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Maxtrix Reloaded
JoeyTheBoy 28 Reviews 5758 reads
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I'm old school with it comes to SCI-FI and Maxtrix Reloaded hits the mark.  It was erotic, it was cool (the fight with the 100 smiths was classic) all around a very good movie.  Here's to them!  Two thumbs up! ! ! !

Joey

WhatTheHeck3718 reads

Funny tongue-in-cheek stuff.  And in general the sex scenes weren't bad.  

Amused also by the scene early in the movie where Morpheus exhorts the citizens of Zion to show the machines they are not afraid by - what else? - partying!!!  Yeah! Party hearty!  Actually, more like an orgy.

Good stuff.

squirrel_crazy5330 reads

It worked even better than a remote controlled egg.  He should have followed it up, though, that was a good start but needed more to finish; he was too easily amused.

Staff4981 reads

Great movie.  Only thing I did not like was the way it ended.  

-- Staff

CelticLass5791 reads

but the scene with all the Mr. Smiths could have been cut by 5 minutes or more and been just fine.

But the absolute brilliance with the movie lies with the speech made by the Architect (sp. sorry) The complete mind set of the Matrix and the way he delves into our own minds to explain it's exsistance was absolutely incredible.

I do have to see it again I think......

xoxo
L

I have seen it 3 times (buddy runs a theatre, so twice before it opened) and I have some reservations...

1)  The 'digital neo/agent smith' was shoddy effects.

2)  Didn't see enough of Trinity gettin 'The ONE'

3)  The intentional plot vague spots.

Much was amazing, too much to list.
I have high hopes for #3 and believe it will make #2 well worth the trip.

Yeah, it reminded me of "The Empire Strikes Back!"  The Franchise begins!

Joey

A Spectator3521 reads

I am just glad that I didn't watch any of the trailers, articles, TV promo clips before I saw the movie.

JMHO, the 100 smiths fighting scene is too long and none of them were diabled during the fight.  It reminded me of some of the bad kung-fu movies.

BTW, once weapons are used, that fight scene and the one in the grand staircase are awesome.

ChrissyStone3652 reads

These are mine, in no particular order; movies that were so outstanding and original I still think about them today:

2001 A Space Odyssey; A Clockwork Orange; Star Wars (first one); Blade Runner; Matrix

Spaceballs.  I'm surrounded by Assholes!

p.s. For the English majors who have emerged on the board, Assholes is a proper noun in this context and should be capitalized.  That quote is from Dark Helmet when he discovers that Major Asshole has hired all of his Asshole cousins.  May the Schwartz be with you.  ;)

In no order:

1. The Thing from Another World (with James Arness).  Some of the tightest direction and dialog I've seen.

2. The Andromeda Strain.  Excellent adaptation from the book.  The scene with Dr. Hall fighting his way up the central core to disarm the nuclear self-destruct always leaves me breathless, no matter how many times I've seen the movie.

3. Alien.  Scared the s**t out of me.  Setting up Capt. Dallas as the hero, and then promptly killing him was inspired.

4. Aliens.  Not as scary as the first, but far more exciting.

5. Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman.  At least it was GOING to be a favorite, until I realized I wasn't going to be able to see up her nightie.  It should have been a clear shot.  Friggin' Hayes Commission.

Mathesar3699 reads

In alphabetical order:
  Abre los ojos
  Boy and His Dog
  Existenz
  Galaxy Quest (that's where I took my handle from)
  Groundhog Day
  Minority Report
  The Postman (Yes, I know nobody else in the known universe liked it)
  Stargate
  Strange Days
  The Terminator
  Terminator 2: Judgement Day
  Time After Time
  12 Monkeys

That's not including Fantasy, where I could add
  Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
  Lord of the Rings
  The Ninth Gate (Yes, I know I'm weird)
  Phantom of the Paradise
  The Stuntman

I'm sure there are a lot of great films that I've missed. This is just off the top of my head.
     

-- Modified on 5/23/2003 12:32:06 AM

And A Boy and His Dog...Harlan Ellison.  Dark, but excellent stuff.

I'd like to ad a few...

The Fifth Element  
I wasn't sure If I liked it or not the first time I saw it: Chris Tucker annoyed me with over the top performance.  More fun on each viewing.

The Time Machine
The first one with Rod Taylor.  Hated the remake.

Them!  
You know, the one with the giant mutant ants that attack a small Nevada town.  I'm just kidding, but I know you saw it at least once also.  Or The BLOB, where this giant mutant space jelly attacks a small Nevada town and meets Steve McQueen.

In no particular order:

Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan (the ONLY good Star Trek movie, IMHO)
Galaxy Quest
Mars Attacks
All the Terminator movies
All the Tremors movies
Alien
War of the Worlds (the original one)
Voyage Into Space (a low budget 60's Japanese Sci-Fi for kids that still cracks me up)
Robocop (I know, it glorifies LE)
Cherry 2000 (that was a fun one)
The Last Man on Earth (a Vincent Price movie remade and ruined as The Omega Man with Charlton Heston)

I could go on and on and still miss some good ones.


Definitely include Star Trek II and the Terminator flicks here, too.

Others that I haven't yet seen mentioned are:

Fantastic Planet (still one of the very best ever),
Predator,
Predator 2 (in -some- ways, at least...),
and Enemy Mine (one of the few that is neither a monster flick nor an ET clone)

Here is a link to a transcript of the Neo/Architech conversation.  It helped me alot after watching the movie.  DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE:

http://www.theantitrust.net/articles/viewarticle.php?articleid=108

Has everyone seen these? http://www.intothematrix.com  They are supposed to explain how the machines got their start.

-Hoot.

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