The Matrix
Yes, I know this movie is fairly new, so how can it
be held to the standard of excellence that Movie of The Month strives for. If
you've seen this movie you would know better. Forget, Star Wars, Tarzan, and Austin
Powers. The Matrix is the best movie released thus far this year. If you haven't seen
this, surely to become a science-fiction classic, go out and see it now! You won't be
sorry.
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Score:
72.63
- Worth Seeing
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The People's Review of The Matrix
Unknown22
score
= 80
Keenu reeves, fishburne and moss are extremely visually perfect for their
parts. Moss and fishburne are like something out of a powerful dream. The
slow motion fight scenes are epic to the extreme. It is really something,
the special effects. But the story has little if any tension in it at all.
And reeves is not acting even remotely as well as his excellent perfomance
in say point break. Moss and fishburne and chong are fantastic, better than
you'd know unless you saw the film. But the others are like a graduate
student movie. You take away the tense mythic level special effects and this
movie is nothing. Blade runner was a lot more than that without the special
effects. You see how good harrison ford is as a scifi anti hero when you do
the comparision.
Roshan Abbas
score - 70
In a genre which is plagued by stories unimaginable. The matrix scores a
straight A. Some brilliant special effects makes this a must watch. A story that seems
highly probable and makes you look twice at every blonde in a red dress, man in a
black suit(there not from the FBI as we all thought). Even the character names are well
selected. Morpheus, Trintiy and Neo. These are bound to be rages in colleges and geek
workshops. Superb performances and some great use of martial arts. This is an all time
classic and except for some yucky visuals of human embryo's being used as energy sources.
Good for all ages.
DubROvNic
Repeat:
It's the best film of the millennium!!!! It's a film with more actions,
more combat, more philosophy, more special effects then all the other
films I have ever seen!! If somebody know a better film then this please
tell me what's, but I think no other films are better then this! e-mail: lucal@postaweb.com
name:
Unknown1
score -100
the best film I have ever seen!!!!!
Unknown2
score -100
This is the best movie ever made
Unknown3
score = 90
Definately one of the year's best films! Great special effects, and an original
plot. Much better that Star Wars.
Unknown4
score = 100
After Star Wars the Matrix is on the second place for me . This film's are the best what i
ever seen.
Unknown5
score = 100
Best film ever!!
Unknown6
score = 100
This movie and Braveheart are the best that i have ever seen in my hole life..!
Unknown7
score = 100
The best movie in the world , this movie must be premied
Burak SENEL
score = 90
Music ,special effects are perfect but film has a blunder. It's ,why they used a tracer
,all the fugutives in the matrix anyway.
Unknown8
Best film of the year !!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Unknown9
score = 100
cool the best film what I have ever seen
Unknown10
score = 100
The Matrix is the best film, I have ever seen!
Unknown11
score = 100
The most powerful film on the earth.. :))
Unknown12
score = 100
Es la pelicula mas invcreible que he visto. Espero que la saga sea mejor porque a
comenzado una nueva serie de culto
Unknown13
score = 90
It's definitely much better than Star Wars I
Unknown14
score = 100
The Best Movie of the Year.
Unknown15
score = 100
This is the best moie ive ever saw! if it becoms a trilogy like theyr planning,then ill
bet that the matrix is going to bee bigger and more entertaining than star wars! instead
of "the force" people is going to say "ill show you how deep the rabbithole
goes"
Unknown16
score = 90
The MATRIX best movie of the 1999 year. realy special effects and best music. I see 4
time...
Unknown17
intersecting line of powers are organised in the form of network, called
matrix. the resistance of human beings against this networked power is however in
the form of a vangard.the only way to deal with the power such as is the network of
resistance.
Unknown18
score = 90
Apart from ending so abruply, it's the most magnificent film that i've ever
seen....
Unknown19
score = 100
Its the system which is going to destroy humanity the only way to fight it is by human
feeling ,which the strongest power in universe. " naphakheznaser " is the
surviving ship from the system ,also the leader of assyarians whom he captured the enemy
from jursalim to babel from 3000 years ago
Unknown20
score = 100
One of the slickest and most well thought out movies ever. It's not often that you
come out of the cinema feeling that blown away!!!
Unknown21
score = 100
If you do not watch this movie at some point in your pathetic existance, you cretins,ahm,
sorry, then you are missing out. It definately deserved at least 90 points.
What is wrong with you people!?
Unknown22
score = 100
The main idea of the film is great. It's fantastic !!! What can I say more ? It's
definetly worth seeing. I wonder how does other people prefer 'The Mummy' instead of this
fantastic film... THIS IS THE BEST FILM EVER MADE BY HUMAN RACE !!! ALex
Unknown23
score = 100
It's the best film I 've never seen!!! I like the music and the effects. I want the
cassette.
Unknown24
score = 100
best film, with a great storie to think about what is real and what is unreal...maybe we
live in the matrix?!?!
Unknown25
score = 90 co I usually don't enjoy movies like the Matrix..or so I thought. The
Matrix is nothing like you would expect. It is probably the best movie I have ever
seen which is very suprising because when my boyfriend brought it home from the video
store all I did was whine because he got another "action flick". Needless to
say, it is awesome!!
