Ultimate Matrix Collection

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Anyone getting this? I own all the movies individually already so I don't know if its worth spending another 60 bucks to get the same movies (with a little better picture) and a few bonus discs. I hope frys will sell this for cheap like they did with the Star Wars Trilogy on the 1st day.
 
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Have no interest in the neo-bust version, but I specifically held off on buying the movies individually because I knew a set like this would come out sooner or later. So yea, I'm gonna pick it up, but probably after the holidays.
 
I think I'll get it for $53.89 from DDD, but I will wait. I'm willing to wait until 20% in July or need be, next November. I'd feel it justifiable if I got 20% off and a few bucks back from trading in The Matrix, Animatrix, Reloaded, and The Matrix: Revisted
 
I'll probably get it from DDD eventually as well. I don't own any of them on DVD. I should as the Matrix was partially filmed here in my town. They have a studio over at the old Naval base here. A cool little tidbit: the school in the Animatrix is modeled after the high school I went to.
 
I passed....I thought the Matrix was ok...but not GREAT. I may rent the 1st disc from the set so I can see how the new transfer is with the GREEN tint added
 
The more I think about it the more pissed I get - why did they have to kill the franchise with 2 crappy sequels?
 
I liked the sequels. I was not disappointed at all, i thought the movies were the next progression in the philosophical thought going on int he films. overall, to me, it was a great trilogy.

but i'm not spending 60 bucks on the shit!
 
[quote name='javeryh']The more I think about it the more pissed I get - why did they have to kill the franchise with 2 crappy sequels?[/quote]

2 sides to this argument:

A) The ignorant mass who disliked the movies for there inclusion of "big words" and "plot", also the plot wasn't completly spelled out for us, forcing us to think.

B) The small percentage of us who "got" the movies, and enjoyed them. We discovered something that will take others decades to get, IE the Star Wars Trilogy, Scarface, etc, etc.

Congradulations, you're a proud member of group A, here's your prize: :dunce:
 
[quote name='-Never4ever-'][quote name='javeryh']The more I think about it the more pissed I get - why did they have to kill the franchise with 2 crappy sequels?[/quote]

2 sides to this argument:

A) The ignorant mass who disliked the movies for there inclusion of "big words" and "plot", also the plot wasn't completly spelled out for us, forcing us to think.

B) The small percentage of us who "got" the movies, and enjoyed them. We discovered something that will take others decades to get, IE the Star Wars Trilogy, Scarface, etc, etc.

Congradulations, you're a proud member of group A, here's your prize: :dunce:[/quote]

No if your made happy by a quality movie with terrible sequels it's not going to take decades to get another one, oh and you forogt the Batman series, Jurrasic Park and probably a whole score of other good moives with coke written sequels.

And I don't really recall any big words or plot in the second and third movies, just a whole lot of fighting an some cheesy dialog.

But have fun up there on your soap box with your off color triforce and you $80 DVD collection, now with Neo Bust. WHOOOOOT!
 
[quote name='rockhero']So with ten discs they will have enough room to include the good versions of Reloaded and Revolutions, right?[/quote]
:rofl:

If by good you mean extra scenes of the same old repeptive BS then yes.
 
[quote name='Masterkyo']Next DDD 20% sale is JUNE, 2005 (Summer) :)[/quote]

Did you read this somewhere or just guessing?
 
[quote name='sblymnlcrymnl']I'll get the normal one just for the commentaries on the first movie.[/quote]

and now I see why you are constantly selling stuff off on this site. :lol:
 
[quote name='-Never4ever-'][quote name='javeryh']The more I think about it the more pissed I get - why did they have to kill the franchise with 2 crappy sequels?[/quote]

2 sides to this argument:

A) The ignorant mass who disliked the movies for there inclusion of "big words" and "plot", also the plot wasn't completly spelled out for us, forcing us to think.

B) The small percentage of us who "got" the movies, and enjoyed them. We discovered something that will take others decades to get, IE the Star Wars Trilogy, Scarface, etc, etc.

Congradulations, you're a proud member of group A, here's your prize: :dunce:[/quote]

Or group C: who did understand the movies and still didn't like them as much as the first.
I'm a C....
 
[quote name='pfunkpearl'][quote name='-Never4ever-'][quote name='javeryh']The more I think about it the more pissed I get - why did they have to kill the franchise with 2 crappy sequels?[/quote]

2 sides to this argument:

A) The ignorant mass who disliked the movies for there inclusion of "big words" and "plot", also the plot wasn't completly spelled out for us, forcing us to think.

B) The small percentage of us who "got" the movies, and enjoyed them. We discovered something that will take others decades to get, IE the Star Wars Trilogy, Scarface, etc, etc.

