Good mind chewing-gum.

Rating: Null/10 (23 January 2000)

Let your brain (if you have one) relax and take a leave of absence for a couple of hours. If you found the plot to be mentally enjoyable or, even worse, challenging than you are pretty much dumb.
The effects are of course great as "The Matrix" is just another Hollywood HUGE budget movie. However, the plot is designed for the mentally challenged. One example: when Keanu Reeves supposedly attains supreme level of comprehension/integration/whatever with the matrix, everything seems to be mapped with an animated texture with symbols scrolling accross. It either goes all away or it stays exactly the same. Completely idiotic. Or in a series of 1-2-5-10-100 symbols the knowledgeable can distinguish a good looking blonde or an agent chasing the team in an alley, or whatever. Grow up!
If the scene when the old hag predicts the breaking of the glass before it happens made you think (probably for only a couple of seconds, until the next action sequence) about the limits of prescience, the essence of time, or the concept of self-determination and at the end you felt you have gained a valuable insight, I feel bad for you. This is just supperficial crap for the modern man/woman/teenager who is just too damn busy to think. Read a book. A real book. And THINK people, don't use scenes from "The Matrix" as examples in your rare philosophical conversations. Its a sure sign of what kind of a person you are.
I can understand enjoying the action. That is the reason why I watched it. But I was fully aware at all times of its fundamental flaws. I recommend you do the same.