Zone Was Wrong
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Feb 15, 2020 23:06:00 GMT -5
When the Matrix came out I heard every one raving about it.So went to see it. What I saw was just a rehashing of stuff William Gibson came up with decades ago. Along with FX work that had been happening in Hong Kong cinema for a long time. Add in how Keanu still can't act. I have never understood why that first film became such a huge thing. I guess its like how movies like 'The Ring' and 'The Grudge' were popular. Yes the style and what not may have been popular already in Japan but majority people here in U.S. hadn't seen it. I guess same goes for those HK movies, never seen them so 'Matrix' was still new and cool to me Yeah, most people haven't read Phillip K Dick or watched Hong Kong cinema, so The Matrix was something wholly new and unique to the audience. Hell, I was 11 or 12 and thought the movie was the coolest thing ever. Sure, now I am a lot more versed in other forms of media, but for a lot of people, that wasn't the case then. For my part? I still love the film, and the sequels to be honest.
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Post by Fade is a CodyCryBaby on Feb 16, 2020 1:42:39 GMT -5
I guess its like how movies like 'The Ring' and 'The Grudge' were popular. Yes the style and what not may have been popular already in Japan but majority people here in U.S. hadn't seen it. I guess same goes for those HK movies, never seen them so 'Matrix' was still new and cool to me Yeah, most people haven't read Phillip K Dick or watched Hong Kong cinema, so The Matrix was something wholly new and unique to the audience. Hell, I was 11 or 12 and thought the movie was the coolest thing ever. Sure, now I am a lot more versed in other forms of media, but for a lot of people, that wasn't the case then. For my part? I still love the film, and the sequels to be honest. I still love Matrix. Kinda dig Reloaded. But I still can’t f*** with Revolutions.
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Post by romanstylesiii on Feb 16, 2020 1:52:24 GMT -5
The Wachowski's either make movies I love or hate. That is really all i have to add to this
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Feb 17, 2020 0:56:56 GMT -5
{Spoiler}
So Neo is John Wick now?
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Feb 17, 2020 4:39:10 GMT -5
Still havent see the first three.
I saw a clip of the main guy spinning around on a stick kicking hundreds of other guys who all looked the same and I just thought it looked dumb and lame.
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Post by thechase on Feb 17, 2020 4:43:59 GMT -5
Still havent see the first three. I saw a clip of the main guy spinning around on a stick kicking hundreds of other guys who all looked the same and I just thought it looked dumb and lame. You only need to see one. The clip you saw was from one of the much dumber sequels.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jun 13, 2020 3:38:29 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2020 12:55:33 GMT -5
Still havent see the first three. I saw a clip of the main guy spinning around on a stick kicking hundreds of other guys who all looked the same and I just thought it looked dumb and lame. The first one is a classic and doesn't feature stuff that stupid. I highly recommend watching it at least once. Two and three were complete garbage though. They made things unnecessarily over complicated. They tried so hard to make it complex and brilliant, that in reality it ended up not making sense. Kinda like Inception.
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Post by thechase on Sept 17, 2020 14:17:45 GMT -5
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jan 30, 2021 16:10:49 GMT -5
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jun 5, 2021 20:12:30 GMT -5
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Jun 5, 2021 20:18:30 GMT -5
Still havent see the first three. I saw a clip of the main guy spinning around on a stick kicking hundreds of other guys who all looked the same and I just thought it looked dumb and lame. The first one is a classic and doesn't feature stuff that stupid. I highly recommend watching it at least once. Two and three were complete garbage though. They made things unnecessarily over complicated. They tried so hard to make it complex and brilliant, that in reality it ended up not making sense. Kinda like Inception. I actually really liked the second. There was some extreme cringe, but it had a cool story, creative action scenes, and a cliffhanger ending. I thought the third one screwed the pooch on all counts and completely sucked. I still think the universe itself has a ton of potential, but the Wachowskis themselves tried comics, video games, etc. and it did not go well. I don't doubt that they still have a ton to give creatively, but they might need to acknowledge they need an editor.
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Post by Chainsaw on Jun 5, 2021 23:33:05 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2021 17:16:18 GMT -5
Christina Ricci in tight black leather and vinyl? I'll take two, please.
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Post by Push R Truth on Jun 16, 2021 12:39:43 GMT -5
Watch her name be Tuesday Atoms
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jun 28, 2021 22:49:17 GMT -5
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Post by thechase on Jun 29, 2021 3:14:17 GMT -5
Morpheus was killed in the Online continuation, and the Wachowskis have always been adamant those sort of tie-ins matter.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Jun 29, 2021 10:35:22 GMT -5
Dude, do you need the money that bad? Cause if not I'd be grateful.
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Post by TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out on Jun 29, 2021 11:26:41 GMT -5
Morpheus was killed in the Online continuation, and the Wachowskis have always been adamant those sort of tie-ins matter. I wonder how they're going to deal with the end of the MMORPG, because that was pretty conclusive
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Post by adamclark52 on Jul 2, 2021 3:46:19 GMT -5
The youngest of the main four actors is 53
Could be disastrously silly
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