Only in its' technology and scope of fantasy, did it have brains. But any book can come up with a ton of ideas. A film has to function on a basis of character, and acting is important to. The audience has to like somebody in the movie. If I could have played any part in this story, a part of my choice - I would be God, and I would drop a bomb in the beginning- making everything explode. Because I didn't like a single character in the movie, and it was all noise and special effects. Like Armageddon, only with more CGI and engines... and battle scenes. It was worse than boring - it was completely irritating!Julian Carter wrote:Noooooo! Why all this The Matrix hate!?
No, seriously ... don't you think The Matrix (and its sequels) is actually an action film that isn't missing the brains? Actually, it's not an action film. It's a dracller (drama/action/thriller) film! See, it has substance!
That is, NO OFFENSE to you, one of the most nauseating, sickening things I have ever read.Julian Carter wrote:For me, it'd be The Silence of the Lambs, which I saw for the first time a few days ago. The best thing in it is Anthony Hopkins' chilling performance. However, not even Anthony Hopkins can make up for an uninspired story which (not very helpfully) is told in a very confusing manner.
Oh, and Jodie Foster please SPEAK UP! How the hell am I supposed to know what's happening if I can't understand a word you're saying!? I was entirely lost for the first 30 minutes of the film, thanks to Foster's indiscernible mumbling.
And this film beat Beauty and the Beast for the Best Picture Oscar? What were the Academy members thinking!? I don't give a sh*t if BatB is much simpler (a point some UD members raised when debating which film should have won the Oscar). At least that film is simple but perfectly executed.
The Silence of the Lambs is one of the greatest films I have ever had the extreme pleasure of viewing. It is a masterpiece in every single way, shape, and form a movie can be. It is one of the most powerful films in the history of cinema itself. It is a thoroughly fascinating and complex journey into the psyche of the serial killer, it thought-provokingly comments on women's roles in law enforcement, and single-handedly redefined the entire concept of a female lead / heroine in a movie. It's non-pretentious, the performances are not just strong - but shatteringly powerful. It's disturbing, its' intelligence is vastly superior to Beauty and the Beast's (which forces Belle into the role of a slave, while she's only allowed a cosmetic amount of displeased commentary on the story's sexism), it's forcefully directed to within an inch of what's left of the celluloid medium. Every scene in the film is filled to the brim with serious truth and integrity for its' audience.
And honestly, you can say that and wonder why people would hate The Matrix??
(Yes, I do own the uber-10 disc collector's set DVDs, I just haven't gotten a chance to watch them)
I have claimed time after time I did not care for the movie.
