Almost perfect

Rating: 9/10 (3 August 2001)

One hell of a movie, although I doubt most younger fans who seek the roller-coaster disposable thrills like those in the Matrix will appreciate the superiority of of better movies like "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon". (Just look at some of the Matrix and Jackie Chan fan replies over there.)
Nonetheless, I would have given the Matrix a 10 instead of 9 except for the very flimsy background premise regarding the matrix concept itself and the "human-battery" concept. Come on, first of all, if sunlight is blocked out, ALL life will die on earth. If not, then what's the point of harvesting humans for energy? If there is no energy, than how the hell are humans going to survive? What are the 'bots feeding them? Rocks? Give me a break. And excuse me, all this aside, did anyone ever hear of muscle atrophy? I think Keanu would have to spend months in therapy before he could walk to the slop-kitchen after spending his entire life in a cocoon.
Other than that, I though The Matrix was the most original and exciting film since the original Terminator. But I think the Terminator had a much tighter and well thought out background premise..