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The Matrix review – barnstorming sci-fi still calling our reality into question (www.theguardian.com)
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The Matrix 25th Anniversary re-release

To paraphrase Apu in The Simpsons, this was the year filmgoers were partying like it was on sale for $19.99; it offered the vintage of American Beauty, Fight Club, The Sixth Sense and more. But The Matrix seemed to me then – and seems to me now – more exciting than any of them, first among equals in the previous century’s final graduating class. Rereleased for its 25th anniversary, this barnstorming sci-fi paranoia thriller, produced by action veteran Joel Silver and written and directed by the Wachowskis, holds up tremendously well. The martial arts sequences choreographed by Yuen Woo-ping are gripping and nothing about the bullet-time effects or production design feels dated. Even the ringing payphone – an unexceptional detail in 1999 – now looks like an inspired steampunk touch.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Hrm... The Matrix definitely still looks good, except for the CGI machines that chase after their ship in the back half of the movie. Still, I would argue that Fight Club is at least as relevant still, since it describes a lot of how we got to our present social and political situation.