This movie set the standard for every action movie to follow

Rating: 10/10 (17 April 2005)

When I first saw this movie (on DVD) I was so sick because I hadn't got off my back side and gone to the movie theater when it was first run.
I break this movie into three parts. The Action. The Story. The Cinematography.
The action in this movie was better then anything put out before its time. For what its worth, the next best action movie I had seen before was The Terminator. The Matrix blew it away. The karate training that Morpheus leads Neo through is some of the most original things I have ever seen. The helicopter crash seen was off of the hook, when the glass broke on the building and the bass starts booming it makes my heart jump a beat.
The story is so complex and some would say it has more underlying tones then Pulp Fiction. Over all the religious undertones where so easy to miss with my first 10 viewings, but after reading up a bit on it jump off the screen in later viewings. On the surface it seems this your everyday ordinary man Vs. machine movie. But the factor of Neo being Jesus Christ can not be avoided with a little research. Genius.
The cinematography was better (and still might be the best) ever put on film. The cameras, camera angles and views of them are amazing to say the least. The scene when they are in the wet wall was shot from at least 6 different angle, not to bad for a space of about 3 X 3. Visually everything flows into each other. It is as beautiful as any Vango painting I have ever seen.
In closing, if you haven't seen this movie then what are you waiting for? Don't expect to catch everything on the first run through. If you are the type of person who wants all of the info about a movie in the first 10 minutes, you will probably hate this movie. Those of us who are patient got the payoff from this movie that should be at the top of the 250 list.
10++