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Summary: An instant classic
Review: This action maked movie takes a different perspecive on our life. They say we were taken over by machines and now we are plugged in the matrix to keep us happy and to power the machines. Neo was freed from the Matrix and is supposedly "The One". He is the one who can battle the machines and free the human race. Though the movie ends where you find out that he actually is the one. A great movie that needs a sequal. I highly reccommend this to anybody who doesn't have it yet. If you have a DVD player this is a must have.
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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: good but not great
Review: I had a chance to see Andy and Larry Wachowski's ground breaking thrill ride a minute movie, The Matrix, last night. I have to say that as writers the two brothers are very good Directors.
> The story is fairly straightforward. It seems that our reality is not really our reality but a computer generated one and the year is somewhere close to 2200. The computers harvest babies and use them as giant batteries to keep the computer generated world running as they see fit. A
few special people are able to break out of this dream life and begin their battle against the computers. One group, led by Morpheus, is searching for the mythical "One". A man who will be able to fight the computers with their own strengths and lead humanity back to the pinnacle of life where we once existed. Morpheus believes he has found this person when he finds Neo. The rest of the story details the training of Neo, the discovery of a traitor in their ranks, and the eventual battle between Neo and the Agents of the computer.
> The special effects and the action sequences keep this movie going. Unfortunately nothing truly spectacular occurs in any of these sequences. I am not saying they were bad there have just been better sequences in many other movies.
For the most part the actors do their best with the roles they have been given. Laurence Fishburn tackles the role of Morpheus and gives the performance we have come to expect from him. He is able to draw attention to himself at any time without saying a word and when he speaks his voice wraps itself around you and transports you away with its power. Carrie-Ann Moss plays Trinity. She is, in a word, BAD...and that's good. It has been a long time since we have seen quite as tough a woman in film. Ripley would be proud of her.
> Now we come to Neo. Keanu Reeves has done a good job as an action hero before. This time he is passable but that is all. Some scenes, like when he walks through the metal detector and unleashes an arsenal are great. Other scenes don't work as well. His acting ability has frequently been in question and this is one of those times. The first half of the movie his dazed expression is completely befitting of a character who is bombarded with the information he is receiving. Unfortunately that expression stays on him the rest of the movie. Remember my comments concerning the power of Fishburn's voice? Keanu is not blessed with the same gift. In fact at all times he sounds as if he is stoned beyond belief.
Though the story is silly and meanders off on different tangents I am not saying I disliked this movie. I will say that it wasn't the be all and end all of Sci-Fi/Action movies. However it was relatively entertaining and I am not sorry I went.
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Summary: The best action/sci-fi movie EVEEERRRR!!!!
Review: This has got to be the coolest action movie ever. It has a very creative and interesting plot, great acting, great cinematography, and best of all, the coolest and most unique action scenes ever, which have inspired many movies after it. They even inspired video games, most notably Max Payne.
Just put it this way, this movie is a work of art. This is one of the few action movies that I feel should have gone up for oscars such as best picture and best director. You can't be a serious action fan if you haven't seen this movie at least five or six times already. Take this advice from the master.
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Summary: The extra goodies on the DVD are better than the movie.
Review: Yes, they get points for it the first people to do the particular FX. Yes, I like Keanu Reeves. However, he was better as Siddhartha in "Little Buddha" (1994). Their little trick with pills reflecting off the classes was good.They have rehash stories. This is a formula movie. From Outer limits among others. All this virtual stuff has been around for ages. This is just a pure Shoot-em-up movie without any real breakthroughs and if you go for popcorn you will not missed the plot.
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Summary: An incredibly original and innovative adventure
Review: The Matrix is a one of a kind action film which takes the viewer into a sort of alternate reality, while painting the real world as a fictitious computer program. The characters take martial arts and gunfighting to a whole new level with their computer enhanced powers. All of this adds up to an adventure like no other. If you have not seen this film it is a must see for anyone who likes action/science fiction films. It is one of, if not the best film in its class.
