Poll of the Day > Do you consider yourself a fan of the matrix movies?

(+) Yeah! (+)

fyi they're making a new matrix movie
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The first movie is in my top 10. The others, not so much. But I still enjoy them a great deal.
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I mean, I liked them...
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Only seen the first one. Even though I bought the trilogy and The Animatrix years ago. I should really watch them..
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Saw the first, never got around to the other 2
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I mean I enjoyed then so sure.
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"Ok".

The first was the only one I liked, but what an amazing movie it was.
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I literally fell asleep during the first one, so, no.
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Im a fan but not a super diehard fan.

I've watched Matrix 2 & 3 but never understood them and found them too boring to care. Yet I still keep watching 2 & 3 to see if I "get" them.

Matrix 1 is a masterpiece however.

I really liked the first Matrix, but the passing of time and the dragging weight of the sequels has lessened my regard for it.

It didn't really help that, even when it came out, I was already aware of a couple of other things that The Matrix seemed to be blatantly ripping off, so I never really had that "OMG THIS SHIT IS GENIUS" reaction too many people seem to have had. And I'd already had a Philosophy 101 class in college, so I didn't have the "OMG THIS SHIT IS SO DEEP" reaction that way too many teenagers got out of it.

It was a pretty good sci-fi movie at the time, though. Even if I thought Dark City and Thirteenth Floor were better.
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First one was great.

Second and third were pretty bad. Id imagine if I was a bigger fan of the original, Id hate the sequels even more.
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Only the first one.

It didn't really help that, even when it came out, I was already aware of a couple of other things that The Matrix seemed to be blatantly ripping off, so I never really had that "OMG THIS SHIT IS GENIUS" reaction too many people seem to have had. And I'd already had a Philosophy 101 class in college, so I didn't have the "OMG THIS SHIT IS SO DEEP" reaction that way too many teenagers got out of it.

omg that shit was so prevalent and obnoxious in my high school years

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I saw them each once

Honestly I don't remember a whole lot
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

I really liked the first Matrix, but the passing of time and the dragging weight of the sequels has lessened my regard for it.

It didn't really help that, even when it came out, I was already aware of a couple of other things that The Matrix seemed to be blatantly ripping off, so I never really had that "OMG THIS SHIT IS GENIUS" reaction too many people seem to have had. And I'd already had a Philosophy 101 class in college, so I didn't have the "OMG THIS SHIT IS SO DEEP" reaction that way too many teenagers got out of it.

It was a pretty good sci-fi movie at the time, though. Even if I thought Dark City and Thirteenth Floor were better.

I'm getting there in life with all the science fiction I read as well. In a way, it makes things predictable, but it also makes me happy when I see "deeper" ideas put into movies.

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Yes, but mainly the first one. I like two a lot when it came out, but don't really care as much now. Didn't like 3 much at all. It wasn't bad it just doesn't hold a candle to the first one.

The first one is still my favorite movie.
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I kinda liked the first one -- even if it was silly -- but the sequels are blargh.

Also:

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I didn't really like them.
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Only a fan of the first one. The sequels were a bore.

1 is great, 2 and 3 are alright at best. Overall "ok" movies.
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I went with "ok." Really liked the first one. Second one was decent. Third one was pretty rough.
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I liked the Matrix movies. They were different and the effects were cool.
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Went with really liked them.

First movie is great. Second one is underrated IMO. The story isnt as good as the first to be sure, but it has some great action scenes in it (Neo vs Smiths, Neo vs the Merovingians gang, the highway chase scene). I enjoyed it a lot.

Third movie was a disappointment, but the first two very much hold their own in my eyes.
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They making more matrix because all their new material has been crap and they need money.

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I've never seen one.
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CedarPointcp posted...

fyi they're making a new matrix movie

Honestly, given the casting spoilers, I really want to see it to find out how the hell they're planning to pull that off. Also I may have seen (& cried at) Revolutions 37 times (I lost count of the others), so, there's that. Not my favourites ever, but pretty close.

Also, do please bear in mind I was thirteen when the first one came out. Also, Carrie-Anne Moss sort of hits nearly all of my weaknesses. *g*
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I thought the first one was ok I guess, but I didn't like the second or third one much at all.

Wouldn't say i'm a fan but I thought they were all decent, was kinda surprised finding about how panned the third one was.
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First is great, second is pretty decent and I actually think it's fairly underrated at this point, but the third is eh.
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I honestly think Reloaded is probably the weaker of the main trilogy. What do you lot think about the Animatrix? I'm curious now.
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Trialia posted...

What do you lot think about the Animatrix? I

It's nearly as good as the original imo. Lots of really cool stuff in there.
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Does anyone here remember 'The Matrix has you' flash vids?

Most of these flash vids that I remember watching as a kid are kinda cringy to watch nowadays.
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Pus_N_Pecans posted...

Trialia posted...

What do you lot think about the Animatrix? I

It's nearly as good as the original imo. Lots of really cool stuff in there.

Most of it doesn't really feel like it belongs in the same universe as the movies to me.

Other than Final Flight of the Osiris, most of the stories feel more like alternate reality "inspired by The Matrix" sort of stories than anything actually canon to the universe. Like a shitty EU that drags everything else down by existing unless you blatantly ignore it. Or for a more charitable interpretation, you could view them more like art pieces done by people in-universe based on folk legends they've told for years which may or may not be true (and which are likely extremely distorted even if they ARE true).

Plus I find the overall plot of Second Renaissance to be incredibly ham-fisted and cliche, which kind of kills any interest I have in it, or desire to view it as canon. The fact that it exists as official backstory sort of retroactively makes all of the movies less worthwhile for me.
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Most of it doesn't really feel like it belongs in the same universe as the movies to me.

Other than Final Flight of the Osiris, most of the stories feel more like alternate reality "inspired by The Matrix" sort of stories than anything actually canon to the universe. Like a shitty EU that drags everything else down by existing unless you blatantly ignore it. Or for a more charitable interpretation, you could view them more like art pieces done by people in-universe based on folk legends they've told for years which may or may not be true (and which are likely extremely distorted even if they ARE true).

Plus I find the overall plot of Second Renaissance to be incredibly ham-fisted and cliche, which kind of kills any interest I have in it, or desire to view it as canon. The fact that it exists as official backstory sort of retroactively makes all of the movies less worthwhile for me.

I felt no sympathy for the robots. They are robots.

Same thing with detroit:become human

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I thought the first one was pretty good, but I felt like it really should have stood alone. The sequels were just money grabs.
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