Great film - great story

Rating: 9/10 (4 January 2005)

What makes science fiction good? Its the story. Not knowing where its going. Being surprised - relating it to the life we live. This is why the Matrix is so good. This is why Matrix 2 and 3 were so disappointing. This story could have evolved to so many places and yet instead became a comment that has been made before and better in old Star Trek episodes on television. The idea of life being only a reflection of reality was lost on the old man vs. machine/good or evil question we've seen again and again (Minority Report, Bicentenial Man, AI, need I go on?) What made the Matrix so good was not the story about the machines but about Neo - the chosen one - prophecy fulfilled - the savior of mankind. Now there's a story to make you think. Can we go back and make Matrix 2 & 3 and develop that idea?