Sauce:The Matrix

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The Matrix is one of the most overrated films that I can think of. The film does have good action and some of the most amazing special effects ever put on a film. But the film is also drawn out and confusing. Keanu Reeves is the only one who could play a chacrter as flat as Neo and the rest of the cast expect for Laurence Fishburne and Joe Panotilano all give paper thin performances. I give the action and effects a 10 the plot a 3 which equals about 6.4.

I was lucky enough to attend an advance showing of the film..in NYC on Friday, February 5th.. GO SEE THIS FILM!!!! It is one of the most incredible, intense...wonderful..exciting..*on the edge of your seat* films..to come along in a LONG time..very intelligent, witty, action packed...Joel Silver introduced the film...and told us that it was not completed yet..that only *one* special effect in the film was 100% done..in the version we were about to see..if this was *incomplete*..I can't WAIT to see the completed version. The fight scenes..all done by the actors..no stuntmen..were nailbiting..the wirework is incredible..It was nice to see a film of this genre that actually has a really good STORY to it as well..GO SEE THIS FILM!!!! Every one of the actors did an incredible job..Keanu, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss and Hugo Weaving..who was a trip in this film. Just knowing the training they went thru..learning martial arts..it's just amazing...

Thomas A. Anderson is a man who lives two lives. By day, he is an ordinary computer programmer and at night a hacker known as Neo. Neo has always questioned his reality, but the truth is far beyond his imagination. Neo finds himself in the crosshairs of the police when he is contacted by Morpheus, a legendary computer hacker labeled a terrorist by the government. Like a rebel against the machines, Neo must face the agents: superpowered computer programs dedicated to stopping Neo and all the human rebellion.

A great send off of the 90s, the matrix is a one of a kind sci-fi action movie. The cgi and stunts are amazing, the choreography of the fight scenes are crazy good. The acting is great from both the good guys and the bad guys, Keanu is amazing. The outfits are badass and really send this over the edge, who doesn't want to look like Carrie Ann moss?!

This movie raises one of my favorite questions. What is reality? The biggest strength of The Matrix is the story. The special effects hold up because they did not try to go beyond their technological limits. The biggest weakness of The Matrix is some of the dialogue. It is often times either melodramatic or robotic. It has a few plot holes, the biggest of which being blood. "If it happens in the matrix your mind makes it real..." I don't know how your mind could give you a bloody lip. With all that The Matrix is still the best sci-fi/action flick ever made.

The only thing i could say as a 22 year old experiencing the film as a film student and aspiring filmmaker in 2021 is how i wish i were in m early 20s in 1999 (the year i was born) to see how impactful this film was in the industry back then and to experience its release and reception.

Strangely, Matrix is one of the few action films that open my brain to deep, profound thinking while at the same time it magnetizes me with the most brutally good action scenes. Putting together the thinking line of the new generation, where we are just but pawns in a system we don't understand or belong, Matrix also borrows a lot of the oriental culture with the fights and it's inner travel over the nature of Life. Little by little one will start to see the light, and everything will make sense. By the second view, you will get a higher conception. By your third view this will amaze you. Brawn mixed with brains. The Matrix IS the science fiction film. With a perfect script that drowns so profoundly into the true nature of things, and with major, Industrial high tech digital action, I will ask you this if you haven't seen the movie: -What are you doing reading this instead??

This movie is one giant plothole based take on some philosophical issues, that has proved to be hugely influential. Quite original for a Hollywood flick, it is often given more credit than it deserves. The giant plot hole is that using people as batteries makes absolutely no sense. Contrived in its core, it however delivers many themes and is a decent movie, and the influence it has ups its rating a bit. But lets not get over ourselves, this is not Terminator or other such gem, not by any stretch. Still, worth a watch.