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Mirajeff reviews IMAX screening of MATRIX REVOLUTIONS in NYC!
Hey folks, Harry here... still waiting for a legitimate positive review of MATRIX REVOLUTIONS. Early word has not been pretty. Variety's Review is pretty ugly. Now here's Mirajeff who had the distinct honor of seeing MATRIX REVOLUTIONS on the IMAX Screen in New York City. If ever there was a situation to be blown away by, it'd be seeing it this way... Unfortunately, this isn't very pretty. Beware of many spoilers below...
Harry, Mirajeff here. Had to pass myself off as the Promotions Director for a college radio station to get into this screening, so please, please, please print this review. Congrats on the producing credit.
A Not-So Revolutionary War
Hype. It sells tabloid magazines, rewards 18 year-olds with $100 million-dollar shoe contracts, and propels blockbuster movies to their record-breaking opening weekends at the box office. The latter will probably be the case come Wednesday, November 5th, when the hype dies down and the final truth is revealed to fans of The Matrix trilogy. The Matrix Revolutions kicks off its worldwide celebration at 6:00 a.m. here in New York, with some theaters opening their doors early to accommodate hordes of students hoping to see the film before morning classes. Alas, the hype is nothing to buy into, as it rarely is, with this latest installment in the groundbreaking sci-fi series closer resembling its entertaining yet ultimately disappointing predecessor, The Matrix Reloaded, rather than the instant-classic original.
Back are all the main players from Reloaded, including Keanu Reeves as Zion's only hope of survival, Neo. When we last saw Neo, he was caught in another dimension, somewhere between the world of the Matrix and that of the Machines. Standing dutifully by his comatose body are Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), the Phil Jackson to Neo's Kobe, and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), back to challenge Kill Bill's Uma Thurman for the title of baddest-ass chick at the multiplex.
At the outset of Revolutions Neo seems to be stuck at the Train Station, a Purgatory of sorts within the Matrix. It is where programs go when they face deletion and it is controlled by none other than the Merovingian (Lambert Wilson), who we saw flexing his muscles in Reloaded. The first action sequence, and frankly isn't that what most of us have been waiting six months for, is a visual stunner, most akin to the bullet-riddled showdown in the lobby scene of the first film. The device that sets the scene apart from others in the series is its use of the ceiling as a floor, with the Merovingian's anonymous cronies shattering all concepts of gravity within the Matrix, effortlessly running around upside-down.
Once Neo and Trinity are reunited, they share a passionate embrace and one brief kiss. These obligatory love scenes are littered throughout Revolutions, often times with Reeves and Moss just going through the motions, kissing and holding each other, as if the thing that The One has needed all along is just a hug.
Soon, Neo goes to see the Oracle, who was revealed in Reloaded to be a program, just like Neo. They are well-concocted programs of the Matrix, casting doubt upon the numerous prophecies the Oracle reveals, as well as in Neo's ability to save the free world and stop the war between man and machine. The Oracle promises, "Every beginning has an end," and that she will be there until "The End" alongside Neo, whether Zion's prayers are answered and he succeeds, or Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) prevails. While newcomer Mary Alice does a fair job of filling in for the irreplaceable Gloria Foster as the Oracle, the scenes between her and Neo are full of analytical psycho-babble and other mumbo-jumbo that bogs down the film. There were simply too many back and forth cutesy questions, in regards to "what it all means." I understand the importance of these scenes and why they are necessary to the film, but in its attempts to explain the mysteries Reloaded presented us, Revolutions only succeeds in confusing its audience more.
By the film's conclusion, loose ends are wrapped up, but lingering questions remain, specifically about the concept of the Matrix and how the war between man and machine broke out.
