Hollywood cool

Rating: Null/10 (22 March 2001)

The Matrix is just COOL. It is a good thing that the cool factor is more an emotional response than an intellectual response, because if one starts to think about the story, the movie just does not make sense. Why would machines use humans as batteries? Cows have bigger biomass and need no entertainment. But why create a matrix for humans in the first place? Just make sure they're all chained up. Agents are fast enough to dodge bullets but run slow, as computerized characters, they should have perfect shooting skills but can't hit an elephant a foot away from them etc. As for the "deep philosophy", there isn't any. If you think there is, you haven't read any real philosophy. From Plato to Wittgenstein, the problem of the reality of the world has been thoroughly, and in a INTELLIGENT way, explored. The martial arts part is disappointing. Mr. Reeves and the gang are way too STIFF. The lack of fluidity is too obvious. So what we have left is a lot of explosions, bullet shells, gratuitous, cold-blooded murders, good-looking stars and awesome computer graphics. Hollywood cool. And I like Hollywood cool... when I need to spend a mindless afternoon, so mindless in fact that I didn't even mind the really BAD ending: next time she kisses him, he'll turn into a frog. 7/10 for the cool factor.