The Matrix Ballet

Rating: Null/10 (28 May 2003)

I believe no more needs to be said about the greatness of this movie concerning philosophical concepts and visual effects: journalists, scientists and ordinary people who registered their points of view have already done it pretty well - academic works for philosophy, theology or any other humanities related course student will be greatly provided with so much (good and well written) information on the subject from now on - with a trip through the movie and through all the articles written about it. I really feel a bit shamed about registering my thoughts on that - also because pretty much of what I think and love about both movies (the first and Reloaded) was already said by someone, which also shows how effective is the language (the one that you hear and the wordless one, that you read with your eyes) used by the movie. Since everything is more than well said and certainly more then well understood by all watchers and followers of this master piece, I would like to concentrate my comments on its 'Plastic Beauty'. Every scene, every movement, every look and every choreography are as beautiful as if we were staring to a surreal painting for 2 hours. Fights, flies, simple walks, outfits, hair and glasses are like a stroke with a brush. The way the actors (and here it makes no difference if we are talking about real people or virtual images) speak (Smith - slow and paused, Neo - calm and serene, Morpheus on Zion - passioned and strong) or simply move their hand toward some direction are hypnotic, like mixing of colors on a surreal painting. The color black, the crows flying on the fight with the 100 Smiths, the music that follows us until the end, the rhythm and the cadence of the script are the atmosphere that, with no coincidence, makes your mind free. No scene is 'ok' - they are all great! No scene should have been cut off - they are all important and essential to form the Matrix Ballet which is, besides the needing of understanding the story the best way I can (even though I am a Matrix article buster...), the reason that will take me back to the movies.