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markjrubin

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<< just because I want to watch Berry's o-o s. >>



I think you answered your own question.


The movie is nothing great though...
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Average run of the mill movie. Nice things blowing up, good uhhh, scenery, but horrible usage of hacker stuff. Who the hell designs a 3d environment to hack in (ala Hackers?). At least the matrix got it right by neo using unix.


Mark
 

ThaGrandCow

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I thought the movie was great... Think about what the director had to work with (Mr. Battfield Earth himself)

Movie had some incredible effects, probably the only time other than the matrix where the bullet time scene actually looked good.

Halle Berry was ok, but not worth renting if all you want to do is see her. As a whole though, I thought it was definitely worth my movie ticket and then also the DVD when it came out.

Definitely worth renting
 

tigerbait

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to those people interested in just Halle, you can find the video clip on Morpheus

I liked the movie, I'd say rent it, especially if you have a nice DD 5.1 setup.
 

cappsa

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<< The movie is worth is just for the one scene where he's in the bar and this woman is going down on him, there is a gun to his head, and he has a minute to hack something.
Naah that's not pressure, really. :p
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Exactly. That made the movie for me. I'm going to pick this one up to own on DVD eventually.
 

ttn1

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<< what IS the alternate ending ?? >>



You'll have to rent it and see.

Although, I will say that it is either the good or the bad guys winning...

Of course the cool thing about the plot is that the line between good and bad is very blurry.
 

HamSupLo

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It's a great fantasy movie for geeks. In their world, geeks look like Hugh Jackman, wear designer clothes, get sucked by hot blondes, go to hollywood parties, and get $10 million.
 

xero940

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Well...the plot was weird and seemingly convoluted, but it was very action packed and filled with some cool stuff I'll not soon forger...oh, and Halle's rack is in it :D

Fap-tacular indeed :) Rent it...
 

tigerbait

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I don't know much about security and hacking, but are the things Hugh Jackman did in that movie possible?
 

777joee

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<< The Blonde that er, "pressured", Jackman to crack the PC code in a minute was better looking than Berry. >>



Tap Tap


You are soooooooooooo right there. :D


But it is still worth renting.
 

DoubleN

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I really liked the movie...saw it twice in fact ;-) Some of my friends I dragged to the second movie didn't enjoy it too much, but they were complaning about how it was unrealistic for the guy to be coding using a virtual 3D environment...LMAO
 

HelloBrother

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Why don't you also tell me other nice films with nicer racks. I got 6 free rentals from a local video store.
 

TapTap

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<< Hellobrother: >>


Try Dracula 2000. Jeri Ryan (7of9--StarTrek) is in that one, as is Jennifer Esposito.
Movie is just lukewarm, the idea they had could have worked good though-- if they pushed it harder.
 

steelnewfie

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For the first 5 min of Travolta talking, and Hally's schmeebes....oh yes....
Apparently she's going to be the first Bond girl..........neeeekedddd..... woo hoo !