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Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)
Categorize, sterilize.....
Simply brilliant. A film that presents some extremely interesting characters and their individual (yet strikingly similar) searches for understanding. Understanding. (That great philosophical goal that runs away from us as quick as the constant speed of light.) See it now!
The Matrix (1999)
Filler, filler and more filler. Did I mention bad acting too?
Great idea, with very little of that idea transferred to the silver screen. Plenty of neat special effects to distract the audience from the flawed and empty re-telling of the age old "what is reality" story. A few interesting bible references, great blue-screening (better than Episode 1 by far), but with stone-like acting from every cast member, everyone ends up looking like part of the machine. If you want to see a movie that really deals with the issue "what is reality" see Darren Aronofsky's "Pi" (1998). If you want to see a bunch of fake kung fu, slapped together on an Avid machine to impress you, then see the Matrix, but most of these reviewers are mistaken (no offense); it's really just filler with a bit of truth. Wake up.
Pi (1998)
Visually stunning low-budget masterpiece struggling to find the truth
This $60 000 masterpiece is The Matrix in disguise. It is the real Matrix; without the tedious filler (fighting sequences). Every single shot in this movie helps to serve the purposes of the writer/director and writer/star. With each passing moment the intense electronica soundscape drags the viewer closer and closer to the insanity that Max Benson begins to feel more and more deeply throughout the film. This is a truly interactive piece of art where the viewer must work equally hard to understand the events and their place in the story. The film is about distraction, truth, religion, culture, greed; you name it, it's in there. It is visual representation at it's current high, both technically and creatively. If this film can be made on a $60 000 budget and have more worth, by far, than it's 60 million $ counterpart that says so little... you'll just have to see it. A true visual and cerebral experience.