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Summary: the movie is about the story
Review: I noticed that many of the other reviewers were fixated on the special effects and all sorts of other alphabet soup. Special effects are not what these movies are about. These movies are about the story, the questions, the implications, and the philosophy. The special effects only aid in the visualization of neo's abilities and of the powers held by everyone who realizes them. If you think that The Matrix is about special effects then I suggest that you watch it a few more times and maybe then you will understand it. You can never watch The Matrix too many times.
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Summary: Sci-Fi Action Thriller, Does it get any Better?
Review: This movie has my unqualified recommendation. It has some of the best action, stunts, and visuals I have ever seen. The story is good also. It has good acting by Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne's parts. What is The Matrix? Well, the people who live, in their day in and day-out world, believe it is real. But it isn't real, it is just a mere software program, to shield our eyes from the truth. That software program that we believe is real, is called The Matrix. What is the truth? Well, sometime in the early 21st century, mankind celebrated over their marvel, their creation. AI: Artificial Intelligence. A singular consciousness that spawned a whole new race, of machines. They don't know who struck first, people or the machines. But it was us who blackened the sky, because we believed that without an energy source as abundent as the sun, they would die. The human body generates more bioelectricity than a 120 volt battery, combined with a source of fusion, the machines had found all the energy source they would ever need. So, the machines created fields of endless fields, where humans are no longer "born", we are grown. The machines created a "program" to control the people inside The Matrix. They can do things that seems impossible, like dodge bullets and other things. These "programs" are called Agents. Anyone who has fought an Agent, has died. When The Matrix was first built, there was a man born inside it, who had the ability change whatever he wanted, to remake The Matrix as he so fit. He was the one who set the first humans free to the real world. That man died, but an oracle said that he would return, to free humans from The Matrix, because as long as it exists, humans will never be free. So, Morpheus found Neo, who Morphues believes is "The One". But is he? An action movie at its best, that has stuning action scenes that no one can out do, except for maybe The Matrix Reloaded, the sequel. So go out and rent this movie, for you will not regret it.
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Summary: Probably the best action movie ever made
Review: This movie is a must for everyone who likes action movies. I am not a big fan for Keneau Reeves, but this movie is the most anyone could expect from this kind of movies ever, under any point of view.
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Summary: matrix
Review: This movie absolutely blew me away when I saw it at the cinema. I went again the next night for a second round.It was exciting, with a mind boggling plot which I found disturbing and not beyond the realms of possibility.The special effects were some of the best I have ever seen. The sound track was dynamic, the casting excellent. I hope the sequel will be as good.I would call this one a classic movie in its genre.
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Summary: New definition of science-fiction
Review: I hope you had the opportunity, as me, of seeing this movie without any previous reference about it. Impressive. If not, you can always see it an have a great time.
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Summary: Movie that pioneered the new era in visual effects.
Review: There are only two things about this movie that I will mention:
One - very unique and quite disturbing story - the world is a hoax. It is an elaborate deception created by artificial intelligence that controls us.
Two - visual effects, they will blow you away.This is one of only three movies that I've ever watched in a theater more than once. Let's hope that second chapter is as good as the original.
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Summary: Essential
Review: Take a combination of exciting innovations in special effects, an original, intriguing hero story, a lot of guns, and a lot of black clothing, and you have the single most essential part of anyone's DVD collection. I've only seens some of the special features on a friend's DVD (sorry, folks, the thing's still shipping, I don't actually own it yet); they offer a fascinating description (for all the nerds out there like me) of how many of the special effects are produced (particularly bullet time).
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Summary: A Sci-Fi Thriller of the highest caliber
Review: I'm a fan of all types of movies, and coming up with a top 10 list is a challenge for anyone... but #1 is a no-brainer: The Matrix. This movie is full of eye candy, drama, action, great acting, comedy, and thrills. It's a non-stop rollercoaster that you'll want to watch over and over. The DVD has some great features that you can watch directly from the special features menu, or indivudually as they appear during the movie. The featurette on how they filmed the sweeping 360 degree slow motion scenes is fascinating. I don't buy many movies, as I don't typically like to watch the same film more than once or twice. This film in a rare exception, and it is the type of movie that you can pop in the DVD player and lose yourself in the story while running for 30 minutes on the treadmill. The only problem is pulling yourself away from the action to get back to your normal life. If you are a fan of Star Wars, Stargate, Lord of the Rings, Spiderman, or any modern sci fi action movie, you need to add The Matrix to your permanent collection. You'll love it.
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Summary: The Best
Review: Simply put, this is a great movie. Everything from the acting to the special effects is perfect. The storyline could not have been written better. The directing does things we had never seen before, now unfortunately everyone is doing it. If you haven't seen this movie, go and see it before the second one comes out. If you want to know what it is about read one of the other fifty reviews.
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Summary: The 2001 (Space Odyssey) of 1999.
Review: This film is so full of symbolism, it can be interpreted in many different ways. If you don't find any meaning at all in this film it says more about you as a person than it does about Keanu's bad acting. The only places this film falls short is in its attempt at pleasing action film junkies.
It is an action film, not an idiot flick.
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