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In Reply to: RE: Inception... posted by slapshot on July 17, 2010 at 13:45:31

I lasted an hour. What I saw was nearly all exposition, interrupted by action sequences that had cool cgi effects and were ultimately boring (to me). A movie like Matrix told a complicated tale of multiple realities by SHOWING us what was happening instead of having characters lecture at us. Also, in the first hour, it seemed apparent to me that the director and script writers had no real interest in the humanity of their characters. The characters' only role was to be chess pieces in the plot. To steal Hitchcock's joke, I'd say that the entire plot was a McGuffin--so there was nothing else to see.

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"Matrix?" Now there was an idiotic film. Interesting - tinear 17:23:28 07/21/10 (2)
story line, ugly film, inept acting. Another vehicle for FX but with one difference: they weren't paradigm shifting as were those in "Inception."
Keanu Reeves.
Good God.
- Idiotic? ... - reelsmith. 10:59:56 07/22/10 (1)
  You are too kind.
  
  Dean.
  
  reelsmith's axiom : Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it
  - I liked The Matrix. - Dalton 19:54:27 07/22/10 (0)
    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 .
That's a shame... - slapshot 15:31:53 07/21/10 (2)
...you realize, of course, that one minute after you left the theater, it became a wonderful movie?! :)
- RE: That's a shame... - pbarach 17:05:22 07/21/10 (1)
  In your dreams.... Which are my dreams of dreaming that you are dreaming my dream of being a dream of a butterfly dreaming that he is a man dreaming that he is a butterfly.
  - LOL - slapshot 17:20:14 07/21/10 (0)
    Exactly! In my dream, I would not want DeCaprio...that much is sure!

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