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Summary: Dude!!!
Review: This movie is worth the price just to get to watch Keanu Reeve's mouth disappear! :-0 / :-o / :-
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Summary: Matrix on DVD, magical
Review: To put it simply The Matrix is a special effects laden Sci-Fi film. Although the Special Effects and action sequences are great, they are very little compared to the films great script and acting. The best performance in it comes from the comic relief provied my Mouse(matt doran. Mouse never shuts-up, but in the procces of talking, poses some interesting questions. The Matrix is one of the few Sci-Fi films I have seen that is enjoyed by non-sci-fi fans. So what if all Keanu reeves does is look confused? that's the point. So what if the end is predictable, that just sets it along with Star Wars as a modern day myth. --This text refers to the DVD edition.
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Summary: awesome movie
Review: this is an awesome movie. the special effects are amazing and the plot is very deep.the plot may be somewhat confusing at first but at the end of the movie, you'll be fully understanding it and thinking how all the events fit into place. the action scenes are incredibly exciting and the music fits perfectly with the movie. altogether it is an awesome movie... get it!
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Summary: Surreal atmosphere leads the way.
Review: Winner of two Academy Awards, The Matrix is a perfect ensemble of cast, effects (visual and sound), and story. Keanu Reeves plays Neo, an ordinary human living an ordinary life until he finds out that the life he is living is nowhere near what he or anyone else believes it to be. Through powerful conversations with Morpheus, played by Laurence Fishburne, and Trinity, played by Carrie-Anne Moss, Neo learns that the life of people on Earth is actually a complex system of computer data known as The Matrix, which controls every sense and action known to "man." Neo does not know what to think about this discovery, nor does he know how to grasp the new and electrifying powers given to him by Morpheus and his small yet stealth crew. Working together, they hope to achieve the one thing that they have been dreaming about: freedom. Freedom does not come easy, for many humans on Earth possess powers superior to that of Morpheus; these people are known as The Agents. When the movie came out in theaters, it received rave reviews, and after seeing the film, it deserved all of them and more. When watching, one must pay close attention to the film, for each minute contains some form of information that is vital to the unfinished plot. The actors in the film are excellent, both with their intellectual dialogue and their playing out of the action sequences. The choreography of the film is stupendous, and fight scenes with and without gunplay looks real and unflawed. Special effects are all the craze for this film, and while most movies have the patented computer-animated look, this is the closest to reality that one can get, tying Independence Day for the best special effects ever in a motion picture. Under superb direction and stellar performances, The Matrix is a thrill-ride into the surrealism of fact vs. reality. The DVD edition of the film boasts superior color fidelity and image sharpness, pleasing the eye with detail for a film that deserves it. Sound design utilizes the .1 LFE channel at almost every turn, engaging especially in gunfight scenes and powerful explosions. The scene in which Neo moves faster than bullets is a remarkable piece of sound effects editing, utilizing the .1 LFE as well as the surround channels. A terrific example of how DVD video should be produced.
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Summary: an enjoyable punch just left of center
Review: With thousands of reviews written on THE MATRIX, it seems rather silly to regurgitate what others have already written. Still, I'm compelled to comment on a movie that is slightly left of center. People will claim that this is a good special effects movie, a good action movie, and an excellent commentary on the nature of reality itself. Indeed, Lawrence Fishburne's character Morpheus asks us, "What is real? How do you define real?" And this question is the one that pervades the movie in every sense, starting from a very coherent whole and spinning deeper and deeper until it emerges into a very fresh approach to the "apocalypse" movie theme that was previously dominated by the Terminator movies. I am not personally fond of Keanu Reeves's acting in this movie. He seems detached and emotionless in comparison to his efforts in movies like Point Break and, I'm amazed to say, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. Carrie Ann Moss seems slightly better in her role as the painfully slim but otherwise fashionably attired Trinity. Her performance at least had more depth than that of Reeves. I personally think that Laurence Fishburne was the best of all the leads, taking his character Morpheus to places emotionally that Reeves hardly touches and Moss approaches, but teeters on the edge of. The movie as a whole intrigued me, then proceeded to fascinate me. The concept, a post-apocalyptic twist with vague associations to the machine wars of "Terminator" and "Terminator II", was intriguing enough to me that I seriously considered the "what if" idea of a pseudo-reality imposed by computers. It's enough to make your mind boggle if you take it *too* seriously, but I think those are the most enjoyable movies. Just close enough to reality to make you really wonder, and just far enough out of touch with reality to make the movie enjoyable, fresh, and watchable again and again. Now about the action...the fight scenes are great. Watching the "Follow the White Rabbit" cuts interspersed on the DVD and watching the "making of" information available really rounds out the value of this movie purchase for me. It's stunning to watch the training and the technology of movie making meld together to make a final scene that pushes the bounds of physical reality just enought that you think "Damn! I wish I could do that myself!" In my house, when a group of friends come over and discuss martial arts, THE MATRIX inevitably ends up in the DVD player as a visual aid to the discussion. Would I rescue the DVD from a fire? Probably so. Would I buy a copy for a friend who didn't have one? Absolutely. Would I see it again if they re-released it in the theatres? Without a doubt.
