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Summary: far more than eye candy, but it is sweet eye candy!
Review: I saw this in the theater with a friend of mine... we had both agreed that the trailers looked pretty cool, but we weren't expecting anything but a few special effects. WOW! Were we ever in for a surprise. This film totally surpassed my wildest expectations and hopes for an incredible visual, intellectual and thrilling experience. This movie has the most incredible special effects you've ever seen... but special effects are absolutely worthless without a story to back them up and actors that are convincing enough to make the effects believable. The story is unlike any you've heard before, but I can't tell much w/o revealing important parts of the plot... but suffice to say, you will have this film and story on your mind for several weeks after watching it as it will be hard to get some of these concepts out of your mind. I have this on DVD and I have watched the movie at least 20 times at home. It is easily watchable over and over again. This DVD is feature packed! The cast/crew commentary is enlightening and the behind-the-scenes featurette shows you how the cast trained and prepared for 9 months before they even started shooting. Built-in interactivity allows you to set up the DVD via your remote so that a white rabbit ("Alice in Wonderland" reference) blinks on the screen... you click when you see it and you get to see how the special effects were created in the exact scene you're watching. For DVD-ROM players on a Windows computer, you can view storyboards, the screenplay, games and more, but sadly, these special DVD-ROM features are not available on the Macintosh platform. Nonetheless, the movie is watchable on a Mac and the DVD is still feature-packed when viewed on a standard DVD player. This movie is not "Speed" or "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" in space or anything... it is a great concept and story... and non-stop action. Some movies seem cool at first blush, but when you start thinking about them after the fact, you start realizing all the holes in the plot and all the improbabilities. This does not happen with "The Matrix. " It is an extremely well-thought-out story that will keep you thinking long after you've seen it. The question the trailer asks you is, "What is the Matrix?" The movie answers this question. Believe the hype... this movie will blow you away!
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Summary: You can see this movie ten times and never get tired of it!
Review: Here are my top ten reasons why this movie is so unbelievably perfect: 1. The movie makes you believe that the human race today could actually exist as a matrix. 2. The fight scenes are magnificently impressive that they make you quiver. 3. The actors all fit their parts perfectly. 4. Superior cast: Keanu Reeves whom is also in The Devil's Advocate and Speed as(Neo,Mr. Anderson), Lawrence Fishburne whom was in Event Horizon and Boys N the Hood as(Morpheus). 5. The storyline is perfect. Neo, a man who lives in a dreamworld, is pulled out of his original setting to see the truth. Morpheus, the leader of the rebels, guides Neo. He has an ultimate belief that Neo is the one that can save the rest of the human race. 6. The picture's directing is extremely well done. 7. The quality of the picture, the special effects, and the good acting brings realness to the viewer. 8. Believeable as if it were non-fiction. 9. Stunts never seen before in american movies. 10. Humans prevail upon their own creations. It's sooooooooo inspiring that two sequels are spawning from it, and each one still has Keanu Reeves(great actor)!
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Summary: Best is yet to come
Review: This was probably the best movie of 1999. It's whole look and feel was so amazing. By combining Hong Kong style martial arts action and a Hollywood budget, the Wachowski brothers delivered an awesome movie. I've always thought that Hong Kong movies needed that Hollywood touch and that a lot of Hollywood action movies needed that Hong Kong style, well, it's happened with the Matrix. I'm not bothered by Keanu like a lot of people, I thought he was great as Neo and seeing him and Fishburne actually do martial arts was just awesome. I thought they were going to substitute other people for those scenes but it was actually those actors. I feel sorry for the people who didn't like this film, for those of us who did, man, we were treated to an awesome movie that made us go "Daaaaaam, did you see that! ". And with Jet Li set to join up for the sequels, things are looking up. So all you who didn't like matrix, just get lost and don't bother us fans.
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Summary: Mindblowing!
Review: With its unconventional storyline , excellent acting , out -of-this-world special effects and non-stop action The Matrix is probably the best sci-fi\action movie I have ever seen. Right from the beginning to the end I was glued to the screen anxious not to miss anything. The fact that I saw it 9 times should tell you something. Excellent music too. If you didn't like the Matrix you should probably see a shrink.
