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.
Far from fleshing out the universe of THE MATRIX, this cynical, self-indulgent marketing tie-in renders it less coherent. Boasts only a few memorable visual moments, and suffers from a paucity of narrative.
Some of its segments are brilliant and breathtaking examples of animation. Unfortunately, as with the average music CD, for every great track there's usually a "filler" song.
When you see this movie in #6 aghhh! is so frustrating. As a Matrix fan this movie is a MUSTHAVE. How everything started, the Osiris. It's the perfect complement. As the Atari's videogame "Enter the Matrix".
July 8, 2011
Sergio Garcia
Super Reviewer
Actually I prefer this to both of the sequels to The Matrix. It explained all the important questions I had from the original and the fact that it takes all these bizarre forms of animation only made it more visually intriguing. The stories are all really well done and show just about every side to the world known as
the Matrix. I think the Second Renaissance stood out as the best one, just because it was so demented and dark. Hearing about the downfall of man by its own demise is almost scary to watch because it's not all that outlandish.
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