Not the best movie ever

Rating: 7/10 (18 February 2020)

Pretty enjoyable movie for the first two thirds. Seeing the redpill and bluepill was entertaining. The philosophy of idealism(real meaning) here is nothing new to me, we do live in the Matrix. The fate part is wrong because unless you can change the past(knowing the future counts) then people will only be able to do what they actually end up doing or else its not actually fate. I guess if you never read books and only watch art movies then Matrix would have new concepts for you. I can't confirm but the movie seems to be a ripoff of a better movie called the dark city and a classic novel VALIS. I'm disappointed though that the "real world" in the movie is just the same the Matrix world, instead of having it be beyond our comprehension or some crazy stuff. Then it gets into a dull action sequence lasting the rest of the movie with awful slowmotion, camera rotating and guys flying around. Also I thought this as a kid and I still think it now, that Keanu Reeves is too slim to be an action hero and struggle with charisma. This movie also fails badly at doing martial arts compared to real martial art movies from Hong Kong. Also story is pretty power fantasy, although I'll give it that it doesn't really cringe worthy until the final scene. All the enemies are white men in this movie for some reason but the heroes are diverse. Movie is pretty good overall though given my expectation of hating it as with other movies of the decade.