This has to be seen to be believed.
I posted this a long time ago to the forum, and it was a big hit. I figured I’d re-post it for those that might have missed it the first time around.
While this list isn’t from the American Film Institute or a representation of the general public, that I know of, it is an interesting list nonetheless. The Matrix Revolutions has been voted fourth by users of the UK movie rental website LoveFilm. It’s a really interesting list of films, though. I couldn’t find the poll on their website, but it looks like they picked out the films that would be included on the list and the votes gave them some order, so it’s probably not really newsworthy. Not to mention that some of the movies on the list that I have actually seen don’t really belong, such as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Either way, here’s the list. What do you think? Was this one really very confusing or does The Matrix Reloaded‘s Architect scene alone more confusing than anything else in the trilogy?
The Top Ten Most Confusing Films of all Time:
1. Vanilla Sky (2001) – 16%
2. Mulholland Drive (2001) – 15%
3. Donnie Darko (2001) – 11%
4. The Matrix Revolutions (2003) – 9%
5. Memento (2000) – 8%
6. 12 Monkeys (1995) – 6%
7. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) – 5%
8. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) – 3%
9. Revolver (2005) – 2%
10. A Clockwork Orange (1971) – 1%
Other – 24%
-via The Geek Files
The technology that was invented for The Matrix is still being used in film today. Gossip Girl‘s Blake Lively is currently filming with a gyroscopic rig that was created for filming fight scenes. They’re using it for the upcoming superhero film Green Lantern.
She commented: “I had to train with the rig that they invented for The Matrix. It’s a gyroscopic rig that’s 30 feet in the air, I think it goes about 20 feet high but I like to say 50, so please spread that rumour it makes me feel cooler! I’m on this gyroscopic waist belt and it works towards your weight. It makes you very nauseous and you can go in every which direction.”
-via Monsters and Critics
Check out the profile on Christopher Nolan in The New York Times. He talks about Inception and has some interesting things to say about his inspirations in making that film. Apparently he consulted The Matrix and The Lord of the Rings in building his movie’s mythology:
Mr. Nolan took encouragement from the tradition of hit fantasy movies, from “Star Wars” to the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, that hinted at vaster realities than the films could fully detail. In particular, he said, the 1999 mind bender “The Matrix” showed how a mass audience could embrace “a massively complex philosophical concept in some sense.”
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