As directors, brothers Andy and Larry Wachowski have finally mastered the subtlety of their craft, though on first viewing, little seems subtle in the world of the Matrix. One particularly dramatic scene between Neo and Trinity, in which raw emotion, not CGI, is showcased, is handled perfectly by the duo. They may have even wrung a few tears out of me, though The Hours this is not. The Wachowskis, along with Visual Effects Supervisor John Gaeta and Fight Choreographer Yuen Wo Ping, have been credited with giving the action/sci-fi genre a much needed facelift. In Revolutions they up the ante even higher, especially in a dazzling sequence known as the Super Burly Brawl.
In the original Burly Brawl in Reloaded, we watched as Neo fought off an army of computer-generated Agent Smiths. The sequence was unlike anything else ever captured on screen. In Revolutions, the battle between good and evil takes to the air, as Neo and Agent Smith square off in a rainy showdown, the sidewalks lined with synchronized Smith clones. However, the fight doesn't last long, and the film's ultimate conclusion left a sour taste in my mouth. It was satisfying to some degree, but I still had so many questions and wanted to see so much else explored, that the film couldn't possibly live up to the hype its studio has created around it.
CGI is given the majority of the workload here, forcing all of Revolutions' characters to become mere supporting actors to the spectacle of technology onscreen. Reloaded was interesting because it introduced so many new characters, so our emotional investment in the film was significantly raised. Here however, the characters are either glazed over or completely missing, their screen time given to characters like Bane, Zee, the Kid, and a seemingly endless army of sentinels. The Merovingian makes a cameo, along with his wife Persephone (Monica Bellucci), one of the most beautiful actresses working in film today. The albino twins that graced the amazing freeway scene in Reloaded are not even mentioned in this script. Not to mention, it feels like we are supposed to know information that the Wachowskis only included in their videogame, "Enter the Matrix," a marketing ploy that hoped to see me shell out another 50 bucks on confusing meta-mumbo jumbo and pixel-y graphics.
If it sounds like I hated The Matrix Revolutions, I promise that I didn't. It's a good, entertaining popcorn movie whose visual eye candy will be mimicked onscreen for the next ten years. It is also a recipe for a great sci-fi film, alas one that is a little too heavy on the frosting. With another few dashes of screenwriting, and less sugary spectacle, The Matrix could have been the Star Wars trilogy for our internet-driven generation. As it turned out, the Revolution was televised, and its computer-enhanced story needed to take a commercial break.Harry here... ultimately - this sounds a lot like the way I felt about MATRIX RELOADED. I liked it, but craved more character work, better more emotionally involving action sequences, except here... it also seems that any real sense of resolution is missing, which could be profoundly disappointing for those that expected this film to wrap up the story. Hopefully, I'll be seeing it soon.
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...can't let this one escape the Virgin Talkback Cherry Picker... !!!
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They'll get my dough!
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... can't wait to see this...
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The albino twins aren't coming back? I knew this movie would be mediocre, but I thought, "hey, at least the twins will be back!" Such is not the case. Oh well. I trod off to the theatre Wednesday dragging my expectations on the ground.
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At the end of the day the matrix is a fucking interpretive piece. If you have never studied philosophy its a brilliant introduction to some concepts. If you have or are aware of the concepts then you can get to gooey escapist mix of anime, scifi and kung fu. Get a fucking life and lower your expectations people. We know better than believe the hype. I for one am looking forward to sitting back and seeing the conclusion to a ground breaking series.
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WHO CARES?
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...and so is the matrix...
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STILL no coverage of Eastwood's film, easily one of the best of the year? Why? Because it depicts the lingering life-long effects of violence as it occurs in the real world? Because it shows that violence is horrible and painful and ruins people's entire lives? That punching and shooting and stabbing HURT PEOPLE, physically and psychologically? Because of its gritty realistic style? The prologue of this movie has haunted me since I saw it weeks ago. Come on, Harry, Moriarity et al., where's your coverage, Mystic River isn't some obscure arty European movie playing in a single NYC theater, it's a major studio release directed by Clint Fucking Eastwood, and it's getting extraordinary reviews and even succeeding at the box office. Instead of slobbering over Kill Bill Vol. 1 and nitpicking the Fake-trix, uh, I mean The Matrix, how about giving Mystic River a little time here? Or ain't it cool?
