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Summary: One of the best movies this year, great plot and story line!
Review: Unbelieveably with all the reviews that I have read about "The Matrix" some people just don't understand what the MATRIX is or they don't want to understand. Let the record state that no matter what people say about the movie, it is still number 1! So long as the directors don't come out with the sequel(only if it is as good as the first)!
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Summary: I know that no one will ever read this, but, oh well...
Review: The matrix has a unique ( for a movie) storyline, but it is very poorly thought out. The concept has gaping loopholes in it ( why did the robotic intelligence bother with the VR if brain-dead bodies produce as much electricity as normal ones?). Like stated below, the dialogue is simplistic at best. I understand that most of the viewers are in for the eye-candy and not the lingo, and I am not opting for the level of lingual sophistication of the Murder on the Millennium Falcon ( a book, not film), but the characters could have easily used just a tad bit more plain intelligence... Another topic: the unecessary violence - just consider this:" We are going to save the humanity from a virtual prison - and now let's gun down the twelve hundred guards that stand between us and that door!" I would have honestly liked the movie a great much better if the plot was more styled toward th thrill and the mystery rather than the special effects (all of which have been fully blown in the commercials - technicly, if you've seen the commercials, you've seen the movie). Classic Hollywood mindlessness.
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Summary: ....
Review: Ok right off the actor Reeves is not a good actor. Worst of allhe was suppose to be this martial artist but he had no movesperiod. The way they exagerated the fights was horrable. On the other hand the special effects were great and the story line and idea were good but if you saw Dark City you would realize where they got the idea for the movie. Best part about it was that it makes you question the reality that you were given and shown to you.
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Summary: The real Phantom Menace!
Review: I wonder if George Lucas saw this little gem of a movie coming. Not only did it steal some of its thunder, it stole some of its box office preventing it from beating Lost World in opening weekend stakes!What! How could a film hosting Keanu's brilliant acting abilitys steal some of 'The Phantom Menace's' thunder. I'll tell you why! Breath-taking action and fight sequences, amazingly cheesy dialogue. Yes, you got it in one! Even cheesier than the dialogue found in 'The Phantom Menace.' One major problem, maybe the action scenes are too few and the explanation of the matrix too many. I find now, when I watch it, I fast forward to all the action sequences cos lets face it. Everything else about the film on second watching is boring! On a whole, this film is a well-polished little gem that sneaked up unawares on the public just like in the story of 'The Tortoise and the Hare!'
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Summary: A triumph of style and content, what a rush!
Review: I avoided seeing any trailers for the film as trailers these days seem to give too much away, so when I saw the video it was with an open mind. The Matrix was filmed in a expertly slick style very reminiscent of Blade. There was a surprisingly good performance by the often lacklustre Keanu Reeves who plays Neo a young man unhappy with his life. Laurence Fishburne gives a stunningly cool performance as the 'prophet' figure Morpheus who is searching for 'the One' his 'messiah'. The supporting cast were also first rate. By degrees Neo is made to realise that there is more going on in the world than dreamed of in his philosophy. What he finds out is that literally nothing is true, and his whole life has been a cunningly fashioned lie. The main protagonists in the film are the inhuman and creepy agents. These beings seem much closer to the true definition of 'men in black' than any other cinema portrayal to date. The Action sequences throughout are extremely well done and powerful. There are superb balletic fight scenes as Neo and Trinity take the action to the Agents lair. When used, the computer generated special effects are of jaw dropping quality, the hideous octopid creatures were particularly impressive. A major weakness in the plot was the premise that the machine intelligence was using humans as batteries. Machines as smart at these would be using nuclear fusion for power at the very least. A better motive would have been the use of humanity as an organic extension to the machines own intelligence, feeding off humanity's imagination to expand it's own knowledge and therefor power. Those looking for emotional depth in a film should rent The Piano, those looking for excitement and action have come to the right place.
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Summary: * * * * * GREAT MOVIE IN A LOOOOONG WHILE! * * * * *
Review: This is just simply one of the best movies of all time. As you can see, there are more than 1,400 reviewers for this movie (& growing), and PRACTICALLY all of us have come to an accord that this movie is just simply GREAT! I'm sure most people have already seen this, so i'm not going to start explaining the plot now...but I will tell you that this movie has sure won over me and my love and obsession for it. (Let's just say that The Matrix has had as much impact on ppl's personal lives as the last BIG movie called Titanic...come on, most movies you don't talk about OR EVEN REMEMBER after the next day! ) Let me just say to those who say they don't like it just for the sake of it, or for being "different," YOU ARE JUST PLAYer HATING AND BEING CYNICAL! "Free your mind" and you might have the PRIVILEGE to enjoy The Matrix as the great movie that it is. =)<(I would just like to say 'Great job!' to the WHOLE cast)
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Summary: The best film ever!
