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Summary: I can't remember a single special effect
Review: I found this movie rather trite and cannot remember much of it now. At the time, I thought it was very similar to the Wesley Snipes vampire movie but found that much more entertaining, and Wesley Snipes much more interesting to watch that Keneau Reeves.
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Summary: JUST TO KEEP US IN PERSPECTIVE. . .
Review: I gave this movie three stars (all 3 for effects) in a previous review, but I thought I would weigh in one more time. I am changing my score to counter the flood of five star reviews being given to the Matrix. All reviews given for this movie read as slight variations of the following: "great effects and the story is good too!" EXACTLY. Effects before plot, style before substance, form over content. Good sci-fi movies acheive a synthesis of these elements. The Matrix does not. It has a half-realized concept and its effects are extremely overdone. For TRUE classic sci-fi check out 2001: A Space Odyssey, or if that's too "old" for you, try Gattaca or 12 Monkeys. Oh, and P.S. the acting is not that great. If this is your favorite film, you just haven't seen enough movies.
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Summary: This movie delivers, rivaling Terminator 2
Review: I give it 4.5 stars just because it goes way out there, but it is still an awsome display & blend of cinemaphotography & suspenseful dramatic storyline. Absolutely one of the years best.
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Summary: Not an excellent overall film, but...
Review: I give this beast a 5 star rating not for a totally engrossing, semi-believable, emotional story, or great acting, or even great concept. I rate this monster special FX film a 5 because of such great directoral features. These two brothers were able to come up with some of the coolest, hardest, most intense action scenes ever in a movie. I watch this on DVD everyday and just gape time and time again at the beauty of the "Pillar Scene." Some of the shots and moves are so unique that one has to wonder how two people could cooperate enough to come up with this. If you like neato action and beautiful women in leather, this is definitely your movie. If you want a deep storyline (and believe me, it's not as deep as one might think. anyone could get drunk and think something like this up. just check out 13th floor...) than go elsewhere, but give this masterpiece of movie making techniques a chance first!
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Summary: Episode what..who..where??? Forget that movie...See Matrix!!
Review: I give this flick the ultimate stamp of approval by saying it does more for movies than any other that was released in the 90's..A must see!!! Any movie that can make Keeanu Reeves look that good at martial arts has got to be good..Don't you dare miss this movie....
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Summary: Boring and a waste of time and money!
Review: I got into an argument about this movie with a friend's daughter. I said it was so bad that I was not able to watch the entire movie after several attempts- it was just too boring and trashy. She's only 18 and ignorant, me 42 and wise. She was required to write a paper in college comparing this movie to Blade Runner. She of course trashed Blade Runner and loved Matrix, which is another story. Therefore to win the argument, I had to force myself to watch the thing, and what a terrible experience it was to watch it all the to the end. Some thoughts... 1. Terrible plot if you can understand it which most of us don't know what is going on. 2. Acting is terrible and forced. The characters are not intriguing and definitely not memorable. 3. Fighting scenes are a joke and worse than the typical B karate movie. 4. Gun battle are again, a joke. Why do they always think one guy can out battle an army with M16's? They can't. 5. Love scene? Where did this come from? There was no development for the eventual love scene, straight out of left field. 6. Music score is terrible and not one interesting song. The final two songs are disgusting and an insult to my being. One rap and the other some kind of heavy metal trash. Why this movie is liked by millions of people is a great mystery to me, except they can't or don't know quality. Save your money and buy the Blade Runner Director's cut, which is a true art form. If you are 16 you may like the movie for some of its special effects which are just typical in today's standards.
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Summary: Top features, Top art, Simply a must have!
Review: I got this DVD on the 17th of september. When I saw the casing, I thought mmm...damn cartboard. But as I opened it, it looked very very good. Usually the features are lesser in numbres with beautiful case, however, we are dealing with a Warner Bros DVD. As with the sister company New Line Cinema, in my opinion they've produced the best in DVD video. The layout is very artistic and they've done a great job in defining the features on a DVD player and DVD-ROM player. Okay let's play it. The disk looks great btw. With a DVD player the upcoming menu is completely animated. Hidden "red pills" and "white rabbits" brings home entertainment to a new level.... The dolby digital track along with anamorphic widescreen makes for an eye-popping movie viewing. Not in any way doing under for the big screen version. Additional audio tracks and behind the scenes makes it a DVD must have...even if you don't like Sci-Fi. Richard The Netherlands
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Summary: Hmmm... should have kept it.
