Does anyone else not like the Matrix?

[Anonymous]

It thinks it's super deep and philosophical, but it's not. The themes have been done before in anime, Plato, and even a movie from the previous year, Dark City. Neo and Trinity have absolutely NO chemistry, but you expect me to believe they're lovers, just because Trinity randomly says it out of nowhere? The whole movie is them walking next to each other, her explaining the Matrix to him, or them siting quietly in the car. Why can't they just be friends?

It's so stupid that a kiss from Trinity professing her "love" is what revives him. It should have been Morpheus telling him, "Neo, wake up! All of humanity depends on you!" The mystery of the matrix was intriguing at first; then, it devolves into another sci-fi flick where they run on walls and shoot security guards with big guns. Yeah, the effects are cool for the time, but the movie is not as deep or smart as it pretends to be.

[RoοstеrBrеаst]

There's a hell of a lot of esoteric symbolism. Which is the main purpose of the movie. ﾠ

[RoοstеrBrеаst]

You don't need to watch a lot to know that the symbolism is all over but I guess there are videos like these which have all these comments akin to the testimonials in my big balls guided meditation video confessing how life changing it is: https://youtu.be/JvKEwr0iNA0?si=oWYxvLYztV_RUqJb

[RoοstеrBrеаst]

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[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

You don't have to like the movie, though in hindsight the movie was more or less the experience of two trans women trying to write out what it felt like for them to exist in a hetero-normative society before they knew they were trans women. The series is a bit more philosophical as it discusses the idea of determinism vs. free will, and there are plenty of interpretations to make. I agree, the movie is definitely a product of its time though, focusing on effects and action sequences but as the trilogy goes on things get a bit deeper. But if the fights and effects don't entertain you, nor the concept of the matrix and the idea of a false reality we all end up conforming into, then you probably wouldn't enjoy the other movies either. Which is totally fine, enjoy your life knowing you are a fully-formed individual capable of critical thinking skills enough to form an opinion that is true to who you are.

[ɹǝʇʇɐɥpɐW]

I was never super into it either, even as a kid. It's just an ok movie.

[exitseven]

I have been meaning to sit down and watch it to see waht it was all about.