1. Matriculated
-- had the deepest, most philosophical and intellectually challenging storyline, excellent animation technique and overall best range of artistic styles, and felt the most like it belonged in the matrix universe.
2. The Second Renaissance Part 1
-- really good animation, and probably the most emotionally-affecting story.
3. The Second Renaissance Part 2
-- only gets rated slightly lower than part 1 because the story seems mostly replaced with action, but still fantastically done and very heavy-hitting.
4. A Detective Story
-- amazing noir look, great pacing, cool score, and had a neat tie-in with Trinity, although the narration could have been a bit better.
5. Program
-- the best animation in my opinion, and the action was awesome, even if the story was a little contrived.
6. World Record
-- one of the better stories despite its brevity and somewhat ambiguousness, and the animation has grown on me.
7. Final Flight of the Osiris
-- suffers from the same problem as most 3D animation: amazing attention to detail, but the movement seems stiff and non-believable, and though it felt the most at home with the live-action films, it still seemed a little awkward in its presentation somehow; not bad, but not great either.
8. Kid's Story
-- had the second-best animation and was certainly very creative, but the story itself just didn't hold my interest.
9. Beyond
-- the story was interesting but didn't feel like it fit with the same tone of the matrix overall, the art was pretty decent although it was probably my least favourite style, and while the pacing worked well specifically for this particular story, it didn't flow with the rest of the film and seemed to stand out like a sore thumb.
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doh616
14 years ago
1. The Second Renaissance Part 1 &2- These are the most important stories to watch in the Animatrix, simply because it explains how the Matrix came to be. The scary part is that the story is feasible (in some respects) considering how humans deal with economic threats and outsiders. Animation was solid and overall explained a lot of stuff that the Matrix didn't.
2. Kid's Story- Overall this had the best music and feel to it. I felt that if this were to be done as a short film, it would intuitively feel like the matrix universe. The main character was also very easy to empathize with and you could almost make an instant connection.
3. Matriculated- As stated before this story raises A LOT of philosophical questions that I have questioned myself. If humans were develop a sophisticated enough artificial intelligence would that mean a chance of free choice for these robots? The animation was really creative but the only draw back is that it didn't really feel like a Matrix world, but ultimately it was its own story so that doesn't matter too much.
4. Beyond- While this was my least favorite in animation style, it had a really interesting story idea. I never really thought about the idea of a glitch happening in the Matrix which is why I really enjoyed this one.
5. A Detective Story- Very dark and stylish animation, which went really well with the story/feel of the short. I felt that this one could have been longer and should be made into a separate film, which is why I have it as low as it is.
6. Final Flight of the Osiris- Animation was nice but I felt like I was just watching a scene from the Matrix.
7. World Record- This one didn't really feel like it was in any Matrix world, just felt bland.
8. Program- Didn't really care for this one, probably because I don't care for anime.
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