A PAN-AFRICAN Point-of-View of THE MATRIX:

Rating: Null/10 (18 May 2003)

Nona Gaye SURE is purty.
Jada ...over acted. What was Roy Jones doing inna movie??
Cornel West makes a funny and rather apropos cameo.
There is an obvious reference to SIGMUND FREUD as the `Architect'
The modern world just can't get over their resentment of him TELLING it Like It Is .
Freud's impact is (still) being felt BIG time. Too bad he wasn't comfortable enough with his Jewry to enter the early discussions on post-slavery consciousness and it's effect on the `white' psyche.
This new flick really delves into PHILOSOPHY. Nice.
Lots of references to BAUDRILLIARD. And Sarte.
If u're like me, u'll be disappointed by one BIG thing in the movie.
-- The actually movie is fine --
And the cast is actually 60/40 DARK people.
Its been said that the casting in MATRIX series makes Star Trek look like tokenism. ...BUT...
There is this LOVE SCENE scene between the Alfa Male (Keanu) and his Alfa Female (Carrie-Ann) . They could be almost be twins, ay?
Juxtaposed to the beat of a TRIBAL dance ... takes (us) right back to good old colonial England ... and 18th century Jamaica.
yawn Some things NEVER change.
That White-GOD thing is hardwired into the white psyche.
GREAT cliffhanger. The best cliffhanger since Star Wars or WHO shot JR(!)
It was a good series segment.
VERY clever, smart film. GREAT packaging.
Like Harry Potter, Star Wars and Starbucks -- a BRAND that people will Worship.
The Power of Myth.
Folks will PAY anything to be a "part" of the fanfare.
Just like Sub-urbia . sold lock n stock.
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A former slave once said:
'I don't care if other people see it as poetry ...
Its just life to me .'