Congradulations, you're a proud member of group A, here's your prize: :dunce:[/quote]

Or group C: who did understand the movies and still didn't like them as much as the first.
I'm a C....[/quote]

Yep, I'm in C as well..I LOVE parts 1 and 2, which did carry on the philosophy of the series and made things more interesting...and then the 3rd one hits and the Wachowskis shit on your head and laugh at you as they become billionaires. The 3rd one was definitely dummbed down.
All the symbolism and religious allusions in the 1st and 2nd were merely implied or were subtle...but in the third, it was so blatantly screamed out at you that I dont know who WOULDN"T get them...I felt really patronized as I walked out of the theatres....
 
Grabbed mine today at BestBuy for $42.39, before tax, with the Madden 2005 coupon (20% off).

The way I see it is I wound up spending about $10 for each of the movies in the trilogy, $10 for the animatrix, and a couple bucks for the tons of extras included with this edition, all in a nice collector's case.

As for the set itself; there are five individual sleeves within the set. The first three sleeves contain The Matrix, Reloaded, and Revolutions respectively. Each sleeve contains the Revisted disc for each film. The fourth sleeve contains the Animatrix by itself. The fifth sleeve includes three discs of unique extras; Roots of the Matrix, Burly Man Chronicles, and The Zion Archive. The sleeves are decorated with concept art and film stills, which are kept inside a larger cardboard sleeve with the famous matrix code reflecting on the outside.

All in all, it's a very attractive and expansive set for a fan of the films.
 
[quote name='pfunkpearl']
Or group C: who did understand the movies and still didn't like them as much as the first.
I'm a C....[/quote]

Nice try, but alas, no group C. However you can cope out using the pussy method, aka "I-didn't-like-teh-sequels-that's-my-opinion-and-it's-not-wrong-so-there." method. Yeah its not wrong, but it's far from right.
 
I'm passing on this boxset for several reasons.

A) Already own the bulk majority of it.

B) No shaq-fuing rebates/discounts/etc for people who shelled out the money for these already. Keep in mind I paid about $25 for "The Matrix" the week it came out on DVD mind you a long time ago in the dark days of DVD.

And..

C) No DTS.

So shaq-fu to them.
 
So as anybody watched the Constantine Dvd preview that came with the set??

It is definitely not a reason to buy the set but it has some cool shots in it. But it seriously reminds me of The Matrix and The Devil's Advocate rolled into one movie.
 
I will be waiting for the next DDD.com sale before I pick this one up. ;)

Even if I already own two of the three movies, all the bonuses are worth it to me.
 
Sorry, but there definitely is a "C" group here. I understood the movies and could appreciate what they were conveying, but I just don't think the movies are worth buying, nor are they worth watching again. A lot of movies aren't, so don't take it personally if you're a huge Matrix fan.

It's just my preference -- nothing to be insulting about.
 
[quote name='the_gloaming']Sorry, but there definitely is a "C" group here. I understood the movies and could appreciate what they were conveying, but I just don't think the movies are worth buying, nor are they worth watching again. A lot of movies aren't, so don't take it personally if you're a huge Matrix fan.

It's just my preference -- nothing to be insulting about.[/quote]

"Preference" is just another word for "opinion"

That's the "pussy" method :) Not really a group to it's own, but rather a subsidiary, a sub-class.
 
I already own the Animatrix, the Matrix, and Reloaded (the story sucked, but the action sequences were pretty good...until Neo ran away like a pussy every time)
 
[quote name='-Never4ever-'][quote name='pfunkpearl']
Or group C: who did understand the movies and still didn't like them as much as the first.
I'm a C....[/quote]

Nice try, but alas, no group C. However you can cope out using the pussy method, aka "I-didn't-like-teh-sequels-that's-my-opinion-and-it's-not-wrong-so-there." method. Yeah its not wrong, but it's far from right.[/quote]

Do you even know what philosphy is? Because, if you did, you wouldn't have been too entertained by Reloaded or Revolutions. Plato and Aristotle are probably rolling around in their graves somewhere.

I think you're in the group of "teh matrix is teh r0x0rz so all teh moviez r da bestest evar". Because Matrix 1 was good doesn't mean that 2 or 3 were even remotely decent. In Reloaded, there was some good action, but it was still pretty boring, plotwise. It was light being beaten over the head with a watered down 2nd grade version of Plato's metaphysics.

You can think I'm wrong, but that would make you far from right. You don't have to like the movies to "get" them - after the first movie, the plots were more shallow than a puddle.
 
