Matrix Revolutions and Philosophy ???

Rating: 10/10 (9 November 2003)

I hope that most of you realize that Matrix trilogy was made for the masses and Wachovski brothers made sure that there is something for everybody, some action for people who like "Terminator 3"-like movies, some love drama for the people who want to see another "Titanic" movie and a little bit of philosophy. Well, I was interested in the philosophy part but was bitterly disappointed from the very beginning and Matrix 1! Thus, I was not surprised that M2 and M3 were purely commercial and had no actual meaning besides the action and drama. What Wachovski brothers tried to do is to commercialize and make popular a very old phiospohical idea, expressed by Rene Descartes in his method of doubt and summarized in his famous sentence: "Cogito ergo sum". For those of you who believe that Matrix philosophy is ORIGINAL, no it is definitely NOT original, you were just sleeping in your philosophy classes in college then.... actually this philosophy is expressed in a rather tasteless manner in the Matrix trilogy. From a technical viewpoint the movie was just nonsense, I say this as a computer scientist. By the way, does anybody remember a movie called "13th Floor", it came out a month or two before M1, it started with "Cogito ergo sum" and had the same idea as Matrix 1, expressed without action and Keanu Reeves. So, go and see it. To cut the long story short, if you've liked Matrix 3 and believe that it is original, sophisticated and philosophical, better watch more "Terminator 3"-like movies and have fun ! If you still like Matrix 3 but were puzzled by its plotholes and nonsense, then find "Discourse on Method, Meditations on the First Philosophy" by Rene Descartes and read it + watch "13th Floor". Greetings!