The Matrix (DVD)

...this fast action film. The film has weird connections with Alice in Wonderland, except this is bad. All is explained on the DVD along with a bit about how they made the film. This is one of the best films i have ever seen and hasd an original sory line which nothing like has been tried before. A must see movie, go out and buy it! ...

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...is a truly excellent film! The story is that the world in which people "live" isn't actually the real world - it's a virtual reality computer programme, which most humans are hooked up to. It is called the matrix and is the means by which artificial intelligence, which has become extremely powerful, controls mankind. I say most humans, because there are a few to whom the truth has been revealed and they fight to tell more people of the truth. Along ...
...is "The Chosen One". The movie has obvious parallels with Christianity: Neo is "the chosen one" who has to redeem mankind, and there are many applicable lines in the script: - the new city being called 'New Zion'. - I can show you the door but you have to walk through it. - There's a difference between knowing the path and walking it. etc. etc. I don't think your enjoyment of the film is spoilt if you don't see it like this, it's just that you can ...

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...these people usually haven't seen The Matrix, and that is a shame indeed. Sure, The Matrix is as violent as hell itself. Keeping these characters in automatic weapon rounds is a task as daunting as supply a Marine division. And they do magical karate-style moves that would make Jackie Chan howl in envy. But this isn't just an excuse to blow things and people up. This isn't just violence for violence's sake. It's got a storyline, too. And a surprisingly ...
...The Matrix's line of reasoning, we're all a bunch of batteries living in a virtual construct of a world, and in realtime it's about fifty years from now. Our emotions, our thought processes, our feelings, are raw fuel to a race of aliens who conquered this planet about forty years from now. But life is not so bad for us; we think the world is normal, when in actual reality we're just alien grocery stores. Confusing? Sure it is. Try to separate virtual ...

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...reading this opinion because for the me The Matrix is the best film that i have ever seen and i am sure most other people have seen it. The plot, and the characters are superb. The Plot -------- The world is a hoax. Everything in it is fake and not worth anything. The plot is very confusing the first time that you watch the film. It starts off with a stunning action scene where the most amazing woman takes on several police men with guns and manages ...
...the movie, i will explain the plot without spoiling it for you. The main character of the film is a man, a perfectly ordianry man who is just getting on with his job while dealing in an illegal industry. Now to his suprise a certain character is tracing him and following his every move. What is special about this person? There is a group of people who have somehow escaped the Matrix and are trying to sort the world out and an oracle has prophesized ...

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...my opinion is by far the best film of 1999. I think now I have watched it about 7 times and I still see things I didnt see before. The story was just fantastic which showed great imagination. The Acting was also superb, It was a true pleasure to watch. And the Action ... it just didnt stop, it really had me on the edge of my seat. The thing that really made this movie was the excellent special effects, some of the best I have seen. I really hope ...

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The Matrix is a compulsory purchase if you have a DVD player, especially when using Dolby Digital sound. The film is the ideal disk to test out all the new features of your DVD player. The pictures are crisp, and the sound effects make excellent use of the surround speakers. It also helps that the film itself is rather good. Its very much a special effects based action film, but far superior to the usual Arnie/Sly fare. The extras on the DVD have ...

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...fate? No. I don’t like the idea that I am not in control of my life.” At many times we feel that we are dreaming and it’s so realistic. You feel like you were a superman, with all the power you had ,speed faster than light, you could do all kinds of stunts, you could be rich when you want and you could be a handsome and good looking when you want. The director of Matrix used some of these imaginations with use of amazing technology to give us one ...
...Neo: No. I don’t like the idea that I am not in control of my life. Morpheus: I know exactly what you mean… Morpheus: you are here because you know something. What you know you cant explain, but you can feel it…..This is the feeling that is brought you here.. Morpheus: Matrix is everywhere all around us, even now in the room, you can see it when you look out of the window, you can feel it when you go to work or go to church, when you pay your ...

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...probably heard a lot about the Matrix and how good a film it is or at least how good the effects are. If you thought the video was great then wait until you watch the DVD. I've had the DVD version of The Matrix a couple of days and have been extremely impressed with the quality of picture and the sound. The special effects are amazing and by themselves warrant buying the DVD. On the negative side, the storyline itself is perhaps a little bit far-fetched ...

