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Is the Matrix trilogy any good?

mickeycoronadomickeycoronado Member Posts: 71 ■■□□□□□□□□
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Err...this is sorta technology related? I have a ten day vacation from work coming up, I'll be studying for 8 hours a day during that time but I'm looking for some movies to zone out on. I have to admit I've never seen the Matrix trilogy. Is it any good?
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    WilliamK99WilliamK99 Member Posts: 278
    1st Movie (Matrix)- "AWESOME! HOLY CRAP ITS GREAT"

    2nd movie (Matrix Reload) - "Meh....it's OK I guess"

    3rd Movie (Matrix Revolutions)- "WTF! I paid for this crap!"
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    tierstentiersten Member Posts: 4,505
    Watch the first one. Pretend the 2nd and 3rd ones never existed.
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    nelnel Member Posts: 2,859 ■□□□□□□□□□
    i loved the first one, ive probably watched in dozens of times and i never get bored of it. in the 2/3 they went OTT with visual technology. It was like a "my first film project with special effects" haha.

    the 2 and 3rd were ok, but it was a shame, as i think the trilogy would of went down along side things such as star wars etc if they nailed it. imo, key characters such as morpheus were just forgot about and it concentrated too much on neo and trinity. nm. Still a good film to watch.
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    mikedisd2mikedisd2 Member Posts: 1,096 ■■■■■□□□□□
    If you love The Matrix, then you will hate the sequels.

    The Matrix was a fantastic original concept and the sequels really destroyed that concept.

    Quentin Tarantino thought the same thing:
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    UnixGuyUnixGuy Mod Posts: 4,565 Mod
    WilliamK99 wrote: »
    1st Movie (Matrix)- "AWESOME! HOLY CRAP ITS GREAT"

    2nd movie (Matrix Reload) - "Meh....it's OK I guess"

    3rd Movie (Matrix Revolutions)- "WTF! I paid for this crap!"


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    Daniel333Daniel333 Member Posts: 2,077 ■■■■■■□□□□
    There was only one matrix movie. There were no sequels. That's it. Nothing else EVER happened. "Nananananana, I can't hear you"
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    the_Grinchthe_Grinch Member Posts: 4,165 ■■■■■■■■■■
    First one was the best, but I didn't feel the last two were terrible. They weren't great, but it's something to pass the time. If you want to watch something awesome, watch all three then watch "The Philosophy of the Matrix"...it will "free" your mind lol.
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    jibbajabbajibbajabba Member Posts: 4,317 ■■■■■■■■□□
    WilliamK99 wrote: »
    1st Movie (Matrix)- "AWESOME! HOLY CRAP ITS GREAT"

    2nd movie (Matrix Reload) - "Meh....it's OK I guess"

    3rd Movie (Matrix Revolutions)- "WTF! I paid for this crap!"

    ^^ that ... consider the second and third one as not being part of the trilogy but some other bollox you can watch while not really looking at the TV all the time :)
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    pizzaboypizzaboy Member Posts: 244 ■■■□□□□□□□
    WilliamK99 wrote: »
    1st Movie (Matrix)- "AWESOME! HOLY CRAP ITS GREAT"

    2nd movie (Matrix Reload) - "Meh....it's OK I guess"

    3rd Movie (Matrix Revolutions)- "WTF! I paid for this crap!"

    +1
    The first movie was revolutionary, but like the masses have told you the others were a far far far cry from the original.
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    PlantwizPlantwiz Mod Posts: 5,057 Mod
    WilliamK99 wrote: »
    1st Movie (Matrix)- "AWESOME! HOLY CRAP ITS GREAT"

    2nd movie (Matrix Reload) - "Meh....it's OK I guess"

    3rd Movie (Matrix Revolutions)- "WTF! I paid for this crap!"

    Couldn't have said it better!
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    mickeycoronadomickeycoronado Member Posts: 71 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Sweet. Maybe I'll save the money and just get the Original and Netflix the other two. The way you guys are describing the trilogy reminds me of the Jurrasic Park trilogy. What is it with sequels anyways? I will admit I would like to see the old Ghostbusters gang back together if Bill Murray would just commit. Thanks for the info guys, I look forward to the experience of watching it for the first time.
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    QHaloQHalo Member Posts: 1,488
    The only exception to sequels being good was Alien/Aliens and Terminator/Terminator 2.
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    erpadminerpadmin Member Posts: 4,165 ■■■■■■■■■■
    WilliamK99 wrote: »
    1st Movie (Matrix)- "AWESOME! HOLY CRAP ITS GREAT"

    2nd movie (Matrix Reload) - "Meh....it's OK I guess"

    3rd Movie (Matrix Revolutions)- "WTF! I paid for this crap!"

    I literally yelled exactly that at the credits of the 3rd one (WTF was fully said of course...)

