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Posted: 7/28/2015 7:40:24 AM EDT
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Page 2 says "No".
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Posted: 7/28/2015 7:46:54 AM EDT
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Still love it. I'm just sick of movies trying to copy it's style of action. You would be hard pressed to find an action movie that didn't use some style of action that The Matrix used now a days. |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 7:52:06 AM EDT
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Lets play that game, Would GD hit it???
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Posted: 7/28/2015 8:16:21 AM EDT
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im going to say no.
After watching it again recently the special effects are in the realm of how did i ever think this looked believable. the story is good but i don't think its a classic. |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 8:33:02 AM EDT
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Yes, even more relevant today.
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Posted: 7/28/2015 8:38:24 AM EDT
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Yes. Well at least the first one.
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Posted: 7/28/2015 8:42:33 AM EDT
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My favorite scene is when trinity is riding the Ducati 996  for the longest time, that bodystyle superbike was my favorite. Now I own one  4-6 grand. Sps/R versions can fetch a little more because of their low production numbers. |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 8:44:19 AM EDT
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Saw it in the theater 3 times. LOVE it then and still do today.
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Posted: 7/28/2015 8:44:20 AM EDT
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I still love it
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Posted: 7/28/2015 8:54:01 AM EDT
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the matrix is a great movie and pioneered shit like star wars did when it came out
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Posted: 7/28/2015 9:04:47 AM EDT
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Matrix is fucken awesome.
Still one of my all time favorites. |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 9:05:12 AM EDT
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Loved the Matrix. Try to re watch it every couple years. I still love the sequence at the end where Neo explodes the agent and stands there... And reality warps around him.
Matrix is a perfect amalgam of American and Japanese movie tropes. Shoot, the cascading green characters were ripped right out of Ghost in the Shell. Great flick. The sequels not as much but still very watchable. |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 9:05:18 AM EDT
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FPNI
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Posted: 7/28/2015 9:06:30 AM EDT
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the matrix is a great movie and pioneered shit like star wars did when it came out Two words: Bullet. Time. Everyone wanted that effect in their movie or commercial! |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 9:22:21 AM EDT
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Hell yes. Fantastic movie.
I watched it in the theater in '99, and was blown away. I introduced my kids to it on Blu-Ray just last night. They thought it was awesome too. And now they're pretty proud of themselves since it was their first rated R movie.
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Posted: 7/28/2015 9:24:12 AM EDT
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The first one was a classic. The sequels were meh. Explains why dark city sucked I love that movie. 
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Posted: 7/28/2015 9:30:02 AM EDT
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.......The sequels not as much but still very watchable. i think the trenchcoat mafia bs / colombine media link had a hand in that. |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 9:53:34 AM EDT
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i think the trenchcoat mafia bs / colombine media link had a hand in that. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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.......The sequels not as much but still very watchable. i think the trenchcoat mafia bs / colombine media link had a hand in that. Yeah, possibly. The concepts presented in the sequels were not as deep as the first movie. Once you've busted the idea that reality is not real, where could you go from there that's as big a mind-screw? They did their best on the sequels, but there was no way they could live up to the original. Bonus: if you watch the making of features on the DVD of the IIRC third sequel you will see Adam Savage and Tori Bellecci from Mythbusters... before there was a Mythbusters. |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 10:06:05 AM EDT
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The Matrix is a near perfect film. It holds up and will always hold up. The sequels are less impressive but better than they receive credit.
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Posted: 7/28/2015 10:15:48 AM EDT
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I saw them all in the theater. I remembered liking them until I tried watching them again. I'd rather get a root canal.
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Posted: 7/28/2015 10:29:54 AM EDT
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I'd like the next sequel to be a prequel to what led up to the Matrix A live action version of Animatrix? Some parts of the Animatrix were just depressing Glad it wasn't just me. I can't watch it, way too bleak for me. |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 10:47:03 AM EDT
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"There's no fork."
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Posted: 7/28/2015 10:51:07 AM EDT
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Great flick. I love it, one of my favorites. It blew me away when I first saw it.
