Tuesday, June 03, 2003

Tue
3
Jun
2003

There was no movie…

Went to see "The Matrix Reloaded" for the second time with Marcus last night. It really is a good flick. I have noticed one thing--either a person really likes this movie or they really hate it. Maybe it's just too deep for some people and since any type of thinking or stimulation whatsoever makes their brains hurt, they don't like it. Maybe the fact that it didn't tie up into a nice, neat little package at the end and they have no patience to wait six months to see the conclusion really pissed them off. Regardless, I like how it is making me think and I've learned a lot of things while trying to understand this movie. I hope that when the last one is out, the dudes that wrote them will reveal some (if not all) of the religious, mythological, philosophical, etc. connotations. Somehow I doubt it, though. The Wachowski brothers seem to be rather secretive. There are, however, many people all over the internet offering up their theories. One site I've been visiting alot recently is Matrix Essays. I found it while trying to help Marcus research the significance of the names of people/places/ things in "The Matrix." The author of that site wrote a cute Dr. Seuss parody: