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Summary: awesome movie with awesome features
Review: ok, so everybody said "this movie would suck without special effects." well that's just the point. Nobody ever said the matrix was a dialogue filled intellectual feast. However, for anyone who is a fan of great filmaking, this movie is a must see. the matrix contains some of the greatest camerawork, cinematography, and audacious angles in movie history. The experience is made even better on DVD with the digital quality picture and sound, and the huge array of features only on the DVD. Especially cool is the running commentary from those who made the film in one feature, and the inclusion of the "making of" documentary. Its interesting to see just how the amazing visuals of the film were pulled off. All in all, a good waste of 20 bucks ;-).
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Summary: Very Deep Ninja Movie?
Review: OK, so it's not a ninja movie. Even though the only way these people fight hand-to-hand is through oriental fighting styles. Be that as it may, this film blew everyone away the summer of 1999, myself included. Granted, it took several viewings to get the whole thing figured, but that's alright. A story like this doesn't come along very often, and the mind-blowing visual effects are worth watching again and again and again. Keanu Reeves really doesn't have to do much here, other than fight judo-style, but he really doesn't have to. Laurence Fishbune is fantastic as Morpheus, the leader of the human resistance. Carrie-Anne Moss is a knock-out in her role as Trinity, the love interest for Neo(Reeves), and a real tough chick in her own fights. This film began the Matrix trilogy, and is easily the best of the three. It can stand apart from the other two, as it was originally meant to be a one shot deal. Personally, that's how I think of this film : as a stand-alone achievement. Not many movies this day and age make people go "huh?" and think about things the way this one did. Any DVD collection should include this fine film.
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Summary: The best action flick of the year
Review: OK, so Keanu Reeves has the acting range of a shop window mannequin, but not even his wooden thesping can diminish the quality of this visually awesome sci-fi spectacular. Action and FX fans won't be dissapointed, neither will those looking for a good story. Sueprificial, but fun.
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Summary: hip new generation star wars, excellent adventure dude!
Review: ok, so the DVD 'ain't out yet, the movie rocks and I can't shut up about it! I went into the theater thinking it would be a moderately entertaining way to kill a couple of hours. Man was I wrong! This movie blew me away! Much has been said about the cult following the movie has generated and I'm proud to be counted among them. Basically, this is Star Wars retold for the millenium. The symbols and the archetypes are all there. You know what? It still works! The unexpected spin really, and I mean REALLY caught me off guard! Once you find out what the Matrix is, and trust me you don't know what it is unless yopu've seen it, you'll just about jump out of your seat! In one flash, the world that you know and feel comfortable in reverses in such a dramatic way that you will hang on every scene thereafter. Rumors are that this is the first part of a trilogy which has already been conceptualized and is currently in preproduction. This film ends like "Empire Strikes Back" in that there is a lot left to go for the story. I can't wait! Stunning visuals, great characters, awesome production design and a script so exasperating you won't have the energy to get up once the credits roll! This is anything but the mindless sci-fi schlock that Hollywood churns out by the dozen. This is a truly original film, albeit inspired by "Star Wars" as well as another major sci-fi film I won't mention to save the secret. Don't kid yourself, if you think you're a sci-fi fan, this is the film to watch.
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Summary: DVD Version - "scope" widescreen cuts off top - read on...
Review: OK, the widescreen gives you the very thick black bars, trying to maintain the aspect ratio of what the super-35 filming showed in the movie theater. HOWEVER, the VHS version in pan&scan shows more. THE DVD CUTS OFF TOPS OF HEADS. READ ALL THE NEWSGROUPS. You have to get used to the tops of heads being cut off for this movie. This is a rip-off!
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Summary: What's all the fuss?
Review: OK- the special effects are groundbreaking but people talk about The Matrix SO MUCH for one reason: it is one of those rare pieces of art that will change the way that you look at the world. Period. The movie has provided a clear code for looking at "Reality". This is modern myth making. Concepts like "the matrix" "gatekeepers" and "having your energy vampirized" and "waking up" are so well exemplified in this story and so applicable to THE REAL WORLD TODAY that the timing seems perfect...and planned. Companion reading: Children of the Matrix, by David Icke. See how far the rabbit hole goes...
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Summary: It is a baaaaaaadddddd movie.
Review: OK. IT GOOD. WHAT ELSE WRITE ME? EXCEPT YO AM NEO AND WATCHING YOU I AM. ---YODA
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Summary: this movie ruined itself
Review: OK. The Matrix had a great concept. Sure, it was a bit similar to some writing by Lem (The Futurological Congress, Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy, and so on), but that's ok. All the groundwork concepts in the first half of this movie were amazing. People being farmed and fed hallucinations, reality only being what you think it is--great! The only problem is that about halfway through, the movie simply ceased to make sense. Neo comes back to life because Trinity kisses him? They have to get phone calls to come back into reality? Unplugging them from the matrix kills them, but Neo survived his initial unplugging? These all-powerful robots who control everything in the Matrix have to resort to fallible "agents" to do their dirty work? What? If you want some real sci-fi, go watch Twelve Monkeys. Or better yet, read some short stories by Stanislaw Lem--that'll *really* play with your definition of reality.
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Summary: sound or movie ?
Review: ok..what do you want when you watch a DVD movie ? Do you want great sound or a great film ? The Matrix has Keanu in it, so we aint buying this for acting now are we ? The sound is brilliant but the movie is average...maybe a little above average. I think the visual and sound effects will keep anyone interested for the first couple of screenings but if you watch movies many times, I think the gimmic of great sound will wear off. A great one to borrow from your mates for a while wihtout paying for it !
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Summary: 100011000110111101101011010100001010010110101110101
Review: Okay to be perfectly honest, I didn't think the special effects were very good, they looked fake to me, but that is because I work with special effects, so I know how it is done, and I know the CGI doesn't handle human movement very well, but for the time they did this the did one heck of a job. The special effects were actually easy to do, it is just know one had a script in which they could use them until now. Anyway I found this movie was very similar to Total Recal and Tron, but the characters in this movie knew how to dress. This movie didn't have a confusing plot or story, and the acting wasn't great, but it was good. Anyway The Matrix, the codirecting Wachowski brothers Andy and Larry annihilated any suggestion of a sophomore jinx. Set in the not too distant future in an insipid, characterless city, we find a young man named Neo (Keanu Reeves). A software techie by day and a computer hacker by night, he sits alone at home by his monitor, waiting for a sign, a signal--from what or whom he doesn't know until one night, a mysterious woman named Trinity seeks him out and introduces him to that faceless character he has been waiting for: Morpheus. A messiah of sorts, Morpheus presents Neo with the truth about his world by shedding light on the dark secrets that have troubled him for so long. Ultimately, Morpheus illustrates to Neo what the Matrix is a reality beyond reality that controls all of their lives, in a way that Neo can barely comprehend. Neo thus embarks on an adventure that is both terrifying and enthralling. Pitted against an enemy that transcends human concepts of evil, Morpheus and his team must train Neo to believe that he is the chosen champion of their fight. This was a very good movie but it is overated. Now the sequels look better than this, so if you haven't seen it, do so. Yes it is dated in terms of visual effects, but it is worth a look.
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