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Summary: Everybody who is a member of the human RACE, shoot me!!!
Review: Now, as I can last recall, this movie.... I can't remember anyhting since 1999.
It's almost like a DragonballZ episode, all action, then about 3 years later, you forgot EVERYTHING. I mean, just about everywhere, people remember exactly WHO said, "Luke, I am your father".I say that the plot was bland at some point; where there are two sides, there are two stories, and being the picky eprson I am, I would have personally liked to see more emphasis on the "other" side, the Machines. Worse enough, I can also say that while the idea is interesting... I still say it doesn't make sense. If a machine was to become that intelligent, then some things would be obselete, another, the technological terms are a bit too... today? I mean, way back when, who ever heard of a "lightsaber"? Yeah, NOBODY! Creativity, huh? Huh? I mean, yeah, I can see hacker in the future, but the word "program"? Oh, COME ON! Otherwise, I'd like to see much stronger emphasis on the other side(s) as well as something to totally screw up the plot and make it harder for "Neo" (Keanu Reeves). After seeing "Reloaded", I was primarily disappointed with the slownesss of the story, still, unlike the confusing "Enter the Matrix" here. I'm a geek. Shoot me. Also, here's a little common sense: Isn't it a bit.... wrong if former slaves enslave their masters? Other than that, for me, I'm not too happy with how the characterization was done, could have had more personality here, no? Also, here's a problem HUMANITY! Isn't this (hu)man vs. machine? And isn't the perspective MOST people are viewing the humans? Darn, we really screwed up our race then, if this is the meaning of being human. No, really, in a lot of movies like this it seems that we humans have forgotten what it means to be human! Hence our punishment. Other than that, get ready to hear my Reloaded rants someday! Because I'll have a LOT. Like a FEW other people out there, yes, I was rooting for the machines. But for other reasons than the fact that the movie "sucked". And yes, we really have forgotten what it means to be human, not to mention the human characters hardly seemed *ahem* human, sentient, and/or understanding. I think the only thing people think of when we say "human" is the human race. That's it. I'm sorry, but, if that's the new meaning to the word "human", then shoot me. I don't wanna be human anymore. (I'd much rather be a half-eaten ham and cheese sandwich, right now...) I mean, isn't there supposed to be a plot? *ahem* PLOT??? And emphasis. A movie with this much philosophy needs a stronger plot and more than just one perspective. This movie, it's all just really one-sided. And the reason WHY this movie is no longer on my perosnal "top movies list" and why I gave it such a beating. Which really isn't that much, but this is constructive criticism, mind you. ~Kokeshi088~ P.S. I think out of the box. It's a gift. :)
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Summary: What if?
Review: Now, The Matrix was a great movie. But why? The effects, actors, script, and music all played a huge role, but I think number one is: What if?
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Summary: Excellent DVD, Questionable in other aspects.....
Review: O.K. I never saw this film at the theater. So when I got it for Christmas I wasn't too sure about It. No I don't live in the booneys or anything. I just never got around to seeing it, and usually I at least rent a film before I buy it. So I watched it on my DVD player with Dolby Digital, and I was blown away! This is the defenition of DVD, what it is made for. Even the standard version has plenty of extras. I havd a DVD-ROM and there is included features for that. So on the DVD side it is defenately worth it, especially for reference (and to show off your system). However, the movie itself has some weakness, especially with any person being turned into an agent. This is not explained too well. Also Keanu Reeves cannot die and come back to life, the love scene is unreal! He died in the "real" world, not a computer simulation. This is just one of the small things, other than that this is awesome. By the way, if you have this DVD don't bother buying the soundtrack, it is already on the disk! However, you need a DVD player for it (duh). I hope other movies can follow this technology!
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Summary: Awesome kung fu sequences
Review: Of all the sci-fi/action flicks I love, this is definitely one of them. I guess I just can't get enough of the great special effects and awesome kung fu sequences. On a more literary note, it was interesting that Neo, our main character, plays a "messiah" type of role and discovers that it is up to him to save the world from the artificial intelligence that enslaves humankind. Morpheus plays a sort of "father" figure to Neo, and the third member of the "godhead" is Trinity, who becomes Neo's love interest. .... Great movie, great action. Don't really know why it got an "R" rating though. There are no sex scenes and very little profanity even compared to some PG13 films.
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Summary: Get the DVD version, it is the best!
Review: Of course "The Matrix" was the greatest movie of 1999 and the special effects were awesome! If you are thinking of buying this movie, I highly recommend the DVD version. The effects are much more effective and will pull you right out of your chair. Of course, combine this with a good sound system as well, and this is about as close as you can get to seeing it in the theater. If you don't have a DVD player, I recommend you buy one just for this movie!
