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<blockquote data-quote="John Crichton" data-source="post: 856508" data-attributes="member: 4779">DARK CITY SPOILER WARNING!!!!I knew I forgot a few!&nbsp; Contact and Total Recall were really good.&nbsp; And I agree about Contact, that movie was excellent.Understandable on all points.&nbsp; It is tough to throw Trek into any sci-fi movie discussion because of what it is (TV + film).I can see&nbsp; your points about Dark City.&nbsp; I was actually hooked from the second I saw it.&nbsp; It kept building and building until the big twist, which felt completely natural to the film and not all at forced.&nbsp; And after that it ended with a finality that left me wanting more.I guess the big difference for me was that The Matrix piled all their high concepts and big style elements into the first half of the film.&nbsp; We get the twist very early instead of later in the film, as compared to Dark City.&nbsp; I guess it's just hard for the rest of the movie (Matrix) to live up to that build-up.&nbsp; I will say that the love aspect, most likely due to superior acting, of Dark City was much more believable as a plot element.&nbsp; That was huge for me as it impacted the ending of The Matrix so much.&nbsp; Had that element been better portrayed, the finale would have had much more punch.&nbsp; Instead, it was cliche.&nbsp; *shrugs*</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Crichton, post: 856508, member: 4779"] [b]DARK CITY SPOILER WARNING!!!![/b] I [b]knew[/b] I forgot a few! Contact and Total Recall were really good. And I agree about Contact, that movie was excellent. Understandable on all points. It is tough to throw Trek into any sci-fi movie discussion because of what it is (TV + film). I can see your points about Dark City. I was actually hooked from the second I saw it. It kept building and building until the big twist, which felt completely natural to the film and not all at forced. And after that it ended with a finality that left me wanting more. I guess the big difference for me was that The Matrix piled all their high concepts and big style elements into the first half of the film. We get the twist very early instead of later in the film, as compared to Dark City. I guess it's just hard for the rest of the movie (Matrix) to live up to that build-up. I will say that the love aspect, most likely due to superior acting, of Dark City was much more believable as a plot element. That was huge for me as it impacted the ending of The Matrix so much. Had that element been better portrayed, the finale would have had much more punch. Instead, it was cliche. *shrugs* [/QUOTE]

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