The Matrix

[kola]

I do not have a TV and rarely watch movies.

I rented The Matrix and watched the first half.
I fastforwarded through all the "filler" bullcrap (carchases, backflips, explosions, karate shit, etc)

Tonight I'll watch the rest.

Anyone have thoughts about this movie. I am find it interesting.

I saw it was made in 1999...shows where I am huh?

anyway,
Kola

[malcolm]

Fantastic movie!

Watch it from the beginning, though.  What looks like action movie fluff includes much ground-laying material, without which the rest won't make much sense.

[MattLeft]

Enjoy it, for the sequels go downhill.  All of them are worth seeing, but there's too much needless, circular jibber-jabber in the sequels.  Plus they get a little heavy-handed with the wire-work stunt scenes in parts 2 & 3.  Still, all-in-all a bunch of really cool movies.

[kola]

Shit man, I hope I got this right.

I bought "Matrix Reloaded" which is 2 discs.

Is this the only movie or are there others?

Kola

[Caleb]

wrong one. you bought a sequel.

[kola]

wrong one. you bought a sequel.

dammmmmittttttttttt

lol

KOla

[KBCraig]

I've never watched any of the movies. I have a low tolerance for nonsense movie effects. I understand that the overall theme is anti-gov, anti-authoritarian, pro-liberty.

The pop culture alone let me instantly know that this was hilarious:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vthdr96EDnE

Murdoch, Hannity, "EFF YOU!" Frank Luntz, and others all get co-starring roles.

[ThePug]

The series as a whole tried to be both an excellent action movie and extremely thoughtful (there's a lot of very thought-provoking underlying philosophical themes to the whole franchise). The first movie did a good job of maintaining that balance, but ultimately it couldn't be done. The sequels sacrificed the thoughtfulness for the special-effects action stuff, because that's what brought in the audiences. Even the action didn't work as well without the underlying themes.

Still, the movies are highly enjoyable as long as the action doesn't irk you too much (or if you outright enjoy it).