Disgrace to the human race

Rating: 2/10 (22 July 1999)

Take a bit from "Men in Black" (leave the humor out) something from "Last Man Standing" (leave good acting out) from "Twelve Monkeys" (leave real suffering and compassion out) and take half a dozen other ones (like some "Martial Arts") mix it and get a block buster. Hey, add a deep philosophical idea like that maybe everything is unreal!
It sounds like a joke but it is not. They actually got away with it with "The Matrix". I mean probably every bright 15 year old comes up with the idea one day that everything is fake that somehow only he (or she?) can see through it. And I do not say you cannot make a film out of it but has the result to be like this? The Matrix is by far the most stupid film I ever saw. I want to believe in bizarre concepts but this is so mind-boggingly stupid that it would mean too much honor to even start talking about it. I have seen a lot of senseless violence but this must get a price for the best pretext: They can "beam" into a particular "space-time" point of the program but not quite so our heroes have to literally shoot their way through. Amazing! The sad thing about it is that people actually enjoy the crap which makes me think that the Matrix probably is true after all. Since it seems unlikely that real people with a mind of their own can take the film seriously or enjoy it there must be some brain-washing or programming going on. My girl friend nearly left me once because I liked a "horrid" movie like "Twelve Monkeys" and even she liked The Matrix. She probably hopes that Jesus will look and act like Keanu Reeves at his next coming. What a depressing thought. If the only good thing to say about a film is that visual effects were up to standard one should leave it. The sun glasses were pretty cool though.