you either love it or hate it...and I hate it!

Rating: 1/10 (29 April 2003)

Tell me...what do you get when you take a bunch of computer nerds who have no concept of effective storytelling and put them into a room to make a movie...? You get "The Matrix"
I hate this movie...and you wanna know why? Because it serves no purpose. It's "Dude, Where's my Car" on steroids...louder, flashier, but not a bit more interesting. The whole thing is based on special effects. It's a film by two directors that think half of the cameras running at 300 fps is art...or something.
Hugo Weaving has the only good performance in this movie as Agent Smith. Carrie Anne Moss is bland as can be. Do I even have to comment on Keanu Reeves....dude...woah...nuff said.
This is the perfect example of Joel Silver run amuck. Just because you have money to produce movies, doesn't mean you should produce bad movies....sounds pretty obvious to me. I'm just so thankful when I see someone like Steven Spielberg putting out a movie like Minority Report...a movie (actually...a director and crew) that knows how to USE special effects to drive a story. Not just shoot the hell out of a government building...hmmmm...not such a great scene to slip in there now, huh?
So, to everyone involved in The Matrix...give up your black leather, gun toting, world-is-an-illusion, horrible filmmaking and go put your money to good use...like film school.