Changed my life

Rating: 10/10 (13 April 2005)

It has been said of Shakespeare that one of the reasons he was such a genius story teller was that his plays were multi-layered and appealed to many. Back in those times educational standards were far more polarised between classes who could afford education and those who could not. You would have had a theatre packed with both rowdy fairly unintelligent folk who stood near the stage, those in between, as well as intelligent upper class who sat above them. They all came to see Shakespeare's work. This was unusual for a playwright to have such a wide appeal among the classes. The reason it worked was because there was something for everyone  action, romance, philosophy, wit, intelligence etc.
I believe the matrix trilogy to have a similar trait. Why? Well because they truly changed my life. I was not someone who would ever consider going to see a movie about philosophy (much a less read a book on it), or a movie that asks us to question reality, systems of control, choice, love, purpose etc. I would have been ignorant of a work that drew upon such 'nerdy' questions. I was drawn to the Matrix by the action like a moth to light, and once I was there I was zapped by its themes. Soon, I wanted to know more. What did such a scene mean? I wanted to know more about things in my own life  my work, my blind religious faith, my ignorant acceptance of the world around me. I woke up I guess. No other movie trilogy has had such a profound impact on my day to day life than the Matrix saga.
I think that's amazing. Such ideas bred by a popular entertainment piece. I was once an action movie sci-fi freak and would have never wanted to read or talk about such notions. I'm changed due to these movies  and for the better. I can only speak for myself but I thank the wachowskis for waking me up and showing me a different view of reality.
Neo  I can't go back can I? Morpheus - No. And if you could, would you really want to?