Fantastic movie!

Rating: 9/10 (29 June 1999)

I saw this movie twice, and probably am going to see it once again. This is a superb film which combines action with science fiction and adds some philosophical questions too. I read some comments which say that the story is crap, but that isn't the point. The point is that it makes you think! The Matrix is just a story of an interpretation of reality and we all do that once in a while. We all sometimes question what is real and what is not. The Matrix is an enormously rich movie, that's why you should see it more than once.
The first time you can sit back and just enjoy what you are seeing, and you will see much. During the first part of the movie not just Neo is introduced into 'another' world, but we as viewers are too. And it just takes you away. Only super objective people can say that they are not 'sucked' into the movie. You won't be bored, I can guarantee you. The visual aspects are astonishing, the action scenes are perfect and don't forget the soundtrack! First of all it's a super action movie.
The second time, when you know what is going to happen, you can think about what you see. The story has pretension, it's about rethinking all that is familiar. Is the world what it seems to be? The symbolism within the movie is also overwhelming: it's Plato's cave mixed with the story of Jesus Christ. Sometimes you will see flaws in the storyline (especially in the end, when I started thinking we were in an adaptation of Snowwhite), but that doesn't matter, because after the movie has ended, it's just fun thinking (and talking) further about it. Imagine the moral implications of it all: especially the Cypher-character is interesting. What would we do in his situation? In general: Who is good and who is bad in the movie? Is that distinction possible?
I can really recommend this movie to all moviegoers, I'd rate it 9 out of 10. (By the way: Laurence Fishburne is magnificent)