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Offline StSanta

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« on: December 06, 2000, 07:09:00 PM »
Watched and rewatched and rewatched The Matrix.

True masterpiece. It has sublte references placed in it everywhere from biblical passages to greek mythology. Also asks a profound question that really could be dealt with a bit deeper. Stunning effects. the best fight scenes I've seen in eons. A story that is not totally predictable at first - when I saw the Latex babe Of My Dreams jump through the window like she was a missile at first i thought "bah not possible" - then got the explanation later.

Oh man. What a flick. It rules. So does DivX.

Why can't Hollywood make more of films like this, instead of the normal predictable no brain nonsense?

Sheeit.

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Offline Fatty

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« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2000, 07:37:00 PM »
Heh, I thought it was cheesy and predictable, with good fight scenes.
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« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2000, 08:02:00 PM »
Heh, I am cool.
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« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2000, 10:06:00 PM »
That film put me to sleep, literally.
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Offline J_A_B

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« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2000, 10:45:00 PM »
I will forever hold a grudge against that film, solely because of all the "d00dz" who use "NEO" as their name now

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Offline Swoop

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« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2000, 10:54:00 PM »
Hmmm.  You know the bit where they're uploading Keanu with loadsa different martial art programs?  They start with Ju-Jitsu, Karate, Kung Fu, blah, blah, blah.

Well they may have uploaded karate, Ju-Jitsu, Tae Kwon Do, etc, but in all the fight scenes everyone was doing Lao Gar (spelling?) Kung Fu and nothing else.   I saw zero moves from any of the other martial arts they supposedly uploaded.  What was the point?

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Offline StSanta

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« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2000, 02:56:00 AM »
Aw come on. You guys miss *all* thereferences.

Maybe you yanks are dumb after all.


Stuff like Air Force One can really make me pissy - F-15's flying with full burners behind a 747 for hours without overtaking it or running outta fuel, a Combat D00d president that's soo good - and the yanks lap it up.

The Matrix makes little claim to the realism department like that. Or very few.

It asks *the* epistemologic question - what's real, how can one decide.

But Red Dwarf (Brit sitcom) had VR rightly defined in the episode "Better Than Life". When asked whether one could die in RL, the response was "yes. You are as dead as you think you are"  .

Oh well.

Oh come to think lof it, Fight Club was actually quite good too. And Aliens. Cannot think of any more real good flicks except Terminator 1 and the Conan series. Wait a minute; Willow was damned good too.

The Matrix has you. You guys are just being force fed beliefs.

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Offline SOB

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« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2000, 03:06:00 AM »
I love the Matrix, and I own it.  Of course, I like watching Dr Who on BBCA too!  


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« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2000, 03:06:00 AM »
The plot in Matrix is nothing that hasn't been completely worn out in an endless stream of sci-fi "cyberpunk" novels that have been around since I was a youngster.  Yawn.

You watched Air Force One?  Ewwwww...

 

PS Judging Yank intelligence by watching Hollywood crap is like judging Yank cuisine by eating McDonalds.  

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« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2000, 03:33:00 AM »
Matrix was great.

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« Reply #10 on: December 07, 2000, 04:02:00 AM »
 
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Originally posted by funked:
The plot in Matrix is nothing that hasn't been completely worn out in an endless stream of sci-fi "cyberpunk" novels that have been around since I was a youngster.  Yawn.

You watched Air Force One?  Ewwwww...

   

PS Judging Yank intelligence by watching Hollywood crap is like judging Yank cuisine by eating McDonalds.    

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You eat something different from hamburgers?    

 
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Offline Dowding

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« Reply #11 on: December 07, 2000, 05:29:00 AM »
lol Naso   They have hot-dogs too, dontchaknow...

The only thing good about the Matrix was the special effects. It's also a gun-fetishist's wet dream.

The story has been done a million times, the character's are pretentious bi-dimensional characatures and Keanu Reeves is a tit.

I enjoyed I though.   Anne Marie Foss?
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« Reply #12 on: December 07, 2000, 06:02:00 AM »
Matrix is very well made enjoyed it ..(liked fightclub too)

and Airforce one must be the worst film Harrison Ford ever played in .. man when they start shooting around in that 47 ... gawd

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« Reply #13 on: December 07, 2000, 08:28:00 AM »
If you guys want to see a good movie, better, at least IMHO than any of the movies mentioned here, I recommend renting "Boondock Saints."  This is a very good movie.

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« Reply #14 on: December 07, 2000, 08:42:00 AM »
Dear Santa,

I feel I must take issue with your assumption that Americans are in some way...'dumb'.

I'd like to point out some American intellectual heavy-weights, namely Mark Twain, Joseph Heller, Norman Mailer and George W. Bush. You'd be hard pressed to find individuals of their literary calibre anywhere else in the world.

Yours Sincerely,

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