Advantages: Merges action and intelligence seemlessly. Visually stunning. Great sci-fi concept! Disadvantages: None, Nada, Nicto. The best film ever made has no faults...
THE MATRIX
1999 was going to be a huge year for science-fiction. A movie event was on the horizon that was going to knock the socks off audiences, define a new era for cinema goers and create a new breed of movie nerd. Rather surprisingly that movie didn't turn out to be the bearded wonders return to the Star Wars franchise with the ill-conceived CGI overload of The Phantom Menace. A month beforehand, slipping under the whole movie industries radar, ... ...scrawled "Beat That Beardy" on the draft script of Attack of the Clones. The dawn of the first movie for the 21st Century had arrived in some style… So, what is the Matrix? Following one of the most successful advertising campaigns of recent memory, I bet George Lucas wished he knew. Laurence Fishburne's asking of the titular question in the most awe-inspiring of teaser trailers, transposed over a back-flipping Keanu Reeves dodging out of the way ...
clownfoot 17.10.2005
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of The Matrix/Matrix Revisited (Box Set) (DVD)
Advantages: Awesome Film Disadvantages: Not much to disadvantage
...couldn't go wrong with this, the perfect gift for a male teen, superlative special effects, awesome story line which also has some deep philosophical undertones, especially with regard to the neo-platonic concepts of Zion and an almost Nietsche like perspective of the modern heaven in a semi-mocking tone.
But the actors in this all put in great performances to create this epic movie that's popularity will continue to grow over the years, much like ...
Shifthipotep 08.05.2007
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