Keanu Reeves saves Matrix films

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-01-28 10:10pm

http://www.comingsoon.net/cgi-bin/archi ... 5142,27419,

What do you think?

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2003-01-28 10:15pm

Keanu is a great guy, but I really don't think he would have bothered. The interest in these two films are enormous, I find it hard that it won't make a profit, and he might have been duped by the producers. But here is a thougt, production in Sydney has wrapped up ages ago... Is this a fake?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-01-28 10:16pm

I don't really care about the Matrix films (actually, yes I do: they piss me off), but from a cinemaphile standpoint, this is good news.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-01-28 10:18pm

1. Good and bad. Good that there are so many cool special effects, hopefully. Bad that they are worried about how the movie will do. Though it may just be that the money for the FX is just really really high, not that the movie may not do well.

2. Cool how Keanu actually cares enough about the films to give up his own money to get them made.

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2003-01-28 10:20pm

Keanu is the man, I have a cousin who works in the arts industry, and a lot of her friends are working in Sydney. At the end of shooting, Keanu splashe $70, 000 (AUS) on a party for the cast and crew. The dude is da bomb!

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-01-28 10:22pm

I must say that I'm glad the Matrix series will be continued.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-01-28 10:24pm

Crown wrote:Keanu is a great guy, but I really don't think he would have bothered. The interest in these two films are enormous, I find it hard that it won't make a profit, and he might have been duped by the producers. But here is a thougt, production in Sydney has wrapped up ages ago... Is this a fake?

Seems odd that the movies would be in real danger if he didn't do it. One wonders how much money has already been spent. There is a point where releasing it and losing money actually makes you lose less money overall than just scrapping them.

Temjin · Post by **Temjin** » 2003-01-28 10:24pm

I'm finding that article very hard to believe. Producers are worried they won't break even on the new Matrix movie?

I know producers might not be the brightest bunch on the planet, but they aren't that stupid.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-01-28 10:28pm

It might be because they decided to do Matrix:Reloaded and Revolutions at the same time (or one directly after the other, I dunno), instead of making one, letting it cash in at the box office, then making the others, like any normal guy should have done.

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2003-01-28 10:28pm

neoolong wrote:Seems odd that the movies would be in real danger if he didn't do it. One wonders how much money has already been spent. There is a point where releasing it and losing money actually makes you lose less money overall than just scrapping them.

$38 million does not seem like a bid difference between make or break, that would easily be opening night takings...

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-01-28 10:30pm

This was reported on IMDb yesterday. I don't really doubt it's authenticity.

http://us.imdb.com/PeopleNews/2003/20030128.html#9

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-01-28 10:31pm

Darth Garden Gnome wrote:It might be because they decided to do Matrix:Reloaded and Revolutions at the same time (or one directly after the other, I dunno), instead of making one, letting it cash in at the box office, then making the others, like any normal guy should have done.

Lord of the Rings ring a bell?

You don't have to pay as much to get people to work concurrently on two movies and you will be assured that you have the same crew.

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2003-01-28 10:34pm

I reckon that Keanu was taken in for a ride... Either that or he is being paid sooooo much that $38 million is comparitavely nothing

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-01-28 11:18pm

YOu know what the best special effect in The Matrix was?

Making it look like Keanu Reeves can read...

seriously, he isn't worth the money

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-01-28 11:21pm

Crown wrote:
neoolong wrote:Seems odd that the movies would be in real danger if he didn't do it. One wonders how much money has already been spent. There is a point where releasing it and losing money actually makes you lose less money overall than just scrapping them.
$38 million does not seem like a bid difference between make or break, that would easily be opening night takings...

True, which is why it seemed odd.

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2003-01-28 11:22pm

I saw the trailer during the super bowl. I wasn't impressed. It looked like a repeat of the first movie.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-01-28 11:24pm

Is this story legit? It smells bogus to me.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-01-28 11:24pm

Kelly Antilles wrote:I saw the trailer during the super bowl. I wasn't impressed. It looked like a repeat of the first movie.

Yeah, but Oooh, look! Now they have swords!!

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-01-28 11:25pm

Kelly Antilles wrote:I saw the trailer during the super bowl. I wasn't impressed. It looked like a repeat of the first movie.

B....B...But....But it was....20 friggin Agent Smiths! And Neo kicked their asses with a pole! Tell me thatisn'tcool!

Anyways, I was never into the Matrix for its story (its hardly engrossing in adn of itself), nor the atrocious acting, thank slargley in part to our friend Keeanu Reeves. I was in it for the guns. Lots of guns.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-01-28 11:25pm

Really? I thought the amount of guns made it a little boring and laughable at times.

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2003-01-28 11:29pm

Darth Garden Gnome wrote:
Kelly Antilles wrote:I saw the trailer during the super bowl. I wasn't impressed. It looked like a repeat of the first movie.
B....B...But....But it was....20 friggin Agent Smiths! And Neo kicked their asses with a pole! Tell me thatisn'tcool!

It's been done since then.... over and over and over again. I'm getting tired of that special effects.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-01-28 11:29pm

The Matrix is all about trying to be really cool. I was never that big a fan of the first one, so I don't see why I would be excited about the second one. It's a market research ploy.

Oooh, we need some fantasy, right? OK, let's have some "chosen one" prophecy bullshit in there. As if it's about magic, like Mortal Kombat or Star Wars. And ooh ooh, we need to get all the little wankers, right? So let's make sure we've got a woman in tight black leather. And ooh! Ooh! We need cool music, so we'll slap some grinding tunes wherever we can. And oh boy, we should throw in some really profound dialogue for the snobs, so when Morpheus explains the Matrix to Neo, we'll have him use really literate-sounding dialogue like "the Matrix is the veil that covers your eyes blah blah blah fires scorched the sky yadda yadda yadda" instead of something straightforward like "believe it or not, you're plugged into a virtual reality simulation". And ooooh, we need martial arts! And guns too! So we'll try to concoct a plot device to have both guns and martial arts be critical to our hero!

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-01-28 11:29pm

*Shrugs* Sometimes you've just gotta shut down the noggin, and stare at the movie blankly like a mindless CGI drone that you are.

ANyways, the Hallway Shootout. At least admit, that was damn cool. If only for the part where he opens his trenchcoat.

"Holy shi-!"

BAM!

Good stuff.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-01-28 11:32pm

I would have prefered if they went with psychokenesis, like Tetsuo in Akira. No fucking guns needed when you can make the baddies' heads/bodies burst like watermelons.

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2003-01-28 11:32pm

I defy anyone to state that when they saw the Matrix, that it didn't just blow their mind! I mean looking back on it now (now that everyone else has copied) it doesn't look so cool, but back then it just blew everything out of the water.