This movie is "the One" I've been waiting for

Rating: 10/10 (8 April 1999)

I went in with little idea of what this movie was about. I saw the commercials like everyone else, hit the web page, and decided the movie didn't matter, I just wanted to see the effects. I thought "the plot sounds a little like Tron" so I wasn't expecting too much of the story. I remember Keanu Reeves in Bill and Ted's Bogus Success (that is the name of that movie, isn't it?) and I REALLY didn't expect much from the actors (I held out a little hope because of Laurence Fishburne's presence). I was thinking too far back. I should've thought about 2 years ago when I saw the Devil's Advocate in which Keanu turned in a great performance, which he matched if not improved upon in the Matrix. Fishburne and Carrie-Anne Moss completed the triumvirate quite effectively to show us a very well performed movie.
The movie is about these people who live in a simulated world - oh, but I've said too much. Go see it. It's a sci-fi plot I've seen hinted at but never fully formed in this fashion, which I find to be truly unique for this genre of movie.
All elements necessary to give a film a 10 were here...excellent acting, writing, directing, and story-telling, great action scenes, and of course, the sweetest eye-candy ever to hit the silver screen. One of the only movies I've ever watched and then been upset about an hour later because I couldn't watch it again right away. Definitely see this one.
PS I can't wait for Phantom Menace to come out :)