The Matrix (1999) – There is no Spoon
You know you really like a movie when you're willing to watch it for the umpteenth time. Such is the case with me and "The Matrix". It seems like every time I watch, there's at least one thing I see that I didn't in any of the previous viewings. There aren't many movies like that.
The Story
The Matrix has become a modern classic and many movies are copying the basic premise. In this original story, people think they're living in the real world when they're actually living in a shared dream. Sometime in the past, the machine people and the humans went to war and the humans lost, but not before they deprived the machines of their primary energy source, the Sun. The machines then figured out a way to harness the heat from human bodies to provide them all the power they needed.
Some humans managed to escape this predicament by living underground and started pulling certain dreamers out into the real world. Neo, the main character was destined to the modern-day messiah, even though he didn't believe it. The end of the movie culminated in his newfound ability to do anything he wanted while inside the matrix.
The Sequels and Other Stuff
I enjoy The Matrix every time I watch it. I can't say the same for the sequels and other video adaptations which followed. I don't like anime, and that's what The Animatrix really was. It was a collection of stories related to the movie. Then came the video game, Enter the Matrix, followed by the sequels.
As far as I'm concerned, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions veered away from the things that made the first movie good: The subtle religious undertones, discovering things about the matrix that they didn't already know and the subtle things that you won't spot until you've watched the movie more than once (or unless someone tells you about them). I considered both as one long, drawn out movie that only made sense at the end of the last one.
It's been 10 years since The Matrix was released. The crappy follow-on stories could easily be redeemed by a continuation, either in movie form or television form, but only if they're done right. Did Neo die? Did the machine people fix his vision? There's so much to explore, I'm surprised it hasn't been done yet.
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Personally, I've not watched a single Matrix movie. I find the story a bit… shallow. Well, that's just my opinion. And that can still change if ever I'll get the chance to watch the movie.
Great point. I guess movies are now slowly moving into the idea of a virtual reality where people get to choose a different life from what they presently have. Including appearances, skills, etc..
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The only thing the 2nd and 3rd movie veered off of religion-wise was keeping it subtle.
The first movie was wonderful but I can handle watching it too many times simply because of Keanu. I have watched it about 10 times and loved it every time but now the Keanu Reeves is distracting me from getting into the story.
I will say though that the first 2-3 times were because it was awesome and the rest were due to the story line and catching new details.. Ok.. the 10th time was solely due to Trinity.. youch!
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