For original material it's amazing...still.

Rating: 10/10 (17 May 2003)

Think about it, when you consider all the really incredible film trilogies of our day, or even just the BIG films which are revolutionary like LOTR, Star Wars, Spider-Man, etc etc etc. Most BIG films in terms of impact are adaptations of other material - a book, comic book, article... But The Matrix is truly original material which is incredible all by itself. You may argue that it too is adapted - but that's a weak argument given that the Warchowskis created the material upon which it could be said to have been based. And even if you wanted to argue that then there are varying accounts of what came first, the comic, or the idea to make a movie about The Matrix, followed by the creation of a comic as a means of selling the idea. Think about it.