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The worst I've ever seen FULL SKULL BABY!

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! FULL SKULL BABY!

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.

A instant Sci-Fi/Thriller has become a Classic. FULL SKULL BABY! empty skull, sniff.
In the Near Future, when a Computer Hacker named Neo (Aka Thomas Anderson) Played by Keanu Reeves, has discover that the World, he lives in, is the just fictional Computer World, Created by Articial Intelligence. When Neo has been resurrected in the Real World thanks to a Rebel named Mopheus (Laurence Fishburne) and the Second lead in Command:Thinity (Carrie Ann Moss) and the Team (Joe Pantoliano, Marcus Chang, Julia Arahanga, Matt Doran, Belinda McClory & Anthony Rae Parker) have to fight to Survive for the Computer World, they live in. One of the Most Dangerous Man, Created by the Computer is Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) wants to Kill the Team and to get himself to the Real World. Neo, Morpheus, Trinity and the Others, they have to find a way to Overthrow:The Martix.

Written & Directed by Andy & Larry Wachowski (Assassins, Bound, The Martix Reloaded, The Martix Revolations) made a terrific, unique, Sci-Fi, Action-Thriller. This film has Win 4 Academy Awards (Winner of all Nominations) including:Best Visual Effects, Best Editing, Best Sound and Best Sound Editing. This film has Some of the Best-Visual Effects ever to put on a Film. DVD has an strong anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer and an terrific Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD Extras are:An running Commentary Track by the Film Crew. Another Commentary by Composer:Don Davis. Behind the Scenes Featurette and DVD-ROM. This film has become a Modern Day-Sci-Fi/Action/Thriller Classic. This is One of the Highest Successful Box Office Films of 1999. Followed by Two Sequels. Panavision. Grade:A-.