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Summary: A smart mixing of kung-fu, John Woo and mangas
Review: Of course the movie is good, with much suspense and movement, the special effects are great as usual, Keanu Reeves is very, very charming... But we can't keep saying that kind of thing. So I'm gonna put some middle critics about it. And there's quite much to say. The Wachowski brothers are fond of John Woo, kung-fu movies and mangas, and we can see that. We can see that so well that in fact nobody saw nothing at all. Actually the movie's been made under the entire influence of Hong Kong cinema. Open your eyes and you'll see that the story itself is taken from the famous Japanese manga and film "Ghost in the Shell" (a hacker pursuited by an overpowerful cyber-agent - doesn't this remind you something?). Open your eyes and you'll see that the action, shooting sequences have been taken from John Woo movies, especially "A better Tomorrow" and "The Killer" (Keanu Reeves throwing his empty guns away and replacing them, imitating Chow Yun-Fat). Open your eyes and you'll see that the fighting sequences have been taken from Hong Kong kung-fu movies, especially Tsui Hark ones ("Once upon a Time in China 1 & 2", with Jet Li); besides they've been made by a famous Hong Kong choreographer... the same one who worked on the Hark movies, and on "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"! As we know, Hollywood has become a master place in the art of imitation and recovery. With "The Matrix", the big shots can say they made a totally innovative movie (some others said 'the best sci-fi movie ever made') which's gonna be inspiring many unimaginative directors in the future (see "The One"). But they forgot (and not only them) that the movie itself owes Asian cinema very much, if not everything. For me "The Matrix" is not a new and innovative film, but a smart pack of sequences already seen before in other movies made a very long distance away from Hollywood. But people don't care, so we can say that the Wachowski brothers did it great. In any case the movie doesn't worth "Blade Runner" and other great futuristic movies "The Matrix" unsuccessfully tried to bury. About the actors, I noticed Hugo Weaving's amazing performance as the brutal, ferocious, pitiless agent Smith. He manages to keep away from caricature and makes his bad character one of the most believable and scary ones, in action movie history. But when I see him fighting and flying all over around in a perfect, high-class suit, I have some doubts. All I can say is that in the end, Neo can't do anything else but crush him when he at last gets aware of his great powers. Lawrence Fishburne, as the charismatic Morpheus, is excellent too. So I'll say that after their very personal and imaginative first film, "Bound", the Wachowski brothers, as many others like Bryan Singer, blew up their style and sold their souls to Hollywood. "The Matrix" is quite a good movie with a good plot borrowed from mangas but with a too obvious influence of the kung-fu, John Woo and manga styles, and with a bouddhist background (Morpheus' speeches). There's nothing much to be deadly admirative about. The special effects are perfect but too present and heavy and bring bad headache, along with the deafening music. But this is what people want to see and hear, so what's the big deal? As long as it brings big money...
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Summary: Great movie. No problems on my DVD player.
Review: Of the thousands of movies I have seen, I would put this in the top 20. Nuff said. Some people have complained of problems with this DVD on their players. My Panasonic A110 is listed as one of the "problem" players. However, I have watched it twice (so far) with not so much as a glitch. I have had problems with a very few other discs, but not this one.
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Summary: THE MATRIX ROCKS!!!
Review: Oh I'm so thrilled it's coming out on VHS! I heard on a site that it wasn't and now it is! =) Seriously, this is one of my favorite movies. I only saw it once in theaters, but that's because I had to leave for vacation after that. I saw it with my brothers and Dad because I just... wanted to see a movie. I thought it'd suck. Since I have 3 brothers and am the only girl, I'm more into action stuff than girls at my school, but I think even they would like this movie because of the chemistry between Neo and Trinity. EVERYONE BUY THIS OR THE MATRIX WILL GET YOU!
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Summary: Wow.
Review: Oh man, this sure was an experience. This has got to be the best movie I've seen all year. It kept me interested the entire time, and really suprised me a few times, too. Unlike other "action" movies, all the shooting, all the killing had no gore. No unnecessary blood or revolting shots that most guys tend to enjoy. The Matrix really gets you thinking, and keeps you thinking. There is NOTHING like this movie, and it is definatly worth watching.
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Summary: Great effects, great story, just tremendous!
Review: Oh what a movie, say what you want Reeves did great as Neo and you're not likely to find a deeper story in the near future. The dvd itself was great, lots of features, the fighting seens are somthing that Bruce Lee would've been proud of and the effecs are great. Very clear on pc and tv alike. Great dvd to have in your collection. Really deserves 5 stars .(Could do with 6)
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