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<blockquote data-quote="Rackhir" data-source="post: 2708459" data-attributes="member: 149">The Matrix is one of the defining films of modern times, but not because of the script. So much stuff from this movie, especially in terms of the visual feel and style of sequences have become part and parcel of the visual vocabulary of movie making. You can show parodies or knock offs of so many scenes and it will be instantly recognizeable world wide as to what the source was. But a lot of people want to hold it up as being something other than what it is, because it incorporates nods to philosophy and superficial postulations on the human condition. The scene where Agent Smith is torturing Morpheus and goes on his rant about how &quot;Humans are the only creatures that don't instinctively seek a &quot;balance&quot; with nature&quot;, always makes me laugh because it is so stupid. There is no &quot;instinctive&quot; balance to anything in nature. The natural balance consists of exploiting the good times to the max and suffering in the bad times. Humans are just better at making the good times good and the bad times worse than other creatures. I enjoyed the Matrix tremendously, the scene in the foyer of the building with all the guns when they went to rescue Morpheus was something I'd waited my entire life to see. But it's just a movie with some vague nods to philosphy wrapped up in a super cool-tight vinyl outfit and really cool looking shades. It is not War and Peace, it's not &quot;The Interpretation of Dreams&quot; and it's not even &quot;When Bad Things Happen to Good People&quot;. It's just a really cool film and people shouldn't blast the sequels because they didn't happen to live up to their fantasy creations of how they were going to reveal the mysteries of the universe and teach us all to be as cool as Neo, Trinity and Morpheus.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rackhir, post: 2708459, member: 149"] The Matrix is one of the defining films of modern times, but not because of the script. So much stuff from this movie, especially in terms of the visual feel and style of sequences have become part and parcel of the visual vocabulary of movie making. You can show parodies or knock offs of so many scenes and it will be instantly recognizeable world wide as to what the source was. But a lot of people want to hold it up as being something other than what it is, because it incorporates nods to philosophy and superficial postulations on the human condition. The scene where Agent Smith is torturing Morpheus and goes on his rant about how "Humans are the only creatures that don't instinctively seek a "balance" with nature", always makes me laugh because it is so stupid. There is no "instinctive" balance to anything in nature. The natural balance consists of exploiting the good times to the max and suffering in the bad times. Humans are just better at making the good times good and the bad times worse than other creatures. I enjoyed the Matrix tremendously, the scene in the foyer of the building with all the guns when they went to rescue Morpheus was something I'd waited my entire life to see. But it's just a movie with some vague nods to philosphy wrapped up in a super cool-tight vinyl outfit and really cool looking shades. It is not War and Peace, it's not "The Interpretation of Dreams" and it's not even "When Bad Things Happen to Good People". It's just a really cool film and people shouldn't blast the sequels because they didn't happen to live up to their fantasy creations of how they were going to reveal the mysteries of the universe and teach us all to be as cool as Neo, Trinity and Morpheus. [/QUOTE]

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