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Summary: Buy This Movie!!!!
Review: Q. "The Matrix" is:
A. Intense.
B. Dazzling.
C. Entertaining.
D. Thrilling.
E. Awesome.
F. All of the above.A. The answer is a most emphatic F. An everyday joe (Keanu Reeves) leads a double life. By day, he is a "program writer for a respectable software company"; by night, he lives in a squalid-looking apartment and is a hacker who goes by the alias "Neo". He has a feeling that something is wrong with the world, and is obsessed with a man who is only known as Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne). One of his assistants, Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) arranges for Neo to meet Morpheus. At the meeting, Morpheus tells Neo the facts about the world. This movie is definitely a movie for guys. Bombs, martial arts, guns, and even an Old West-style shootout in a subway station. One minor quirk about it: while the movie itself was shot in Sydney, Australia, the intersections that the various characters are told to go (Wells & Lake, Franklin & Erie, e.g.) are in Chicago.
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Summary: There is no spoon. . .
Review: Very thought provoking movie. It was really great and I loved the special effects. I suggest that everyone watch as Thomas Anderson (Neo) exits the world of The Matrix and begins to understand who he really is. Can't wait for the sequels.
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Summary: The Matrix comes forth...
Review: I bought the DVD version of the Matrix a while back and I still feel the excitment whenever I watch it. This isn't the greatest movie EVER, but it is still a good action-packed film. The DVD has a Menu where one can see the setting of the cameras, a few commentaries, an all-music commentary, and (this is creative) where one can set up a white rabbit to flash at the bottom of the screen at certain parts, leading on to show how those scenes were filmed. The plot of the movie is basically about Keanu Reeves's character (Neo) searching for an answer and finding the truth hidden in the secret world of the Matrix along with a crew of people "freed", where as the crew are searching for the One. The film would have been more complete if the characters were a bit more developed and talkative instead of Laurence Fishburne doing most of it. But don't let that discourage you, because this is a really well-played film. And yet it doesn't tear away from what the movie's theme is trying to tell you.
This movie is great to own and the DVD version is best because of the extra information you can find which, for the bigger fans, is an extra bonus. In the end, the Matrix is really worthwhile.
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Summary: The Matrix
Review: From the heart-pounding beginning to the suspense-filled end The Matrix captures your attention and never lets go. The Matrix is a mixture of Sci-Fi, action, and martial arts; all the elements of an awesome movie. With a plot that stretches your imagination.
The main character Neo(Keanu Reeves) becomes a target of the Agents. He is rescued by Morpheous(Laurence Fishbourn) and his team who are fighting the artificial intelligence machines that have taken over the Earth. Morpheous tell Neo of "The world that is pulled over our eyes to shield us from the truth." Morpheous believes Neo is "the one" who will deliver them to freedom. Neo has to learn to manipulate The Matrix to conquer his enemies. This is where the action comes in. Does Neo succeed? Is he the one? You'll have to see for yourself.
I can tell you that the special effects are phenomenal and the action will leave you saying "Wow". Every time I see The Matrix I'm always as impressed as the first time I saw it. I can't wait for the sequels. Could they possibly be as good as the first?
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Summary: What can you say about this masterpiece!
Review: Sounds great on DVD with surround sound, just like being there. A must for ANYONE'S DVD collection. Am anxiously awaiting the sequel.
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Summary: how bout them special effects
Review: the matrix is one of the best movies of all time. the special effects in this movie are top notch. loose plot keeps it from falling short of masterpiece. but who cares. the performance by Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne is drives the film right along. the only thing that i can compare to the special effects of the matrix is the one starring jet li. this film is a nonstop action packed powerhouse of a film. you definitely got to get this dvd.
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Summary: Worst Movie
Review: This was the worst movie I have ever seen (next to Eyes Wide Shut). Keanu Reeves should not be allowed to act, period. Granted the effects were good, because it wasn't seen before, the plot sucked, the acting was even worse. This is one movie that I do not wish upon anyone.
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Summary: Classic; A New Paradigm for Science Mythology over Sci-Fi
Review: The comparisons of THE MATRIX to STAR WARS, as paradoxically odd and fitting as that maybe, are now I'm sure as legendary as the movie itself. Yet it cannot be said enough for a powerful reason. There is a new paradigm of thought in town, bringing us in to the 21st century with both precedented and unprecedented power, grace and style. In psychology in the earlier part of the 20th century, Jung the spiritualist/linguist so upset the applecart of Freud the biologist that it ushered in a whole new way to see humanity--respecting and including the ones that came before it in its new perspective. But Stanislov Grof, with his scientific mysticism, jumped so far beyond Jung that he makes him look like early Freud in comparison, and as such prepares us for the 21st century. Equally and similiarly, before the seventies, one can see the plethora of movies influenced by the Freudian perspective on human life and Western Culture (think Hitchcock), and their often amazing quality and insight. George Lucas, however, building on that Jazz mystic Stanley Kubrick, decided to come along and do an Ali ("I'll shake up the World!!!!!!") and give us a Jungian anthropological/mythological masterpiece underneath innovative special effects, changing movie making forever. There was really almost nowhere new to go in science fiction or action movies in their entirety after STAR WARS...until the Wachowski Brothers, like Grof to Jung, showed us directly what Lucas hinted at cryptically: INNER Space is the only space. STAR WARS, after the several years we needed to catch on, allegorically introduced the geater world to the symphonic poetry of the Post-Jungian Mythographer and genius Joseph Campbell. THE MATRIX reintroduces us to the myth and mysticism that still forms the foundation of our culture and consciousness, as Campbell said, but in the context of *Michael Talbott* (see the book, THE HOLOGRAPHIC UNIVERSE): the quantum leap above and beyond Jung and Campbell for our post-Einstein time. And it does so in a way that will be the standard for all myth-making and story-telling in Hollywood for quite some time, I'm sure. Yet like all great movies, knowing why it is so great doesn't stop you from enjoying it. Neither does seeing it a bunch of times! There is something new to mine from this movie every time you see it, because of the divine truths it thematically and metaphorically underscores. Naturally, you can't ignore the obvious: the special effects and cinematography are from another planet. The fight choreography is the closest thing to ballet before CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON (and by the same fight choreographer). Laurence Fishburne is, well, Laurence Fishburne (any OTHELLO fans out there, with Kenneth Branaugh as Iago?). And, saints be praised, this is also one of the few movies that Keanu not only didn't stink in (and that's coming from someone who liked SPEED and POINT BREAK and THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE and so on), but used his limited acting technique to transcend its own limitations and egolessly tell the story better than anyone could have. But the trick is that all of the above could have sucked with a script as powerful as this one--because of it being so masterfully written--and the movie would have still been wonderful. The script brings out all of the above mentioned spritual themes, in a way that an eleven year old (like my son) could click on to, but not even a brain surgeon (like Pribram?) or an astrophysicist (like Bohm?) could ignore. This is the real reason why you can watch this movie 16 times and still see it again as if it was the first. Own this. This and *PI*--another wonderful independent film that heralds the discovery of the secret worlds of INNER space--are the New Testament of Science Fiction for me; maybe for all movie making for this new century.
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Summary: Everbody loves it
Review: This movie is fast, adventurous, supenseful the whole chi-bang. Since it brought a new style to the show biz industry that many directors use in movies and television shows. I can watch this movie a billion times and not get sick of it. Its a great movie for parties because it has everything people like.
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Summary: Action!
Review: That's what this movie gives but it's not mindless action like some other movies use to try to entertain us with. It had a well thought out plot and credible acting. The action sequences are ingenious and totally awesome! Loved it! Keanu Reeves did alright too.
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