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Summary: One of the Worst movies ever!
Review: Yes the matrix has great special effects wow! That does not make the movie and either does ripping off Japan/China martial arts films. The basis of the story was good but the acting stunk and how about the costumes. If I were trying to keep a low profile I would not be out wearin all black leather and drive a pimed out continential. It also contained some scenes that were totally irrelivent to the movie i.e the scene with the oracle?? Was the head men in black supposed to be funny? This movie is a perfect example of where movies are going and it looks grim!
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Summary: The DVD extras are worth the price of admission
Review: Yes the movie's cool - I speak for the DVD "extras," which are numerous and imaginative. As you watch the film a WHITE RABBIT will appear that you can "follow" to a look behind the scene you are watching - it takes you there, shows you how they did it, then brings you back to the film which continues on. Plenty other cool features too. My only COMPLAINT: the audio commentary is self-congratulatory and "didn't we make a cool movie?" more than informative. Overall though, the highlight of my DVD collection.
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Summary: The extra goodies on the DVD are better than the movie.
Review: Yes they get points for the first people to do the particular special effects. Yes I like Keanu Reeves. However he was better in Little Buddha (1994) ASIN: 6305428360. And their little trick with the pills reflecting off the glasses was good. They have rehashed stories. It is a formula movie. Right out of the outerlimits among others. All this virtual stuff has been around for ages. This is just a pure shoot-em-up entertainment movie. It is not a break through anything movie and if you go for popcorn you will not have missed the plot.
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Summary: Only an idiot would say this was revolutionary
Review: Yes yes this movie was execellent, the first time. Then I watched it again, after getting it on dvd and almost returned it. Maybe its just me but Keanu Reeves can't act for nothing. And what is it with people and bullet time? Everyone says its so new and has never been done before. Well, I hate to break it to you all, but it has. Pick ANY movie directed by John Woo, and while you won't get as much bullet time, you will get some. To give a more obvious example, the movie IRON MONKEY that was chorieagraphed by the same people, and had as much bullet time as the matrix, well that movie was made and released in China 5 years before this movie was made. The story is also kinda hard to follow the first time. You will need to see it at least twice.(that is not a bad thing) One thing I will say that I like about this movie are the general special effects. And all 3 actors who play the agents do a great job. There is also this extreamly pathetic love story, that probably would have made the movie much better had it not been there. The special features of the DVD are, well....not so special. Its besically the Wachowski brothers talking about how they think they no it all. The musical score on the other hand is really cool. Don't be fooled by how everyone says this movie changed the way movies are made. If it changed anything, it changed the fact that we don't need big time famous actors to make a decent movie, just a lot of stuff blowing up and lots and lots of special effects. I mean, I don't even think Trinity looks that pritty. If you want this movie, go ahead and get it. But rent it once or twice first and you probably wont be watching it again.
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Summary: The worst movie I've ever seen.
Review: Yes! Cant get ppl which love this :(
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Summary: Finally, a sci-fi thriller based on a true story!
Review: Yes, by now, everyone knows that The Matrix is an exciting, cutting-edge, sci-fi thriller with an innovative plot and a new breed of special effects (all of which have been greatly enhanced by the DVD format). These features alone make it worthy of great praise. But this movie is extraordinary in quite another way -- remarkably, the movie may actually be true! Of course, the details are a little bit different. We're not literally physical captives in a machine-ruled world. But perhaps we do indeed live on a stage that is nothing more substantial than computer-generated graphics. We certainly do believe the show around us to be real. Perhaps all the drama of our lives, our ambitions, hopes, dreams, search for pleasure, success, recognition, love, security, etc., etc., really does distract us from the underlying reality of it all. Who has time to wonder whether it's really all just a big set-up? Maybe the folks who set it up don't want us to find out -- maybe they really do "feed" off of the energy we put into the system... And perhaps, as in the movie, if you do discover the truth and start making too much of a fuss about it, there are forces that will do what's necessary to keep you quiet. And maybe too, the reward for discovery of the truth is mastery over the system -- maybe as the ancients say, once you know the secret, you can literally do anything and be anything. And maybe this is just fanciful thinking. But I don't think so. Take a look at some fascinating books like "Bringers of the Dawn", "Meeting Papaji", and "The Biggest Secret" for more on this unorthodox perspective...
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Summary: A Mean, Green, Movie Machine
Review: Yes, I've watched this over and over again. Indeed, I have used the lobby scene constantly to shoot up my adrenaline and impress friends. And of course, I also noticed that the movie is just too green, and I mean chroma green. But heck, who cares? Movie magic has a long way to go but this is one helluva start! Get the DVD. Take the pill. And you're off to Neverland!
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Summary: This is the Bladerunner of the nineties!
Review: Yes, that's right. It's destined to become a sci-fi classic along with Bladerunner and 2001. What can be said that hasn't already been said a million times. Sorry Lucas, this is the One. Finally an intelligent, well written, action packed movie that gives the sci-fi genre a fresh face of action, style and maturity. The raw, pure energy that this movie delivers leaves you gasping for breath. The movie has to be seen several times to be fully appreciated. Simply mindblowing. Oh, by the way... My personal favourite scene is the one where agent Smith is telling Morpheus what mankind reminds him of. It struck me how true it is.
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Summary: Could've been so much better...
Review: Yes, the effects were incredible. Yes, the concept was mind-blowing. Yes, Trinity & Keanu look really great in leather & vinyl. But the script - the SCRIPT! and the directing! And the casting! had so much potential, and fell horribly short. Keanu, I'm sorry, I just don't believe you as an intelligent computer hacker. You blew that in "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure." Lawrence, you're a great actor, and with a slightly better director you wouldn't have sounded so laughably melodramatic. And whoever wrote the script, you've obviously seen a lot of X-Files episodes, but you really need to go beyond the TV-audience-pandering dialogue and avoid the overly melodramatic. It's could've been a killer movie, but it just fell short, which makes it all the more disappointing.
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Summary: A pretty enjoyable film!
Review: Yes, the story has holes...good heavens, does it have holes.I'll contribute one among many here: blocking out the sun would, uh,pretty much kill off all life on Earth, artificial or otherwise. I would say ESPECIALLY otherwise. :) But anyway...violations of even the simplest principles of thermodynamics and physics aside, this movie is startlingly enjoyable. Absolutely wonderful special effects, a fantastic cyberpunk atmosphere, and a nice enough story if you're willing to shut down a section of brain or two in order to allow the needed amounts of suspension of disbelief to kick in. It also doesn't hurt that Carrie-Anne Moss is absolutely stunning...it's hard to imagine a better, more heart-stopping actress for the role of Trinity. All in all, a fun ride, especially on DVD.
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