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View Poll Results: Dark City vs The Matrix
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Old 11-25-2009, 06:40 PM   #1
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Default Dark City vs The Matrix (revisited)

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=236037


I flipped past The Matrix today and realized it was ten years old. I think it's aged decently for a Sci-Fi film but it's two less then great sequels have dented it's appeal.

Seemed like an excuse to revisit a question I put to OT many news cycles ago.

So which is the better movie, Dark City or The Matrix?



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Old 11-25-2009, 06:46 PM   #2
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I think they are both really good. Matrix definitely has more viewers out there, wins popularity vote i am sure.
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Old 11-25-2009, 06:50 PM   #3
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Old 11-25-2009, 06:51 PM   #4
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They really, really, really should not have made those sequels.
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Old 11-25-2009, 06:51 PM   #5
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They are both good movies but I've always like The Matrix a bit better.
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Old 11-25-2009, 06:53 PM   #6
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The Matrix = visually cooler and more 'wow/woah'

Dark City = a better story and better directed movie
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Old 11-25-2009, 06:55 PM   #7
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Matrix >> Dark City.

I thought The Matrix was extremely unique at the time and well done, except for the stupid human being = battery, violation of thermodynamics bs.

Dark City I thought was a terrible terrible movie. I couldn't help but make fun of it the whole way through. It would have made a better Broadway play where it's extremely low budget set design and cliche' dialogue would have been seen as cutting edge (or something).
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Old 11-25-2009, 06:55 PM   #8
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The Matrix = visually cooler and more 'wow/woah'

Dark City = a better story and better directed movie
This, +1
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Old 11-25-2009, 07:00 PM   #9
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Dark city was one of the worst films ive ever seen AND it was the only film Ive ever actually walked out of a theater because of.
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Old 11-25-2009, 07:00 PM   #10
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Last time I saw Dark City was in the theater, maybe I should rent it.
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Old 11-25-2009, 07:05 PM   #11
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Dark city was one of the worst films ive ever seen AND it was the only film Ive ever actually walked out of a theater because of.
You're not the only one, a lot of ppl who dislike thinking really hated this movie.
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Last time I saw Dark City was in the theater, maybe I should rent it.
Don't bother. Love it or hate it The Matrix is an iconic movie, the harbinger of a new generation of special effects. Dark City is a sad joke in comparison, I'd send you the copy I mistakenly bought but I think I tossed it.
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You're not the only one, a lot of ppl who dislike thinking really hated this movie.
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Old 11-25-2009, 07:13 PM   #14
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I'm a fan of both. Dark City has 'problems' that the presentation can't cover up well.

Matrix has either fewer problems, or I just don't notice them due to the style/presentation.
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the harbinger of a new generation of special effects.
You mean that freeze-pan-around thing? Not sure that's something to be proud about..besides I think U2 used it first in a video.
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Sorry if The Matrix Effect doesn't float your boat. I actually do prefer the Dark City Effect myself, oh wait...
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Sorry if The Matrix Effect doesn't float your boat. I actually do prefer the Dark City Effect myself, oh wait...
special effects in general dont do much for me.


The super-slow motion gunfights are fun but by the time you reach the third movie and one starts all you can think of is, "how long until the movie speeds up again?"

In defense of Dark City it did have a wavy thought fight between two floating guys and an oscar wining actor floating into deep space.

Sadly there's way too much Keifer...
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Old 11-25-2009, 07:27 PM   #18
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No I'm just being a smartass, obviously two very different Effects budgets going on. I just thought DC was too cheesy as a whole. It had potential but was very flawed IMO.
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I like the matrix. Can't even remember watching dark city though.
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Old 11-25-2009, 07:52 PM   #20
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Matrix.

One of my favorites of all time.
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Matrix: Reloaded
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You mean that freeze-pan-around thing? Not sure that's something to be proud about..besides I think U2 used it first in a video.
Nope it was actually used first in mainstream media in the GAP swing dance videos, I remember when they first came out on tv and went 'woah'

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Ah okay. I knew I had seen it somewhere before the Matrix.
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i hated dark city's story. the setting and the city itself looked cool but the ending was rediculous. maybe i didn't like it because i saw Brazil a year or two before that.
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It's too bad they made Matrix Reloaded and Matrix ReRe Loaded.
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