I was impressed

Rating: 9/10 (22 February 2000)

The Matrix was one of the better movies of 1999, but the people who call this movie one of the most inspirational movies ever is out of their mind. The first hour is extremely weird, and the action does not pick up until the gun fight in the building. Only then does the special effects that seemed to be promised throughout the movie appear. Granted, Laurance Fishburne and Keanu Reeves do their best, but the chartecter development is quick and not very elaborative. One final nagging is the agents, who look like over acting Men In Black.
But that's the bad stuff. The good stuff is this:
The special effects. I said earlier that they do not really appear until the second half of the movie, but its impact is felt throughout. The part when Neo wakes up from the The Matrix is very impressive, as is Neo and Morphius' kung fu lesson.
The acting. Laurence Fishburne is extremly impressive as Morphius, and spews out half of the movie's memorable lines, such as :
"No one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it yourself"
And that about sums it up. If you read this review looking for insight on the plot, all I can say is this:
"No one can be told what the plot of the Matrix is. You have to see it yourself."