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Bracket Battle 2024

Brackets [Semifinals] Office Space vs. The Matrix

[Semifinals] Office Space vs. The Matrix

solarwinds_worldwide_llc 10 months ago Less than one minute read time

Office Space (1999)
I don't think any movie has accurately captured corporate mediocrity better than Office Space. Part documentary, part wish fulfillment, all hilarious.
— versus —
The Matrix (1999)
Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus evade Agent Smith as they navigate the simulated world of The Matrix. Good thing they all know kung-fu, whoa.

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Top Comments

Daran 10 months ago

I made the mistake of watching Office Space last night purely based on hearing about it here... I can honestly say it is one of the worst films I've ever had the misfortune to watch. Sure, there are one or two funny pieces but overall, it was 90 minutes I am never getting back. It is a travesty that I Robot lost out to this garbage!!!
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maliron 10 months ago in reply to ecklerwr1

Yeah, it's not even contest for me, War Games all the way, the other battles don't matter. I credit it for being one of the 2 movies for me being such a big techie. I don't know what I would have done if War Games and The Manhattan Project had gone head to head. Now that would have been a battle.
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silverbacksays 10 months ago

The Matrix. No contest here, imho. Without Tron, Neo has to go all the way now!
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tjkru 10 months ago

Both good movies but Office Space for me. I can relate to Office Space.
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ecklerwr1 10 months ago

Office Space is funny but... The Matrix is game changer. I still think War Games is gonna take it ALL! That movie had huge effect on my life. My dial up modem ran 24x7 connecting all over the world and at 300 baud it was a slow process filling up those 5.25" floppies.
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