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Summary: I haven't seen a movie so good in years !
Review: For both Action and Sci-fi movie fans. I was amazed at how original and well done (on all counts) this movie was. I thought Reeves and Moss did a fine job of acting. It had a great plot, humor enough to keep it from being dark, good dialogue, a slight romance, great action scenes, and special look to it. Non-stop entertainment that I've seen 3 times and enjoyed each time. The only people I've heard give negative remarks are those who blabbed during it and missed understanding what was going on and people who just don't like action pictures in general. (As for the black leather trenchcoats & shooting; It was a "good guys" against the inhuman "bad guys" thing and done as "super hero" characters so I never related it to the Colombine tragedy as anyone so obviously could with DeCapprio's movie Basketball Diaries). The message I took from the movie was "believe in yourself or you just won't be what you could have been"
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Summary: Awesome Movie. A little Violent. But too DARK
Review: I noticed that half of the movie, you can hardly see anything because it's too dark... the movie is great.. the special effects are great.. the actors are great.. still... too... dark... ANYWAY, great movie.
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Summary: If bullet time doesn't blow you away, the software will...
Review: My wife and I saw it in the movie theater and wanted to see it again. A sci fi thriller to say the least. The effects are state of the art. The software is intense too. The production release I own, makes my early model DVD fail (freeze or lock up) in three different scenes. This material is notorious as an MPEG buster. If your DVD player can't play this movie end to end without stoping, then it might be time for a software (or hardware) upgade for that clunky old DVD player. The fight scenes aren't the only thing that can deliver a death blow. My wife always wanted to see what Keanu Reeves would look like clean shaven and dipped in goo. Way too many bullets for young kids.
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Summary: inspirational
Review: This is one of the few movies that I have watched more than once...I'm watching it for the 8th time tonight. A great movie should be inspirational, but can't be too phony. As human beings we all have hope that there is a better life even amongst the frailty of our weaknesses and the squalor of our existence. This is a unique approach, a believable fantasy that good conquers evil and that love conquers all.
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Summary: this movie ruined itself
Review: OK. The Matrix had a great concept. Sure, it was a bit similar to some writing by Lem (The Futurological Congress, Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy, and so on), but that's ok. All the groundwork concepts in the first half of this movie were amazing. People being farmed and fed hallucinations, reality only being what you think it is--great! The only problem is that about halfway through, the movie simply ceased to make sense. Neo comes back to life because Trinity kisses him? They have to get phone calls to come back into reality? Unplugging them from the matrix kills them, but Neo survived his initial unplugging? These all-powerful robots who control everything in the Matrix have to resort to fallible "agents" to do their dirty work? What? If you want some real sci-fi, go watch Twelve Monkeys. Or better yet, read some short stories by Stanislaw Lem--that'll *really* play with your definition of reality.
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Summary: Great effects, dialogue laughable..
Review: Incredible effects, cool stunt coodination but just listening to K.Reeves talk takes the film down several knotches.. riveting lines like, "Whoa", "Yea", and "Dodge this" should have been left for 'Bill & Ted 2'
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Summary: The best sf/action movie ever!
Review: Buy it! (if you like special effect and action
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Summary: Whoa.....
Review: Actually, the title of my review wasn't what I thought of the movie, I was just quoting some of Keau Reeves's "witty dialogue". Everybody has raved about this movie and aside from some of the very good digital effects, the plot is completely bad and Keanu Reeves is the worst actor this side of William Shatner. Besides the point the story is a complete rip off of Grant Morrison's comic book "The Invisibles", which is infinitly better than this movie could ever dream to be (this is for you Grant, buddy). And the ending where he flies off after making the phone call is so absolutely LAME! Perhaps Keanu's moves in the movie seems "Faster than a speeding bullet" thanks to the breakthough of digital technology, but his acting sure isn't.
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Summary: YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS!
Review: I put off seeing this movie in the movie theaters because I think Keanu Reeves is a horrible actor; but after hearing so many good things about it, I saw the DVD. I would recommend this movie to everybody--it has a plot you have to think about and thankfully doesn't rely on Keanu's acting to make the movie a success--definitely deserves 5 stars!
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Summary: Amazing visuals, superb screenplay, in a nutshell, WOW!
Review: I like sci-fi, big-budget, far-fetched, over-the-top films. Thankfully, "The Matrix" came out last April. I went to go see it for my 13th birthday on the 20th. You guessed it, I saw one of the reasons for the Columbine shootings ON the day of the Columbine shootings. Weird, huh? Visuals: Amazing special effects, art direction, cinematography, everything! If this doesn't get a visual effects nomination at the Oscars, then there is no justice. Overall Visuals Grade: A+ Acting: They'll probably get nominated at the MTV Movie Awards, but they were all still very believable and good. Overall Acting Grade: A- Screenplay/Story: Though far-fetched, it is still a great story with no plot holes or weird sayings. Just smooth as a baby's a** writing. Overall Screenplay/Story Grade: A- Sound/Editing: Computer sounds and machine gun fire are just a few sound effects. Too bad I don't have a DVD player or I could watch this at full blast. Editing was flawless. Overall Sound/Editing Grade: A Comments: This is one reason to leave your kids home when you go to the movies. If they have a good sense of real and make-believe (also, if you permit your kids to see brutal violence) then they'll have no problem with this. MPAA Rating: R for sci-fi violence and brief language. The violence is fairly strong and too intense for younger children. There are no "F" words in this. Though, there are ample "S" words.
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