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The worst I've ever seen
I couldn't watch the whole thing. I found it annoying and uninteresting. Even the special effects couldn't hold my interest. I wonder if the hype isn't convincing people that they'd be "uncool" if they didn't like this really boring movie.
This movie is FUN!
I view movies primarily to be entertained. The Matrix is packed with action and visual effects that had me gasping.
There are four truly outstanding, memorable performances by the actors: Laurence Fishburne's Morpheus is erie and casts just the right tone of a man who has seen it all. Carrie-Anne Moss is so right for the part of Trinity. Hugo Weaving takes evil to a whole new level as the dead-pan Agent Smith. And Gloria Foster as the Oracle steals the scene with that little twinkle and the cookies.
The details of the plot are only as complicated as they need to be to frame the story and allow for the action to take place. Because, in the end, THAT is what drives the movie forward. The viewer is invited along for the ride. And what a Fun House ride it is!!
From the opening sequence where Trinity is trapped by local police, then runs (over rooftops), leaps through air for a flight-long tumble down steps and finally dashes into a phone booth about to be smashed by a huge trash truck, this viewer was left breathless and in awe of the power of this scene. Why is she being chased? What crime has she committed? Who are the guys in the dark glasses and black suits?
After this, the action never really stops. Gradually, we are given answers to the Why, What and Who as Keanu Reeves is recruited into an organization dedicated to giving the earth back to it's human batteries.
Sure, it's an outlandish plot, but I'm looking for entertainment in this movie, not great literature. It's a fun movie and one that I have watched more than once. So it was a good choice to add to our DVD collection.
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