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Summary: What is the Matrix? A Great Movie.
Review: In a time when movie making is far from an intelligent, creative process and cookie cutter movies such as ridiculous love stories or really stupid comedies are everywhere, the Matrix comes along. Thank God. Or Neo. A very smart movie that is a visual special effects masterpiece. A movie that holds your attention throughout and on that you will want to watch again. I admit that through one viewing some people may not get the story because it can be a little confusing at times. My recommedeation: watch it again. The story is one that we have seen variations of before, where a character is a modern day savior or Jesus Christ if you will. But this is told in a very entertaining manner and is very well written. I know that this review is a little vague as to the overall story but that is the beauty of the movie and I would rather not spoil it for those who have not seen it yet. The best movie of 1999, American Beauty (which I also loved) included.
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Summary: The Matrix better then Star Wars?
Review: The Matrix could quite possibly "the movie" to surpass Star Wars as the greatest FX movie ever. Yes you have to admit Star Wars was a pioneer but look at what The Matrix has done to expand the FX film industry. I myself am a huge Star Wars fan but in many aspects The Matrix is better then Star Wars: Episode 1.
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Summary: A movie that pushed the barrieers
Review: This commercially popular take on the book Nueromancer takes film making to an entirly different level. The complex shots and thrilling action sequences make this one of my favorite movies. The good: The matrix is entertaing with a good story and superb acting. The bad: Keanu Reeves drags at parts and the added love story subplot was un-needed. The ugly: They are already starting The Matrix 2 & 3... sequels never match up to the original. I give it an overall of four. For being a great and intertaing movie that attempts to liberate the mind but falls up short for bowing in to commercialism.
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Summary: Great Home Theater DVD!
Review: This DVD is a home theater experience. I enjoyed it even more at home.
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Summary: Life is but a dream. What is the Matrix?
Review: Have you ever had a dream you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you tell the difference between the dream world, and the real world? That is the essence of this movie. What is the Matrix? Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself. Laurence Fishburne is the dramatic star of The Matrix. I was surprised to see him in this movie. I thought he would be in a Shakespeare Troupe. In this film, Keanu Reeves plays a software writer (at the Metacortex - this movie is teeming with subtleties - Corporation in a nameless, soulless, city) who is a computer hacker by night. He is looking for the world's leading terrorist, Morpheus (Fishburne). One day, Morpheus' surrogate contacts Reeves and takes him to meet Morpheus. Reeves believes the year is 1999. In fact, the year is closer to 2199. Reeves is one of many people enslaved by machines (this aspect of The Matrix reminds me of The Terminator) fighting humans. These machines ran on solar power. Then man "scorched the sky." What were these machines to do? They now run on body heat provided by slaves kept in womb-like chambers; the dead are liquified and fed to the living; humans are no longer grown, but harvested. To keep the slaves occupied, the machines keep the heat sources tied up in The Matrix, "the wool that has been pulled over your eyes." The humans fighting the machines are in trouble and are fighting to defend the last human city on Earth, Zion (as I said, this movie is filled with subtle references that go beyond mere action movie fodder). High-speed lines run into the brains of the humans enslaved in these womb-like chambers. This movie has some titillation for the jabronis. The Matrix is a thinking man's movie. Those humans are connected to the Matrix, a virtual reality computer program that makes people think they are going to work or school in this city or that city in 1999. Morpheus convinces Reeves he is The One, the chosen one who will destroy the Matrix and liberate the world's slaves. As Morpheus says of the Matrix, "The Matrix is a computer program. It has rules. As in any computer program, those rules can be bent and broken."
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Summary: The Matrix - The Perfect Movie to have on DVD
Review: This is a great movie. Even though it is confusing at first, if you see it more than once, you will be thrilled. The DVD makes the sounds and special effect flow fluidly after a great performance by Keanu Reaves and Laurence Fishburne. The Matrix is a must-by for DVD.
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