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Re: The Matwix
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Fri, 12 Apr 2002 23:47:53 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jon Palmer writes:
> "Pedro Silva" <el_gordo@netc.pt> wrote in message
> news:GuH9Bp.22v@lugnet.com...
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> > Don't worry, mate. You're not alone in this. I don't get the Matrix • either,
> > and I watched the film like *three times* to see if I was missing • something.
> > Either I'm not, or I can't honestly see what it is...
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> What do you mean you "don't get" the Matrix? I can understand not liking it
> because of acting and such. (I love the Matrix but Neo will forever be a
> member of Wild Stallions)
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> But not getting it? I always thought it was fairly stock (although well
> executed) sci fi. Not that complex IMO.
Good special effects, I agree to that. Not "bad" acting, IMO.
But the script is too far-fetched, I guess. I'm afraid I'll never get the
point of living life through a machine, where one can defy physics and such.
If the human race were to envision such a future, would't we try to avoid it?
FYI, two of my best friends looked at me as if I were a loonie when I told
them this - so I guess you're feeling something like that regarding me... ;-)
I dunno, I guess it is one of those films that either one gets it, or not. I
didn't - too bad for me.
Pedro
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| (...) Well, that is the plot: humans try to get out of that future. But the movie is aimed at people who think getting in would be pretty cool. I agreed early on in the movie not to try to get it. I mean, if the sun doesn't shine anymore and humans (...) (23 years ago, 14-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| "Pedro Silva" <el_gordo@netc.pt> wrote in message news:GuH9Bp.22v@lugnet.com... (...) either, (...) something. (...) What do you mean you "don't get" the Matrix? I can understand not liking it because of acting and such. (I love the Matrix but Neo (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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