The Animatrix (2003) Direct-to-Video
The Animatrix is a collection of several animated short films, detailing the backstory of the "Matrix" universe, and the original war between man and machines which led to the creation of the Matrix.
Cast and Information
Directed By: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Shinichirô Watanabe, Peter Chung, Andy Jones
Written By: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Kôji Morimoto, Shinichirô Watanabe
Starring: Tara Strong, Keanu Reeves, Kevin Michael Richardson, Phil LaMarr, Pamela Adlon, Olivia d'Abo, Carrie-Anne Moss, James Arnold Taylor, Terrence 'T.C.' Carson, Hedy Burress, Melinda Clarke, Clayton Watson
Genres: Drama, Sci-fi, Action, Animation
Franchise: The Matrix
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The Animatrix belongs to 25 collections
1. boobs (collaborative: moderated by Pickpocket - 51 stars)
2. Portmanteau or Anthology (collaborative: moderated by djross - 10 stars)
3. Anime (collaborative: moderated by Nanera - 10 stars)
4. Internet/computers (collaborative: moderated by djross - 8 stars)
5. Best by different standards (public: sesito71 - 6 stars)
6. Cyberpunk (collaborative: moderated by PerryStroika - 4 stars)
7. Nostalgia Critic Episodes (collaborative: moderated by KirkJiggler - 4 stars)
8. Wikipedia's list of dystopian films (collaborative: moderated by ND Geek - 4 stars)
9. robots and A.I. (collaborative: moderated by livelove - 3 stars)
10. The Best of Anime (collaborative: moderated by mattornot - 3 stars)
11. Matrix (collaborative: moderated by td888 - 2 stars)
12. cyberpunk and tech-noir (collaborative: moderated by xmoffx - 2 stars)
13. /r/Cyberpunk/wiki/movies (collaborative - 2 stars)
14. Series (public: cankutozturk - 2 stars)
15. Adult Swim (collaborative: moderated by Vesey - 1 star)
16. jj-lib-movies (public: junggle - 1 star)
17. Cult classic SF for my wife (public: Temptershell - 1 star)
18. Blank Check with Griffin & David (public: TychoCelchuu - 1 star)
19. My DVDs (public: Kavu)
20. Mwgerb - Seen but Unrated (public: mwgerb)
21. My Movies (public: Thilerion)
22. Unseen (public: Walser14)
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24. Short films (public: yunahon)
25. Anime Series (public: BurakOzturk)
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doctor7 | 69 50th |
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I think mixed bag describes this perfectly. Some of the short stories are very well animated and are great, others just feel like Matrix filler to make a DVD purchase seem warranted. Worth seeing if you're a fan of The Matrix movie and I think it's better than either sequel.
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Ytadel | 6 70th |
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The highlight, by far, is The Second Renaissance, which is gorgeously animated, dark, exciting, and a great backstory to the Matrix world without robbing it of its fundamental mystery. Sadly, most (but not all) of the rest of the shorts are meandering and pointless and drag the score down. I love how a full third of the shorts have girls aimlessly wandering about in panties (with another fighting in lingerie), because the Japanese are perverts.
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goremeat | 60 43rd |
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Overall a nice tapestry. 'Beyond' was spectacular, and The Renaissance parts were cool also. I liked the Matrix sequels enough - as elaborate video clips for Don Davis' work - not to hate them, but some of the shorts highlighted exactly how weak and empty the whole Matrix trilogy is compared with its influences and ideas.
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| 2 | whomperize | 65 56th |
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A lot better than Revolutions. It's quite interesting, but a little contrived in terms of science-fiction plots.
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Pickpocket | 3 28th |
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Mostly boring and useless. The only ones I liked were the last one and the one with Trinity.
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ozymandius10 | 72 59th |
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If all of the shorts were excellent, then I would've given this a much better score. Unfortunately, only about 3 of them are worth writing home about.
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frederic_g54 | 4 14th |
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It answers some questions, I liked "The Second Renaissance" and the Trinity bit, but I'll probably never revisit this, since the rest was pretty boring. The Wachowski brothers wowed the world with "The Matrix", still the only one in the series that's worth your time. P.S. Why were all the shorts posted on criticker seperately ? WTF ?!
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Gr8Googly | 76 56th |
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So much better than the sequels. Why didn't they do the prequel standout two part story here with the rise of the machines instead of the putrid Revelations. Really artfully done shorts that lend more to the Matrix Universe than any of the crap spewed in Revolutions.
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somnivore | 80 37th |
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Pretty but generally pointless.
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jodamico | 50 8th |
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"The Million Machine March"? Grow up.
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Trooth | 80 82nd |
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Some of these stories are really hit-or-miss, but it's nice seeing different creative interpretations of The Matrix, that whole universe, and the history leading up to the movies. The CGI segment looks really impressive, and there's even a film-noir style animation, but in the Matrix universe. They're not all great, but they're all worth watching.
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fudgieb | 90 70th |
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The last (and 2nd) great Matrix movie. Why couldn't have they just not made Matrix Revolutions and done some more of these?
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| 1 | gurru | 60 26th |
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One third of short stories is worh seeing, the rest not.
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tma1 | 50 29th |
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Mixed bag.
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chow25 | 73 62nd |
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Better than the live action movies, but some of the stories are crappy. Great animation mostly.
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| 1 | easymac742 | 73 46th |
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Nine segments. Some are better than others. Some are *a lot* better than others.
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| 1 | slackerish | 60 40th |
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Pretty damn hit and miss. Sadly, the misses are more prevalent and persistent than the hits.
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| 1 | mikeparasol | 67 33rd |
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About 3 excellent shorts, and the rest are terrible
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| 1 | CrazyDave333 | 60 8th |
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Uneven, but the good parts are really good.
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kenche | 95 98th |
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Execution scenes, abusing the machine's decision making system, human cavies, destruction of machine ambassadors by humans are all impressive. It explains many extra details and shows that the matrix does not consist of only simple action. Superb...
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| 1 | fatbuddha | 70 18th |
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Some shorts were amazing, some were borderline lame.
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Difontaine | 52 18th |
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Highly variable in quality
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| 1 | joshk84 | 8 3rd |
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This was complete junk. It never really explained anything, instead, it made me like the movies even less.
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ktappe | 93 81st |
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A real mixed bag, but mostly excellent.
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INDYATMN | 75 41st |
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Presumably only Matrix fans will watch this (hard to imagine anyone else sitting through it), so... The film does achieve 2 of its main purposes: adding extra, but unnecessary backstory details to the main films &, introducing Matrix fans to anime. Like most anthologies quality of the stories varies & like most anime the pacing is often less brisk than Western action, occasionally wanting the viewer to coo over images over propelling the narrative. Still fans should find something here to enjoy.
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nobamba | 60 61st |
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Rewatch. I remember when this was a big deal when it came out direct to DVD. I'd rate this the 2nd best Matrix feature (I'm not going to rate each one individually). Each of them were interesting in their own way (especially Second Renaissance and A Detective Story), or at least short enough that it wasn't a drag like the sequel films. Why is every woman perfectly-figured in the post-apocalyptic world and wear skimpy underwear? Fav scenes: The Kid chase; ordinariness of looking for a cat.
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| Average Percentile 56.56% from 5298 Ratings |  |