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The Matrix is the second film from the Wachowski brothers, the first being Bound and is a VERY different film from their first. While their first film was a cool and sexy crime thriller this is a film of huge ambition. At its core it attempts to get us to question the very nature of reality and everything we think of as real. The plot is NOT mind blowingly original and is not a million miles away from that of Terminator – that of machines independently ...
...films reality the human beings that inhabit it are not even aware that this has happened and are happily living out their humdrum existences in a 1990s world (well as happily as they can). Neo played by Keanu Reeves (who does a very good job of looking cool but thankfully isn’t asked to do any acting that will stretch him) plays a hacker who is contacted by a the mysterious Morpheus. I won’t spoil the plot for you, but suffice it to say Morpheus ...

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...11/01/2001 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Are you the ONE? What is the matrix? This is the questions that we will ask ourselves once we've seen The Matrix. Enuff said about the movie, for a sci-fi film, it's a huge hit! The concept and idea behind the story is fresh and always open for new, brighter stroylines. The plot is gripping, the action (I know kung-fu) is excellent, and yes the cast make this a more exciting film than it already is! Keanu Reeves gives ...
...Hugo Weaving really excells as the baddie, Agent Smith! (Human beings are like a virrusshes...) Now, let's move on to the DVD, well what can I say, if the movie was such a hit, then the DVD really hit the top spot as well. The transfer rate is excellent and the picture quality is probably the best that I've seen so far. On top of that, you get all these special features that you can watch again, and again, and again:(it never bore you, this I can ...

pakalang 07.12.2000 (27.01.2001) · Read full review
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The MOVIE begins at a syncopated rythm. It moves from the motionful, spectacular, suspended action to almost reflexive atmospheres. It continues alternating them, to become, successively, always faster and spectacular, keeping vivid the story and alive the suspense. Yeah! A real terrific movie!! Will you like to know anything on the plot?… Eh no…it would not be ok…for you… The plot is really sewed with extreme care. Mastery. ...
...action movie, but often superficial… The subject is of extreme interest. It could appear pure imagination... but it is closer to the reality than one can imagin! The spectacularity of many scenes is exciting - even if some of them can show excessively fantastic, or unreal for those who are not able to penetrate this kind of plot... or unfamiliar with the concept of reality perception, or virtual games or reality... or its true connection to ...

Lightstars 28.12.2000 (06.01.2001) · Read full review
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The idea of the movie is intriguing and could it possibly be true? Humankind has been enslaved by octopus type aliens (possible man made - not sure, I'll explain later.) and forced to live in a virtual world. This world is identical to the one we live in now and no one living in this world knows that it is not real. The 'aliens' are some kind of sentient machine's that were invented by man, but now use Human's as batteries. I can honestly say that ...
...I have trouble recalling all the facts and really need to watch the film several times more to be sure. Keano Reeves plays 'the one', who Morpheus, the leader of a band of futuristic freedom fighters, believes will free Humankind from the matrix. The plot twists and turns many times as we go, with some excellent special effects adding to the atmosphere of the film. There are some surprises during the movie, but mostly the general story is predictable. ...

Simoncook1 05.02.2001 · Read full review
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This film is the reason the DVD player was made, it shows off the excellent sound and picture qualities! The last fight scene in the top of the building is a good enough reason for buying this film on its own - a special effects master piece. The actors give fairly good performances and with a fairly well-known cast don't overdo their fame levels - Keanu Reeves adds many an exciting action scene and many there are in this film. A special effects, ...

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...it is confusing switching between the two worlds. If you want a deeply involving story it is not that good but taken for what it is you will be amazed by the incredible special effects and action scenes including martial arts which the wachowski brothers are masters of. The dvd includes a look into how the film was created which is very interesting. This is great if you are looking for something to watch with friends. But be warned it may leave you ...

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Larry and Andy Wachowski's THE MATRIX was released in 1999, three years after they wowed the world with their deliciously violent and stylistic BOUND. When similar ecstatic reviews started pouring in for THE MATRIX, one had to wonder whether they were retreading old turf. The late nineties and Mr. Anderson, a disparaged computer programmer (during the day) and hacker (at night), contemplates a better world than the unmeaningful one he's in, his ...
...effect a prison, created by The Matrix, a huge sprawling computer in the future, giving people only an impression of a real world in order to use them, to feed of their bodies for energy. Before Mr. Anderson (or Neo) can decide what to believe and what not to believe, what's reality and what isn't, he finds himself in serious danger of "agents" sent by The Matrix to "repair" him, its bug, its glitch in the system. With the help of the all-seeing, ...

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