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...and that's a shame. I really, REALLY wanted Reloaded & Revolutions to be great films. Instead, we just get another good 'ol fashioned Hollywood butt-fucking. It figures. Why do I have to keep paying $8.50 to get raped? Shouldn't they be paying me by now?
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Don't need to read so many spoilers, so I'm skipping the bulk of that. Anyway, just saw Reloaded on the Imax last night - a sort of refresher course before Wednesday - and I gotta say I like it more than most but it still feels lacking. Maybe the original only worked so well because it wasn't something anyone expected, and the sequels are therefore doomed to failure, but mostly I feel like they lost me. I'm reasonably smart, and i can usually keep up, but there came a point where it just left me confused - and not in a good way. I can only hope all becomes clear on wednesday.
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Did anyone of you read a positiv Revolutions review so far? There are non, not in print-magazines either. Der Spiegel, a big German news-magazine called M3 a 'big life-time-waisting-machine'. What you say now?
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Nov 03, 2003 7:31:28 AM CST
Can't believe you geeks can't appreciate the sheer ass kicking t
by dustybooze
Really, compared to what has been done so far on screen The Matrix is still pushing the fucking envelope! Even if you dont like the story or whatever you have to give at least props for the fucking AMAZING fights and visuals. Every one who is into anime, kung fu flicks and pure style should SHUT UP and thank the Brothers for giving us this Trilogy. Where Kill Bill fails the Matrix delivers, can't wait to see it on Wednesday, Whoa!
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I knew it.
In the Reloaded so much was made of the twins in the hype for them to barely be in the film.
And sure enough I thought they had been killed off in a rather lame way, while all my mates argued they'd be back for Revolutions, and hey guess what......
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Nov 03, 2003 8:07:14 AM CST
At least there was no CGI Uma, 2003 is the year of Kill Bill, no
by ashokx2
For the record, I loved Matrix. But Reloaded was sooo overrated. And there is no way you can tell me all that fake looking CGI is a fraction as cool as the lobby shootout scene, or the House of Blue Leaves for that matter. Well, I still have high hopes for Revolutions, but from the looks of things, Matrix 3 won't be up there with Terminator 2, Godfather 2, Aliens, Empire Strikes Back, Kill Bill 2 (yeah it *sucks* it was split, deal with it, it'll still be good), etc.
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I read that Imax movies are strictly limited to 2 hrs. This means he probably saw a shortened version of revolutions which runs 2hrd 12 min if I remember right. I had read the twins had a role in rev...
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When I saw the first Matrix, I loved it. I still love it but I only ever saw it as a good "summer" movie. Some of my friends saw it as the second comming of Star Wars. "It is the next great movie franchise" they told me. EH, if they say so. Now afetr "Reloaded" they are upset because it didn't live up to the hype. Me, I enjoyed it. Yeah it was a bit pretentious. But so what it was still a cool movie. I think I'll probably like this one too. But some you guys will hate it because you thought the first one was so special. You were wrong. It's just a good summer movie.
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From Relaothing to Devolution. My hope for this 'trilogy' ended the second I saw Reloaded. The Wachowskis appearantly have screwed up enough never to be allowed on a studio lot anymore. Unfortunately, this movie will make about half a billion $ and isn't that all that counts in Hollywood?
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Why cant anyone post a review without spoiling the film for the rest.
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For the love of god please stop comparing these movies to eachother. One simple reason: they are not the same movie. Stop comparing matrix to lotr, star wars, or kil bill. Each individual film has its own appeal. Matrix has always been f/x and philosophy.