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Summary: On my Top Ten List for 1998
Review: The Matrix is a stunning sci-fi thriller from the remarkable Wachowski brothers, who CO-wrote and CO-directed it. With just a couple of small independent films under their belts, the Wachowskis were somehow able to propel themselves into the front line of big budget film making. So skittish was the management team at Warner Brothers over the project that it opted to take on an Australian finical partner. Making The Matrix in Australia further lowered Warner's risk. Now that the film is a worldwide smash hit, the company must split the profits and the credit. Welcome to the New Hollywood, a place run by business types who make decisions based not on gut instinct, but on a wealth of computer data. Ironically, The Matrix is about the fate of a world that carries its reliance on computers too far. The movie opens in the year 1999. Or is it 1999 at all? We find Tom Anderson living two lives. By day he is an employee at a powerful software company. By night he is a computer hacker known as Neo. Without giving the plot away, I can say that all his life, Anderson has felt that the world is somehow vaguely askew. In his secret life on the Internet, he has become obsessed with a man know only as Morpheus, who is wanted by the authorities for computer sabotage. One night he is lead to a disco where he meets a strange and beautiful girl called Trinity. She is also a hacker and can arrange for him to meet Morpheus. The plot then gets very thick indeed. In another irony, I have never seen a film that integrates computer graphics and effects into the story as well as The Matrix does. The subject matter demands a heavy reliance on special effects. In fact, prior to the introduction of digital technology, such a movie would have been extremely difficult to make. Its theme and tone are much like another sci-fi classic, Blade Runner, but that earlier movie did not have to bend the rules of space and time in the ways The Matrix does. Despite all it technical wizardry, The Matrix's driving force is its riveting thriller of a story. Glorious special effects, for once, enhance the memorable characters. The theme may owe its origins to the best of the comic books, but this does not detract from it, any more than it did from the first Superman and Batman movies. Keanu Reeves is excellent as Neo. It's not the kind of performance that wins an Oscar. It's the kind one remembers long after one forgets who won the Oscar. Like the late Cary Grant, Reeves is more star and personality than actor. Grant played Grant better than anyone else, and only Reeves can play Reeves. Laurence Fishburne gives his usual strong yet thoughtful performance in the role of Morpheus. Carrie-Ann Moss plays Trinity with both relish and style. The Matrix is a big, splashy show, and it is less spectacular on video than it was on the big screen. Still, most of the big events play reasonable well when shrunk down, and the story itself is perhaps a bit enhanced on video. Both a thrill ride and a thought provoking look at mankind's tenuous relationship with reality, The Matrix is unlike any movie you are likely to see this year. In fact, I haven't admired a high profile sci-fi thriller this much since Alien, Aliens and Blade Runner in the early 1980s.
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Summary: a good movie, but vastly overrated
Review: One can only wonder how good this movie could have been if it focused more on the intellectual complexity of the plot than on fancy FX action sequences. Still, it serves as a great [story]. Fishburne doesn't get enough credit for how good of an actor he is. He carries this movie (for an even better example of an actor saving an underachieving script, check out Fishburne in "Event Horizon")...I don't have much confidence that Part II will be anything more than typical action fare...given the potential of the fundamental idea behind "The Matrix", I hope I'm wrong.
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Summary: WITHOUT A DOUBT A MASTERPIECE OF A MOVIE
Review: If you have never seen this movie, I envy you. I keep wishing to somehow have temporary amnesia, enabling me to experience "The Matrix" for the first time all over again. Yes, this movie is THAT GOOD. Never before has reality been questioned so effectively. The intentional depth of this movie is astounding. It seems to have layers that peel back to reveal more layers. I guarantee you will keep analyzing the movie long after you've seen it. As you watch, you'll realize that somehow everything came together flawlessly, from the screenplay, the directors, the actors, and everyone else involved. If I had to use one word to summarize "The Matrix", it would be PERFECTION. This movie was the reason people made the transition to DVD. DO NOT RENT... BUY THIS MOVIE NOW.
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Summary: An almost perfect movie
Review: This movie was so dang good. I JUST CANT STAND IT!
I can watch this movie all day every day.
The special effects are great, the plot is strong, the acting is enough to keep you interested, and the movie as a whole was just superb. Sure it takes a lot from the Hong Kong movies, but its SUPPOSED to. Its a great mix of Hong Kong goodness and American fun and sci-fi fun. Watch it and judge for yourself.
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