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Summary: Good entertainment
Review: This film has fantastic effects, and an interesting plot, with adequate acting. The result is good, solid entertainment. Don't see this movie if you want to analyze, or take the plot further than the confines of the 1 1/2 hours.
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Summary: Take the red pill
Review: This film has it all, a superb action packed film with good acting and an excellent story. Basically the film is a sci-fi action movie, I would recomend watching the trailer as it doesn't spoil the movie as some do. The plot Basically is as Lawrence fishburn says "What is the differnce between the real world and a dream world, and how to we know when we wake from that dream ?" The film is based upon that our life is all a computer program and we are connected to the program living a "dream life". Some people compare this film to "dark city" but really it has everything that Dark City doesn't if you have seen dark city and you liked it or didn't like it then you will love this movie its awsome ! The DVD is one of the best released, superb special features and the Movie itself has superb picture quality with amazing room shaking dolby digital sound even if you saw it in the movies buy the DVD.
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Summary: revolutionary
Review: This film has to be one of the all-time great. The Wachowshi Brothers sure did some experimenting throughout the film and it paid off big time. Carrie-Anne Moss was gorgeous as Reeves' romantic love interest whilst Fishburne's Morpheous was just excellent, even haunting at times, when he floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee with his outrageous one liners.Reeves, however, I feel, has redeemed himself. After the disaster of Johnny Nemonic, he has realised that this was one film he had to give a performance of his career. Roll on The Matrix!! Bring on the sequel!!
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Summary: The best flick you will c this side of the millenium
Review: This film has to be the best film ever,thought provoking with special events to back up the storyline and make it (unbelievable as it is) extremely believable. If you miss this film you will be losing out on seeing a film that will change the way you look at everything.Just open wide and take the blue pill!
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Summary: Very good
Review: This film is a better example of the genre than many you will see, the best for some time. The plot was not the strongest, but the acting and effects carried the film through very well. The only quibble I have, major one at least, is that the Agents were never really developed enough. At one point near the end we got some from the leading Agent that he was not in total agreement with the others and I thought that that would have been developed a bit more. It ended rather abruptly, I wasnt too sure that that was going to be the end until it was over. Also that love bit at the end with Neo coming back to life was a bit corny and spoiled the end for me. Worth going to see.
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Summary: Combination of lowbrow action with highbrow Sci fi
Review: This film is a combination of Philip K Dick's "Valis" and a John Woo action film. Matrix works well on both the lowbrow and highbrow levels. At the "lowbrow" level, Matrix offers some of the most beautiful and rewatchable screen violence ever. The cyberpunkish style works very well. The use of mythical archetypes works better than any other film of recent memory: Campbellian myth makes this an extraordinary experience.
Oh yeah, and the music is really great. Especially the last part, when Keanu ascends into heaven. The music there, by Rage Against the Machine, is an anthem to modern youth, filled with the exhiliration of spiritual rebirth, and a really cool riff! At the highbrow level, the Wachowski brothers say that they have borrowed from literary science fiction masters such as Philip K Dick and the early Cyberpunks. The literary quality of the script is remarkable, especially for an action film. These are ideas that have rarely been seen off the printed page. Philip K Dick's quasi-Gnostic view of the universe makes a joyous appearance here (with Morpheus as Valis, and the Matrix itself as the Black Iron Prison); and the religious and literary references are a joy to come back to. Some parts of this film do not work, however. I found the style of the Nebuchadnezzar to be silly and Marvelcomicbookish. The Agents are suypposed to be menacing, but I just found myself laughing. Heh heh. But nevertheless, the few flaws don't detract at all from the remarkable experience that is The Matrix. One of the most intelligent and coolest sci fi films ever.
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Summary: Warning: Only Love Can Beat The Machines
Review: THIS FILM IS A DIRE WAKE UP CALL to what is fast becoming of our species and civilization...Truth is always the most entertaining of all, and this film kicks truth like no movie I've seen in years...if you feel the world is becoming more and more bizarre by the minute, then The Matrix will resonate deeply with your soul's awakening to this truth and help bring you back home to yourself...for you are The One to whom it speaks, and your self-awakening Love is critical for the salvation of not only yourself but this entire, increasingly machine-driven world...
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Summary: Another World
Review: This film is a unique trip into another world of thinking. The DVD version is a crystal clear view of this world. I rent most films, but this one is a keeper. It is as entertaining on the third viewing as it was the first time, but for different reasons. The DVD format will help you answer many questions that arise during the initial viewing by permitting you to see the film segments out of order. You can also look at the making of the film and the directors' comments.
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Summary: Absolutely stunning!
Review: This film is absolutely amazing! The special effects are out of this world, the soundtrack just as good (dolby digital works a treat), the acting's not too bad and there's even a bit of occasional humour! There's an interesting message in there, its just a shame people are more likely to remember this film because of its amazing effects. A visual treat that really shows what dvd is all about!
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Summary: The finest case made yet for euthanisia, with awesome FX!
Review: This film is clearly revolutionary to the action and sci-fi genres. In the fairly short time since it has come out, almost all action films have been painted against it. The groundbreaking special effects have brought the expectations of the viewing public up to new levels. With the genre-forming load that it carries, how it is that such a film fails to garner a perfect review? The answer can be found following.
Gore Vidal is undoubtedly a very intelligent man, a gifted writer, and man of excellent reason. So why is it that many people can't stand him? Three words: pretentiousness and condescension. He can come across in his efforts as arbitrarily elitist and superior. However, his talents are not in question, merely his presentation. The problem with The Matrix is somewhat similar with an important difference. The philosophy behind the film is never defined to any extent. What little clarity that comes through is just plain silly. However, the Wachowski's have managed to keep the pretentiousness that many find to be a flaw in Vidal's works. So what you're left with is a condescending idea filled with mystical mumbo-jumbo without the solid theme to back it up. There is nothing of value behind the excellent special effects. The story and character developments are fun but not original. The "science" in the film is pure drivel. Human being as batteries? Physical slavery would make a bit more sense but the scientific basis for using humans as a source of heat or electrical energy reaches the very peaks of absurdity. "Near the earth's core where it's still warm"?!?!?!?!? Not only is it still warm there but all known metals would liquefy before making it through the mantle! Ok so it's future metal. But the humans must have a way of withstanding heat that would melt steel. There is no scientific basis for any aspects of the film.
If one wants to learn about the existentialist-ish ideas underneath what little amount of coherency in the plot there is, read Sartre. The fact that this adapts in some many ways Christian prophecy (The one. The return of the one.) further undermines the existential underpinnings of the film. Goofy musings on the nature of reality are the work of junior high philosophy buffs, and not particularly bright ones.
The dialogue in the film is normally nothing short of stupid. The only exception being the outstanding performance of Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith whose dry, sneering delivery steals all the best scenes of the film. Laurence Fishburne, an undeniably talented actor, is saddled with most of the nonsensical soliloquies. Filling out the cast are a somehow-bordering-on-competent Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Ann Moss and Joe Pantoliano. All put in solid enough performance but none redeem the plot.
So then remain the special effects. They are beyond reproach. They set the standards for all ensuing films that aspire to have effects of any kind. The film has spawned numerous knock-offs, both serious and parodying. The better of those keep to just the effects with the lesser trying to pick off bits of the plot. All in all, it's an entertaining action film that aspires for being something more and fails miserably. After all, it's kind of hard to love the ideas behind the film when the machines are so much more amusing than the humans.
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