the star wars effect

Rating: 10/10 (25 September 2002)

what do you get when you mix a captivating, fateful sci-fi plot, classy actors and the competent use of state-of-the-art computer fx? high end entertainment like "star wars", of course, 25 years ago. or "the time machine", more than 40 years back from now. but every generation of science fiction produces a new, unrivalled spearhead.
this time it's "matrix", that shook my perception like only "star wars" did before. far more mental and gothic than any other major sci-fi production, matrix brings back faith- and faceless paranoia to a washy, starving mainstream.
cinematic future had almost drowned in a flood of predictable "bash-the banshee" plots, filled with boring, ray-gun toting steroidtypes, ready to fight some butt-ugly, hostile "lifeform". culmination took place in paul verhoeven's "starship troopers", which artfully got subsequently characterized a parody on the genre to avoid unintended laughter.
forget about all that dullhalla, "matrix" rules the brainwaves from now on. a fat 10/10.