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Summary: Are We Pagan Proletariats....
Review: ...who are imagining we are Gods and Demi Gods of an eternal battle of Good vs What Is Opposite or are we Demi Gods posing as the pagan proletariats?--particularly those armed with a coupla microchips? Only our hairdresser knows fer sure. Mebbe the Messiah walks among us.
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Summary: Best Movie Ever
Review: ...[This] is the only movie that I've ever gone back to the theater to see. It has sweet special effects and an intriguing story line. It is just a very well directed, acted, shot movie.
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Summary: I'm not going to rate the software with the DVD...
Review: ..because I was not too happy with it. But using the DVD player that is on my computer, and working out a few sound bugs, this film was more than well worth the money spent. After watching it a 5th time in 2 days ;), I can't believe I didn't see it more times in the theater! I'm not going to say "one of the best". In my opinion, it IS the best!
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Summary: Of Little Note other than special effects, for conspiracy..
Review: ..Buffs who parade ideas of a "Slave Society" controlled by ominous, malefactors pulling strings..In this respect, this film is outright harmful in that this propaganda may be taken too seriously by some. The story line is detailed in the Amazon blurb,though those reviews seem a little too starry eyed. The best scene is the very first where the Moss character plays a cyberpunk version of Supergirl, dodging and flying all over the big city to evade her bad guy pursuers. Notice how the city scape is populated by suit and tie robots, and the triplet bad-guys are all dressed in their oliver green suit/tie combos,never smiling, with the always obligatory sunglasses. Whereas the wonderful cyber-heroes in their black leather outfits, earrings, and bald heads are the masters of the universe. How about a little less stereotyping for gosh sake?! The special effects are good, as are the kung fu tournaments, but the generally vapid and unpleasant characters are in need of some energy,with the sole exception of Moss' character, the only one with personality, not to mention acceptable looks. There are some vertigo inspiring skyscraper shots of the city,which seems to be Chicago, though the landscape here changes a bit perhaps to represent other cityscapes where the "robots" roam antlike thruout. There's a little mythology thrown in to give it some "intellectual" clout, though this is mainly embarrassing,except for the very young. And there is more than enough gratuitous violence,the worst being the casual shootem-up in the lobby where Reeves and Moss characters are having a real fun time blowing away the innocent,lazy security guards. What a ball!!! Not to mention the helicopter crash near the top of a skyscraper, not pretty after 9/11...For about 20 minutes of special effects, it may be worth seeing...To think this received over 2370 reviews on [Amazon.com]. And was the top [dollar] grosser of 1999. Anyway, several cuts above "American Beauty", the Academy Award winner of that dismal year in motion pictures. PS- Sure there are many similar sci-fi films over the years. I suggest the much better and way-underrated "Tron" from the early 1980's, a similar story without the "punk" look, more interesting effects,and no cheap gratuitous violence.
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Summary: Good movie, but not great.
Review: 1. Special effects = 10 points 2. Keanu's performans = 5 points 3. Screen player = 8 points
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Summary: Finally a movie that lives up to the hype!!
Review: 1999 has been a disappointing year for me movie wise. EVERY movie that I have been looking foward to this year has been one let down after another(Star Wars ep.1,Wing Commander,Godzilla,The Avengers,The list goes on and on). All of these movies just seem to hype the special effects only and not have a good story. Well The Matrix is the only exception for me(so far). The Matrix was the only movie this year that I was looking foward to seeing that actually gave me what I went in for.....A GREAT MOVIE!! Yes it has fantastic special effects, but is has more. It has an excellent story, great cast, I even liked Keanu Reeves acting in this film, which is rare for me!The Matrix feels like a live action Japanimation film. If you are a fan of anime films like "Wicked City" and "Ghost in the Shell", I think you will like this film. It has the same style and feel of these animated movies. The Matrix gives me hope that maybe Hollywood is able to release a science fiction that not only has great special effects, but also give us a story that doesn't insult someone with an IQ above room temp. I decided while I was watching this film in the theater(which I saw several times), that as soon as The Matrix hits the shelves, I'm buying it!
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Summary: The Phantom Menace is rocked by the MATRIX
Review: 1999 has been a dismal year for Sci-Fi. We had that overhyped, over rated jar jar filled tripe called Episode 1:The Phantom Mess. I had no expectation of this movie when I went in to see it and it just blew me away. The acting was very good and plot was top notch. Definitely the best Sci-fi of the decade. It also had something which TPM sorely lacked: CHEMISTRY between the characters. I saw it 7 times in the theater and now a proud owner of the DVD. Sorry George but the Wachowski brothers can write screenplays and direct circles around you. "Welcome to the real world"
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Summary: Sci-Fi Action at it's very best
Review: 1999 will be remembered for three films - The Phantom Menace, Eyes Wide Shut and The Matrix. The Matrix is everything that the Phantom Menace isn't - well written, well acted, well directed and clever. Yes there are some rather large plot holes but if you can suspend your disbelief then this is nothing but EXCELLENT. This is one of the few movies that hasn't made me start to look at my watch towards the end hoping it would finish. While watching this film nothing else enters your mind but the story - not ex-girlfriends - not troublesome friends - not the annoying sod next to you telling you that he has the same computer as Neo - absolutely NOTHING!! This, along with Ghostbusters, will certainly become a DVD must buy.
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Summary: Buy only if you're a lobotomized fool!
Review: 1999 will undoubtedly go down in my book as "The Year of Confounded Hollywood Hype", and "The Matrix" only reinforced my unwavering belief. I didn't even bother to go see it until it was released at the $2 cinema near me, and I must say it was a judicious decision on my part. I don't know which is the worser of two sci-fi evils: this endless 140 min.-long piece of shoot-em up VR drivel or "Phantom Menace" with the horribly irksome JarJar Binks (I've boycotted Pizza Hut until they take that idiotic alien off of their boxes). Everything that is allegedly great about "The Matrix" can be seen in just the 1-2 minute trailer! The only thing that spares this "fabulous" action tale from one lousy star is the hyperactive fist-fight scenes between Keanu/Laurence and that demonic Tommy Lee Jones MIB look-a-like agent. If I have to be looked upon as a disgruntled creton since I'm obviously in the minority of popular opinion of "The Matrix", then so be it! At least I'm a red-blooded American male who can think for himself and not with my d--k, an apparent rarity in this stultified, violence-laden society! If you want to see a truly provocative VR pic, go see David ("Scanners") Cronenberg's "eXistenZ". Hopefully it's plot won't be too much for your pion-sized minds, but then again, you'll probably just watch it for the gorgeous (AND BRILLIANT) Allegra Gellar (Jennifer Jason Leigh)!
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Summary: I don't need to review this. You've seen it.
Review: 2476 reviews. I havent seen anywhere near this many on any other title yet. It kicks you-know-what pretty hard. If you haven't seen this movie are not allowed to rent or buy any other sci-fi flick until you do.
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