A Great Start, BUT ... And NOT "Sci-Fi" !

Rating: Null/10 (1 February 2004)

Yeah, the Original Story, the computer-aided Production, and all that were Excellent. But the 2nd half of the Movie BLOWS!!!
The Movie's Beginning was totally Excellent (the 1st hour) - Neo's introduction to the Matrix, as well as its description, were FANTASTIC.
But the Script BLOWS. Where this starts is: the "Oracle" he's supposed to take seriously - while she's so focused on baking imaginary cookies in an imaginary oven.
Then Trinity's "You can't die cuz I love you", and he comes back to life when she kisses him - too "fakey" even for Disney!
And the Big Fight Scene where Neo and Smith empty clips at each other and "dance" around each other in mid-air two feet apart, and neither gets shot.
In all, HOLLYWOOD AGAIN RUINED A GOOD MOVIE - adding useless violence and the "love interest". I.e. to make $$$, instead of doing a more honest take like "Brave New World". Shows the Movie Biz is no better that the "Machines" they vilify!
What so few I've talked to seem to not get, is that the movie IS NOT a "Vision of an Apocalyptic Future", but a METAPHOR for how the majority swallows our commonly-held "Reality" - and they're actually just "fuel" for the existing powers-that-be!
"They are so inured to it (the Matrix), and so ( desirous of pleasure / afraid of change ? ) that they oppose us - THEY ARE OUR ENEMY!"
For once, I'd like to hear people discuss WHAT THE MOVIE MEANS.