Review: Hello all Matrix fans! I was really surprised when I saw this film at the cinema. It was so god! I have never seen a film with so much action and science-fiction. The story of `the Matrix` was brilliant. Here`s what the movie is all about! Neo, a computer nerd is locking for an anser.A anser witch noone can give him, exept from Morpheus.The most dangerous man alive. One day Neo is introdused to Morpheus and strange things starts to happend. First Morpheus revivals the real world to Neo!And the trubble ahead is big.You are n for a big surprise!
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Summary: Incredible movie - very poor DVD format -
Review: This is an exceptional movie - however - the VHS video version has the full frame of the movie - the DVD widescreen letterbox version cuts off tremendously from the top and bottom in the leterbox format, and elongates in the center way too much in the 4:3 format (keanu now looks like he lost 40 lbs..and is 8 feet tall). Just bought 1/15/00, a brand new Panasonic DVD player and a 25 inch Zenith TV, I played with all the TV screen aspects, and modes 4:3, 16:9, but I could not get a decent picture! Why is this incredible film burnt from the master so poorly? The VHS has a full screen but the picture resolution is unfortunately not as crystal sharp as in the DVD. Can MATRIX be reburnt onto a standard format? If anyone compares the VHS to the DVD, the VHS clearly shows a far more percentage of the screen without it being cut-off. Mine was a Region 1 video, and I'm in the US. Did anyone else also have Matrix in the VHS format, and notice the tremendous amount of picture that is left out in the DVD format? Why can't MATRIX have been burnt onto the CD like its predecessor - Johhny Mnemonic - another incredible movie. Johnny Mnemonic was burnt to the DVD in 2 formats - the STANDARD and the Widescreen. The Standard side (Side B) has the full uncut picture and looks great!, but the widescreen side cuts off tremendously on the 25 inch Zenith TV. I tried all the different combinations for TV and screen aspect, on the widescreen side, and frankly, the widescreen DVD side is very very poor picture quality, simply because it misses so much of the top and bottom. I hope I can find someone to write to to find a way so that they will burn from the original master the full picture rather than the cut-off letterbox (widescreen version).
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Summary: The Ideas Were Cool, But......
Review: There are something I hate about this film. 1. The visual effects: If anyone thinks that a good film is based on how stunning its visual and sound effects are? It's absolutely a wrong thing. Federico Fellini, Francis Coppola, and Peter Weir can show viewers great movies by catching the expression that actors provide. 2. Keanu Reeves: Honestly, he did a way better job in "Speed". He looked like a freak more than a hero. I don't blame him for the bad acting, but this film was definately not fit in to him. 3. "He is the one": Holy Cow! Can any Hollywood director stop doing this, if heroes do exist, we are out of misery. 4. The Martial Art in this film couldn't excite me, because that was too ugly to watch, they should all be trained for at least 8 months. And here is one thing I like about this film: The Ideas. The idea of that we are living in the computer-controlled "Matrix" is a real cool idea and the script writer made the dialogues clear about the technical terms the actors were speeking. Anyway I really can't give a higher admires more than that.
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Summary: Excellent DVD, Questionable in other aspects.....
Review: O.K. I never saw this film at the theater. So when I got it for Christmas I wasn't too sure about It. No I don't live in the booneys or anything. I just never got around to seeing it, and usually I at least rent a film before I buy it. So I watched it on my DVD player with Dolby Digital, and I was blown away! This is the defenition of DVD, what it is made for. Even the standard version has plenty of extras. I havd a DVD-ROM and there is included features for that. So on the DVD side it is defenately worth it, especially for reference (and to show off your system). However, the movie itself has some weakness, especially with any person being turned into an agent. This is not explained too well. Also Keanu Reeves cannot die and come back to life, the love scene is unreal! He died in the "real" world, not a computer simulation. This is just one of the small things, other than that this is awesome. By the way, if you have this DVD don't bother buying the soundtrack, it is already on the disk! However, you need a DVD player for it (duh). I hope other movies can follow this technology!
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