The Greatest Movie Ever

Rating: 10/10 (14 January 2001)

The Matrix is, without a shadow of a doubt, the greatest movie ever. Many movies come close (Star Wars, T2, Gladiator) but none match the raw power and impact of The Matrix's story and characters. What makes The Matrix so great is not just its originality or the fact that it merges so many genres of sub-culture into one nice little package, but its scope and meaning. This movie tells us so many things-to know what we create is capable of, to not let technology become our master and not our slave, to take what we accept as the truth with a grain of salt. It forces us to re-access the world around us, to ask questions instead of settle for answers. How many other movies do that? If you are looking for an interesting diversion that will help you waste a few hours of your time, see The Fifth Element or Titanic,other fantsy/adventure and sci-fi films that have a lot of wrapping but no package underneath. If you want a film that will make you think, make you question the world around you, make you look at the definition of reality in a whole new way, see The Matrix.