Hate/love - Hugo Weaving for ever

Rating: 7/10 (4 December 2005)

I've quickly seen through some of the comments and marks gain to the Matrix on this page, and I think it must be because of all the hype that people seem to either worship or hate it. For me it has been a little bit too long since I saw it, but remember that I liked it. Okay, it's not perfect, but got good action sequences and message that may not be extremely deep, fantastic or intelligent, but at least it got one, and it's not a bad one.
Yes, it is a rather good and entertaining movie, even though there must be little doubt that the effects have done much to its rumour. The effects are much of the film, but no too much. It does have some brain too.
To me it has been a really influential movie, mainly because of one of the absolutely coolest bad guys in the history of movies. Hugo Weaving's agent Smith is way up there among Jack Nickolson's Joker and Darth Vader. He really became one of my top favourite actors only because of this movie. I don't care very much about the roles of Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne or that gal-person, and I really don't why so many people do - Hugo Weaving is the really interesting character here. I see him way to rarely, and he was a bit of a disappointment in LOTR.
Loved to read that he's going to play in V for Vendetta (why care about that bimbo then?), but it's a bit too bad that he's going to wear a mask. With that face! What a waste...