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To me, there are too many disconnects between "Matrix" and "Reloaded" (probably "Revolutions" as well) to consider all three parts of one whole. Plus the absense of "Tank" and especially Joe Pantoliano is narratively bothersome to me. Hopefully "Revolutions" doesn't take itself too seriously and returns to the funland of the first film. *friendswithbenefits.com*
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i nearly fall to sleep when watching kill bill.....the fighting choreography is old stuffs too, yuen woo ping is using the same style in every movie, from matrix, to crouching tiger, and now kill bill
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i read that one too....i agree with u...that guy's version are way better than the actual one by the wachowski bros'
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One of the reasons that these films are not getting the anticipated kudos is the fact that for the majority of moviegoers it is too high minded in many of its themes. Nobody likes to feel stupid and frankly that's what the Wachowski's did at the end of Reloaded. The architects monolouge at the end of Reloaded left many people scratching their heads wondering what the hell it was he just said and what it had to do with the film. After I saw Reloaded many of my friends said they didn't like it because "It was too boring and stupid." Too boring? Admittedly there were a lot of fights for fightings sake most of them very repetitious and derivatve of what we had seen in the Matrix, but still entertaining to watch nonetheless. If you go back and watch the first Matrix that's a "boring" movie. Loads of set up for about an hour and forty-five minutes and then a kick ass, non stop, gravity defying ending that doesn't let you go for thirty minutes. Granted it is the first movie in a trilogy, although we didn't know at this point it was going to be one, and therefore had to set up everything: characters, story, motivations, ideas etc. But the Matrix did it in a way that we had never seen before in American cinema. There's a scene in the first trailer between Trinity and Neo just before they go in to save Morpheus and Trinity says to Neo "No one has ever tried this before." to which Neo replies, "That's why it's going to work." I'm pretty sure that's what the Wachowski's told Joel Silver and everybody at WB studios when they pitched the film. The Wachowski's set a new bar with the first one that was impossible to surpass with the sequels. People are fickle and get bored easily. In the four years between the first Matrix and the sequels everybody and their brother ripped them off. Commercials, movies, music videos you name it. So when we got more of the same in Reloaded, however, we got a lot more of it, coupled with the fact that they hit us over the head with a sledgehammer with the philosophy that they wanted to incorporate into the film, that frankly just confused many of us, we felt gypped. So Revolutions is going to have quite the hill to climb to make us happy. Most people will say that we're getting more of the same and if what I've read about the third movie is even remotely true people are going to hate the resolution even though it makes the most sense. So ultimately Revolutions will also fall short of all our expectations too. That's too bad when you think about it when popular media force feeds us so much recycled crap that is nowhere near as good as what the Wachowski's have produced.
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It seems to me that the W Brothers should have just made one Matrix sequel. Reloaded seemed bloated because of all the filler. They seemed to have the material to make one really good sequel instead of two. I know filming both simultaneously saved them a lot of money. And I find it hard to beleive that they really envisioned the whole thing as a trilogy to begin with, despite their claims otherwise.
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Hey the guy in Variety is the same one who reviewed the first Matrix. And about that movie he said "Special Effects 10, Screenplay 0" which we all know is not true, so it's hardly a legit review of Revolutions
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Clearly this guy enjoyed the movie. Hell, he even says he liked Reloaded! He talks about how great it looks and how it made him cry for fuck's sake! And Harry says it's 'not pretty?' The only real problems for this reviewer are the lack of explanation regarding how the war started and the cost of the video game. The former is explained in Animatrix. The latter is inconsequential. I SAW REVOLUTIONS last THURSDAY in NY and it was a blast. Everyone I talked to at the screening was blown away. I'm sure a bunch of them went home and typed up their impressions as well, but you don't see any of the positives on here. Harry's hate of all things WB is once again demonstrated by this obvious effort to take the wind out of Revolution's sails, as well as him completely overlooking Mystic River, one of this year's greatest films. All because they refuse to buy banners on his website. It's just shameful!
