horribly done

Rating: 2/10 (28 October 2003)

Some people like to think of the matrix as a very deep and interesting film. The truth is that most of these people aren't very smart at all. Maybe this movie is 'deep and profound' for the average mainstream moviegoer, but for anyone who is even remotely into philosophy, the movie fails miserably to pretend its 'deepness'. Most of the so-called philosophic parts of the matrix are prime examples of standard 'I'm an 18 year old who thinks he's making a great discovery when saying that nothing is what it seems' philosophy. Most of the so-called deep parts of the matrix are horribly obvious for anyone with half a brain. People need to see this movie for what it really is: A stupid Sci-Fi film with a ludicrous amount of pointless special effects and fight scenes, long leather raincoats and sunglasses and the two worst parts of the whole movie: a 5-minute moronic dance scene and a totally unbelievable and ridiculously acted love story. All of this and a bit of so-called 'totally deep and profound, dude' pretentiousness makes for a success at the box office! (I'm not even mentioning the huge amount of pointless 'whoa' scenes)
2/10... At least the first one had some merits and wasn't so obviously trying to draw in the dumb crowd.