The wolf in sheep's clothing

Rating: 10/10 (8 August 2009)

I've seen the movie when it first came out 10 years ago, and in the meantime I've come to completely re-evaluate it.
At first i saw it as a great sci-fi story with a twist of some "interesting idea"... there was something eerie about it but I couldn't quite put my finger on it... the whole idea of the "false reality" of "the matrix" there was something there that doesn't fit the traditional "conspiracy theory".
After also seeing V for Vendetta it got me thinking even more... that "The matrix" is not what it seems at first glance.
The matrix is a vehicle, it's a brilliant vehicle, a wolf in disguise, a Trojan horse! The Wachowski brothers do something brilliant... they have an idea that they want to get out, but this idea is very hard to sell. If they had made it true to it's self the movie would have been a giant flop, it would have reached only a fraction of the targeted audience (which is all). So they took this idea and wrapped it up in a sci-fi story, in an action packed block-buster that appeals to the masses. It's a brilliant scam that worked! They managed to do exactly what they tried, they planted the idea into your head, the seed of doubt even if you have no idea it's there, even if you have no idea what the hell I'm talking about or why I'm cryptic about it, it's there.
Hats off to the Wachowski brothers for pulling this off in style! Ah, and yes... what am I talking about ? I'm talking about that nasty feeling in the back of your mind that something's wrong... that splinter in your brain that just won't go away... That feeling you got left with after seeing the movie that it wasn't just about computers and AI's but about something else also... something you're familiar with but just can't put your finger on...
Both the red pill and the blue pill are out there for the taking, but now your choice is a bit less naive than it would have been before seeing this movie... the choice is yours...