Problems with a philosophy text in movie form

Rating: Null/10 (16 December 2003)

I've read and heard all the arguments for and against revolutions, and I have to say that I'm kind of disappointed at the shallowness of responses from people. The matrix trilogy is a philosophical treatise that asks what is the nature of the world around us, what is our place in that world, and what is the source of our power in this world.
What is the matrix? This is irrelevant by the third movie. What is important is how do we affect and effect our environment is the relevant question now. The fact that the answers offered in the movies (and such a movie needs to offer answers to the audience, no matter how...unsatisfying they may be) closely parallel Coptic Christianity is acceptable IMHO.
If you want to complain about these movies, then complain about the gratuitous scenes covering the invasion of Zion. They were irrelevant to the core message of the movie, and irrelevant to the IMPORTANT action of the movie. But how could anyone complain about such amazingly detailed and beautifully executed scenes. Were these scenes predictable? Somewhat. But so what. The core message wasn't, was it?
All told, I look forward to owning this trilogy on DVD (unless I can get the trilogy WITH the animatrix as well), especially Revolutions.
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