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oniblade
Posts: 24/183
it wasnt until the third matrix, i realized reeves couldnt act
when trinity was dying, i said, wow, he cant act.
Bella
Posts: 179/2962
I think Reeves did a reasonable job. I wasn't even paying attention to his acting much or how bad or good it was . I was just into the movie and all those effects since thats where they focused on more.

Will Smith? That would have been funny but I don't think he'd suit the part too much. Everything was so serious. That wouldn't have been right for him .
alte Hexe
Posts: 571/5458
Here we go, the be all end all.

Rudolf...Valentino.
Jarukoth
Posts: 888/3194
Originally posted by Smeg4Brains
Can u imagen Will Smith playing Neo??? It wouldnt have worked....
"Yo! Tell me what the Matrix is b4 I bust a cap in ur ass!"


Who are you trying to imitate, Will Smith or DMX?

Seriouslu, MathOnNapkins, Edward Norton would be a cool choice, and I think the guy is awesome, but he doesn't strike me as the Neo type, shall we say.
Thoughtless
Posts: 38/149
Keanu was best for the series.

In my opinion, his less than great acting suited the Matrix's less than great attempt at decent sequels.

As for Will Smith, I like him too much to even suggest him playing Neo.
Sure it is a profitable investment, but really...I just can't even imagine Will playing such a wooden part.

Keanu's bad acting went hand in hand with the storyline of the Matrix sequels. The movie was more on storyline and special effects than acting. They could've placed a wooden plank to play the part and nobody would have not noticed until 'bullet time' when the plank falls down and breaks.


I'll just sum my entire post in a sentence or so.

Keanu sucks as an actor and so did the Matrix as a trilogy.


Smeg4Brains
Posts: 30/138
Can u imagen Will Smith playing Neo??? It wouldnt have worked....
"Yo! Tell me what the Matrix is b4 I bust a cap in ur ass!"
Toxic
Posts: 1008/2857
Originally posted by MathOnNapkins

Replacement? Edward Norton maybe. I just loved him in Fight Club and both are edgy movies.


That's not a bad idea right there. Would he have been in condition to do the fighting though?

And about Will Smith...xD

That would have been hilarious. Heck, they could have made it into a musical.
MathOnNapkins
Posts: 171/2189
Keanu was appropriate for this movie because he always seems so confused. If something like happened to me I would constantly be surprised by everything.

Replacement? Edward Norton maybe. I just loved him in Fight Club and both are edgy movies.
Slash Dafter
Posts: 122/584
I'm not even a Matrix fan and I think Keanu Reeves is probably the best to play Neo.
Destiny Smasher
Posts: 164/216
I used to criticize Keanu a lot, too...

But I've seen him do different parts- he can, indeed, act with emotion...

After watching the Marix Trilogy, I realize that Neo as a character was probably supposed to be wooden at times. After all, he seems to be half human, half machine....At least as a general idea...He's too serious as a character to begin with, and he gets more so later on.

Bah, whatever.

I would've loved to see Will Smith as Neo. Yea, that woulda been awesome. A bit too comical, maybe.

It woulda been weird later on, though, when his wife starts goin' out with Morpheus (basically) and he would be with Trinity...Yea, that'd be weird.

But some of the characters in the Trilogy did show quite some character, opposed to many stiffs out there.
alte Hexe
Posts: 568/5458
Stop making threads about the movies...

I'm trying to forgot that black mark on cinema.
Toxic
Posts: 1003/2857
All that matters is that Morpheus looked awesome where ever he goes in the Matrix.

So whenever they were in the Matrix, I overlooked Le Plank's acting.
Yoshi Dude
Posts: 343/3271
Keanu can't act, but the first installment was so great I almost forgot about it. The sequels were awful. I agree with Leg, it wouldn't have made much difference.
oniblade
Posts: 18/183
brendan fraiser(j/k)

i think that they should have tried harder to get ewan mcgregor to be neo
Legion
Posts: 620/5657
I.............really don't think it would have made the series any better.
Jarukoth
Posts: 873/3194
Honestly, I would have criticized it even more if Josh Hartnett or Nick Stahl had gotten the role.

Remember, Thomas Anderson was supposed to be a computer geek/hacker/et cetera. If I was the One, I would probably be a bit stiff too.

Edit: That last line could be thrown HORRIBLY out of context.
Vystrix Nexoth
Posts: 120/348
allow me for a moment to indulge myself in another Generic Poll/Survey
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