A few comments

Rating: 8/10 (11 November 2003)

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Going into this movie I heard nothing but bad reviews... even the newspaper gave it 1.5 stars. I hadn't yet come to imdb.com to see what the Internet community felt, but I was prepared for anything. I have to say that in the movie, it didn't take me long to realize that the others were watching a different movie entirely. I was highly entertained even if a lot of it was just gratuitous action/violence. Overall, I gave this movie an 8/10. I came to see a futuristic action movie with a superhero... and that's exactly what they gave you.
Some of the things I could have seen people not liking were: confusing storyline, poor jokes spread throughout the movie (which could have just been dropped entirely), a few ridiculous lines (esp the one by Agent Smith at the end when he thinks he killed Neo), and too long a fight scene with the machines, etc.
However, I will definitely watch this again... and the fight scene with Agent Smith was worth the ticket alone! I can't wait until it comes out on DVD, and I hope the Wachowski brothers have something else on the cooker very very soon!