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Matrix Reloads to $42.5 Million Opening
Dante Alighieri writes "Box Office Mojo,
the Washington Post, E!, and others reports that The Matrix Reloaded opened with a record of $42.5 million in ticket sales."
I saw it yesterday and have a variety of opinions on it, but the short review is that it isn't the original, but it's pretty damn cool, and I'm first in line for Revolution.
When you have a somewhat accurate portrayal of hacking in movies?
heheh
Coincidence? Yeah, probably.
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First I've heard of it.
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[minor spoilers]
I saw Matrix last night, but it seems that the silly folks at the theater lost the last 5-15 minutes of the movie!
One second, we were watching Neo and the other dude on the table, and then all of a sudden the movie abruptly said "To be continued", and went straight switched to the credits!
Where's the conclusion? I'm out here hanging in the wind! Half the audience was booing...
Argggg!
[/minor spoilers , but I think it's fair to warn people about the ending to this movie so they're not dissapointed]
"Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
True, it wasn't much like the first one....But is that so bad? Wasn't it still a good movie? Besides, it has to be a hacker movie, because the Wachowski bros. don't know a sex scene from their asses!
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...is that the evil computers are running Unix?! :)
If Google really cared they would fix Android Chrome to reflow text, instead of discriminating
Quoting the review:
I summed it up by comparing it to Highlander 2, the worst sci-fi movie of all time.
If he thinks Higlander is sci-fi, he seriusly should stop writing reviews..
This reminds me of the time I was walking down the street, just minding my own business, when some nicely dressed gentlemen on bicycles were going around passing out Morman religious materials. Since I am proud of my religion, I find it somewhat offensive when these guys come up and offer theirs. They always like to ask questions, too. So these two guys come up and ask me if I'd like a Bible. (At least they cut to the chase this time.) Holding up my arms as if presenting a new reality, I say, "This... is the construct." The guys were like, uh, let's get out of here!!! On another occasion, I said, "Do you hear that?" (Hear what?) "That is the sound of inevitability."
that a ceratin scene in zion where lots of skin is shown along with partying was completely uncessary and detrcted form the theme of the movie?
Ah, I suspect you missed the point. I, like many others, watched the scene turn into a rave -boring after about fifteen seconds. Once I realized they were going to play the entire dance track however, it was the perfect opportunity to deal with the cause/effect of a couple pints before the movie.... LOTR was not near as forward thinking.
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So rape is now a celebration of the human spirit? You sick fuck.
Did anyone else think 'Ghostbusters' when they started talking about the Keymaker?
"Are you the gatekeeper?"
"I am the Keymaster!"
Shut up, asshole. She wants me.
...mium is the 60th element.
Programs personified, it's been done, But never as well.
This movie achived everything it set out to accomplish and a few hundred million dollars more.
It took a real world war to end the airplane's patent wars. - Fâché Rouge -
Everything from the first movie is a lie.
Neo is a program, not human.
Nobody ever left the matrix.
We no longer know what the matrix really is.
There's this 'architech' guy who really runs the whole show.
For all we know, the matrix is really just a video game. At the end of Revolutions we might see some kid pop a disk out of his computer and say "I'm bored of this game." That'd be funny.
OK, now imagine yourself some silly CG fight scenes. Oooohh.. Ahhhh.. OK, now save your $8.50 and donate it to the EFF instead of the MPAA. Isn't our *real world* technological freedom more important than some silly hollywood movie? Don't be hypocrites, folks. Don't support these guys.
And no, I didn't personally go see Reloaded.
Although not an intellectually stunning scene, or packed full of action etc, the scene fit in great. It was simply laying down the foundation for the program control, and specifically, how everything has a cause and effect =) Besides, it gives us programmers something to strive for. I doubt there are any software packages out there that can do that!
The Matrix Reloaded: Accurate computing, Carre-Anne Moss almost nude.
Swordfish: Laughable computing, Halle Berry topless.
Winner and still champion: Swordfish
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The architect sounding like a lawyer reading a EULA.
Switching to Runlevel: 6
Way to go script wrtiers. Life the script from B2:EB and blend it with the first Matrix movie and bam. You've got Matrix Reloaded.
Notice how they do not use the number 2 or the words Electric Boogaloo in the title of the movie. They are obviously trying to conseal the true roots of Reloaded.
Meh
Was I the only person who noticed that the implication of the Architect's speech is that Neo is not The One... ...he's Number Six?
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Heh, yeah I do - another realistic computer scene from Hollywood
uh... when was the last time a hot chick with super powers dropped a motorcycle on your server room?
If you mod me down the terrorists will have won
uh... when was the last time a hot chick with super powers dropped a motorcycle on your server room?
Oh, about a month ago. I was going to ask for her url, but didn't have the guts since I'm a geek.
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
No, I can not remember the name of the other guy on the other table.
No, I don't know why he was cutting himself with a knife, and stalking Neo in Zion.
No, I don't know why the Source building was wired to blow up.
No, I don't know why the dance (was in no way an orgy) sequence was even filmed. But I do know why it went on so long. Because it cost so much to film.
No, I don't know why the keymaker made keys.
No, I don't know why the french guy has been arround for 6 iterations. I guess he just likes hot babes.
Yes, I do know why the hot babe brunette sequence went on so long. That is one hot babe.
No, I don't remember the name of the pilot of the ship.
Yes, the highway sequence is woth the price of the ticket.
No, I can't understand how anyone would find the basis for a significant philisophical discussion in this silly movie.
The Architect also said that the previous 5 Ones only had a "general" connection to the matrix and humanity, but that this One was different because he had a specific Love (Trinity).
You know what they say: A One that isn't cold is scarcely a One at all.
-If
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> what if neo is statically linked?
.dll action (Dynamic Link Laying) going on with Trinity.
Can't be. There was some
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