Thinking Outside the Box

Rating: Null/10 (19 May 2003)

I keep reading complaints about the Zion scene in the movie. Well, I thought it was an example of the Wachowski brothers thinking outside the box. If there were only 250,000 humans remaining on earth, how would they behave? Which culture would be dominant? Since the USA represents only 260 million of the planet's 5 billion inhabitants, the odds of our culture being dominant are slim. The culture in Zion appeared to resemble some African cultures. Another great aspect of the film were the number of people of color represented in the movie. Unlike Star Wars, Star Trek, Buck Rogers, and many other movies about the future, African Americans didn't just suddenly vanish off the face of the earth. For those that can't see the brothers' vision of the future, I'll use a phrase from the first "Matrix" film: "Free your mind"!!! Kudos to the W brothers for thinking outside the box!!!