Why do people not understand

Rating: 10/10 (4 July 2003)

I think people are upset because they don't understand, so they try to downplay how good this movie is. Are their flaws, of course there are... the entire sequence with Morpheus' empowerment speech & that ludicrously long "jungle" dance scene, as well as Trinity & Neo's love scene... all of that could have been left out.
But most of the movie is just right. If you cant except the premise of the movie, THE MATRIX IS A SIMULATION. SO THEY PRETTY MUCH CAN DO WHAT EVER THEY WANT. Then why watch the movie. Go see The Pianist or something else. The Matrix movies are for people like me. I am tired of thoughtless action movies with no plot, so they are essentially life action film of someone else's video game highlights (i.e. Mission Impossible 2, & Blade 2) & I'm tired of well acted drama's that are so boring you need no dose & jolt cola to make it thru to find out the final resolution (i.e. insomnia.. decent movie, but watch when you just get out of bed after 9 hours of sleep & have had 2 espresso's.) The Matrix Reloaded has an interesting premise, great action, decent acting by everyone except, Keanu. (he is duller than back side of a plastic knife, Keanu. Do us all a favor. WAKE UP! SHOW SOME ENTHUSIASM. You're getting $15 million a film...) Now for some interesting tidbits ***SPOILERS*** Check out the video game "Enter the Matrix' it helps explain some things & also shows some scenes that could have been in the movie, but instead were made for the game. The fight scene between Ballard (Roy Jones Jr.) & Seraph (the Oracle's protector) is very cool. Also, the way they explain why the Oracle is a different person now actually took some thought & was cleverly done. I don't know if that will be explained in the next movie, but it is in the game. Also you learn that all the things that the Oracle mentioned to Neo are in the movie: Ghosts (the twins obviously); vampires (Persephone); & werewolves (the 2 guys in the room watching horror movies. Persephone shoots one of them, comments about silver bullets, and then tells the other to go tell her husband.) The Wachowski brothers put a lot of thought into these movies & everything they have spawned. And it shows! They deserve a lot of credit for changing the industry & how action movies are made, besides setting the new benchmark. Think about how many action movies use bullet time now.
One comment said most people probably didn't understand the intriguing conversation between Neo & the Architect. Maybe that's true. Most of the people I know thought he was a human. But that, in it self is a measuring stick of how good a movie is. People can discuss the different odds & ends of the movie at length because there is so much to think about. So please, if you haven't seen this, go check it out. If you haveÂ… Give credit where credit is due!