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Nov 03, 2003 10:10:04 AM CST
The only thing more fun than building up a cult fave is tearing
by damitol
I can't speak to the German magazine's "time-waisting" comments since I haven't read the article, but every review I've read says "I enjoyed it but...). Though that may seem like faint praise - there are a ton of films I've bought into the hype on and didn't like (Hulk and Cabin Fever two recent examples). The Matrix was a classic, but I liked Reloaded and found it a worthy follow up. The big criticism I keep seeing is that they don't explain everything or that they rules have changed. "At the end of the Matrix, Neo was god. Period." No - it has been fully explained that the Matrix is a work in progress and is subject to change. Neo has a big edge over the average Matrix traveler (even though Trinity and Morpheus' skills have improved by Reloaded) but what mankind (and the audience) ASSUMED "The One" was at the end of Matrix was disproved in Reloaded. The key to Reloaded was that everything comes down to choice. Choice is the human variable that the machines can't control completely and the rules have to change according to the choices humans make. Neo is not God - he is simply "the one" who's choices can't be easily manipulated, throwing a big wrench into the otherwise mathematically perfect Matrix. The machines know that if A and B, then 99.9999% of humans will choose C. Terrorists know that seven armed guards can hold 400 people hostage because mathematically > 399 of them will choose to live a little longer than risk death. The variable is that out of 1,000,000 people in a city, did the terrorists also capture that one person who will willingly risk sacrificing his life to save everyone else? The machines make rules and The One breaks them by choosing differently than expected, forcing the machines to change the rules again. Smith is a new variable - the anti-One if you will - a program that learned about making choices - and as such it was clear to everyone paying attention that Smith is now a bigger threat to the order of the Matrix than Neo. If you are looking for everything to be spelled out and wrapped up in a neat little box, stick with television or most other movies. A mind fuck at the end does not a great movie make. "Oh - all the people in Zion were just machines as well. That was a great ending." No - that was a stupid ending. Besides maybe "Sixth Sense", it's hard to come up with a mind fuck ending that really worked and made a movie better. Maybe I'll love Revolutions and maybe I'll hate it. I won't know until this weekend. But either way, the first two Matrix films have been great fun if you take a little time to scratch beneath the surface and stop hating just because the filmmakers didn't use your ideas. And while I'm on my soapbox, who are these retards who now hate Matrix Revolutions (sight unseen) because (minor spoiler alert) the twins were killed in reloaded? Why do fanboys glom onto a minor, expendable character and base their enjoyment of the rest of the film series on that character's outcome? Let me guess - if Darth Maul had been back in Clones for another fight or two (and everything else remained the same), the film would have meant a return to form for Lucas, rivaling the OT for sheer brilliance. The twins and their phasing were cute, but the good guys beat them - deal with it.
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The Matrix Trilogy shall rule supreme. he he HE HAHAHAAA!
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Gave it two thumbs up, but talk about backhanded compliments!!! In brief, they both gave it thumbs up for "the effects and the action scenes", but added "I really hope they don't make anymore of these." They went on to comment "MATRIX introduced a really interesting world, then RELOADED came along and layered on characters that really don't have anything important to add in the third movie." Sounds pretty much like the party line. Get over it, folks. The Wack-off-ski brothers only had enough ideas for one really good film and one really bad sequel. And they already achieved that.
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...it sucks! i agree with what the CreepyThinMan said! and NO the twins are NOT in revolutions. and KONY i was also there on thursday. i was not aware of anyone in my section who liked the movie. i heard "disappointment" a few times and i heard other people say, "what a shame", and "that sucked". i was actually hoping to hear that someone liked it so i could speak to them on the way out of the theater. i went with my son and his friend. my son's friend LOVES the matrix franchise. they're his favorite movies (he's fifteen). even HE thought they sucked! i was shocked! Also, harry said that he had yet to get a positive review... so why don't you send him one KONY? maybe he'll post it and we can all read your opinion? i'd love to hear someone intelligently defend this crap! and don't give me the old, "you obviously don't get it" line. I get it. and it sucks.