I loved when Neo used the A1 in the lobby scene. |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 11:01:17 AM EDT
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The first one was a classic. The sequels were meh. I concur with both statements. There was way too much CGI in the sequels. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 11:04:15 AM EDT
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are you kidding
thre 3 most copied films in history matrix, magnificent 7 & Pocahontas the Matrix will never be out of date or relevance it will go down like kelly's heros |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 11:06:34 AM EDT
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The first one was a classic. The sequels were meh PURE GARBAGE!!!!!. Fixed |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 11:06:46 AM EDT
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The first one was a classic. The sequels were meh. Explains why dark city sucked then explain how it is even close to matrix synipsis of dark city 1998 John Murdoch awakens alone in a strange hotel to find that he has lost his memory and is wanted for a series of brutal and bizarre murders. While trying to piece together his past, he stumbles upon a fiendish underworld controlled by a group of beings known as The Strangers who possess the ability to put people to sleep and alter the city and its inhabitants. Now Murdoch must find a way to stop them before they take control of his mind and destroy him. |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 11:07:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The Matrix is a near perfect film. Agreed. |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 11:07:29 AM EDT
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I love that movie.
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The first one was a classic. The sequels were meh. Explains why dark city sucked I love that movie.
No need to . Dark City was superb, and highly underrated.
The Matrix also stole some story from the 13th Floor, some special effects from Blade, the title from Shadowrun, and then wrapped it up in pretentiousness and science that just doesn't work. People don't generate much power. The sequels only highlighted the failures of the first movie. It looks good and it's a cool movie, provided you really don't think about it too much. |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 11:14:47 AM EDT
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What a terrible trailer. It showed 90% of the movie.z
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Posted: 7/28/2015 11:25:23 AM EDT
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No, Reeves is dating a man woman So because he is dating a man woman in real life, in 2015, that makes the movie that was made in 1999 bad? 
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Posted: 7/28/2015 11:28:21 AM EDT
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No need to . Dark City was superb, and highly underrated.
The Matrix also stole some story from the 13th Floor, some special effects from Blade, the title from Shadowrun, and then wrapped it up in pretentiousness and science that just doesn't work. People don't generate much power. The sequels only highlighted the failures of the first movie. It looks good and it's a cool movie, provided you really don't think about it too much. Human bodies generate negative power when you account for the energy you have to provide them with in order to grow and sustain them.
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Posted: 7/28/2015 11:28:21 AM EDT
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What if I told you that there will come a point in your life, where your perception of time changes. 16 year old movies, from you perspective will seem like they didn't come out that long ago, and you'll be amazed that they call them "classic". I introduced my son to "saving Private Ryan" and Enemy at the Gates this week (he's Ten) I consider them "new" movies |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 11:33:46 AM EDT
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I think the Matrix is a victim of its own success.
At the time it came out I thought it was a good movie, but as time went on and it was copied, spoofed, merchandised and had two completely shit sequels released I came to appreciate it less and less. I also went from thinking the Wachowskis were geniuses to thinking they are one note hacks. |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 12:42:06 PM EDT
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I saw them all in the theater. I remembered liking them until I tried watching them again. I'd rather get a tooth canal. Tooth canal? I hate it when that happens! |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 12:45:27 PM EDT
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I saw them all in the theater. I remembered liking them until I tried watching them again. I'd rather get a tooth canal. Tooth canal? I hate it when that happens!
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Posted: 7/28/2015 12:49:50 PM EDT
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When I watch the original Star Wars movies, I still love them, plot holes and all.
However, I was kid when I first saw them, and I will always look at them through a child's eyes. I was much older when I saw The Matrix. It became apparent much more quickly that the story fell apart if you thought about it too much. The fact that the sequels were awful doesn't help either. |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 1:07:40 PM EDT
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"There's no fork." "you think that is air your inhaling?" |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 1:09:02 PM EDT
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It's a great movie, as a movie, but I always felt the script was 4lbs of retarded in a 3lb bag...the entire concept is really pretty stupid when you think about it.
But, if you buy in and forget about the absurdity, it's fun and has great mood and characters. |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 1:14:27 PM EDT
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It's a great movie, as a movie, but I always felt the script was 4lbs of retarded in a 3lb bag...the entire concept is really pretty stupid when you think about it. But, if you buy in and forget about the absurdity, it's fun and has great mood and characters. Die Hard is the best action movie ever made. But the idea of one barefoot guy killing fifty terrorists with machine guns by himself is also an absurd one to buy into 
That's exactly what happens when every beat in the movie is perfect though. |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 1:29:59 PM EDT
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Yes. Innovative practical effects. Solid story line. Great action.
