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Alchemist Magicaladded a note 8 years ago

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Matrix

Have you ever watched this film?Do you like it? Do you like the plot of the film?

I want to tell you more about the idea of this film.

1. By the middle of 2002, the famous “Bullet Time” sequence had been spoofed in over 20 different movies.

2. The Wachowskis approached Warner with the idea of the Matrix and Warner balked at the budget they had submitted, which was over $80 million. Warner instead agreed to give them $10 million. The Wachowskis took the money and filmed the first ten minutes of the movie (the opening scene with Carrie-Anne Moss) using the entire $10 million. They then showed the executives at Warner the opening scene. They were impressed, and green-lit the original asking budget.

3. Kung Fu choreographer Woo-Ping Yuen initially refused to work on The Matrix and hoped that by asking for an exorbitant fee, it would turn off the Wachowskis. It didn’t. He next formulated what he considered an impossible request. He said that he’d agree only if he had complete control of the fights and that he trained the actors for four months before they shoot. The Wachowskis complied with his request.

4. In the combat training program before Keanu Reeves starts his furious attacks on Morpheus, he rubs his nose with his thumb and finger, a similar mannerism of Bruce Lee before he attacks on his opponents. The move was improvised by Reeves.

5. All scenes that take place within the Matrix have a green tint, as if watching them through a computer monitor, while scenes in the real world have a blue tint, blue was also used at a minimum in the matrix scenes since the directors thought blue was more of a real world color. The fight scene between Morpheus and Neo, which is neither in the real world nor in the Matrix, is tinted yellow.

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Marissa Zebaduaadded a comment 8 years ago

I never watched Matrix in Spanish (or with Spanish subtitles) because I got busy when it was released. I knew it was famous for its plot.

In 2014, I visited a family in Texas. They own many movies and let me watch The Matrix. I think I sorta understood the plot but I think need to see it one more time. :-) There are plenty of things and details to pay attention to. :-)

Alchemist Magicaladded a comment 8 years ago

Sure,you should watch this film.My mum wanted that I watched it in 5 grade but I couldn't understand at all.I usually went to sleep)))But later when I was 15 ,I watched with a great joy. There are a lot of interesting ideas which you open in this film.

Игорь Казаковadded a comment 8 years ago

Я ничего не понял, но этой мой топовый фильм)

Marissa Zebaduaadded a comment 8 years ago

Alchemist Magical,

I will try to do it in the following holidays we have ( November 1st and 2nd.). Thank you. I think it will be hard for a 10 years old ( were you 10 at 5 grade) to understand it.

Marissa Zebaduaadded a comment 8 years ago

Alchemist Magical,

it would be interesting to know about schooling Russia since you were 12 in 5th grade and I was 10. Maybe tomorrow I will write about it. :-)

Igor Yurchenkoadded a comment 8 years ago

Somehow I feel obliged to write about schooling in Russia (no idea why=)
We used to start going to school around 6. Some children went as early as 5, and some, when they were almost 7, or even later. Nowadays it's a bit more strict, as far as I know, and only seven-year-olds are admitted to school, but I'm not sure. We have 11 grades, (grades 1 to 4 - elementary school, and 5 to 11 - middle school). This division is quite formal, because we don't change school after the 4th grade. I mean you stay in the same class, with the same children, go to the same building - you just have new teachers. Some schools have 3 year elementary program, so pupils in them skip the 4-th grade and go straight from the 3-d to the 5-th - it's done to maintain same standards in all schools, so pupils may transfer from one school to another. The educational program is basically the same everywhere except specialized schools (for example there may be extra foreign languages, or more maths or something).

Igor Yurchenkoadded a comment 8 years ago

Some children leave school after the 9th grade to go to specialized schools to better prepare for the higher education (if at the age of 16 they think they know what the want to be) - that's not mandatory, but it helps to concentrate on subjects that a required to get to the university. Others can go to vocational schools - schools of professional education, where they can obtain a profession that doesn't require higher education. Those schools used to be called professional-technical schools or technicums, but now they're mostly colleges - just because it sounds better.

Marissa Zebaduaadded a comment 8 years ago

Igor,

Just a question.. How do they do to balance kids with a 3 years program and 4 years programs? I mean if one student misses a year because of his/ her school system.. how does he/she catch up? Also, they dont share the same age, some will be one year younger and others one older? How do they deal with that?

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