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Nov 03, 2003 1:49:58 PM CST
At least Keira Knightly's midriff is back in the margins...what'
by cletus van damme
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Nov 03, 2003 2:21:11 PM CST
Will they still be the Wachowski "Brothers" after Larry's sex ch
by silver shamrock
You matrix lovers are cheering for a guy whose greatest desire in life is to menstrate!! The expiration date of Matrix coolness: 5-15-03
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Nov 03, 2003 3:19:53 PM CST
If this really does stink as bad as Reloaded there is only one g
by steve_zodiac
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I read an article online that said "The Matrix Trilogy" was really an allegory for the plight of gays in Western Society. Neo being freed from "The Matrix" was symbolic of struggle people face in coming out of the closet and plugging back in to The Matrix was a phallic thing. Supposedly, Smith and Neo have some kind of Homo-erotic struggle where they are really the same person at odds with the pressure of conforming to societies expectations of masculinity. The Matrix itself is the homophobic - puritanical society we live in.... I dunno if I buy this. Did anyone else read this?
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Nov 03, 2003 4:18:20 PM CST
Tarantino is extremely underrated. But Matrix > Kill Bill > Rel
by ashokx2
QT is one thing. Brilliant. Matrix > Kill Bill > Reloaded. Hopefully Revolutions will own them all, I guess we'll see... Harry seems to WANT to make everyone hate Matrix (?????)... I'm not casting any judgement until Wednesday.
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The steady drumbeat of bad reviews continues -- and the Matrix defenders keep dismissing them. I unplugged from the Matrix franchise after Reloaded. I'll go see ELF this weekend. Or THE STATION AGENT. Or just about anything else except this bloated, pompous, lumbering sequel.
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with cumshots on bullet time splashing on girls' tits and asses...now that would be ground breaking beeeatches!
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The reason Reloaded was sub-par and Revolutions will be as well is because the Wachowskis chose franchise over substance. The story and characters in Reloaded felt like they were missing something, and they were. The Wachowskis decided to put the story into the Animatrix, Enter the Matrix, and lastly Reloaded. The conclusion can't be as final as it should be because they would lose their MMORG. I guess they don't think your ticket price is high enough to tell you a story. They want you to pay for a separate DVD and a video game as well.
I guess the comparisons to Star Wars are more apt than I previously thought.
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Nov 03, 2003 7:15:57 PM CST
I lIked 'The Matrix' better when it was called 'They Live'
by det. john kimble
Roddy Piper kicks Neo's ass. 'I have come here to kick ass and chew bubblegum. And I'm all out of bubblegum.' I'm serious. Matrix just rehashes the WAKE UP YOU'RE ASLEEP vibe of THEY LIVE and without any of the funny, sharp commentary on how same, shitty and dll the Reagan years were. F this movie in the goat ass. ELF!
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I would hardly suggest this otherwise, but this identical review has shown up on Dark Horizons, and Since it's not a link to this site, it seems the guy running the site doesn't know there was another review just like it on AICN.
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Seriously, Matrix: Retardations seems to be the true title of this crapfest.
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Nov 03, 2003 7:28:31 PM CST
Quit listening to Harry guys. Doesn't know what he's talking abo
by jarjar25
No! Lucas did not direct this film! Here is a far more senisible review for Revolutions that makes more sense than any of the other reviews that Harry has been putting up. This one is from Dark Horizon. They have had over three positive reviews so far, plus one that was mixed. Here goes with this review:
The first thing that comes to mind after seeing The Matrix Revolutions is that the Wachowski brothers shouldn -
But I'll see it nonetheless.
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Nov 03, 2003 7:54:42 PM CST
2003 is the year of RETURN OF THE KING, you dumb fuck
by brody armstrong
Nobody will even fucking remember the Matrix or Kill Bill when December 17th comes around.
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There is no limit on a regular movie being played on an IMAX screen...I saw Kill Bill on IMAX and I'm going to see Revolutions on IMAX on Friday. It's not a large-format print, they just show a regular print on the IMAX screen. The advantage is the killer IMAX sound system, the big-ass screen and a great view from almost any seat (except the front). At my local 21-screen multiplex they show the 'big' movie on IMAX every week, same price as the regular screen.
