The Ultimate Matrix Collection [7 Discs]The Ultimate Matrix Collection [7 Discs]

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  • Aspect Ratio:
    Widescreen
  • Rating:
     R — for sci-fi violence and brief language
  • Language:
      Eng
  • Studio:
      Warner Home Video
  • UPC:
      085391167921
  • Year of Release:
      2008
  • Item Number:
      WBD025732
  • Release Date:
      11/08/2011
  • Genre:
     

    Media Studies –

    Sci-Fi Action –

    Science Fiction –

    Television

  • Format:
     

    Blu-ray

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

    The definitive 7-disc Blu-ray set, The Ultimate Matrix Collection features all three films in the trilogy together for the first time ever with a newly remastered picture and sound for The Matrix. Also included is the companion piece The Matrix Revisited and the best-selling The Animatrix, plus five entirely new DVDs packed solid with brand-new supplemental materials that encompass every aspect of the Matrix universe, including two new audio commentaries on each film, Enter the Matrix video game footage, 106 deep-delving featurettes/ documentaries and much more!

DVD FEATURES:
  • Number of Discs: 7
  • Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
  • Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
  • Features:
    • Written introduction by the Wachowski Brothers
    • Commentaries by:
    • -Philosophers: Dr. Cornel and Ken Wilber
    • -Critics: Todd McCarthy, John Powers and David Thomson
    • -Cast/crew: Carrie-Anne Moss, Zach Staenberg and John Gaeta for the Matrix
    • -Compoeser: Don Davis with music-only track for the Matrix
    • Feature-length documentary The Matrix Revisited
    • Behind the Matrix documentary gallery: 83 featurettes with the MTV Movie Awards Reloaded and 3-D Evolutions stills gallery
    • The Music Revisited: 41 audio track selection of nearly 3 hours of music
    • Music videos: Marilyn Manson's Rock Is Dead and P.O.D.'s Sleeping Awake
    • Enter the Matrix: The Game documentary
    • Enter the Matrix: View 23 live-action scenes shot for the video game that plug into the Action of The Matrix Reloaded
    • 4 director commentaries and 8 documentaries on The Animatrix, including Scrolls to Screen: The Histoey and Culture of Anime
    • The Burly Man Chronicles: Probe the society of actors, craftspeople and filmmakers who shapewd the movie trilogy and Enter the Matrix console game in 21 featurettes and a feature-length documentary
    • The Roots of the Matrix: Historical, philosophical and technical inspirations are explored in insightful documentaries
    • The Zion Archive: Production assets developed for The Matrix Universe, including concept art, storyboards, drawings, music videos, music rave reel and The Matrix Online
    • Theatrical trailers and TV Spots
AWARDS
  • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  •     Won Best Editing - 1999 (Zach Staenberg)
  •     Won Best Sound - 1999 (David E. Campbell, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Lee)
  •     Won Best Sound Effects Editing - 1999 (Dane A. Davis)
  •     Won Best Visual Effects - 1999 (Steven Richard Courtley, Jon Thum, Janek Sirrs, John Gaeta)
  • British Academy of Film and Television Arts
  •     Nominated Best Cinematography - 1999 (Bill Pope)
  •     Nominated Best Editing - 1999 (Zach Staenberg)
  •     Nominated Best Production Design - 1999 (Owen Paterson)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
REVIEWS:
  • "What is The Matrix?" In the hands of writer/directors Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski, The Matrix proved to be an exhilarating comic book/Hong Kong/sci-fi treatise on the nature of reality for the Keanu Reeves crowd. With Sydney, Australia, standing in for an ominously green-tinged Any City, the initiation of Reeves' ace hacker Neo into the Real World by Laurence Fishburne's super-cool Morpheus and Carrie-Anne Moss' patent leather-clad cyber babe Trinity sets off the ultimate conflict between man and malevolent machine. Regardless of that conflict's philosophical bent, the real attraction became The Matrix's trailblazing special effects and bravura set pieces, including airborne kung fu, time-bending, bullet-dodging shoot-outs, and an ultra-stylized, slow-motion lobby fusillade. Along with sweeping the four technical Oscars for which it was nominated, including Best Visual Effects and Best Editing, The Matrix's sleekly kinetic action attracted legions of fans, turning it into not only a bona fide blockbuster (and an MTV Movie Award winner), but also a top-selling DVD. While its open ending hinted at further adventures to come, The Matrix's financial success guaranteed that the Wachowskis' plans for two sequels would indeed come to fruition. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi
  • Endlessly disputable in its ideals, execution, and most importantly, audiences' expectations, the final act in the Matrix trilogy dares to deliver what classic science fiction has delved into for years -- human understanding. Ironic then that for the most part, the filmmakers' intent has remained universally misunderstood. The second film was so poorly received that by the time this entry was released, most outside of tight knit fan communities had lost interest. And just how does it end? With rousing action sequences sure to have audiences whooping and hollering?... Hardly, though the film's two big set pieces should, by all means, be that way. Instead, laced with layers of emotional connectivity, the powerhouse scenes of bridled geek joy transcend their money shots and shoot for the inevitable spiritual end that the series had been promising. In this way, Revolutions is a hard sell for any audience. The third film is weightier than it's predecessors and ends on a subdued note that is light years away from the series popcorn days of old. Still, if one stands back and looks at the entire trilogy, there are undeniable themes that make the backbone of the series....The Matrix ends with love causing a miracle. Reloaded ends with love causing a miracle. Revolutions ends with love affecting everything and creating a new world. Love it or hate it, if that isn't hardcore science fiction, then what is? ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
  • One of the most genuinely anticipated movies of its time, The Matrix Reloaded saturated theaters with an expectation of excellence that few films would ever be able to meet. But even with unrealistic expectations taken into account, this first sequel to The Matrix still disappoints. Respect must be given to the ambition, complexity, and sheer scale of the endeavor, but this quickly gives way to the significant problems with pacing and structure that didn't exist in the first movie. Case in point: After a brief blaze of action, The Matrix Reloaded settles into nearly 30 minutes of talk, talk, and more talk. Weighed down by these overlong sections of meaningless blather among insignificant characters, there are some truly head-scratching scenes that could've easily been excised -- Neo's (Keanu Reeves) late-night encounter with Councillor Harmann (Anthony Zerbe) being the most glaring example -- and the remainder of the movie strains to regain lost audience enthusiasm after this point. Where The Matrix was tightly structured and fast-paced, The Matrix Reloaded plays out on a larger scale, with its various pieces struggling to cohere together. The lengthy action sequences are motivated less by plot than by the need to have another action sequence, and though the story has a wobbly arc of its own, the finale feels as if it was arbitrarily cut to create a cliffhanger that's more puzzling than "whoa" inducing. Those expecting something as new and surprising as the first Matrix may also be let down by the sequel's lack of a truly dazzling effect on the magnitude of "bullet-time." Instead, the old effects are refined and reused in set pieces like an exhausting 14-minute vehicle chase and a CG fight sequence that comes close to replicating the look of reality. It's telling that one of the most entertaining action scenes -- the precise hand-to-hand combat between Neo and Seraph (Collin Chou) -- is also one of the simplest. But in sequel-land, simple is rarely good enough, and The Matrix Reloaded is ultimately diminished by its affinity for all things exaggerated. For the Wachowskis, no chase is too long, no speech too windy, no Biblical reference too overt. By the end of nearly two-and-a-half hours, the Matrix hasn't been reloaded; it's been deflated. ~ Skyler Miller, Rovi

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