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Summary: Hong Kong action flicks, Japanese Anime, Cyberpunk
Review: The movie strongly reflects its influences: Hong Kong kung fu films, Japanese Anime and Cyberpunk fiction. It's definately not your bland, boring Hollywood studio action movie. The synthesis of those above elements with a comic book look produces an unique and thrilling film. This is especially true to the viewers people unfamiliar to the above elements. Actually, it's almost a Hong Kong kung fu ('wire fu') film with a Hollywood budget. This is strongly reflected in the hand-to-hand combat, the shoot-outs and the liberal use of slow motion action (which has been transformed innovately into 'bullet time').Want more of the same action? Go get some Hong Kong action movies!!
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Summary: great F/X, great story, everything was just amazing
Review: The movie takes your breath away, it's just one great effect after the other. The storyline is very original and loaded with hidden references to Alice in Wonderland and the Bible... worth seeing, definitely!! @ least 3 times!
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Summary: The movie that started it all.
Review: The movie that started it all. The Matrix came completely out of the blue. No one had ever heard of the directors, the Wachowski brothers. Their only other movie directorial effort was Bound, which no one ever saw. (Turns out, Bound was simply an audition to prove to the studios that they knew how to direct and could handle the project that was The Matrix). The actors were a mixed bag of good actors (Laurence Fishburne, Joe Pantoliano), bad actors (Keanu Reeves) and then unknown actors (Carrie-Ann Moss and Hugo Weaving). The previews gave nothing away. You were simply left with the question 'What Is The Matrix?' and a few images of some very cool action. The only thing I knew at the time was that I HAD to go see the movie the night it was released. Before I go any further, I need to make a confession. I am the target demographic for this movie. As such, my opinion of this movie is biased from the word go. I love video games, I like kung fu, I like science fiction, I like comic books, and I like technology. The one overwhelming mantra of The Matrix is that the Wachowski brothers use everything, pop culture, religion, video games, you name it and blend it all together to make something new. Since they used all the things that I like already, the movie was a wicked cocktail that hooked me from the instant I tasted it. I loved the story, the action, the cinematography, even the acting. Fishburne and Joey Pants are great character actors and I tend to love their work regardless of the film their in. Keanu Reeves is a different story. Other than the Bill & Ted movies, Keanu's acting hasn't been all that good. Johnny Mnemonic was a bomb in no small part thanks to Keanu's lack of skill as an actor. He's stiff, doesn't convey a lot of emotion and his delivery is stilted. His main redeeming quality is that he looks good. All his negatives became positives in the Wachowski's hands. The character of Neo is one where you need someone stiff and emotionless, but looks good as he's kicking ....... Keanu more than fits the bill. This was the role he was meant to play. The story was good, but the storytelling was the hallmark for me. For many people the cinematography was all new to them. Some people had never seen camera angles like they found in the Matrix, but I had in comic books and in Japanese Animation aka anime. In comic books, the method of storytelling is done through still images. Although that may sound somewhat stilted, it can actually give some freedom because each frame and show you more detail, slow things down, or speed things up. If anything it gives you a wide latitude with perspective. Anime takes a similar approach because much of anime is done on such a small budget. For example, one trick that anime uses is to take a still image and have the 'camera' move from left to right. This gives the impression of movement, but it's really just a single still image. These tricks created an entire style that anime still uses today even though the budget may be bigger. The Wachowski's came from a comic book background, and one of the things that they were trying to do was bring some of the storytelling style from comic books and anime to the silver screen. Trinity's jump, bullet time, and the fight between Neo and Agent Smith in the subway are all examples of 2d comic book and Japanese anime style that was realized in film. Motion pictures, comic books and animation are all simply mediums to tell a story. The Wachowski brothers blended the styles and blurred the lines between the mediums. The techniques that the director's used in the Matrix changed film as we know it. Hardly any action movie today doesn't use kung fu wire work. Charlie's Angels, The Rundown, and even Le Pacte des Loups all used the fighting style made popular in The Matrix. Star Wars may have been a landmark movie because it changed how science fiction was done, but The Matrix did that and more. The ripple effect of this movie has left it's mark on so many filmakers that it's hard to watch any action or science fiction film and not see touches of The Matrix in them. In 1999 the Wachowski brothers released a landmark film that changed film, and to some extent our culture, forever. It came out of the blue and blew us all away. It would be four years before their story could continue, but it was all worth the wait.
