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Summary: It did it for me...
Review: Some people had problems with this movie. Plot was bad, it was too derivative, etc. I for one had already had the idea of "what if the world weren't even real?" , as we probably all have. I say this movie put that thought into a well-entertaining movie. The whole feel of the movie drips with a sort of high-tech "cool;" a different feeling than any movie I've ever seen. It puts the whole story in a modern day context, and it's really quite believable. I had to think about it for awhile after I saw it. It almost gives you a new appreciation for life! :) Plus, the special effects are great. Were they "adapted" from other movies? Maybe... but so was all sorts of stuff in Star Wars... and many other movies I can't think of right now... So, if you haven't seen it, do now. If you already have, and liked it, get the DVD! This movie singlehandedly will make me get a DVD player...
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Summary: Great Movie
Review: Some people only look at the brilliant graphics displayed in this movie, but most fail to realize the new idea introduced here. Suggested in the movie is that our world is a computer program used to keep us under control and keep us confined. Only one man can alter and destroy the Matrix as he saw it. Such was Keanu Reeves, a hacker and a program writer for a respectable software company. He is beheld by a man named Morpheus, a saint, sent to destroy the matrix. Neo realizes that he is not only fighting for the salvation of the world, but for his very existence and his pride.
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Summary: Good Not Great
Review: Some real neat individual scenes (like stopping bullets in mid air) and a few interesting insights make for a very entertaining film but do not in my opinion put this in the same category of scc-fi thriller as The Terminator 1 (not 2), Blade Runner and Alien. Compared to thos movies The Matrix seems more like a collection of entertaining individual clips rather than a tight coherent story. But all in all worth seeing because those other movies only come along about every 7 years or so.
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Summary: The Best!
Review: Some SciFi movies, whilst good, are somewhat predictable. Not this one! With a mix of "Cyber Punk" and " Asian Action" Matrix delivers a rare combination of where we're going and where we've been with pure fantansy.It takes some time to figure out exactly what's going on (a day or two I mean) but this makes for a thought prevoking period. The special effects are un-believable and the fight scenes unreal!! Enjoy!!
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Summary: ENTERTAINING MAYBE, ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT PROBABLY NOT
Review: Something between Terminator and a video game it has some interesting moments and a lot of unexceptional ones. Just another idea of some filmmaker that found its way to the screen.
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Summary: Sci-Fi Kung-Fu tosh, but trick photography is good
Review: Sometime in the future, human beings create artificial intelligence that ends up going to war with its creators - and wins. Human beings, instead of being destroyed, are kept alive in pods, their bodies being used as batteries to generate power for the artificial intelligence. The world we see around us is an illusion, created by the artificial intelligence for a reason I cannot for the life of me fathom. If all artificial intelligence needs is human bodies for batteries, why bother going to all the trouble of creating an incredibly sophisticated illusion? What is the point? Why not just keep the human race unconscious? This is a real weakness in the plot and kept nagging at me throughout the film. Since I couldn't buy into the central premise, I found it impossible to believe what was going on. However, I did enjoy the spectacular set pieces. The trick photography - which is what these computer generated special effects really are - is breathtaking, and I kept wondering to myself, "How did they do that." The fight scenes are quite something. Keanu Reeves acquits himself convincingly but Laurence Fishburne excels. An enjoyable lot of nonsense but the end left me with a severely scratched head.
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Summary: One of the Best Movies in the Real World
Review: Sometimes you just don't know what words to use when you're writing something. Sometimes you trip over your tongue (or fingers) and just lock up. I'm not really sure how to begin this review; all that I can say right now is that everybody I know agrees that THE MATRIX is one of the best movies on the planet. At first look, the plot is familiar enough; petty thief turned superhero, has to save the world while fighting giant robots and hacking into computer programs blah blah blah blah blah. So, if that's the case, why isn't THE MATRIX sitting on the shelves with a ninety percent price reduction like so many other movies? A few words can answer that question. First, there's uniqueness. If anybody here can show me one movie like this one, I'll give 'em fifty bucks. (If they're lucky.) Don't even think about saying TERMINATOR. Yes, although both movies feature the same setup, they are NOT at all alike. The second word that comes to mind is action. With most movies of this genre, yeah, you can probably expect three or maybe even four guys hunkering down with their peashooters and their water pistols and leaning around the corner of that bale of hay which provides them protection from even 12-gages to squeeze off twenty shots at a time without hitting anything. Not so here, my friends. In THE MATRIX, yeah, you get plenty of shots of heros and heroines packing a big wallop with twin Uzis. But you also get shoot-outs with men dodging bullets (for any gamers reading this, think MAX PAYNE), people jumping a hundred yards from on rooftop to another, and hand-to-hand combat like you've never seen before (John Woo did an incredible job). There's a reason that this movie won awards for the best fight scene of the year. This superb display of action in other movies might leave little other room for the third and final word which sets THE MATRIX apart: plot. Yes, it's there all right. Okay, so maybe you've heard this sort of thing before; guy meets old wise guy, old wise guy trains guy to blow the crap out of things with style, young guy with hair problems betrays them, etc. However, it's the style of writing that sets THE MATRIX apart most of all. Every character has a personality from Neo, the absolutely amazing hero, Trinity, the big-breasted, Uzi packing heroine, Morpheus (the aforementioned "old wise guy who trains guy to blow the crap out of things"), and Cypher (shudder....). So. Does THE MATRIX live up to its praise? Yes. Does it break new ground in its genre? Oh yes. Should you buy it? Hmmm, let's think about this for a moment. Heck yes.
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Summary: Oh My Friggin' God...........
Review: Sorry pardon my use of profanity. Okay first of Matrix is NOT all that great. It is not original, the fighting scenes are overrated, and the characters sucked. My points: Originality: Like I said Not Original, the writers ripped it off of some Japanese anime like Ghost in the Shell. Some of the parts are cliched like the part where Trinity tells Neo that its "Impossible" then pulls it off, and the part where Neo meets the Oracle and it is expected that Neo meets someone very mystical and stuff but he meets a seemingly normal person but isn't that type of irony somewhat cliched? Fighting Scenes: I hate it when I hear my friends say how innovative the fight scenes were. First of all: Fights like that has been done LONG before the Matrix got on the drawing board and they were done better. Martial Arts movies like "The Iron Monkey", "Fong Sai Yok", and the Wong Fei Houng Movies done it YEARS before Matrix. Characters: First of all, its Keauna Reeves. Second no depth (but I guess that will have to be excused because this is an Action/Sci-Fi flick if I wanted depth I would have picked "Dances with Wolves":)) Neo could have been a cooler character like Ash from the "Evil Dead" movies but instead he spends most of his time being stupid (now that was a bias statement on my part sorry). Graphics: Hmmm.......Great Graphics nothing to complain about here. Movie Overall: I guess I WOULD have liked it better if everybody didn't make such a big deal out of it. *sigh* oh well thats just my opinion on this movie everyone's tastes are different.
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Summary: Pretty awesome special effects
Review: sound is pretty good..... the commentary and special features are interesting....
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Summary: What can you say about this masterpiece!
Review: Sounds great on DVD with surround sound, just like being there. A must for ANYONE'S DVD collection. Am anxiously awaiting the sequel.
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