    Everything is pretty much spot on. Only the first one was really ever good. Second one was barely ok...very, very barely...by a hair at that.
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    erpadminerpadmin Member Posts: 4,165 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Daniel333 wrote: »
    There was only one matrix movie. There were no sequels. That's it. Nothing else EVER happened. "Nananananana, I can't hear you"


    That's actually how I feel about Godfather III. I only recognize the 1st and 2nd...the third one is never allowed to be viewed in my house. Ever.
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    Bl8ckr0uterBl8ckr0uter Inactive Imported Users Posts: 5,031 ■■■■■■■■□□
    The first movie was dope. Actually it was life changing. I still have fond memories of that movie to this very day. "Guns. Lots of guns." "Tasty wheats". "Ignorance is bliss" "I am going to enjoy watching you die, Mr. Anderson" "I know Kung Fu..Show me." Oh the memories icon_lol.gif


    The 2nd and 3rd ones were, well. How do I put this, they were made for money. You could tell that the story line was much more shallow and there were some characters that were just thrown into the mix and weren't really developed at all (the Frenchman, the Twins, etc). I am not saying don't rent the movies, just keep in mind that the 2nd was a big trailer for the last and the last was so predictable. This pretty much sums it up: YouTube - How The Matrix Should Have Ended

    IDK it was a cool series but like after bullet time was raped and raped (I actually saw it used on a milk ad SMH icon_rolleyes.gif) The movie lost a lot of stream. I know, I know that special effects don't make for a decent movie (well unless the movie is Avatar icon_rolleyes.gificon_rolleyes.gif) but that particular effect added to the hacker/l337 style of the movie.


    I think I am going to watch the matrix this weekend. :D
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    networker050184networker050184 Mod Posts: 11,962 Mod
    tiersten wrote: »
    Watch the first one. Pretend the 2nd and 3rd ones never existed.

    That about sums it up.
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    mickeycoronadomickeycoronado Member Posts: 71 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Jeez I'm really looking forward to it now. Is this a movie I would want to watch alone or should I have the girlfriend there who's gonna ask what every tech reference means? Or is it light on the tech?
    tiersten wrote: »
    Watch the first one. Pretend the 2nd and 3rd ones never existed.
    networker050184 wrote: »
    That about sums it up.


    So no on the Netflix? Maybe go the TBS route?
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    tpatt100tpatt100 Member Posts: 2,991 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Call me weird but I liked them all. What I did not care for in the third one was they left it open because they wanted to get ready for the Matrix MMO.
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    pizzaboypizzaboy Member Posts: 244 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Bl8ckr0uter wrote: »
    The first movie was dope. Actually it was life changing. I still have fond memories of that movie to this very day. "Guns. Lots of guns." "Tasty wheats". "Ignorance is bliss" "I am going to enjoy watching you die, Mr. Anderson" "I know Kung Fu..Show me." Oh the memories icon_lol.gif

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    phantasmphantasm Member Posts: 995
    So wait... you're in IT or pursuing IT and you've not seen The Matrix?! For shame!!
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    jtoastjtoast Member Posts: 226
    *shrug* I thought all three of them sucked.
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    TheSuperRuskiTheSuperRuski Member Posts: 240
    This had prompted me to watch the first one.
    The seen where Neo flexes and the walls of the hallway bend around him. That was crazy. 
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    brad-brad- Member Posts: 1,218
    If you can get your hands on the big box set, there is a "philosophy of the matrix" dvd that was almost as good as the movie. It has experts and professors talking about the movie and how it parallels with different religions etc.

    I will differ from the mainstream here and say the trio wasnt a waste of time. I agree with the sentiment that the order of 1,2,3 is the order of awesomeness, but...two and three were only bad in comparison to 1. 1 was ground breaking, anything is going to suffer next to it.

    If you have the time, they're all good. If you dont have time, just watch the first one.
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    Forsaken_GAForsaken_GA Member Posts: 4,024
    there is no matrix trilogy. Just like there's no Highlander 2.

    Now, there are a couple of other movies that have Matrix in their name, and coincidentally feature some of the same actors, but those movies are just bad parodies.
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    mikej412mikej412 Member Posts: 10,086 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Wait?!?! What?!?!?!

    You mean none of you have ever figured out to overlay all 3 videos together and watch it backwards (while drinking drunken_smilie.gif)?












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    PristonPriston Member Posts: 999 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Other awesome tech movies:
    Wargames (1983)
    Hackers (1995)
    Enemy of the State (1998 )
    Swordfish (2001)
    Firewall (2006)
    Live Free or Die hard (2007)

    I know I'm missing a bunch /shrug
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    Dakinggamer87Dakinggamer87 Member Posts: 4,016 ■■■■■■■■□□
    I enjoyed the Matrix trilogy overall and the final movie ended how I expected.
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    Panzer919Panzer919 Member Posts: 462
    williamk99 wrote: »
    1st movie (matrix)- "awesome! Holy crap its great"

    2nd movie (matrix reload) - "meh....it's ok i guess"

    3rd movie (matrix revolutions)- "wtf! I paid for this crap!"

    spot on!
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    Panzer919Panzer919 Member Posts: 462
    You could try getting your hands on operation takedown (unofficial hackers 2 and a great movie about kevin mitnick) and antitrust (unofficial hackers 3)
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    I think “very senior” gets stuck in there because the last six yahoos that applied for the position couldn’t tell a packet from a Snickers bar.

    Luck is where opportunity and proper planning meet

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    mikedisd2mikedisd2 Member Posts: 1,096 ■■■■■□□□□□
    The Matrix would have been better like this:

    Farts within the Matrix

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