Intelligent sci-fi Finally!

Rating: Null/10 (30 May 1999)

I was so impressed by The Matrix, I have seen it several times since its release. I find it hard to believe that there are people that did not like and outright hated this film. My only real qualm is that the premise is that The Matrix is a reality that connects all the humans' minds to a collective that is set in 1999. Now even artificial intelligence ought to be smart enough to set us back to a time before computers so that part of logic is yet undiscovered and we are left clueless. But that is nit pickey and there would be no movie in that instance. Now, what I found so interesting about the movie is how well thought out the logic of the way that The Matrix, programs and the human mind work together and seperately. I suppose this particular interest is due to my career and hobbies in computers, but the concepts were conceived from a programmers point of view, it seems. That within The Matrix, rules still apply as within a program brings on a wave of questions and possibilities and lets one rationalize a lot things in the movie. The geek chic has to be a draw, as well. A bit predictable, yes, but interesting and visually stunning none the less. (By the way, this is the first Keanu movie that my mind didn't hear the word "dude" after every sentence he said.)