Don't believe the hype, The Matrix is horrible.

Rating: 1/10 (7 November 1999)

Whoah! That was a really awful excuse for a movie. Horrible acting and a horrible script is what you get with this one, but I expected these things to be bad. What I didn't expect was that the SFX were horrible too. I can't believe people think that they are good. Good special effects make you forget that you are seeing special effects, and you can believe that they are real. In The Matrix, you never forget. They are way overdone and end up looking very childish, and we've seen these cheezy effects done a million times in commercials even though people may not realize it.
All I've heard about this movie is how the effects are amazing, but I say if that is what you are looking for watch The Phantom Menace or The Mummy. If you want to see a good virtual reality movie watch eXistenZ or even The Thirteenth Floor was better than The Matrix.