- The Matrix (1999)
- The Prestige (2006)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- Into the Wild (2007)
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just came up with this. This is an exclusive for this blog, just popped out of my mind.
I always had favorites but I never did a top 5, usually top 10, maybe 3. This time I took my time and decided by depending on; how significant the movie was in its genre and compared to similar stories, how much of a genius it contains and how much of an emotional impact it had.
These are my favorites. Top 4 are similar in my opinion, not just because of the genre but because of that 'magic' that lies in them. 'T2' is actually in my opinion the most 'normal' out of them, but we are so familiar with it we forget its magic. When it came out it made us aware of topics such as artificial intelligence, machines, etc. Now we're so familiar with it, it doesn't seem that magical to us but if you simply think about the movie or just watch it, you'll remember how magical it is. I know this from experience. I have seen it a few years ago and it was still current, but at the same time magical, authentic, exotic. It is as magical as Prestige's "certain" parts, if you know what I mean.
I always had favorites but I never did a top 5, usually top 10, maybe 3. This time I took my time and decided by depending on; how significant the movie was in its genre and compared to similar stories, how much of a genius it contains and how much of an emotional impact it had.
These are my favorites. Top 4 are similar in my opinion, not just because of the genre but because of that 'magic' that lies in them. 'T2' is actually in my opinion the most 'normal' out of them, but we are so familiar with it we forget its magic. When it came out it made us aware of topics such as artificial intelligence, machines, etc. Now we're so familiar with it, it doesn't seem that magical to us but if you simply think about the movie or just watch it, you'll remember how magical it is. I know this from experience. I have seen it a few years ago and it was still current, but at the same time magical, authentic, exotic. It is as magical as Prestige's "certain" parts, if you know what I mean.
And Into the Wild is just my personal favorite. What
can one say about that one? It is on par with V for Vendetta for me, but I liked
Into the Wild better.
T h e K i n g
It can be seen as a classical hero story, an ordinary man has something extraordinary happen to him. But it is so much more than that. If it had to be, the movie could be defined with the following sentence: 'one-of-a-kind'. Of course, in theory, all the movies are one of a kind, masterpieces; even more. But there is something else in The Matrix than just 'good'. It has a 'style', which is something really hard to achieve. Again, all the movies have some sort of styles, but this style I'm talking about is different. I feel safe to say that all movies except The Matrix, has a style that if applied in real world, ignoring the defiance to the laws of physics, can be seen as 'normal'. Meaning, its depiction wouldn't be so weird, absurd, or anything of sort in the real world. But with The Matrix, exactly this would happen. In The Matrix everyone act 'super-serious'. There're almost no jokes in such a Box-Office action movie.
Not to mention this is one of the fewest blockbuster that had an 'R' rating. This alone says a lot for it. Of course, today's movies aren't to blame for today's misery, at least not in this aspect; Right now Hollywood is trying to survive in blockbuster area, and right now making an R-rated blockbuster would be next to impossible. But that doesn't matter; The Matrix had a single moment, a single shot in an R-rated blockbuster area, in a year as significant as 1999, all the conditions were right and all the stars were aligned, and it took it by becoming known universe's greatest motion picture.
Until visual effects and other filmmaking costs become dirt-cheap by clearing the way of R-rated blockbusters for everyone, it will hold the throne for a long time.
In The Matrix even the characters who aren't agents act like agents. And this is where its success comes from. It is such a world that such a ridiculous thing beats every single moment of the movie in the race of importance, taking the lead and boosting that world to an unreachable state.
All the movies with one word:
The Matrix: Iconic
The Prestige: Itch
2001: A Space Odyssey: Grand
Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Tension
Into the Wild: Emotional
Not to mention this is one of the fewest blockbuster that had an 'R' rating. This alone says a lot for it. Of course, today's movies aren't to blame for today's misery, at least not in this aspect; Right now Hollywood is trying to survive in blockbuster area, and right now making an R-rated blockbuster would be next to impossible. But that doesn't matter; The Matrix had a single moment, a single shot in an R-rated blockbuster area, in a year as significant as 1999, all the conditions were right and all the stars were aligned, and it took it by becoming known universe's greatest motion picture.
Until visual effects and other filmmaking costs become dirt-cheap by clearing the way of R-rated blockbusters for everyone, it will hold the throne for a long time.
In The Matrix even the characters who aren't agents act like agents. And this is where its success comes from. It is such a world that such a ridiculous thing beats every single moment of the movie in the race of importance, taking the lead and boosting that world to an unreachable state.
Not to mention the movie's incredible attention to detail, symbols. The style could more easily be defined as 'iconic'.
The classical visualization of a phone, LCD screens, people who wear
suits, a metro station, a homeless person, sunglasses, hairstyles,
cities, and everything else. Incredible use of music and sound effects
and the color green boosts it even more.
And not only that but the script is like a rose flower with tens of layers. You can never guess what happens next, even if you've seen it a dozen of times.
And you always find something new each time you see it. It is
'hyperactive', you have to see it by using 100% of your brain or you
would be left behind. It isn't just a movie. It is a fully fleshed out
world that will never get old or de-mystified.All the movies with one word:
The Matrix: Iconic
The Prestige: Itch
2001: A Space Odyssey: Grand
Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Tension
Into the Wild: Emotional
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