Vice: "The Matrix is Dated and Embarrasing."
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Kai Dracon
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People can argue about the sequels all they want, but I watched the original Matrix recently and it's one of the most well-aged films I know of. It is just about perfect in every way. At most, the cheesiest element from a modern perspective is the way in which it venerates hackers as spooky godlike ninja assassins of The CyberSpaces, which is kind of a 90s thing.
But The Matrix does justify it by taking place in a cyberpunk dystopia; it's not exactly Hackers.
But The Matrix does justify it by taking place in a cyberpunk dystopia; it's not exactly Hackers.
Poofynamanama
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"hipsters" is such a stupid cop out term. it literally doesnt mean anything
disappeared
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So are some of Vice's documentaries.
Their Anarchist's Cookbook feature was cringeworthy.
Their Anarchist's Cookbook feature was cringeworthy.
NaughtyCalibur
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This is how I know it's a troll article. Fishing for those views BAAAAAAD.
Supermanisdead
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what the hell? fifth element is major ass.
Great movie, i watched it last year and that mobile phone is dated as shit now. i remember it looked so cool back then, everyone wanted one.. and i remember taking a bunch of mushrooms before going to the cinema to watch it.. ah, to be young, dumb and full of psilocybin, good times.
Bullshit.
The Fifth Element has always been in the mediocre-tier of sci-fi.
The Matrix is so dated the company that makes that phone doesn't exist anymore.
Vice redeemed.
Great movie, i watched it last year and that mobile phone is dated as shit now. i remember it looked so cool back then, everyone wanted one.. and i remember taking a bunch of mushrooms before going to the cinema to watch it.. ah, to be young, dumb and full of psilocybin, good times.
The Matrix is so dated the company that makes that phone doesn't exist anymore.
Vice redeemed.
Atraveller
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This:
And the agent transformation(and death) looks kind of bad, the rest are fine.
And the agent transformation(and death) looks kind of bad, the rest are fine.
I don't know how anyone could diss The Fifth Element.
What about Blade Runner?
These are reasons for instant dismissal.
Didn't even notice someone is angry someone else shat on Stallone's Judge Dredd. That movie is objectively garbage.
I watched the lobby scene again a few weeks ago, and I thought it was a parody, since the song used in it has become such a cliche
Pop
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Is such a thing even possible
Count Dookkake
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It felt dated and cheesy back then, too.
Speed Racer is the best. The true Wachowski masterpiece.
Atraveller
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You forgot the captains' meeting at the beginning of Reloaded, where a bunch of people are talking with sunglasses on at night.
Discotheque
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Nothing in matrix is as awful as that kid and the chimp. I like the film on repeat viewing but I'm not surprised why it flopped. It's probably the second best wachowski movie but then that means they only made one truly great film
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I'll watch everything they make because it tends to be unique but I'm never hyped anymore
Elfforkusu
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More compelling evidence for the case that opinions can be objectively wrong.
Citizen Mane
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Agreed, so is Fight Club.
That's the problem with being influential.
TheGreatDirector
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I just saw this movie for the first time this year and I honestly thought it was superb. Some of the effects I can recognize as being dated but for the most part the film pulled of a visual style unlike any other I've seen. The story is also not as complex as I expected it to be yet still manages to have some surprising twists. If anything this film refrains from showing its age through the achievement in sci-fi action films it was able to make.
I don't know how anyone could diss The Fifth Element.
What about Blade Runner?
It was a joke, but Blade Runner's vision of the future is obviously ridiculous. Protip: BR is one of my top 3 favorite movies.
DJ_Lae
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I'd pay money for a Blu-ray rerelease of Speed Racer with the kid and chimp cut and digitally removed from the movie.
Particle Physicist
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Universally liked... Quite the broad statement!
are they though?
I cannot abide anything dissing my beloved Fifth Element.
chickdigger802
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id pay sick money for the spring loaded phone from matrix reloaded. sick money.
True, the sequels got so of control that they make those outfits from the first one look tame
Jesus Carbomb
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Wrong.
Limp Bizkit has always been embarrassing.
Limp Bizkit has always been embarrassing.
Chiggs
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Opera scene is cringeworthy. The singing...the techno...the horror.
Great movie, i watched it last year and that mobile phone is dated as shit now. i remember it looked so cool back then, everyone wanted one.. and i remember taking a bunch of mushrooms before going to the cinema to watch it.. ah, to be young, dumb and full of psilocybin, good times.
This is the Matrix phone I remember them selling...
That shithouse band was crazy popular back then. The hype even got me to buy their horrible CD, which I disliked immediately.
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