Horrible

Rating: 4/10 (29 March 2000)

I fit the demographics on this one. I'm 30, a gamer, programmer, run a domain in my off time, etc. etc. I also love special effects, good action movies and Sci-Fi. I was really looking forward to this movie.
The Special Effects were unbelievable. Overdone, but who cared?!! It deserved every Oscar in visual effects and then some. Besides that:
This was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I have seen many movies I don't like, this is the first I REALLY hate. The plot had so many loopholes I felt the screenplay was like a quilt with plot(stitches) in between the special effects(panels). It reminded me of "The Abyss", but at least in "The Abyss" the audience took it for what it was worth - a movie made up of a half edited plot and poor acting while moving forward in the world of special effects. "The Matrix"- people actually liked this!
Figuring I missed something I've asked people who love this movie what it was about, and they couldn't agree on the basics! So after research my comments are...
Kill me, but the acting was sub-standard, the plot confusing without purpose, and a bunch of characters who all looked like they walked out of " Scream" didn't help at all. This is excluding Fishburne who speaks like the Kung Fu master in The Karate Kid.
The screenplay was full of cryptic phrases like "the matrix has no meaning..." and "the matrix cannot tell you who you are" that could have been told in an easier way without any loss of ambiance. Instead, I felt that I needed to bring my Captain America decryption ring. The lack of the actors' performances made it even harder to figure out the meaning of what was being said.
This movie speaks like a poor novel reads-a lot of words saying what a few could have said better. Big words do not a good movie make. In the end you feel both tired and empty. At least the characters could have made me care.