I liked it but............

Rating: 9/10 (7 September 2000)

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When I popped in the rental store and finally decided to rent this movie, I really didn't know what to expect because I'm like, this is Keanu Reeves we're talking here. But as I was watching the movie, I really began to enjoy it and once the movie ended, I said, "I liked it." But, I did have some problems with the movie.
For one, everything was made to be mysterious. Why did everything have to be a big mystery and the sky blackened, and the thunder and lightning. Fishburne almost spoke in circles the entire movie. Neo would ask what is the matrix, and Morpheus would say something like, "The matrix is what the matrix is not." And I'm like WHAT!?!?!?!?!??! In my opinion, all he had to do was tell Neo, this is what the situation is, and we need your help because you are the one who has the power to change everything. Instead, we the audience are forced to sit through dialogue of double talk and misdirected answers in an attempt to make Neo think. And what is the story with the Oracle? Were are in a computer, how is she able to make predictions about the real world inside a computer?
Where did the humans get the equipment to make the vehicles that they transported themselves in? They seemed awful high tech for people from the mind set of the twentieth century to come up with?
During the shoot out scene, how is it that they were able to move so fast to dodge bullets but when the agents shoot at them, it suddenly seems to be a problem to dodge them. RE: the scene where Neo first dodges the Agents bullets and Trinity remarks on how he moved so fast. She moved pretty fast to dodge all of those bullets and do a flip during the SWAT Team shoot out and at the beginning of the movie where she was able to run along the sides of the walls. And as far as I'm concerned, the bullets in the gun of the SWAT Team members are faster than the one coming from the gun of the Agent. And there are more bullets to dodge because there are more people shooting at you.
And this question, I understand that since your mind is plugged into a computer your liable go brain dead if you are pulled out to quick. I don't really buy it but I'll go with it, but why is it that if you get shot, you die, or if you fall off a building, you die? If we know that this is fake and with our mind we can do some outrageous stuff like move faster than bullets and jump over huge gorges and bend objects at a thought, then why can't we just say, this isn't real. When I'm hit with a bullet or with a car or I hit the ground from a one hundred story drop, I should be able to say this really didn't happen. I'm Superman. Where's my Kryptonite? I hardly felt that punch by the Agent.
And here is my final thought. By the end of the movie Neo has reached his full capacity. So why do we need sequels to the movie. I can understand a second one to show us getting out of the matrix, but why a third one? I don't know, maybe the have this all planned out. Maybe Neo has what it takes but he isn't quite a Jedi yet.
Now here is what I liked about the movie.
The special effects were great and the fight sequences were outstanding. The way they had them fight, I thought the actors really studied martial arts years and were really fighting, except for the obvious scenes when they would jump in the air and do kicks and when Keanu would do the back flips. Those are what really kept me into the film, but that isn't always enough. In the case of this movie though I think this was the exception where the special effects is one of the things that kept me into the movie, although I did like the basic storyline which I think helped keep me in the mood for the movie.
I liked Carrie-Ann Moss' character and her interaction with Neo and I really like Joe Pantoliano in almost anything ever since I saw him in The Fugitive. Larry Fishburne was in great form as usually. I liked the interaction between Neo and Agent Smith and I got a kick out of how slow he spoke although sometimes it was over the top, but I loved it anyway.
In a nutshell, I liked the movie. It had some elements to it that was kind of like, what? But at the same time it had a decent storyline that most people sometimes wonder, what is real and what isn't and you can use your mind to accomplish anything type story. It was kind of like the movie Dark City in the sense that one man will make a difference and stop the unbeatable bad guy(s). I recommend watching this movie on a Saturday night with friends or if you just want something to watch by yourself when you order a pizza. That's what I do.