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The Matrix (1999)
Won the Academy Award for editing, sound effects, visual effects, and sound. This film is considered by many to be one of the most significant and influential films to come out of the nineties. Those that are slightly less enthused still hail it as one of the greatest sci-fi action films ever made.
Anyway, it’s a tough argument against it. With a brilliant story and a budget that just won’t quit, this movie didn’t just showcase some of the greatest examples of existing special effects, but pioneered some brand new techniques. There is an effect in the film that freezes or slows down an image and gives the audience a three dimensional view of it.
This effect , known as “bullet time”, was literally invented specifically for this film. But the effects don’t stop there. The film is packed with Japanimation style effects that push physics and reality to their limits.
As far as the plot goes, it’s the story of a man named Thomas Anderson who lives a mundane life as an internet hacker. One day he is contacted by a source referred to as “Trinity” and his life takes on a very interesting turn of events. If you’ve seen the film you’ll understand why it’s difficult to sum up the intricate nature of the story in a short paragraph. If you haven’t seen the film, you really should.
Everyone else has. In fact, this film, and the rest of the franchise, has inspired over a thousand tribute web sites, over a dozen books that dissect the running story and it’s multilayered meanings, and even college courses that study it’s references to religion and multi-culturism. Few films have affected our pop culture as much as The Matrix. . (Written and directed by Andy and Larry Wachowski)
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