If you're not into movies, move along, citizen.
So I popped my old The Matrix (yes, the original) DVD into the player the other day and watched it. It's funny, but when it came out, it was a bombastic, loud, fast-paced gonzo special effects bonanza Hollywood explosion-fest. In other words, the usual Hollywood fare, though due to it's groundbreaking special effects and profound plot, better than many.
But by today's standards, it's a slower-paced, somewhat more staid movie. And to tell the truth, I like it that way. Movies these days are just waaaay too fast, too loud. And maybe that's why The Matrix just seems like such a different movie to me now, and a batter one at that. That's one thing I like about Hollywood movies of the seventies; they just don't seem so damn rushed, the actors not driven so hard as they are today. That comparatively slower pace just makes for a more meaningful, digestible movie that you don't have to watch three frigging times to notice the details and subtleties of. Any thoughts on this, or movies that you'd say you noticed the same thing with which are, say, ten years old or older? PS: The Matrix, has truly stood the test of time, is just as relevant today as it was when it came out, raises just as many profound questions about cyberspace as it did then, and is, in my opinion, therefore a sci-fi classic.
So I popped my old The Matrix (yes, the original) DVD into the player the other day and watched it. It's funny, but when it came out, it was a bombastic, loud, fast-paced gonzo special effects bonanza Hollywood explosion-fest. In other words, the usual Hollywood fare, though due to it's groundbreaking special effects and profound plot, better than many.
But by today's standards, it's a slower-paced, somewhat more staid movie. And to tell the truth, I like it that way. Movies these days are just waaaay too fast, too loud. And maybe that's why The Matrix just seems like such a different movie to me now, and a batter one at that. That's one thing I like about Hollywood movies of the seventies; they just don't seem so damn rushed, the actors not driven so hard as they are today. That comparatively slower pace just makes for a more meaningful, digestible movie that you don't have to watch three frigging times to notice the details and subtleties of. Any thoughts on this, or movies that you'd say you noticed the same thing with which are, say, ten years old or older? PS: The Matrix, has truly stood the test of time, is just as relevant today as it was when it came out, raises just as many profound questions about cyberspace as it did then, and is, in my opinion, therefore a sci-fi classic.
