review by Garrett Murray
The Matrix 1999
Reviewed Nov 15, 2011
Garrett Murray’s review:
Before The Matrix, action movies were completely different. I still remember what it felt like, opening night in 1999, to see bullet-time in the opening moments of this film. The Matrix created an entirely new language for filming fight sequences, chases, and gun battles. It remains, to this day, one of my favorite sci-fi films.
I still remember walking out of the cinema almost speechless, and turning to my friends and saying, "woah, what was that!?!"
I remember having to watch it again, and maybe again, before I grasped completely what was going on. The Matrix is the movie I have watched the most times. In fact, I think I'll bung it on now!
This is probably one of my favourite films ever. I'll never ever get bored of watching it!
Mind blown the first time I watched this movie. I still love the line about humans being a virus on the earth.
Your absolutely right.
You cannot live in this era without watching this film.
I remember walking out of the cinema with my Dad and descending an escalator thinking that this world isn't real. I still sometimes dream that I'm descending an escalator.
Pity they didn't stop at the one. In film two we tried to persuade ourselves it was brilliant. In film three we had to eat crow.
I couldn't agree more with your sentiments - this film was a defining moment in my movie going experience. I remember leaving the theatre completely buzzing after what I'd just seen. I will never forget that feeling!
Went into the cinema without knowing a lick about this film at the highly influential age of 14, having been given a free ticket by an older friend. Blown away at the time. Still a great action flick but certainly now showing cracks due to the foreign cinema that originally influenced the film becoming more popular.
This is the movie I regret not seeing in theaters the most. It completely revolutionized action movies for our generation. The sequels were junk, but The Matrix is one of the 5 best action films ever made.
While I agree that this is 5 Star Movie and one of the top Action/Sci-Fi/Adventure genre movies ever, I do have to say its not as influential as I had hoped and thought it would be. Looking back now, its more of an anomaly than a game changer. No one has seen anything like it before or since. Its too bad. Even the sequels seem more like Transformers than the Matrix. A Brilliant movie though and one of my favorites.