In Reply to: Idiotic? ... posted by reelsmith. on July 22, 2010 at 10:59:56:
For what it was it was a good film. It was only later, when the "bullet time" effects started showing up in every other movie and the laughable pseudo-philosophical sequels came out that The Matrix lost its appeal.
OK, Reaves is a bad actor. And the music was terrible. But unlike the characters in Inception, I really was drawn in and cared what happened in The Matrix. I liked all the Chicago references. The action scenes were choreographed well and were easy to follow - hence exciting - unlike Nolan's style of using quick cuts and close ups.
If the sequels were never made, The Matrix would be a far more respected film. As it is, it's still more entertaining yet just as meaningless as Inception.
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- I liked The Matrix. - Dalton 19:54:27 07/22/10 (0)