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Its just weird that the filmakers forget that there are still billions of people in the Matrix. I think it would have been really neat to let some of these folks react to crazy stunts and people flying. It would really give a sense of "humanity". Instead it feels more like Neo, Trinity and Morpheus taking on the entire machine world. Yeah, I agree, I thought it was cool in the first scene of Matrix, when those cops are like, what the hell? But in the second you have Neo flying in between buildings, creating a mini-tornado. I mean, weren't people hurt by that? And to the guy who made a reference to "They Live". That movie ROCKS!!!! "I'm here for two reasons: to kick ass and chew bubblegum--and I'm all outta bubblegum" Classic!
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I mean, you guys have had to deal with 2 star wars flops and you STILL beg for more star wars info, What did the matrix ever do to you haters other than try to provide a unique movie experience...tell me...
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Nov 03, 2003 8:24:01 PM CST
Yeah, you have to love Roddy Piper's reaction to the "Big Reveal
by fluffyunbound
"You had to know it would be something like that." It's the Roddy Piper version of "Whoa". If the second half of "They Live" had been as good as the first half, it would have spawned its own franchise.
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December 17
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seriously, stop bitchin about shit you haven't seen yet. Stop punking revolutions just because you want it to suck, who knows it might be good. Don't believe all the jive ass shit they say about the movie. Reading it, I only see most of the negative points of the film. They never talk about what's good about it. Also, all of the reviews are different from each other . It's so easy to tell that none of them ever seen it. Pop culture shock has probably the best review on the net. They never gave anything away like what you assholes did and sounded as if he really saw the movie. Don't you all be calling me a fanboy now. I thought that Reloaded was excellent and philosophical but the pacing was dull and boring in my opinion. I think that both Revolutions and ROTK will rule this year.
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Hello there.
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"12 people fucking around the Matrix or hundreds of thousands of robots versus men in power armor, rayguns, city defenses and that desperate fall of mankind? Which would you want to see? Which is the more significant event?"--Harry Knowles. Now I don't want to read anymore bullshit about how the main characters don't do enough in Revolutions. Thank you.
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Nov 03, 2003 10:33:10 PM CST
Brody Armstrong, 2003 is the year of LOTR and Kill Bill. And
by ashokx2
For the record, the LOTR movies are great movies but hardly the best movies ever...
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Nov 03, 2003 10:35:01 PM CST
Quentin Tarantino / David Fincher > Peter Jackson > Wachowskis >
by ashokx2
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Didn't read the above article, as I don't want to know what's going to happen.
But wanted to say, does anyone realize that Nov.4 is the last day of a kind of notable period, stretching back to May, where we were at the point of waiting for the penultimate movie in a trilogy of pretty important trilogies (Matrix, LOTR, Star Wars). I don't know, kind of makes me feel...something. Kind of weird. -
They called evrybody namess ... hurled obsceneties at reviews n reviewers calling them "fake"
They went around wasting evrybody's time not to mention comparing the shitty trilogy to LOTR, SW.
They refused to listen, refused to accept; and another review has now busted open their 'epic' revolutions movie.
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This is regarding the 'philosophical' reflections in matrix reloaded, lauded by some seriously demented punks as being 'eye-opening' blah dah blah..
the fatalism and philosophy in the movie is Not BAD, or IRRELEVENT, it is simply MISPLACED.. lofty preching like " you have already made the choice but are here to understand why u made it" is one instance when it hinders the flow of the movie; and every sane person who has watched the movie will agree tht its relevance came to light only when Neo faces the Architect who tells him tht it is the 6th matrix, so wouldnt it have been more convenient to have the line after the revelation had been made? .. consider also the keymakers really irksome repitiotions "you are here *** meant to be " , again a line tht a first time viewer ponders over.
Yes the pieces do indeed fall in place when you look deeply into the plot after uve endured the screening, but it wasnt a movie worth pondering over ws it? That is where the W bros have got it all wrong!
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