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Summary: It was an awesome move
Review: The movie the Matrix was about a person who had a descent job in the day but at night he was a computer hacker named Neo. Neo wanted to find out what the Matrix was.One night he had fallen asleep and then his computer said follow the white rabbit and then it said ring and the door bell rang at the exact momment.So then he sold a computer chip then the guy said come with us to a party he said no then he saw a girl with a tatoo of a white rabbit on her back. So he went to the party and he met a lady that knew about the matrix.To know about the rest of the movie you'll have to rent it.This is probably one of the best movies I've ever seen.
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Summary: Loved it,what can I say.
Review: the movie was fun keep you on your toes and the acting was suberb. A little confusing at first and then saw it for the second time and really got into it. I recommend this movie for the adult crowd with winter coming settled back and enjoy.
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Summary: THE BEST MOVIE I EVER WATCH
Review: the movie was great, (sfx) the concept of this movie from a sciencefiction point of view and the spiritual aspect, verry well done. i give my props to this film and look forward to the upcoming films
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Summary: very good action and terrific special effects
Review: The movie was great. Very good special effects. Plot was a little sketchy and could have been explained easier
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Summary: Paradigm for a classic film
Review: The movie was incredible. The plot was complete with a sappy but enchanting love story, breathtaking action and fighting sequences, and an edge-of-your-seat climax of twists that led to an orgasmic conclusion of events. The story line had seemingly endless depth that seemed simple to put together, but upon close scrutiny, was a cover for various subplots (some intentional, some are haphazardly conjured up by passionate Matrix freaks like myself). The parallels wih the story of Jesus, for example, seem irrefutable. The cast played their characters to the utmost. Even middle-aged Lawrence Fishburn's (Morpheus) karate scenes were unsettlingly believable. Keanu Reeves (Neo)demonstrated superior martial arts technique (with the help of digitization and wires of course) as well. The screenplay was absolutely riveting. The breakthrough visual effects, like Neo dodging bullets in detailed slow-motion, or the (now hackneyed) "jump-and-remain-in-the-air-while-the-camera-does-a-360 degree-turn-around-the-action" effect, all leave the viewer in a visual and mental bliss. In my honest opinion, the Matrix is the greatest movie of the decade...(yes, its better than that movie too...whatever it was you were thinking isn't nearly as great, trust me). It's one of those movies you watch 50 times and still be able to find some new, integral piece of the story. The best part of the movie is the fact that it is going to be a trilogy. Star Wars eat your heart out.
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Summary: MATRIX
Review: THE MOVIE WAS WELL PUT TOGETHER WITH MIND SETS ON REALITY BUT LEFT UP TO THE PERSON TO SET THEIR MIND TO THE LIMIT.
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Summary: The Matrix
Review: The Movie [The Matrix] Contained on the VHS format is excellant,however I am really disapointed about the dvd edition.I recently purchased a dvd player and was blown away by the picture.How ever when I purchased The Matrix I discovered that the only format in which I could watch it in was wide screen.It, for some reason does not give you the option to watch it in both the normal full screen formats and wide screen formats as all my other dvd's .This is very puzzling to me and therefore I have written to Warner re this topic.To me it denies the full appreciation of the movie in DVD with wide screen being your only option.I have a large 57inch projection T.V. but I still can barely see the picture.To me it seems like the boarders encompas more of the screen then the actual picture.My suggestion to future buyers would be that if Warner does not come out with an optional wide and normal full screen format,then stay clear of the DVD version and be content with purchasing the VHS version. T.F.
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