Philosophically Accurate

Rating: Null/10 (14 July 2001)

As much as one would like to denote this films intellegence, one has to look at the actions and the meanings behind them. Rather than just laughing out loud at its action sequences. At times yes the action did seem uneeded and un-called for, and at first I could have done without them, basically because the story lines meaning was enough that caught my attention. But whether or not you wanted to believe it, this film contained enormous amounts of philosophy. These days it's hard to see a new movie that can incorporate action and philosophy in one film. The only film to incorporate philosophy (that's worth attention) would have to be Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odessey". Never once did I question 2001's integrity without philosophy involved, and neither did I with The Matrix. Sure The Matrix could have had some cheesy lines like, "It's our way, or the highway."...but hey it's the real world and not everyone can come up with new original lines every second. I did question though something that bothered me. For one, even though we are in something called "The Matrix" and have the ability to perform any task we wish, as long as our "will power" and mind can achieve such a state, how come is it that Neo and Morpheus and all of them are the only ones who can perform such feats? I thought about this for a while and than realized that they were the only ones in this world who had the knowledge, which really makes me question our own reality. That maybe there is something else out there, waiting for the person to gain the knowledge. A lot of human beings now have the "will power" and the right state of mind, all they need is the knowledge of whatever it is out there, and than they can perform whatever task is it that they can do. I guess that this movie reminded me a lot of something called "Astral Projection" where as unlimited realms of existence giving you the ability to fly, jump dimensions, use abilities that are unfathomable to man. Which is something that hit me when I saw Neo flying in the end. That only made me question and give me the anxiety to wait for the next one. My point is, basically, that if any movie can make you question everything or anything as a whole, than that film was indeed philosophical. This film definately ranks up there with 2001: A Space Odessey, and many other films like it.
If I am the only one that not only looks for great cinematography, acting, etc...and philosophy as well within a film...I feel bad cause it needs to be known to people. Philosophy was actually the first kind of theator in a way. Socrates and others would perform acts that would in turn demonstrate philosophical meanings.