there was an advert on tv not too long ago, which used the stop-camera-spin-around fx. But they fucked it up, massively. I think it was a splash of milk. I loved the advert because they still released it and they must of known the effect looked ultra poo.
― Ste, Thursday, 13 December 2007 11:57 (sixteen years ago) link
god I STILL haven't seen the first (or any subsequent) matrix. out of the loop!
― gem, Thursday, 13 December 2007 11:58 (sixteen years ago) link
watch the first one, it holds an interesting premise. the sequels are only there to rock the nerds worlds.
― Ste, Thursday, 13 December 2007 12:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Revolutions is just an abortion of a film
― latebloomer, Thursday, 13 December 2007 12:13 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.geekroar.com/film/archives/matrix_rev_club_hel.jpg
― latebloomer, Thursday, 13 December 2007 12:16 (sixteen years ago) link
"O RLY"
― latebloomer, Thursday, 13 December 2007 12:18 (sixteen years ago) link
the first was great, because it came out of nowhere (i hadn't heard anything about it, just seen one trailer the week before) and the effects were new and cool.
acting/dialogue/pretentiousness of story always sucked. the sequels have moments of coolness but can't rise above the mediocrity of the wachowskis as nerdy philosophy 101 leather fetishists.
― darraghmac, Thursday, 13 December 2007 12:20 (sixteen years ago) link
man this movie is lame
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, December 12, 2007 6:35 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
(having just seen it for the first time, on TV no less)
man do not let the first one get you down, you really need to run out and rent the two sequels, they are so amazing. : )
― omar little, Wednesday, December 12, 2007 6:40 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― the talented mr shipley (and what), Saturday, 13 December 2008 15:06 (fifteen years ago) link
I wonder if Shakey has experienced the awesomeness of the sequels yet?
― Neil S, Saturday, 13 December 2008 15:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Best scene:
― Neil S, Saturday, 13 December 2008 15:41 (fifteen years ago) link
i read... somewhere... that in the earlier drafts of this script, the robots were not using human bodies as an energy source, but using each brain as part of the huge distributed computer network that ran the simulation itself, and i guess the robots too. execs thought it was too wonky and made the W bros change it.
that's the story anyway. marginally better than what we got.
or is this explained in the last one, that i never saw
― goole, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 19:45 (nine years ago) link
That's a slightly neater idea if the implication is that we collectively constitute the AI which in turn is enslaving us. It doesn't explain why exactly there needed to be a simulated world, but the power source idea doesn't explain that either.
― jmm, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 19:57 (nine years ago) link
the power source idea makes zero sense
god I hate these movies
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 20:02 (nine years ago) link
It's just an adventure series with an uncommonly pretentious façade. Anyone looking at them for profundity soon finds that all you can extract from them is confusion. But the first one was entertaining, if you just suspended disbelief and went with it.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 20:45 (nine years ago) link
yeah, didn't happen for me. all the window-dressing was too irritating in its sloppy glibness
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 20:48 (nine years ago) link
If the idea of Keanu Reeves as a combination of Clark Kent, Superman, and the Messiah doesn't entertain you, then you are one tough audience.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 21:46 (nine years ago) link
Funny, he didn't look Jewish...
― Delbert Gravy (kingfish), Friday, 13 February 2015 01:21 (nine years ago) link
leaving aside the second and third films, the matrix is pretty great because it introduced lots of people to basic philosophical conundrums without them even realizing it. not every blockbuster action movie can claim a real connection to descartes and baudrillard and plato, and that's pretty cool.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 13 February 2015 01:27 (nine years ago) link
matrix 4 green-lit; co-written by aleksander hemon and david mitchell
(!)
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 20:19 (four years ago) link
wait are you sure on that
MATRIX 4 announcedKeanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss return as Neo and TrinityDirected and written by Lana WachowskiProduction begins 2020https://t.co/HLMHz7ixNB pic.twitter.com/24hFeorLCH— Nibel (@Nibellion) August 20, 2019
― gyac, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 20:47 (four years ago) link
The screenplay is by Wachowski, Aleksandar Hemon, and David Mitchell.
according to entertainment weekly
https://ew.com/movies/2019/08/20/keanu-reeves-new-the-matrix/
― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 20:48 (four years ago) link
nm, actually clicked. hope to see Larry F return as Dr Morbius
Plot details are currently unknown, as is how the role of Morbius will be handled, originally played by Laurence Fishburne. Some sources say the role may be recast for a younger take.
― gyac, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 20:48 (four years ago) link
That link also mentions Mitchell. Whoa.
xp
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 20:49 (four years ago) link
david mitchell has gone to chelsea
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 20:55 (four years ago) link
what’s up with lilly w not being involved?
― Andy Jones, Earth-Born Angel of Love (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 21:01 (four years ago) link