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I also find that the lack of money forced the grittiness that was lacking in the second and third movies, and in a lot of high budget movies that attempt "edgin
by ixtli 12y ago
I also find that the lack of money forced the grittiness that was lacking in the second and third movies, and in a lot of high budget movies that attempt "edginess" like that.
- hcarvalhoalves 12y agoIn my opinion the pill scene [1] has everything that made The Matrix unique. The color, lightning, costumes, ambience (rain and thunder outside), surgical use of soundtrack and the dialogue itself. All the elements successfully contribute to give it that comicbook/cyberpunk feel. In contrast, the sequels don't have such simple but striking scenes like that. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te6qG4yn-Ps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te6qG4yn-Ps
- agumonkey 12y agoThe most intense glass of water in movies. A nice hommage to Total Recall too I guess. ps: or not https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_pill_and_blue_pill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_pill_and_blue_pill
- arethuza 12y agoThe 1984 version of 1984 had an intentional "washed out" appearance to reflect the grimness of the world it was showing - apparently done by a bleach bypass done to each print: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four_%28film%29#Production http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four_%28film%29... I suspect Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves did something similar as well - it had quite a distinct look: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_the_Waves http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_the_Waves