences go hand in hand. Made to be turned up loud. Also, the sound effects team deserved every bit of the Oscar won for best Sound Effects. The Humor - we expect action movies to be filled with one-liners, but I liked the slight nods to classic martial arts films and spaghetti westerns - dig on the newspaper playing the role of tumbleweed during the final confrontation in the subway station. Subtle, yet funny. The Concept - As stated many times before, not original. But I have to applaud the Wachowski brothers for putting a very pretty window dressing on an age-old philosophical query - "Is our entire existence but a dream in someone else's mind?" Better yet is the question "Is humankind perhaps merely a disposable evolutionary step between nature and machine?" Plus, packaging these concepts up for the young, no-so-well-read, white male population in such a digestible way might even open up a mind or two that otherwise would be wasted on net... Even I can't be against that. A rundown of the negatives: The quickly brushed-over plot devices - i.e. Humans need more energy than they could ever produce if kept still. It would be easier and more efficient to raise just about any other animal. Please. Plus, I can't help but wonder just how much money it took from Motorola, Ericsson or Nokia to have these uber-cool ruffians carry cell phones, just as an proliferation in US cell-phone hipness was exploding in the movie's target demographic. Can't you just hear the talks at Warner Bros.: "But wait, we want these characters to have to run to certain phone locations." "Okay, okay, you can't travel via cell phone out of the Matrix, but you can talk to each other." "How will we explain that one?" "Who cares, they'll all be too stoned to realize." The incongruent visual effects - Never before has the trail of multiple effects shops been so easily followed. The scenes from outside the ship look like they were spliced in from a PC Game intro. They contrast with the scenes of the embryo farms, which in turn contrast with the martial arts scenes, all of which look nothing like the helicopter explosion. Each may as well have had a "©1999 Amalgamated Pixels Inc." or "©1999 MVFX" logo in the corner. At times I felt like I was watching a VFX demo reel. The Violence - I must admit I softened on this complaint after multiple viewings. But the first time I saw this movie, I was a little appalled by the need for so much base-level, gun-toting sophomoric violence in a sci-fi/kung-fu film. Not to mention the helplessness of many of the victims. In the wake of multiple school shooting tragedies, the writers probably realized this, hence the line Morpheus spouts saying that anyone "still plugged in" can be an enemy. Ah, but justified slaughter has never been as poetically rendered. Lastly, the hype. As I've already railed on above, the people who claim this as the "best movie of all time" tend to all be of a type. They're not telling us anything about the movie, they're telling us about themselves. They are not well versed in Philosophy, have not seen many classic sci-fi movies, and generally are not that bright. (don't even get me started on their grammar usage - it speaks for itself.) As for the movie itself, it is a very fun, very exciting ride, with some thought-provoking concepts that make up for its various faults. The DVD transfer, as should be expected, is impeccable, and the sound will leave your living room shaking. Buy it and enjoy it, but try and contain the hyperbole.
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Summary: Blew me out of my seat
Review: I was never a big Keanu Reeves fan, and hacker movies always seem to be somewhat on the lame side, but I was dragged to the movies by some friends, and I can't think of a single reason to regret it. It was great brain candy: awesome visual effects and cinematography, an intriguing plot and all the action I never thought I'd see. I saw it again that same day.
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Summary: A provacative fable for our lives at the turn of the century
Review: I was not expecting to be so blown away by this film. Good films are rare -- good sci-fi films with an engaging message even rarer. The Matrix is one of these rarities. It asks the questions -- "When are we gonna wake up and see the craziness of the lives we're living?" & "How far are we willing to go to change things?" All this in addition to the cleanest, most engaging visuals I've seen since Blade Runner.
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