I saw the matrix-spoilers

[Rndm_Perfection]

Originally Posted by Null

yet oddly the ppl who like it are the ones that liked movies like charlies angles and underworld and **** like that.

What the hell are you talking about?

I respect The Matrix, as it's religious embodiment was overshadowed by the intillectual conflicts that so many fanboys had troubled with. In the end, it was a very complex manipulation of religious tales.

Neo died for a reason, Crash. If Neo is comparable to "The One" of Christian belief, then he died rightly so.

The Matrix was a beautiful (err, well.. not at parts, heh) collaberation of science and religion. Yes, Science Fiction meets Religious (Fiction?). It was already known in the first two films how much the series had to do with religious tales. The whole cast of characters had names of religious importance... and Zion, of course, as well. When the series started, however, everyone was too interested in the new ideas; everyone was interested in the mind-numbing idea of having our minds in the captivity of an illusionary world. The Alice in Wonderland allusions made viewers feel like the real world was some magical, foreign land... and that is all.

What if, perhaps, it was not the Matrix and the real world being compared by the Alice and Wonderland allusions, but rather Science and Religion, or even our universe and the afterlife? It's possible.


Keanu Reeves had said in an interview that the brothers intended on making three movies when they made the first. They must've known what they were doing when they created the first movie... especially since you can see the Architect's TV screens right before Neo is interrogated by Smith.


The sequals were more than worthy, and more than worth my time. Charlies Angels, on the other hand, is "absolut" trash. And Underworld, I have not seen... haven't even heard much about it O_o. But, of what I've heard, a lot of people have become obsessed with Vampires and Werewolves. I accept their nonsense and dreaming, but the movie doesn't sound respectable.

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Rndm_Perfection

What the hell are you talking about?

I respect The Matrix, as it's religious embodiment was overshadowed by the intillectual conflicts that so many fanboys had troubled with. In the end, it was a very complex manipulation of religious tales.

Complex? More like muddled and obvious. It was like someone was beating me in the head with a wiffleball bat. I could see them doing it, but can't really feel it and I am left wondering why they are doing it at all.

In the end the Wachowski's had an excellent plot, but did not have the chops to put it together in an artful fashion, much like Underworld. Instead of taking some of the time from the overly long action sequences to build up their characters are allow the story to further the plot, they preferred to rely on effects and action to sell tickets and then proceed to "tell" you the story in long, convoluted monologues that attempted to exchange vocabulary for inspiration. The first rule in any creative field is that you should "show" your audience your inspiration, and not "tell" them. You can tell me that Neo and Trinity are in love, but you can't make me believe it by just telling me and you sure as hell can't make me care by having them kiss a lot.

In the end the Matrix 2 and 3 illustrated why some writer/directors NEED the support system that studios can provide. There was no one to keep them in check. The Wachowski brothers became lost in their own universe and with no one to bring them back, they only served to babble to their own egos.

If you like the this movie, thats fine. There are plenty of bad movies that a lot of people like. You may like this movie, but do not mistake it for good cinema and surely not art.

You want an incredibly well put together trilogy of epic films? Lord of the Rings. Peter Jackson is a friggin' genius. He mixes CG, forced perspective and splices together endless miniatures for one purpose... to SUPPORT THE STORY, not replace it. He understands that for us the audeince to care about the characters in the film, we must first get to know them. We must feel loss when they fall. This is why I like his extended versions of his first film much more than the theater edition. He spends more time developing the characters.

Someone asked what movies I like: well here are my favorites no particular order:

The Seven Samurai (Kurosawa was the greatest action director ever)
Ran (pronounced Raan)
Akira
Miller's Crossing
The Lord of the Rings Series
Braveheart
Raising Arizona
The Field
Yojimbo
Unforgiven
The Quiet Man
Hard Boiled
2001: A Space Odyssey
Nosfersatu (both the original and the Werner Herzog remake)
The Prophecy
They Live (best B movie EVER)
The Shining
Seconds
American Psycho
The Manchurian Candidate

I guess I could go on, but 20 is enough.

[Yoda9864]

I thought this movie was awesome. I loved the whole trilogy in general.

It had everything I could want in a movie:

-Action
-A touch of romance
-A compelling plot (though not exactly clear)

The thing I loved the move about this movie was the fact that it made me think. What is going to happen next? Why did that just happen? How are these two things connected? I love movies that actually make you think. I can tell you that in two years, I will still remember these movies and think: how/why did that happen?

Personally, I'm not a real big fan about movies that are just so overloaded with action that you sit just sit there after the movie and say, "Well that was cool, what are we gonna do for the rest of the night?" Well, don't get me wrong, I guess I do like those kind of movies, because they are cool, but with a movie like The Matrix you leave the theatre with just a little more wonder/amazement/curiosity/religion or whatever you get out of the movie.

A lot of my friends that saw it said that they didn't really like it. I suspect that they are saying that just because it didn't end how they wanted it to, or that it didn't end answering all your questions. WELL TOO BAD!!! Get used to it! I don't wanna hear you bitch and moan about how your questions were unanswered, or how the love scenes were ghey, or how it didn't end the way you wanted to.


*OFF TOPIC*
What really bothers me is how people can say that The Lord of the Rings movies suck ass. THey are some of the best movies I have every seen. I beleive that FotR and TTT have been voted onto the IMD top ten movies of all time list.
I know a lot of people that say that they suck becuase they didn't include such-and-such scene from the book, or such-and-such character wasn't in the movie. God damnit people, the books were great and they had a lot of details. No movie, especially these, could get all of the detail out of the book into the movie. JUST LOOK past the minor omitences and just admit they are very good movies, because they are just that, great movies.


Hod Hamnit, now I'm all pissed off. I gotta get to sleep.

[Neo]

I just got back from the theater. I'm really tired so I'll chime in with my opinion later.

[The Duggler]

It's funny how people try to analyse movies like they were big shot hollywood critics, eh, strangler?

Anyways, if you would actually watch the movie, and let yourself into it, instead of looking at everything else around and behind it, you would enjoy much more.

Yes the acting is kind of dull, but I think it's fits the context perfectly. Neo and trin, knew they were going to die, so don't expect them to be all romantic and stuff.

I don't know why the 1st episode was so good. It was all the same actors after all.

[Crash]

the first lord of the rings is in my top 5 movies, but the second one is a really big dissappointment for me. of course nothing like the book, the first movie was almost identicle to the book. they added stupid things, and they removed important things

[BreakABone]

Might as well chim in here while I'm around.

It seems to me that many of you went into the movie wanting to like it no matter what, and the fact of the matter is you did. No matter if you forced yourself to or you geniunely liked it. I don't know.

I do think that Null and Strangler looked at a movie in a more, don't want to say objective minor, but I guess they looked at the film for it's own merit before applying it to the trilogy.

As a side note, has nothing to do with the rest of this, I recently purchased American Pyscho and that is one bad ass movie. I recommend any one to see it.

And a final note, isn't Justin gone yet?