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Summary: COOL MAN
Review: I just loved this movie! At first, I rented it, but my Mom took it back before I even got to watch it,and she took it back for my behavior consequence. Then my Dad rented it the next week, and I got to watch it, since I didn't have any behavior problems that week. You see my parents are strict about Rated R movies. My Dad says that I have to act mature if I want to see those kind of movies. But it turns out that my Dad liked it also. Can't wait to get my own copy.
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Summary: I'm not sure why people like this movie
Review: but they do. I didn't. story is kinda there but it just never did anything for me. a couple of mediocre effects and mediocre acting, maybe I was just in a bad mood that day- you decide.
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Summary: Good but something is missing...
Review: It is not a bad movie at all but when you watch a movie similar to the idea in The Matrix you expect some digital effects.But here we have this one maybe the biggest minus is the effects.
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Summary: Puts You Out
Review: I really enjoy Sci-Fi films and the whole cyberpunk genre, but this movie just didn't do it for me. The trailers for this film looked compelling, so I rented it on VHS, but after about 20 minutes I was out like a light. I found this film so dry that it put me to sleep. Look for your Sci-Fi elsewhere kiddies, this one is more potent than Niquil.
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Summary: a little ripped off but still good
Review: This movie was pretty good but it ripped off the movie strange days(which is definitly better). The basic plot in the movie is that this guy finds his boss dead and then goes into the thirteenth floor. I know it sound confusing but its not all that hard to follow if you keep in mind its a sci-fi movie. But if you want something similar to this movie go with strange days or the matrix there better.
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Summary: Good sci-fi movie overall, a few minuses, though
Review: The Thirteenth Floor deals with the ever-favorite tale of real vs. virtual. Great theme, well-developed plot, very detailed settings and uncommonly-emotional orchestral soundtrack (for a sci-fi movie, that is). I agree with other reviewers when they say this movie has poor direction and acting, but it's certainly not the worst directed either. Just pay attention to the storyline and the mystery and you'll forget about the actor's performance. It's not that bad.If you've seen a lot of sci-fi, you'll find some cliche's: the green lights and lasers that the producers put in every one of their films (Godzilla, Independence Day... remember the merchandising?); the stereotypical computer hacker that eats, drinks and makes love to computers; and the mystery involving a beautiful woman that no one knows where she came from. At the beggining of the movie you may get lost if you don't pay enough attention. These first sequences seem to give too much information needed to understand what's happening. It gives the impression that the writers developed a story for the very few that fully understand complicated theories involving virtual worlds and highly-developed computer software. This is apparently true, given that it became no box-office hit, opposed to THE MATRIX, which anyone can understand because the story is mostly shown, not simply told. Those looking for virtual reality sci-fi with more story and less special FX will find this movie very entertaining. I really enjoyed this movie, perhaps because I'm a Star Trek TNG/DS9 fan who likes the sort of episodes where a crewmember gets trapped in a virtual world but doesn't find out until the end, yada yada yada... And stop comparing this movie to THE MATRIX! That one's the action- , superhero-based, special FX-type movie. This one's the mind twister, the awareness-of-unreality-type movie.
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Summary: A surprise.
Review: I didn't have a clue of what this movie was about when a friend of mine lent me his copy one evening. What I do know is that I was scratching my head right off the bat. However, the movie quickly ends my temporary confusion when we are shown that the opening scenes are from a virtual reality game that is so compelling (it places the player inside late 30's L.A.) that the player actually feels these computer-generated characters are real. Indeed, the characters themselves think they are real. What starts as seemingly a rip off of "The Matrix" theme (or a greatly expanded version of a Star Trek holodeck), quickly turns into a murder mystery, and it is handled quite effectively (except for the virtual reality scenario, it is nothing like "The Matrix"). Although the stars in the film aren't household names, and some of the dialogue seemed just a tad pedestrian, the story draws the viewer in and takes you on its own ride. What was most impressive was the recreation of early Los Angeles. I was amazed at how authentic everything looked. "The Thirteenth Floor" is a clever film, in that its "sum" is actually better than its "parts". This movie could have failed on several levels (I was fully anticipating it to fail), but somehow it kept me captivated (and confused), then surprised the heck out of me. Between 1 and 10, "The Thirteenth Floor gets a marginal 8. I think most viewers will be quickly drawn in and will enjoy the ride as much as I.
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Summary: Interesting story, poor execution.
Review: Boy, after the great "question reality" movies like Dark City and The Matrix came out, the bar was raised a little higher for this genre. Unfortunately The Thirteenth Floor falls way short of ever reaching the bar, let alone going over it. The concept of virtual worlds, within virtual worlds didn't quite work in this version because you never find out why they exist. In The Matrix we at least find out that the virtual world therein was created to make humans sedate as they were used as organic power supplies by the AI. The Thirteenth Floor is a pretty hum-drum affair. Every time they used the word "user" I kept thinking of the classic Tron, a different, yet far better virtual world movie. The ending was pretty useless. It really answered no questions, and (heaven forbid!) left the way open for a possible sequel. And another thing, the title had nothing to do with the movie other than the lab resided on the 13th floor, and every once in awhile you would see a finger push the elevator button to reach that floor. The scene where Douglas Hall drove to "the end of the world" was rather weak as well. As he stood there talking on his cellphone he stared at an untextured wireframe of his existence, hokey. I didn't hate this movie because the concept of virtual worlds is rather intriguing . . . they just managed to make it boring! So that still only leaves two "cyberpunk" movies ever released that are really worth seeing: Strange Days and, of course, The Matrix.
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Summary: A GOOD MOVIE
Review: I passed it up several times at the video store & I am glad that I finally rented it!
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Summary: The Thirteenth Floor
Review: Excellent sci-fi that challenges our assumptions about what is real and what is not. Similar to the matrix but premise is more believable.
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