gratuitous violence + cheesy story = the matrix

Rating: 8/10 (9 April 2000)

after all I had heard about this movie and the number of awards it got, I was expecting a lot more....
after dredging up the old 'super-smart computers taking over the world theme' it was down hill after that
the dude in the trench coat kept making this big deal that you can control everything you want in the matrix, and yet the real people keep running around like chickens with their heads cut off....and exactly how did he not get touched by that chain gun from the helicopter?
what kind of self-respecting super computer would let a bunch of pathetic humans screw around with the program anyway? why hasn't it squashed them long ago? shouldn't it be aware of everything going on at all times?
I guess the self-righteous humans don't mind killing their own to further their own plans as well....who cares about all the police and security guards..they're just in the way I guess
and finally, last time I checked, love's first kiss to awaken the dead is only in fairy tales...GIVE ME A BREAK!