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Awix (3310 KP) rated The Matrix (1999) in Movies

Jul 14, 2019 (Updated Aug 11, 2019)  
The Matrix (1999)
The Matrix (1999)
1999 | Action, Sci-Fi
Age shall not diminish, nor dubious sequels reduce the magic of the Wachowskis' visionary blend of philosophical SF and hyperkinetic martial arts action. Arguably the origin of the current superhero movie, as uncertain hero Neo undergoes the conceptual breakthrough to end all conceptual breakthroughs, learns to access his inner potential, and discovers that black never goes out of fashion.

The script is still a marvel of economy and wit, the ideas underpinning it fascinating, and the action sequences, when they arrive, are phenomenal. Obviously a film of its time (the pseudo-1999 setting now feels a little quaint), but absolutely timeless in the way the very best films are. One of those movies it is almost impossible to change without making it worse.
  
Daredevil (2003)
Daredevil (2003)
2003 | Action, Sci-Fi
pre-MCU much-derided superhero movie, with a pre-Batfleck Ben Affleck miscast as the titular (and blind) Daredevil, vigilante by night and lawyer by day, alongside an equally miscast Jennifer Garner as Elextra Nachios.

Colin Farrell, however, chews the scenery as Bullseye whilst Michael Clarke Duncan does make an imposing Kingpin, and some of the fight scenes (particularly in the directors cut) are effectively brutal - talking of which, if you must, the Directors Cut is the one to watch - whilst a pre-MCU Jon Favreau again effectively plays the sidekick ('Foggy' Nelson instead of - in the MCU - 'Happy' Hogan).

Charlie Cox, however, is a much better fit for the role and, indeed, stars in a much better series than this movie is.
  
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Blazing Minds (92 KP) rated Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) in Movies

Nov 1, 2021 (Updated Nov 3, 2021)  
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
2018 | Action, Sci-Fi
Ant-Man and the Wasp bring us two years after Ant-Man helped the Avengers and before Infinity War, Scott (Paul Rudd) is now under house arrest and is struggling to start a new business with Luis (Michael Peña) and juggle life as a superhero and loving father.

Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) and Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) have a new mission for Scott after he has visions of Hank’s wife, the original Wasp (Michelle Pfeiffer). But on this mission, there is more to just trying to save Hank’s wife, a “Ghost” (Hannah John-Kamen) is also trying to get the technology that Ant-Man and the Wasp are also after, plus the FBI and Sonny Burch (Walton Goggins).