| The Matrix Review |
| by Stephen Graham Jones |
| The most successful use of the messiah-figure in movie-land so far has to be
Star Wars, where young Luke 'redeems' that far away galaxy. And of course
the narrative arc associated with the messianic character is the monomythic
cycle, per Joseph Campbell,...more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by Ross Anthony |
| "Unfortunately, no one can be told what the matrix is, you have to see it
for yourself," the radio ads drill. But, I can tell you this..."The Matrix"
(the movie) is a winding web of dream vs. reality vs. technological
dictatorship. It snatches you in...more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by Gary Jones |
| In The Matrix, writer-directors the Wachowski Brothers have taken a
familiar science fiction idea - that what we perceive as reality is
merely an illusion - and from it have constructed a high-tech action
flick that is as cool as it is dazzling. more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by Brandon Herring |
| Picture: * * *½
The picture on this DVD in incredible. Besides a few moments where it is a
little dark, the picture is sharp and clear. Without having any lines or
anything. To me the picture could have been mastered a bit brighter in some
scenes, but...more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by Brandon Herring |
| Some may be disappointed with The Matrix. I'll tell you I was. I sat there and
sat there and sat there waiting for something to happen. Now wait wait, I know
most of you loved it, and I'm not saying I didn't like it. What I'm saying is
the first half was...more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by Choo Eng Aun, Jack |
| Directed by the Wachowski Brothers
Starring : Keanu Reeves (Anderson / Neo)
Laurence Fishburne (Morpheus)
Carrie Anne-Moss (Trinity)
Running Time : 2hrs more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by pm agapow |
| Trinity, an outlaw, attempts to evade capture by a group of mysterious
darksuited agents, a chase that involves progressively more implausible
stunts. Meanwhile Neo, a hacker who is searching the network for an
enigmatic figure called Morpheus, is...more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by Mikhail Iosjpe |
| Cast
Keanu Reeves .... Thomas Anderson / Neo
Laurence Fishburne .... Morpheus
Carrie-Anne Moss .... Trinity
Hugo Weaving .... Agent Smith
Gloria Foster...more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by Indra Moeljadi |
| "Have you ever had a dream so real, that you wondered if this dream is
reality or not?." Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) said that to Neo (Keanu
Reeves) in The Matrix (1999). more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by David N. Butterworth |
| So preaches a very cool-looking Laurence Fishburne to a befuddled
and bewildered computer hacker played by the equally cool-looking Keanu
Reeves. That observation serves as an apt commentary on the film itself:
it's better to see "The Matrix" than to...more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by Homme A. Piest |
| For quite some time I'd wanted to see this movie, aroused as I was by
raving reviews telling me about 'a new standard in SF movies', 'a very
clever script', 'intriguing philosophical questions' and so on.
Finally, last weekend, time and money gave me the...more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by M. Pierce |
| In a dark hotel room, a women sits in front of a computer. Cops bust through
the door, telling her to freeze and put her hands up in the air. Down stairs,
a couple of mysterious FBI-type men, later known as Agents, tell the captain of
the police...more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by Jamie Peck |
| Rating: **1/2 (out of ****)
Warner Bros. / 2:16 / 1999 / R (language, violence, icky sci-fi goo)
Cast: Keanu Reeves; Laurence Fishburne; Carrie-Anne Moss; Joe
Pantoliano; Hugo Weaving; Julian Arahanga
Director: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski
Screenplay:...more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by David Wilcock |
| After the minor thriller Bound, the Wachowski brothers follow up their
directing debut with this nifty piece of sci-fi action. Keanu Reeves plays
Thomas, a lowly worker who works for a software firm. He is soon contacted,
however, by Morpheus (Fishburne)...more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by SaiTiau |
| Amidst all the sappy romantic comedies that have come out on the
heels of spring, "The Matrix" is like a taste of what is to come, a prequel
to The Prequel, so to speak. Not that the Matrix is like any of the
jingoistic summer blockbusters, but it's...more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by Matt Pusateri |
| With many big-budget science fiction films, great ideas are often wasted by
bad scripts, cheesy plot twists, and, terrible acting. The Fifth Element,
The Abyss, and Godzilla had great concepts squandered by bad acting,
writing, or both. At first glance,...more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by Mr Q. Z. Diablo |
| EXPLANATORY NOTE: Mr Q. Z. Diablo would like to apologise in advance to
The Phantom for the tone of this review. The Phantom reviewed horror
films from about 1989 until about 1993 in this forum
(rec.arts.movies.reviews). Mr Diablo has derived more...more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by Chad Polenz |
| Starring: Keanu Reeves (Thomas “Neo” Anderson), Laurence Fishburne
(Morpheus), Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity), Hugo Weaver (Agent Smith); produced
by Joel Silver; written and directed by Andy and Larry Wachowski. more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by Jamey Hughton |
| Starring-Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss,
Hugo Weaving and Joe Pantoliano
Director-Larry and Andy Wachowski
Rated-14A
Released March 1999
Warner Bros. more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by Kleszczewski, Nicholas |
| Part of it was my fault: I told too many people that I would see the film
with them. But part of it is my complete fascination with this film,
perhaps the first truly original sci-fi film with mass audience appeal
since, dare I say it, _Star Wars_. Oh,...more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by Tim Voon |
| MATRIX 1998
A film review by Timothy Voon
Copyright 1999 Timothy Voon
3 out of 4 for bullets and leather more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by Jerry Saravia |
| Has there been a halfway decent science-fiction picture beyond the
spectacular "Dark City" in the last ten years? The mind boggles. In one
word: no. And the senseless, monotonous "The Matrix" will hardly qualify
as anything but pure visual candy, yet...more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by Matt Williams |
| Mention a science fiction film starring Keanu Reeves and Laurence
Fishburne and you might conjure up frightening images of Johnny Mnemonic
or Event Horizon. However, their new film, The Matrix, is a dazzling
and unique work that will certainly put those...more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by Brian Takeshita |
| It's an interesting premise. Our reality is only real to us because
it is what we perceive to be real. In truth, our entire existences
are lived out in our minds as we are fed information through
electronic inputs directly to our brains. What we see,...more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by Marty Mapes |
| *** (out of 4) THE MATRIX is a great piece of eye candy. From our
normal, everyday "reality," the film travels back and forth into
Wonderland, and changes the definition of which is which. more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by Justin Felix |
| THE MATRIX (1999)
A film review by Justin Felix.
Copyright 1999 Justin Felix.
All of my film reviews are archived at
http://us.imdb.com/M/reviews_by?Justin+Felix
This review also appears in the Shrubbery...more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by Roger Gerbig |
| For instance, the Cyberpunk landscape is almost exclusively populated with
folks decked out in cow's worth of black leather who view the twisted
wreckage
of civilization through sunglasses dark enough to arouse a welder's fashion
consciousness....more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by Robert Workman |
| What's worse than Y2K? How about a fully digital future where NOTHING
is real? That's what computer programmer Neo (Keanu Reeves) slowly
learns as he enters the dangerous world that is The Matrix, a movie
directed by The Wachowski Brothers (the guys...more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by Joe Chamberlain |
| Let me first say that the conditions that I was forced to watch The Matrix
under were less than ideal. So I have tried to be as fair as possible
considering that my viewing experience was significantly less than ideal. I
watched The Matrix in a theater...more |
| The Matrix Review |
| by David E. Smith |
| "Cyberpunk" is a young literary genre, but one intriguing enough
that Southeast already has a class devoted to its study. Dominated by
writers like William Gibson ("Mona Lisa Overdrive," "Neuromancer") and
Neal Stephenson ("Snow Crash,"...more |
