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Summary: Worth 500 Stars, our generation's Blade Runner
Review: Every decade or so, a phenomenal science fiction film emerges that transcends the traditional "Oh, but it's sci-fi" barrier. In the last few years, the media, the X-files, a lying president, Television Warfare, MTV-culture, and the internet have the solopstic scenario of The Matrix possible.Look about you, 5000 people are dead in Turkey. What does this number mean? It's baseless to us - another cipher on the evening news. The same as Vietnam's kill ratio: "What does it mean? What does it measure?" Only the absurdity of our modern time. The fact is, The Matrix is already here - and kiddies, there's no way out. But that's reality, to the movie - Rich, dark, and complex, The Matrix weaves Biblical references, Homeric allusions (compare Odysseus and Telemakhos' shootout vs. the suiters and Neo & Trinity's finale assault), post-Structruralist ontology, and a visual poetry unlike anything seen before. It's like Beethoven's passionate symphonies, Hegel's conquering Spirit, the final scenes of Faust. It is a phoenix borne of the massive weight of it's own message. I can't express how wonderful the film is - metaphor fails. Perhaps the best part of The Matrix is that it gives voice to the underlying tensions of this era. As we approach "The Millennium" (or to those familiar with Baudrillard [Author of Simulacra and Simulation - where Neo keeps his cash] we could say the "sign" of The Millennium), many have become aware of an edgy nexus where something about us or in us may by revealed...Ergo all this Y2K paranoia, flim-flam (note to consumers: someone's making money on your paranoia). The Matrix gives voice to this suspicion and resonates with the braveness we must hold in stepping out into the following years. In short, the movie is the animus for the cynicism, the doubt, the danger, the disillusionment of our time. It is not truly a film, but an embodiment of the spirit of the time (zeitgeist; or, if I may abuse Hegel's terminology: "A world-historical film"). That the movie is phenomenal and should be bought goes without saying, that it is a powerful representation of our society must be acknowledged.
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Summary: The cyberpunk extravaganza
Review: Every sci-fi movie claims to be the best since Blade Runner,now there is a new standard The Matrix defines the cyberpunk action movie better than any live action movie ever made. This dvd has some of the best supplemental footage on any dvd to date with features that enhance the experiance not just tack on garbage that takes up space.
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Summary: I need more stars to rate this movie !
Review: every ten years or so a great movie comes along, this one it's THE ONE of the decade. I have seen it 5 times already and I'm not finish yet, the only bad thing about it: it has to finish !! to all of those who did not like: stop smoking that thing is killing your braincells!!
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Summary: THE name in Sci-fi
Review: Every time I see this movie I am completely blown away. It has the perfect combination of great actors, great plot, and great special effects. If you have seen this movie on video, then you haven't experienced it on DVD. With great interactive menus and excellent sound and picture. If you haven't seen this movie, and you like the Alien, Terminator, and Predator films or just films with excellent plots and storylines, then see The Matrix. I can't wait for the sequel.
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Summary: incredible action sequences!
Review: Every time I watch the DVD of the matrix i get that feeling of adrenaline. I'm in tenth grade and each tim Neo blows away a guard I imagine it's football player or my stupid physics teacher. This movie rocks the action genre like no other!
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Summary: Amazing doesn't even cover it!
Review: Every time I watch this movie I like it more! The effects are breathtaking, the story is mindbogglingly good, the fight scenes are incredible - One of the few special effects movies I've seen where the effects enhance the story and never take away from it. It even has the worst actor of his generation and is still one of the best movies! If you've never seen it you've really missed out! Rent it immediatly!!!
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Summary: Not my kind of movie I guess
Review: Everybody always told me to watch the Matrix, so I did. The special effects and the graphics are great. So are the fighting scenes. And Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne are good actors. But the movie didn't really do it for me. I liked A.I. much better (is that a fair comparison??).
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Summary: Classic
Review: Everyone in the world should own this film - it is packed with extras and is quite simply one of the greatest films of the past 5 years
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Summary: The Best Movie Ever Made
Review: Everyone should buy this movie...it is one of the greatest Sci-Fi films ever made. The story makes many powerful suggestions and really leaves you feeling like you could be "The One." Everyone does a great job, and the special effects and fight scenes are amazing! BUY it!!!!!
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Summary: Very over-rated
Review: Everyone thinks that this is the best movie ever made, but I think it is terribly over-rated, even for a sci-fi. This is a movie for people, most likely high school kids, who just want to see something "cool" or "awesome," caring only for action. Parts of it are entertaining if I happen to be watching it (which is rare), but when I'm not watching it I feel like I'm missing nothing and have little desire to watch it. It had some good special affects and martial arts scenes, but it lacked in story and character development. There is virtually no originality to the storyline at all. This movie almost directly ripped off Dark City, borrowed from Terminator, and any other movie relating to a nuclear war torn future and people being controlled. All of the sudden a savior, some kid (Keanu Reeves), is going to save everyone. Gimme a break..........
I wouldn't even recommend this movie for action. There are movies with much more exciting, furious, and fast-paced action than this. As I said before, this movie is only for people who want to see something "cool" or "awesome." I think this movie is only meant to be eye-popping action (for me it doesn't even succeed at that), but if you can see beyond that, there's not much else there; it is a very bland movie. My advice, if you want to see a good sci-fi movie, watch Dark City, and if you want to see a good action movie, watch Face/Off.
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