Review: I got this for a friend. He had just gotten a DVD player. (he only had one DVD at the time so what the heck eh? and it was only Ferris Beuler... not meant for DVD) So I decided I would just watch it while he was away for Christmas watch it at his house. I went over and watched it and was wowed... needless to say. Well anyways... he got back and he only ended up watching it once. What a bummer... I could have kept it and just watched it at my friends house. Instead it is on his shelf collecting dust instead of melting inside his DVD player. Oh well... give these once in a decade things away only to trusted individuals. I think that this DVD is really wild. Get it if you are into science fiction, into the Matrix, into weird stuff, into drugs (sort of a joke, but you never know people), or just plain owns a DVD player. Get it!
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Summary: A epistemological time bomb or just a great flick?
Review: I grew to love the Matrix. It did not just happen overnight. It was not just the wicked special effects, Carrie-Ann Moss, the flow of the story, the realism of the human in all of us and of course how we can trancend. It was a question of "truth". Bertrant Russel writes: "Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it? This question, which at first sight might not seem difficult, is really one of the most difficult that can be asked. When we have realized the obstacles in the way of a straightforward and confident answer, we shall be well launched on the study of philosophy -- for philosophy is merely the attempt to answer such ultimate questions, not carelessly and dogmatically, as we do in ordinary life and even in the sciences, but critically after exploring all that makes such questions puzzling, and after realizing all the vagueness and confusion that underlie our ordinary ideas." In the scene where Morpheus confronts Neo and tells him there is no way back, no way out of the Rabbit hole - if he takes the red pill, we are all dragged into counter reality that makes The matrix so appealing. It is the questions that it asks. Okay, so a computer simulated reality stretches the boundaries of suspending belief just a wee bit but the overall theme is thought provoking. As Morpheus describes it "A prison for your mind." I love it an watch it again and again. Carrie-Ann Moss is superb - see her also in Chocolat...... what range! I think it is time to graduate to DVD. What do you think? Miguel Llora
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Summary: Very interesting storyline with stunning effects.
Review: I guess my biggest complaint with Matrix is that inspite of a big budget and veteran action producer Joel Silver, the Wachowski brother played it too safe. Maybe they were afraid of isolating the mainstream viewer if the storyline was too radical. I personally feel that they could have been bolder and done decent business. Matrix is a awe inspiring cyber-adventure, full of kinetic excitement, and borrows the gravity-defying choreography reminiscent of John Woo movies, but the ending could be considering anti-climactic by some. It's kind of a letdown when a movie begins by redefining the nature of reality, and ends with a shoot-out. Movie-goers want a leap of the imagination, not one of those obligatory climaxes. It's great-looking, both in its design and in the kinetic energy that powers it. One of the main advantages of getting the DVD is to watch John Gaeta work his magic! He used flawlessly integrated special effects and animation to visualize regions of cyberspace. It creates fearsome creatures, including mechanical octopi. It morphs bodies with the abandon of "Terminator II." It uses f/x to allow Neo and Trinity to run horizontally on walls, and hang in the air long enough to deliver karate kicks. It has leaps through space, thrilling sequences involving fights on rooftops, helicopter rescues and battles over mind control. If my memory serves me right, Gaeta is the first one to film special effects sequences with 30+ camera simultaneously shooting at 12000 frames per second! And it has performances that find the right notes. Keanu Reeves goes for the impassive Harrison Ford approach, "acting" as little as possible. Laurence Fishburne finds a balance between action hero and Zen master. Carrie-Anne Moss, as Trinity, has a sensational title sequence, before the movie recalls that she's a woman and shuttles her into support mode. Hugo Weaving, as the chief Agent, uses a flat, menacing tone that almost sounded like he is straining to find an American accent :) This is strictly a personal choice but there could have been action sequences balanced with an audacious conclusion, to arrive at revelation, not just victory. I wanted an ending that was transformational, like "Dark City's," and not one that simply throws us a sensational action sequence. There is still hope though with the sequels currently in production (Part 2) and shooting (Part 3) stages.
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