[109743] in Cypherpunks
Re: cpunk movie reviews (was: Re: Fwd: FC: The Matrix: A
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Reese (aka Reeza!))
Sat Apr 3 02:25:29 1999
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 21:11:54 -1000
To: Zooko Journeyman <zooko@wildgoose.tandu.com>,
iang@cs.berkeley.edu (Ian Goldberg)
From: "Reese (aka Reeza!)" <reeza@flex.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-Reply-To: <m10TFSk-00000sC@wildgoose.tandu.com>
Reply-To: "Reese (aka Reeza!)" <reeza@flex.com>
I heard there was a very lovely scene with a mini-gun where it show brass
and belt links both pouring out of the ejector port. I was planning on
watching up to that scene at least, just for that scene.
R.
At 06:43 PM 4/2/99 -0700, Zooko Journeyman wrote:
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>Cpunks:
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>I am increasingly irritated that "The Matrix" is getting rave
>reviews from otherwise reasonable critics. Below is my one-
>paragraph review for my friends, which I wrote solely to spare
>them the disappointment of going to see it thinking that it
>might offer some sort of emotional, intellectual, or artistic
>stimulus.
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>If you want a good science fiction movie, try watching
>"THX-1138", "Bladerunner", or "2001" again. If you just want
>an action flick, and you've already seen the good old Hong
>Kong-era Johnny Woo movies like "The Killer" and "Hardboiled"
>too many times, then I suppose you might enjoy "The Matrix",
>but expect a feast of cliches glued together by little more
>than smart production values and innovative special effects.
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>--z
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>To: [recipient list ellided]
>Subject: movie review in one paragraph: The Matrix, thumbs down
>Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 16:55:19 -0700
>From: Zooko Journeyman <zooko@wildgoose.tandu.com>
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>I'm too damn picky about movies. I'm still in mourning because
>Kubrick will never make "AI", and after I read glowing reviews
>of "The Matrix" I allowed myself to fantasize that it might be
>a top-notch movie. But of course it isn't top-notch -- it's
>got second-rate kung-fu, third-rate dialogue ("Hear that?" asks
>the sneering villain once he has the wooden protagonist trapped
>in the subway before an oncoming train, "That is the sound
>of... inevitability."), laughable premises ("With millions of
>human bodies and some fusion, they have all the energy they
>need."), and cliche plot lines (you won't be surprised by
>anything after the first 30 minutes). The only nice thing is
>the special effects.
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>--z
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