The
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Everyone know what is Matrix. It is one of the best mind blowing
movie in entire history. No matter what, this is the greatest Sci-fi movie ever
made. It talks to your mind and give us something to think. You should
understand the World of matrix. If you understand it, you probably began to
wonder, and ask is this a true world? or is it just a magic scene drop in front of our eyes? If you never watch
it, watch it right now. you would not regret about it. Trust me. It is arguably one
of the best.
The Matrix is a 1999 American science fiction action film
written and directed by The Wachowskis brothers. It depicts a dystopian future
in which reality as perceived by most humans is actually a simulated reality
called "the Matrix", created by sentient machines to subdue the human
population, while their bodies' heat and electrical activity are used as an
energy source. Computer programmer "Neo" learns this truth and
started a journey he never imagined which involves real people have been freed
from the "dream world" which created by machines. Film uses fight
sequence from wire fu techniques from Hong Kong. The Matrix was first
released in the United States on March 31, 1999, and
grossed over $460 million worldwide.it received generally positive reviews by
critics and praised for its visual effects, cinematography and its
entertainment. This film is considered as one of the greatest science fiction
movie ever made. Film was added to the National Film Registry for preservation
in 2012 and followed by The Matrix Reloaded (2002), and The Matrix
Revolutions (2003).Also it expand to video games, and animated films.
Here is the Trailer,
The Matrix directed by The Wachowski Brothers, Produced
by Joel Silver, Written by Wachowski Brothers, and music by Don Davis. Cinematography
by Bill Pope, Edited by Zach , while Production companies were Village roadshow
Picture, and Silver Picture and
distributed by Warner Bros and Roadshow entertainment. Film Released in
March 31, 1999 in U.S.A and April 8, 1999 in Australia with
136 minutes running time which grossed $463.5 millions against its budget $63 millions.
Plot
Film begins with a hacker named Trinity overpowers police and pursuing
by Agents with superhuman abilities where Trinity went to a phone box and
vanished. Thomas Anderson is a computer programmer working as a hacker believing there
is something wrong with the world, and questions himself what is The Matrix?
was contacted by Trinity and confirms that a man named Morpheus can explain
its meaning however, the Agents, led by Agent Smith, attempt to prevent them
from meeting. But finally Neo meets Morpheus, and confirmed that Neo can learn
the truth about reality by choosing to swallow an offered red pill. After doing
so he wakes up in the real world weak and finding himself one of countless
people connected by cables to an elaborate electrical system. He is rescued and
brought aboard Morpheus's hovercraft, the Nebuchadnezzar. Morpheus
explains that in the 21st century, war between human and intelligent machines they had created.
When
humans blocked solar power they harvest the humans' bioelectricity as a
substitute power source. The Matrix is revealed to be a shared simulation of
the world as it was in 1999 in which the minds of the harvested humans are
trapped where Neo lived. Morpheus and his crew belong to a group of rebels who
hack into the Matrix and recruiting peoples as rebels. Rebels he rebels'
understanding of the true nature of the simulated reality allows them gain
super human abilities. Neo is warned that fatal injuries within the Matrix will
also kill one's physical body, and that the Agents he encountered are powerful
sentient programs that eliminate threats to the system. With Neo’s abilities
Morpheus's belief that Neo is "the One", a man prophesied to end the
war between humans and machines.
Crew visited to the Oracle a prophet, where Neo is warned
where he has to make 2 choices his or Morpheus's life. Before they can leave
the Matrix, Agents attacked to the crew and Morpheus allows himself to be
captured believing Neo is the one. Cypher disconnects and murders several crew
members , before he is killed by Tank a crew member in Nebuchadnezzar. In
the Matrix, the Agents interrogate Morpheus in an attempt to learn his access
codes to the mainframe computer in Zion. Neo decided to rescue Morpheus from
Agents and Trinity insists she accompany him. He rescued Morpheus and Neo
gains confidence in his abilities. Morpheus and Trinity exit the Matrix ,and
Smith tries to kill Neo before he exit. Nebuchadnezzar attacked by the
machines while Trinity confessing her love for Neo stating that Oracle told her that she would fall in
love with the One. She kisses Neo, and he revives with newfound powers and
destroys Smith and leaves the Matrix in time for the ship's electromagnetic
pulse weapon to disable the attacking sentinels. Later Neo makes a telephone
call in the Matrix, promising the Machines he will show their prisoners "a
world where anything is possible". He ends the call and flies into the
sky.
Here is the ending,
Here is the ending,
Casts
·
Keanu Reeves as Thomas A. Anderson / Neo
·
Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus
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Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity
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Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith
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Marcus Chong as Tank
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Gloria Foster as the Oracle
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Joe Pantoliano as Cypher.
Production
and filming
In 1994, the Wachowskis presented the scripts for 3 movies
which accepted by Warner Brothers. After the critical success Bound, the
siblings later asked to direct The Matrix. The Matrix was still a
huge investment for Warner Bros, which had to invest $60 million to create a
movie with deep philosophical ideas and difficult special effects. To prepare
for the wire fu actors had to train
hard for several months. In the film, the code that composes the Matrix itself
is frequently represented as downward-flowing green characters, this code uses
a custom typeface. All but a few scenes were filmed at Fox Studios in Sydney,
Australia,. The filming helped establish New South Wales as a major film
production center.The principal photography took 118 days. The film is known
for popularizing a visual effect known as "bullet time", which allows
a shot to progress in slow-motion while the camera appears to move through the
scene at normal speed.
Dane A. Davis was responsible for creating the sound effects
for the film. The Matrix draws from and makes reference to numerous
cinematic and literary works, and concepts from mythology, religion and
philosophy. The Matrix also makes reference to the ideas of Buddhism, Christianity,
Gnosticism, Hinduism, and Judaism. The Matrix belongs to the cyberpunk
genre of science fiction, the film's use of the term "Matrix" is
adopted from Gibson's novel. And most of
writers commented on the similarities between The Matrix and the science
fiction author Philip K. Dick’s work. The Wachowskis have described 2001:
A Space Odyssey is a major influence for making The Matrix.
Reception
and Box Office
The Matrix Released in March 31, 1999 in
U.S.A and April 8, 1999 in Australia. After its DVD release, it was
the first DVD to sell more than one million copies in the US, and went on to be
the first to sell more than three million copies in the US. By November 10, 2003, one month after The Matrix Reloaded
DVD was released, the sales of The Matrix DVD had exceeded 30 million
copies. Film grossed for a worldwide total of $463,517,383 and it became the
fifth highest grossing film of 1999 in worldwide it was the fourth highest
grossing film of the year.
The Matrix received largely positive reviews from
most critics, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest science fiction
films of all time. Entertainment Weekly called The Matrix
"the most influential action movie of the generation". Rotten
Tomatoes
reported that 87% of critics gave the film positive reviews, with an average
score of 7.6/10, based upon a sample of 139 reviews. At Metacritic,
which assigns an average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics,
the film received an average score of 73 upon its DVD release, based on 35
reviews. Like Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader Salon 's
reviewer Andrew O'Hehir reviewed the film negatively.
Awards
The
Matrix received Academy Awards for film editing (Zach Staenberg), sound
effects editing (John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Campbell, David Lee), visual
effects (John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, Jon Thum), and sound (Dane A.
Davis). The Matrix also received BAFTA awards for Best Sound and Best
Achievement in Special Visual Effects,and in 1999, it won Saturn Awards for Best
Science Fiction Film and Best Direction.
Reference
1.Wikipedia“The Matrix”