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Summary: Neoptimal - Stunning...Riveting...WOW...
Review: This is an awesome (and it really is awe - some) movie. Storyboarded by the same artist who is working on the Daredevil movie and X-Men 2, this Sci-fi sequence combines kung-fu elements and an intriguing story line that captures you and makes you beleive that everything around you is not as it seems. The plot is enhanced by talented actors who potray the charachters very well. From the know-it-all mastermind Morpheus, to the bold Neo and the brash female Trinity, through the whole movie you care about these charachters and hope their freinds won't die, and hope they'll save Morpheus and destroy the agents. Intriguing. Buy it.@lex
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Summary: Instant bliss!
Review: For movies, the cyberpunk/virtual reality genre clearly didn't work. Keanu Reeves had already tried it with "Johnny Mnemonic" and - admit it - failed miserably.
In 1999, seemingly from out of nowhere, comes "The Matrix". Neo (Reeves) discovers that humanity's everyday world is in fact a computerised virtual reality, known only as "The Matrix". The search for answers takes Neo to Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) who leads a group of guerilla fighters into a furious battle for freedom! Dazzling special effects, an intriguing story and spectacular action sequences make for a unique experience. You have never - and I mean NEVER - seen anything like this before! I feel I must especially mention Hugo Weaving for his excellent portrayal of the sinister Agent Smith. I don't think I've seen many villains in films that have impressed me more. The Matrix is no longer just a movie. It has become a phenomenon. A wonderful piece of cinematic work that you just can't afford to miss!
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Summary: "Welcome to the real world..."
Review: Most computer hackers use they're computers to escape the confines of reality. In 1999, Andy and Larry Wachowski took this idea, and completely flipped it on it's ear with this surprise box office blockbuster that some of us love, and others love to hate. Keanu Reeves plays Thomas Anderson, an employee for one of the largest software companies in the world by day; but by night he is Neo, a computer hacker who sits in front of his computer all night long, waiting. What he is waiting for he does not know, until one day he receives a message from a man called Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), and from that moment on, everything Neo knows to be real is turned upside down, as we find out that our day in, day out world is all a computer generated hoax to keep all of humanity enslaved. Hell of a concept eh? We all know what happens from there on, so I'll get to my thoughts on The Matrix. The first time I layed eyes on this film I loved it, I loved everything about it, the idea (even though it mirror's 1998's Dark City, a superior film and another one of my all time favorites), the special effects, the costume design (tell me that Neo, Morpheus, and crew don't look just plain cool), and how the Wachowski Brothers inject kung-fu style fight scenes almost flawlessly. Love it or hate it, no one can deny that The Matrix is not a landmark film in action and science fiction, and at the time it came out was the much needed sci-fi epic that fans have waited years for. If you've never seen The Matrix, stop reading this and follow the white rabbit to the Add to Cart button.
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Summary: The Martix is so wicked awesome!
Review: The Matrix is a sci-fi, action-stuffed, hit hard movie! I totally recommend... Though it is not easy to tell what is happening the first time you see it, once you see it a second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, ect. time you totally get and luff it! Many people might think it's weird and it is... but weird is always best. ^^ The creators of this movie and plot are ingenius but still at the same time fun loving and unique. They love anime and wrote the whole movie on story boards in a sort of Manga style... The actors are so awesome! I think Keanu Reeves, Lawrence Fishburne and Carrie-Anne Moss totally made the part... and they're outfits really pulled they're look together. I am excited to hear that the TWO sequals are coming out May 15, 2003!! WHOOOO!! ^^ Wif the same actors and more! The Matrix Reloaded and The matrix Revolutions. It's back!
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Summary: What is The Matrix?
Review: The Matrix will go down in film history books as "The film that changed cinema forever". True, films have done that before: (Jaws, Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Pulp Fiction et al) but the Matrix is different in that not only did it change audience's expectations of action cinema but also impacted on countless movies to date. The film itself is the epitome of cool that stands out from the slew of unimaginative science fiction that Hollywood reels out, and with Keanu Reeves and Carrie Anne Moss making an unlikely duo in a post-apocalyptic world ruled by artificially intelligent machines, the film finds itself worlds away from admittedly second-rate sci fi cinema. You could argue, as some critics did, that the film's plot is simply an excuse to hang cool effects on, but the premise slowly shapes into such an intricate plot, where machines have taken over the world (a popular idea for sci fi films, with this having similarities to Terminator 2) and then the small amount of snotty critics are silenced. What the Wachowski brothers have done is so imaginative that no film has ever come close to its intricacies and futuristic ideas. Add hints and nudges from Vertigo, classic Western films and Kung-fu karate films into the story and the amazing journey is made even more fascinating and involving. The visuals incorporated throughout the story are absolutely amazing; with the "flow-mo" being the coolest visual effect those effects boffins have done since that water tentacle flowed through air in The Abyss. Imitated to death, the scene where Keanu's character Neo dodges bullets is nonetheless the pinnacle of uber-coolness. With thought provoking, mind-bending lines like: "It's the smell, if there is such a thing"; the film's script is peppered with fascinating lines concerning the very nature of "what is real?" Hence the clever advertising campaign for the movie's release: "Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is, you have to see it for yourself". The Matrix has indeed changed cinema. Regardless, it's a great film, loaded to the retinas with out- of- this-world effects, great villians (Agent Smith!), great action set-pieces and awesome stunts from martial arts expert Wu Ping. And with the DVD (awesome stuff, everyone has to own this disc) and upcoming sequel in progress- The Matrix Reloaded, the Matrix is a film that not only has affected filmgoers everywhere, but has also leaked into the fan boy culture of the movie world. To quote Neo: "Whoa".
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Summary: The movie, not the car
Review: I finally got around to watching "The Matrix" a couple of years after everyone else. I give it a mixed review. The notion of manufactured reality was its strong point. A weak point, however, was the film's anarcho-messianic theme. In between these poles, there was a rather ho-hum formulaic plot, akin to that of, say, "Top Gun." I must note that there are strong resemblances to a film which I'll bet few Matrix enthusiasts have ever watched. That is Alexandro Jodorowsky's "The Holy Mountain" (1973). Just about everything in "The Matrix" that is disgusting to watch seemed borrowed from the Jodorowsky film, as well as Neo's transformation into some sort of messiah at the hands of a magus figure. ("The Holy Mountain" may be available on some web auction sites - check it out.) The music at the end was good, but that's not to say I want to hear it booming out of some teenager's car every time he drives by my house. Some rules, some walls are not so bad.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: one of the greatest movie made...it has action and everything else you might want in this movie. the special effects are phenomena. anyone who likes this movie will most diffinately look forward to the sequel
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Summary: A very unique view of the future
Review: A hackers world is turned inside out in more ways then one when he finds out that he's been living in a fantasy world.
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Summary: No Surprises Here
Review: I, like most people I know, really loved the Matrix in the theatre, so its no surprise that I bought the DVD as soon as it came out. This is one of the best DVDs I own. The extra features are a great added value. There are even a few games you can play if you have DVD capability on your computer.
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Summary: Should Be Known As The Greatest Movie Of All Time!
Review: "The Matrix" is a classic. "The Matrix" revolutionied action film and will never be forgotten. This is the greatest film of all time. Unlike any movie, there is nothing wrong with
"The Matrix". Whatever you want to be in "The Matrix" is probably in it and if you expected the movie to be something else, you're dumb!
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