Movie Review: The Matrix (1999)

Happy Oscars! The Oscars have to be one of my favorite annual television events. OK, so in light of the night where great new movies get recognized. I want to review a movie that's great, but slightly older. Now that's not saying that 1999 is a long time ago, because folks, it really wasn't. The Matrix is one of those science fiction movies that comes around only once in a while. It has really logical ideas that make sense, or should we call them theories? However, it also makes the viewer feel really inspired to think about things a different way. The movie stars Keanu Reeves as this guy Neo. He's this computer hacker dude who is swept away by this girl named Trinity. Trinity then brings Neo to this guy named Morpheus who's played by Lawrence Fishbourne. He says "take the blue pill, or take the red pill", that might not be an accurate quote btw. Morpheus then tells Neo that the world that we are living in, our world, is a lie. Yeah, deep stuff. Now we have our movie. So the way that Neo comes to believe this, is for this guy to free his mind. Free his mind, so he can see the real world. When Neo's mind is eventually freed from the lie, he realizes that the true world is one of destruction. These machines are taking over and controlling the entire planet earth. The theory behind the false world is called The Matrix, it's the idea that our world is just a computer program used to shield us from the horrors of the real world. It's complicated material. That's why I think some people don't always appreciate how excellent of a flick this is. When you watch a movie, you are doing it to usually decompress and have down time, not to watch something that will test your ability to understand an intricately created storyline. The Matrix has to be one of those movies. It's really thought provoking. I love movies that do that to the audience. They want to make the viewer appreciate what's on screen, and so they use an original story to do so. The visuals in this movie are extremely impressive. The whole technique with the actual Matrix program is so impressive. Overall, The Matrix impresses in all the right areas, and also gives the watcher of this movie an interesting theory to contemplate way longer than the movie itself is. Three stars.