One of the GREATEST works of art in History!

Rating: 9/10 (9 September 2009)

The Matrix Trilogy is, without a doubt, one of the greatest works of art in the history of mankind. Some discount this because they were movies, and not works of literature or music or "traditional" art (i.e. painting, sculpture, etc.). Others discount this claim because the trilogy was science fiction and not drama. Yet I claim that the Matrix Trilogy should be held alongside the works of Shakespeare and DaVinci and Michelangelo! The Matrix Trilogy contains all the best of the literary, the musical, the visual, the comedy, the tragedy, the mystery, and the anything-else-you-want-to-include-here. For those who didn't "get" the last two films, I am sorry to inform you that you simply should have stayed awake in your philosophy and comparative relgion classes in college. In this masterpiece you have the distilled philosophical wisdom of Descartes, Nietzsche, Baudrillard, Schoepenhoer, Plato, and many others along with the religious insights found in Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity. The Matrix Trilogy could be watched a THOUSAND TIMES and would still reveal more truths and mysteries with each successive viewing. My answer to those who try and compare the first film to the last two would be two-fold: First, view the Trilogy as a WHOLE, and not as three separate films. Only then will you realize that the answers to questions posed in the first film were not answered there, but rather, in the two subsequent films. Second, if you are not up on your philosophy (shame on you for getting that USELESS and BOURGEOIS business degree), then go out and buy one of the three main books EXPLAINING the many meanings of the films ("The Matrix and Philosophy", "More Matrix and Philosophy", "Taking the Red Pill", etc.) If all you are seeing are the special effects and the gunplay, then you truly ARE trapped in a Matrix. It's called IGNORANCE! Educate yourself that you might enjoy life more fully! WAY TO GO WACHOWSKI BROTHERS!