Despite its flaws.... yeah, I enjoyed it.

Rating: 6/10 (12 July 1999)

This movie was by no means perfect. The plot was not spectacular and the acting was by no means top-notch. It is nothing like "Dark City," the best movie made in the 90s (in my opinion at least) which has, as Roger Ebert says, "no bad scenes." Howard Hawks, the famous director who did Rio Bravo among other classics, once said when asked what makes a good film, "3 good scenes and no bad scenes." "Dark City" is a film which accomplishes this, there are no scenes which do not advance the plot, and yet we still see some incredible effects.
Anyhow, back to "The Matrix." There are plenty of scenes that are not necessary, one example being the fight scene at the metal detectors near the end of the film, but you know what, I don't care. This movie was visually incredible. I was not excited and pumped up after seeing it, I was tired, and not because it was a boring film. It is simply that the film wears out one's eyes, there is so much movement, so much eye-candy, and so much brightness. This movie won't win an Oscar, at least not the big ones, and it shouldn't. But it is still an extremely enjoyable and entertaining film and except for the cheesy love part at the end, could not have been done much better.
The brothers who directed "The Matrix" succeeded in creating a film that is what it tries to be: a visually stunning action film.