Hmmmmm....

Rating: 10/10 (20 September 2001)

I'm not sure if this movie will be regarded as favorably in ten years time as it is now. Maybe future reviewers will laugh at the crude 'bullet-time' effects, snigger at the blatant product placement of archaic cellphones, yawn at the reluctant-hero-facing-an-overpowerful-enemy theme, dismiss the philosophizing on reality as a forced attempt by second grader and scratch their heads thinking how Reeves could go from this to his Oscar winning spree five years later...
But for now it stands as a guilty pleasure, for me at least.
And on a further note, can't the Matrix just be seen as life in general, instead of this computer controlled system. Is the Matrix not really about the limitations that we put on ourselves, inhibiting to live life to the fullest. A dreary job behind a desk, consuming, and acting out the role that society has mapped out for us etc. that stand in the way of fully experiencing the wonders of this world, or as Trinity puts it: "You know where that roads leads to, Neo. You know exactly where it ends. And I know that you don't want to be there."
Or something like that