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Summary: Just plain fun
Review: This movie is plain fun. Great mix of sci-fi high concept and kung fu action. Lawrence Fishburne, who is always great, comes through again. Keanu Reeves seems to be finally figuring out how to act, after a long and painful (for his viewers) career. This one is worth owning, just to watch the fight sequences at will.
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Summary: Over-rated, Unoriginal, Poor Acting, Poor Action - Nice FX..
Review: Yes, You're thinking i'm some moron who doesn't know what i'm talking about... But guess what? I do. Its amazing - most people think this is the best film ever... its really sad. This is my opinion - however, if you look a little closer after what I just said - you'll realize, that The Matrix isn't all that, and used fx to cover the "been done before" script, and a few plot holes... Anyway, here we go. *Spoilers* We already know that most of the movie ripped off "Dark City", "Lawnmower Man", and of course "Metropolis." The movie seems a little "too" identical to them... Take Dark City for example - In that movie, we see bad guys talking about how they really hate their kind... Matrix also does that. D. City was written before Matrix... The Professional also known as Leon' had their ending stolen, which was surprising - because some of it looked like it was "from shot to shot." There are more movies then just Dark City that have been ripped off, people - ignore the fx - and almost watchable performances, and chances are you're gonna see a story - that has been done a number of times. This is also my favorite - I was impressed with the new camera angles, and special fx... However, with two years of training for the kung fu fights - you would think they could have done a better job... Keanu can't fight, obviously can't act - and I did "not" pay $7.50 to see him say "whoa." And if you think the bullettime (dodging) scenes were new... guess again - They are also done (with arrows) in John Woo's Hard Target. The staircase sequence (in the opening) has been done before and a lot better in John Woo's A Better Tomorrow II... hmm... you know - all the action styles have been stolen from Mr. Woo... Its really sad. The Whackowski Brothers should know better then to take from Mr. Woo, because he is always one step ahead - creating something bigger, better, and utterly breathtaking. The only "good" acting in this movie was from Lawrence Fishburne... everyone else was really laughable! The soundtrack was very nice, and Don Davis's score was actually decent. But, sadly thats about it - and for other plot holes, that I didn't mention - check out imdb.com , they actually show one that is very noticable (if you ignore the fx)... see - FX can't make a movie. I'm sure, what you're thinkin is - i've heard many people say this crap and don't know what they are talking about... but - guess what, why don't you rent some of the other Sci-Fi films, and John Woo films that I mentioned - chances are you'll notice that the only saving grace of The Matrix was just fx and hype.
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Summary: Hmmm... should have kept it.
Review: I got this for a friend. He had just gotten a DVD player. (he only had one DVD at the time so what the heck eh? and it was only Ferris Beuler... not meant for DVD) So I decided I would just watch it while he was away for Christmas watch it at his house. I went over and watched it and was wowed... needless to say. Well anyways... he got back and he only ended up watching it once. What a bummer... I could have kept it and just watched it at my friends house. Instead it is on his shelf collecting dust instead of melting inside his DVD player. Oh well... give these once in a decade things away only to trusted individuals. I think that this DVD is really wild. Get it if you are into science fiction, into the Matrix, into weird stuff, into drugs (sort of a joke, but you never know people), or just plain owns a DVD player. Get it!
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Summary: Excellent Sci-Fi Action/Adventure
Review: An enjoyable, intelligent Sci-Fi adventure that manages to make a complicated plot understandable without being condescending towards the audience.
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Summary: The best movie, sci-fi or otherwise I've ever seen
Review: To put it simply The Matrix is a special effects laden Sci-Fi film. But in saying that, one misses the whole point of the movie. Although the Special Effects and action sequences are great, they are very little compared to the films great script and acting. The best performance in it comes from the comic relief provied my Mouse(matt doran. Mouse never shuts-up, but in the procces of talking, poses some interesting questions. The Matrix is one of the few Sci-Fi films I have seen that is enjoyed by non-sci-fi fans. So what if all Keanu reeves does is look confused? that's the point. So what if the end is predictable, that just sets it along with Star Wars as a modern day myth.
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