The Matrix Scene Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski Writers: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachow...
I don’t know that I’d ever argue it was the “best movie ever made.” But it’s certainly true that seeing it in the theater, at release, felt like a seismic shock. It felt different from other action movies, so much more imaginative, so reflective, so considered. So much of what followed was influenced by it.
Some of my favorite parts are the quiet parts, like this scene. And Fishburne was so very good at the quiet parts. I wish more movies were willing to copy the pacing, the willingness to be slow, sometimes, of the first Matrix movie.
I don’t know that I’d ever argue it was the “best movie ever made.” But it’s certainly true that seeing it in the theater, at release, felt like a seismic shock. It felt different from other action movies, so much more imaginative, so reflective, so considered. So much of what followed was influenced by it.
Some of my favorite parts are the quiet parts, like this scene. And Fishburne was so very good at the quiet parts. I wish more movies were willing to copy the pacing, the willingness to be slow, sometimes, of the first Matrix movie.