[quote name='-Never4ever-'][quote name='pfunkpearl']
Or group C: who did understand the movies and still didn't like them as much as the first.
I'm a C....[/quote]

Nice try, but alas, no group C. However you can cope out using the pussy method, aka "I-didn't-like-teh-sequels-that's-my-opinion-and-it's-not-wrong-so-there." method. Yeah its not wrong, but it's far from right.[/quote]

You're just retarded.
 
[quote name='pfunkpearl'][quote name='-Never4ever-'][quote name='javeryh']The more I think about it the more pissed I get - why did they have to kill the franchise with 2 crappy sequels?[/quote]

2 sides to this argument:

A) The ignorant mass who disliked the movies for there inclusion of "big words" and "plot", also the plot wasn't completly spelled out for us, forcing us to think.

B) The small percentage of us who "got" the movies, and enjoyed them. We discovered something that will take others decades to get, IE the Star Wars Trilogy, Scarface, etc, etc.

Congradulations, you're a proud member of group A, here's your prize: :dunce:[/quote]

Or group C: who did understand the movies and still didn't like them as much as the first.
I'm a C....[/quote]

I guess I am a partial C. When you think of the religious implications of the movies (Neo/The One/ Jesus/ Died for our sins or so that others may live, etc) the movies make a lot more sense. The action of the 2nd movie (chase) was worth the price of admission to me. I also thought it was funny to see Roy Jones Jr as a freeedom fighter and Cornell West as a member of the council.
 
My only problem with reloaded and revolutions is that they included some extra stuff that didn't need to be there almost as if they were purposely dragging them out to make 2 movies out of 1. I liked some of the philosophical aspects and the action was just amazing, come on, the freeway chase alone is worth the whole trilogy. Overall I thought they were decent, not awesome and not awful, but definetly at least worth seeing.
 
most people who dislike the matrix sequels just were not given what they expected. i am in that group BUT I still enjoyed them quite a bit....
 
I noticed the people who hate Matrix Reloaded (I won't ty to defend Revolutions), tend to also hate movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey and think old movies are boring.

Matrix Reloaded dares to go at a pace that the older movies did. So I'm sorry to hear that people wanted more "action" and less talk. Not all movies have to have action every 5 minutes to be considered a good time at the movies.
 
[quote name='Odibil']Grabbed mine today at BestBuy for $42.39, before tax, with the Madden 2005 coupon (20% off).

The way I see it is I wound up spending about $10 for each of the movies in the trilogy, $10 for the animatrix, and a couple bucks for the tons of extras included with this edition, all in a nice collector's case.

As for the set itself; there are five individual sleeves within the set. The first three sleeves contain The Matrix, Reloaded, and Revolutions respectively. Each sleeve contains the Revisted disc for each film. The fourth sleeve contains the Animatrix by itself. The fifth sleeve includes three discs of unique extras; Roots of the Matrix, Burly Man Chronicles, and The Zion Archive. The sleeves are decorated with concept art and film stills, which are kept inside a larger cardboard sleeve with the famous matrix code reflecting on the outside.

All in all, it's a very attractive and expansive set for a fan of the films.[/quote]

Sleeves? As in...cardboard or paper sleeves? Please clarify.
 
I enjoyed and understood all 3 of the movies, and own them as well. I also own the Animatrix, Matrix Revisisted, and Enter the Matrix... so unless this set drops to $25 or so, I don't need it.
 
[quote name='Requiem']I noticed the people who hate Matrix Reloaded (I won't ty to defend Revolutions), tend to also hate movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey and think old movies are boring.[/quote]

No way should ANYONE put one of the greatest movies ever made in the same sentence as a B-rate action film. That's beyond insulting to the many man years that got put into making "2001" and the awesomness of the film in general. :x

Excuse me while I go off to watch my new shiney 40th Anniversary edition of "Dr. Strangelove" that I just bought today. :D
 
[quote name='Requiem']I noticed the people who hate Matrix Reloaded (I won't ty to defend Revolutions), tend to also hate movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey and think old movies are boring.

Matrix Reloaded dares to go at a pace that the older movies did. So I'm sorry to hear that people wanted more "action" and less talk. Not all movies have to have action every 5 minutes to be considered a good time at the movies.[/quote]

Stanley Kubrick was a god among filmmakers. 2001, Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket, The Shining...some of the greatest movies ever made.

You comparison is not valid. 2001 went at a SNAILS pace, but was phenomenal. Reloaded went faster than the original (which I felt had some slow parts, but was well paced as a whole) but it had no substance to it. The pacing was fine, but the story was shitty.

I didn't want less talk, I wanted more talk, just more interesting talk. The action was good in Reloaded, but there wasn't much more than generic action that had no end point.
 
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