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Wor Gar hates the 90's just because of Kevin Smith.
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New photo from the movie..
For me the 90's are bordered by T2 and The Matrix. Jurassic Park in the middle.
There's some good movies -- like Usual Suspects and Goodfellas -- but other than a fairly short list of these exceptions, the decade is full of mostly forgettable movies that are of their time.
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Wait wut….that’s crazy!
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I bet Brandon Lee would have been the first choice. He would have been my first choice. I could see Tom Cruise as Neo also. Will Smith, no.
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Wow what a dumb career decision
By the time that comes out, the Avatar technology used in Avatar will actually exist, making his sequel irrelevant. Or should I say even more irrelevant lol...
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he defo did us a favour as he would have been awful as Neo
The casting of Keanu was one of the big reasons I had no interest in seeing The Matrix in 1999. Looked silly and was flouting the SFX "bullet time" seen widely in those GAP commercials of the time (supposedly stolen from Wachowskis but didn't know that at the time).
Went to see it anyway... and was truly blown away by how good it was. Instantly became one of my favorite movies of all time.
Same thing happened to me with Die Hard. Not a Willis fan before that, and the trailer looked a bit silly with him jumping around, laughing manically. Just seemed like a cheap Commando rip-off inside a building. It instantly became a Top 10 favorite of mine... and my fav movie of 1988.
Went to see it anyway... and was truly blown away by how good it was. Instantly became one of my favorite movies of all time.
Same thing happened to me with Die Hard. Not a Willis fan before that, and the trailer looked a bit silly with him jumping around, laughing manically. Just seemed like a cheap Commando rip-off inside a building. It instantly became a Top 10 favorite of mine... and my fav movie of 1988.
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He makes a good point though that him accepting may have given us a totally different film. Keanu and Fishburne were both ideal for their respective roles. I like how Smith owns the mistake and emphasizes how terrible Wild Wild West was
I like how Smith owns the mistake and emphasizes how terrible Wild Wild West was
At least he's honest there.
Meantime, Will has been doing bad sci-fi stuff ever since his Matrix mistake.
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At least he's honest there.
Meantime, Will has been doing bad sci-fi stuff ever since his Matrix mistake.
He learned from his initial mistake, and as a result made lots of subsequent mistakes.
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I went to see it with my brother. In 1999, I didn't own a computer and had not seen any footage or any of the marketing for some reason, except the movie poster and maybe some newspaper and magazine ads and photos. So yes, the film blew me away within the first 3 minutes when Trinity does her little jump and the camera spins around. The film could have gone down hill after that, but it got better. The story was actually interesting, good action, innovative special effects, cool costumes, and fight choreography not used in western films, it was like nothing I'd seen before. I do remember comparing it to Terminator because of the AI storyline and the all in black costumes and sunglasses.
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Yep I remember saying terminator rip off in the theater lol
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It was lightning in a bottle. Even the ending rock song when Neo flies away was awesome, and what was the name of the band....Rage Against the Machine. That's just fate. Everything came together perfectly.
That's the director