Trinity589
score = 100
Definantly my favorite movie of all time!!! This flick mixes a little bit of everything
into its plot, and if you love a good action flick, this is definantly a must see. Keanu
Reeves puts in a good performance as the main character neo, and all of his co stars did a
great job adding to the suspense and humor of this futuristic flick. If you love some good
techno music also, you definantly want to get the soundtrack to this movie. With
everything from Marilyn Manson to Prodigy, the mixed beats of rock and techno will keep
you moving
Kate R
score = 100 comments = I was shocked by this movie, the effects were spectacular, a
whole new doorway for effects in Science Fiction films, likewise whe
Blade Runner made a turn in the film industry, defintly a top film, and should most
defintly be noted down as a 'best film of the year'contender!!!
Unknown26
score = 100
This is one of the best films of the millennium. The special effects are amazing and keep
you entertained until the credits begin rolling. For any science fiction fans this is a
must see, and for those who like Keanu Reeves you are in for a real treat.
Unknown27
score = 90
I thought it was absolutely suberb. Not just a must see film but a must see twice film
Unknown28
score
= 90
The Matrix was a film I felt deserved all the respect it got. The
writing and directors were great. The movie kept you watching the
entire time. The computer graphics and effects were fantastic. All the
explosions were great for the men and the romantic part when Trinity
confusses her for Neo for the ladies. This is a movie for everyone to
see. The Kung-fu fighting was great.(Jackie Chan eat your heart out)
The actors in the film did an awesome job in their rolls and all the hard
work they put in to this movie really showed on screen. I really
looking to seeing another Matrix. If you haven't seen the Matrix then
get off you ass and go go buy. I guarentee you will not be dissappointed.
Unknown29
these
reviewers obviously have no idea as they are no0 doubt so wrapped up in
dusty old black and white studio era films that they would not recognise
true modern cinema quality if it walked up and punched them in the nose. The
matrix is truly great. Fantastic action, cinematography and above all
storyline. Dont listen to the crusty old reviers, this film ROCKS!
Unknown30
score = 90
I think that the Matrix was probably the action movie of the decade.
Extremely good special effects and action sequences. Although the matrix
is a good movie, i think people are taking the idea too far. I mean, its
only an action movie, nothing more.
Maze
score
= 100 comments = A haven't see such a movie before! A big praise to the
author of this movie.And I think the actors are just great!
by Maze
Unknown
score = 50
This is truly an innovative idea. There is even a pseudo-warbly
fourth dimension that is attempted with special effects and movie
mumbo-jumbo. Unfortunately, this film falls short, much the way its
central character, Neo does when attempting to leap from buildings in
single bounds. The problem is, this movie fooled us. Every one
of us. Is it original? As stated before, the building hopping
is straight out of Superman, (Neo even stops bullets in a Superman like
fashion. He simply halts them with his hand, like Christopher Reeve
did). Also, the ideology of the state of being for followers of
Morpheous, a flaccid attempt at neo-Buddhist kvetching (a superficial Star
Wars philosophy, mixed with empty-ended diatribes, reminiscent of "it
is good to be wise, but it is wise to be good" mentalities), and
Terminator 2 style effects. In fact, there are actual scenes that are
lifted right out of the film just mentioned. Most notably, the one
near the end of the movie, when a helicopter is being piloted by a
"human," who is soon replaced graphically by an
"agent." This happened during the terminator movie, as well,
when the liquid metal robot broke into the cockpit of a helicopter and
"poured" himself inside, like metallic molasses. Then, he
"sculpts" himself into the pilot, whilst still silver-colored.
This being roughly 10 years ago, the effect is strikingly more plausible
and less choppy than the oddly jerky body manipulation expressed by the
Matrix morphing. Also, the "spinning" environment effects
(when Neo is being shot at and when Trinity kicks the police officer in
the face at the film's start) are knock offs of the semi-recent GAP ads,
in which kids in khakis swing dance and stop in mid-air, spinning around.
So, where is the “originality?” True, the storyline is
brilliant. But the way it is told is inept. For instance, as
stated by the New Yorker Review of this film, “never is it demonstrated
why the actualization of living in the “real world” would b! e
preferable to that living in “the Matrix.” The ship that is
inhabited by the guardians of the future is fa less enticing than the
notion of living in “bondage,” as Morpheous drones. By that
mindset, those in the Matrix who are wealthy and never work a day in their
lives, are “slaves, like everybody else.” Well, if that’s the
case, then let me be a slave. Also, if the only mode of
transportation is via phone lines, why can’t the good guys use their
readily available cell phones to jump from dimension to dimension?
Whoops. That said, why is it that the “Oracle” lives in the
Matrix? Wouldn’t she be better suited to life in the “real
world?” Uh-oh. And if “there is no spoon,” there would
be no “Matrix,” so the agents should have been helpless in the
construct of untruth. It would not be the agents that get beat up,
it would be the guardians, for the spoon never bends, right? In all,
it is a grand misstep of a movie, which is a shame, because the true star
is the ingenious editing job. Marval at that alone, if you can
admire nothing else. It’s a work of art. Well, the special effects
are dandy, even if you can see the seam between actors and background
(which is the reason that both characters’ outfits as well as the
environments were colored musty black/grey/green tones—it was
easier to blend them together). Watch the new Star Wars again, and
you will see true character/make believe elemental integration. The
difference here, is most notable in the scene in which Neo is training in
the “public environment” program, where the background is frozen while
he and Morpheous are still able to move about. This scene would have
worked splendidly, had Neo physically touched something or someone that
had stopped in its place. He did not, at the scene was obviously
lacking in depth and clarity. Too bad Academy members and the public
were so taken by such a facile and sil! ly effort. The accolades
this film acquired are not a tribute to the film itself, which in
hindsight deserved only editing superlatives, but a tribute to the makers
of the film, who pulled a fast one on all of us. “There is no
spoon?” Wrong. There is no point.
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