I saw it in the theater tonight.
Even after seeing it online a few times…
surround sound + big screen…
wow…
What film did you see?
I think it’s being shown with Anger Management.
Yeah, I just saw the Matrix trailer with Anger Management earlier tonight. The trailer is more than enough reason to see the movie 
So, yeah. If anyone else is as annoyed with Quicktime as I am, I have the trailer in mpeg2 format (converted it myself this afternoon, and damned if it doesn’t look way better). I sure don’t want to host the 150MB file that results, but if a few of y’all ask me nice-like, I’d be happy to send it along, and then you could do the same for others.
And that trailer is so bad-ass! I’ve watched it about 20 times so far. I even showed it for my friends tonight on the big screen in one of the lecture halls before the movies we watched
Well, I downloaded Quicktime. Viewed it. Wow. I’m impressed. Uninstalled quicktime.
There’s no way you’ll be able to go a month without seeing it again. 
WOW!!! That looks incredible! Can’t wait, can’t wait, can’t wait…
It’s quite impressive without giving too much away.
Only thing I’d say is that the largest trailer needs a meaty PC to play it and even the medium one was stuttery on my old P600 laptop - so anyone sharing my ‘antique spec’ should aim for the lowest quality one
TTFN
JP
You are dead inside.
Thank God for my cable modem. The trailer looks sweet. Can’t wait to see the movie.
BTW, this month’s issue of Wired magazine has an article on the special effects for this movie. WARNING It discusses the making of a couple of the major action sequences in the film, so Spoiler Warning for those who don’t want to know. You can cut and paste the URL below.
Or copy and paste. If you can cut and paste, good on ya.
I read that article: it doesn’t sound like they’re doing anything revolutionary. The only thing they’re doing differently from say last year’s Spiderman is that they’re using much more information: they’re building the sets in real life to photograph the textures rather than starting in a computer. It should look much better but the underlying princible is the same.
Course, if I’m wrong and they ARE doing something especially different I’d love to know :).
There are things about the first movie that I fail to understand.
Why are guns any kind of effective weapon within the Matrix against the creatures who run The Matrix itself?
Why are the human batteries bodies not atrophied, why are they shaved of hair, and why do they look just like they imagine themselves to be within The Matrix itself?
I think about those and otehr thing sfor a minute or so, and realise it’s all bullshit, and really the movie is just an excuse for spectacular special effects and stunts.
And then I realise that the effects aren’t actually that special, they’re just video tricks but slightly flashier.
And then I wonder why so many people like it when it’s clearly such superficial bollocks.
You know, this is a question I’ve wondered about too. If Neo has never seen himself in real life then why does his Matrix persona look exactly the same? As to the rest of your questions, I’m sure someone will be along shortly to answer them.
Okay, I’m not a huge super knowledgeable guy about the Matrix, I have a few questions of my own, but I’ll give it a shot.
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Guns are usefull against the creatures within the Matrix because they have to follow the same rules established by the system. Like Morpheus tells Neo, the world within the Matrix has created certain rules and boundries within it’s coding to make things like gravity and necessity for air to work on the human mind. The human mind can’t concieve of a world where the body knows no limits, so the computer created these things to help keep the human mind in check. Agents function in this world, and as programs of the system, are limited to the same rules as well. Of course, they can bend them somewhat, which is what allows them to jump super high, have super strength, and all that jazz. But, they can’t survive being shot, crushed, blowed up, and whathave you. From what I can tell, they ride along with the patterns of a human host when they appear, and that human’s body is also limited to the rules of the game, so to speak. So, even though an agent program can survive being riddled with bullets, the human host can’t. Once the human host dies, the Agent program has to move on to a new host. It itslef doesn’t die. Also, if you see the new trailers, there seem to be some new Agents (the guys with the white coats and white dreds) and they seem to be uneffected by such things, so it seems like they’ve already fixed this little querry of your’s.
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The human bodies are atrophied. THey say as much to Neo after they pick him up (remember, he’s on the table wtih all the little needles stuck in him hooked up to some electrical current). He makes the comment “What are you doing to me?” to which Morpheus responds “Your muscles have atrophied. We’re rebuilding them.” I’m guessing his ability to sit up and remove all that crap from him was probably brought on by adreneline surge, but he looked pretty useless trying to swim.
The hair issue…could just be creative license, could be the fluid they were in repressed hair growth…don’t really know about that one, but I’m assuming that the hair never grew, or if it had, it dissolved, but wasn’t shaved.
As for why they look like they do in real life…so they don’t have to hire two actors to play one part. I mean, freed people see themselves as they saw themselves in the Matrix, because that’s the way their brain imagines they look. I’m sure every “Copper Top” is a skinny mo-fo, but I’m guessing anyone who saw themselves as obese before they were freed, would see themselves as obese once they were jacked back in, because the Matrix is all about how the brain perceives things. Hence the fact they have hair when rebooted when in real life, they’re bald. Again, this was all explained to Neo the first time he was introduced to the Loading Program. And perhaps psychically, people have an inate knowlege of what they look like physically. It’d be interesting to see a blind person do a self portrait of themselves and see how close they are to get a more real life type of proof for this belief, but it could work. -
It’s a movie designed for entertainment value, sure, and it’s big thing was the visual effects. But you have to admit, for a movie that’s supposed to be about the visual effects, it was a lot more impressive than many others (i.e. Godzilla. Jurrasic Park 3, Star Wars Episode 1 and 2). It also had some interesting ideas presented about the nature of humanity and perception and the likes of that, but who really pays attention to that stuff when there’s all that ass kicking going on?
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Actually, when you realize that many of the sets were never really real (like the train station), you realize there were some really impressive CGI used in that movie. Plus, the fight scenes were some of the best ever shot (specifically, the shoot out in the lobby).
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Because a lot of people watch movies like that because they’re mindless, brainless fun! Which that movie is. And it’s very damn good at it. It is one of the best (if not THE best) action films to come out in the 1990s.
Heretic!!! Blasphemer!!
Burn the Witch!!!
It’s amazing tho, people either LOVE the movie, or don’t care for it at all. My dad, for example, walked out halfway through.
About the trailer…
just one thing
Trinity: Thats a nice trick
Neo: hmz, upgrades
You just gotta love that part (evil grin)
and about the matrix…
Most people who say it isnt very good are wrong
Ofcourse everybody is entitled to their own oponion but i noticed that people who think the movie sucks mostly just dont get the movie :smack:
grtz 
In case any of you have computers too slow to watch: Sunday afternoon, during AFL coverage on NBC, the full-length trailer will be aired.
Does anyone else find it kinda pathetic that they’re advertising when they’re going to air an ADVERTISEMENT?