The best film ever made!

Rating: 10/10 (7 January 2000)

I used to think that there would never be a film that would leave me so completely overwhelmed and astonished on so many levels as a good novel could. No other movie can compare to such books as Sphere and The Hobbit. However when I saw the Matrix this belief was instantly quashed. It is amazing in so many ways that my comments could not possibly do justice to it. I guess I'll start with the obvious. The special effects. These are the most apparent on the first look. All I can say to describe them is: "WOW!" The effects range from realistic explosions to surrealistic, futuristic slow motion types of effects that create a feeling of excruciating suspense while also pumping out fast paced action! And what action. The actions scenes aren't those dull car chases and pointless shootouts that turn me of 99% of action movies. The action in this movies has never been seen before. Sure there is a "gunfight" but it isn't like any gunfight EVER done before. I'm not a big action fan because I find action movies repetitive. But the Matrix is anything but. Whether your John Q. Action or a despiser of action movies you'll probably be on the edge of your seat. The next place that this film scores is in the philosophical and dramatic areas. Many action movies are devoid of such sensibilities but the Matrix scores a direct hit. It is amazing to me how a movie can incorporate such intellligent themes into an action environment without dragging on. The Matrix is NEVER boring, even if your looking for a pure action movie, and yet it encorporates so much higher thought that the actions seems to be only secondary. Finally: the biblical alusion. Well, when this was first suggested to me I thought it was just some crazy freaks looking for biblical allusion and finding it because they wanted to. Boy was I wrong. The Matrix has biblical allusion out the wazoo! You can believe me because I'm a registered skeptic, and if I think there is biblical allusion, there is biblical allusion. I'll let you all figure it out for yourselves, but for all you Christians out there, the many references to the bible make this phenominal movie even better. In all this film is so unbelievably good that I had to put it at the top of my list as the best movie ever made. If you like action, drama, sci-fi(by the way this movie IS NOT science fiction, at least not in the traditional sense), or movies that make you think the Matrix is for you. It is a very intelligent, thought provoking action movie with many Christian overtones. You should absolutely, without-a-doubt see this movie. You will not regret it!