The Animatrix

[Khamûl]

We seem to have threads devoted to the other Matrix movies, so I figured I'd start a thread about this one. For those of you that don't know, The Animatrix is a collection of 9 short films further exploring the world of the Matrix. Most are done in an anime style by some of the world's best anime directors.

If you've seen it, what did you think of it and what were your favorites?

Final Flight of the Osiris was amazing and filled in some of the story between the original Matrix and Reloaded.
The Second Renaissance Pts. I and II were cool because you found out how the human race came to be enslaved by the machines.
Kid's Story was good because it provided a little back-story about the kid who was following Neo around Zion in Reloaded.
Program didn't really have much to do with understanding the matrix more, but the visual style was very cool.
World Record is probably my least favorite so far. (I haven't gotten around to watching Matriculated yet). It's good that the guy got out of the matrix on his own, but something just didn't work for me.
Beyond -- what can I say? Wow. This is probably the most beautiful film on the dvd. The colors are vibrant and it simply looks amazing. There isn't much to the story, but watch it just to enjoy the visuals.
A Detective Story was good just for the unique visual style. It looks like it's straight out of a comic book drawn in black, white, and shades of gray. The story involves Trinity and isn't bad.
Matriculated I haven't gotten around to seeing yet, but will soon.

[Lalaith]

Final Flight of the Osiris Haven't seen it yet, but planning to do because it's on the CD

The Second Renaissance Pts. I and II Loved it, all this background information was very cool!

Program Was interesting

A Detective Story God, I want to see it. Trinity.

[gimli7410]

i havent seen many but i have seen final flight of the osiris,,them rennaisance pts 1 and2 and program was pretty good

[Millane]

i thought they were amazing... my favourite would have to be Program its done by the same bloke who did Ninja Scroll but ive forgotten his name again. A heap of people i know dont like the style of Kids Story but i thought it was awesome....
they had a thing on at the cinema last night with Matrix, Animatrix, Reloaded but my friends had a whinge and wanted to play Star Wars trivial pursiut instead so i missed out and boy am i mad:mad: but i was able to watch reloaded and ive already the animatrix

[Khamûl]

The style of Kid's Story was ok. I like it at the beginning, where he's on the computer, but later the roughness of the characters starts to get on my nerves.

[Yamagata]

Final flight of the Osiris was awesome.
The second renaissance was not what I was expecting but very cool anyway.
World record- I liked the animation style but it didnt quite click with me, dunno why.
Program- quite possibly my favourite, very traditional anime with some excellent action scenes.
Detective story- very, very cool, loved the animation style.
Beyond- I really didn't like this one, not sure why, it was just a bit too arty for my liking.
Matriculated- I liked the bits outside the 'computer world' but inside was just too weird for me.
Kid's story- i liked this, nothing more, just liked it.

My one quibble is THEY'RE ALL TOO SHORT!!!!!!!! but otherwise a very good buy.