The two others got worse and worse, but the original is one of the best sci fi of all time. |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 1:59:20 PM EDT
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Still love it. I'm just sick of movies trying to copy it's style of action. Oh my heavens, THIS. The one silly parody of it in Shrek was about all I tolerated. |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 2:00:27 PM EDT
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I'd like the next sequel to be a prequel to what led up to the Matrix Someone's probably already mentioned it by now, but that's what the Animatrix does (unfortunately many of their other mini-stories are stupid). |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 2:01:31 PM EDT
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First movie, yes |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 2:07:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Die Hard is the best action movie ever made. But the idea of one barefoot guy killing fifty terrorists with machine guns by himself is also an absurd one to buy into That's exactly what happens when every beat in the movie is perfect though. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: It's a great movie, as a movie, but I always felt the script was 4lbs of retarded in a 3lb bag...the entire concept is really pretty stupid when you think about it. But, if you buy in and forget about the absurdity, it's fun and has great mood and characters. Die Hard is the best action movie ever made. But the idea of one barefoot guy killing fifty terrorists with machine guns by himself is also an absurd one to buy into That's exactly what happens when every beat in the movie is perfect though. Yeah, the action of DH is implausible, but the concept could happen in the real. The problem with the Matrix was that the concept was pretty retarded, when you think about it. AI and robots so advanced they could do all the insanely innovative and complex things to create that world, but used humans as batteries? I guess all the other animals on earth died too, and not even having one breeding pair of simple cows, deer, rabbits, anything to build up a battery farm was just too much - so they used almost-impossible-to-control humans, and created a vast and super-complex fake virtual reality to make everyone passive and accept their true purpose, becuase that's way easier than a super smart computer finding another power source. You know what would make a good power source? Whatever let the sentries fly around...because it wasn't fossil fuels and rockets, or human-battery levitation thingies. Oh, and if you know it's not reality like they teach Neo, you can dodge bullets. For everyone else, knowing it's not reality apparently doesn't shield them from not-real bullets...and they're still too slow. I could go on, but the problem is the concept is silly. The concept of Die Hard isn't silly, it just goes a little overboard...and even then, McClain didn't just breeze through them, he suffered a lot of injuries. It made you forget that he was doing superhuman things, which was smart moviemaking. Dumb movie making is people watching falling glyphs on a screen saver, and can see through it and know complex actions happening on the other side - just seeing code. Shit, if you can do that, you're practically Neo already. |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 2:08:30 PM EDT
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Yes it does
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Posted: 7/28/2015 2:13:25 PM EDT
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yeah it was awesome..and yes it rose the bar for every sfx heavy movie afterwards
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Posted: 7/28/2015 2:43:01 PM EDT
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The Matrix is one story I wouldn't mind if a remake was made some day. I liked the short films in Animatrix. Its a cartoon take on the matrix universe. I like it better than the sequels. |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 2:59:17 PM EDT
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What if I told you that there will come a point in your life, where your perception of time changes. 16 year old movies, from you perspective will seem like they didn't come out that long ago, and you'll be amazed that they call them "classic". This. How many movies in the interim have copied a fight sequence or filming technique from the Matrix? |
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Posted: 7/28/2015 3:13:29 PM EDT
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Yeah, the action of DH is implausible, but the concept could happen in the real. The problem with the Matrix was that the concept was pretty retarded, when you think about it. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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It's a great movie, as a movie, but I always felt the script was 4lbs of retarded in a 3lb bag...the entire concept is really pretty stupid when you think about it. But, if you buy in and forget about the absurdity, it's fun and has great mood and characters. Die Hard is the best action movie ever made. But the idea of one barefoot guy killing fifty terrorists with machine guns by himself is also an absurd one to buy into
That's exactly what happens when every beat in the movie is perfect though. Yeah, the action of DH is implausible, but the concept could happen in the real. The problem with the Matrix was that the concept was pretty retarded, when you think about it. As you're discussing Die Hard in the car on the way home from the theater, it's implausible but fun. The Matrix... just doesn't make any sense. |
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