CO said:
C3PX said:
As for the Matrix, that is its whole thing. It tries to be as confusing as possible with the intention of the audience mistaking it as being deep and profound. And boy did it work! Every time I hear someone call it "a thinking man's sci-fi trilogy" I start weeping inside.

I respectfully disagree. The Original Matrix is an innovative thinking man sci-fi movie, but I will admit the sequels were trying to be too much of a thinking mans movie, and they become overbloated.

Even though I highly disliked the first film, I can completely see people liking it. The story is interesting enough, and it has tons of mind numbing over the top action scenes that many people totally get off on.

I just can't for the life of me figure out what earns it the title of "thinking man's sci-fi". All of its philosophical ponderings that are supposedly incredibly deep and profound come off to me as typical LSD tripping Whooooa BS. I think that is why I have come to dislike this film so much, perhaps far more than it deserves. Simply because so many people find it inspiringly profound, when it seems to me only slightly less shallow than most other shoot'em ups.

I just can't see it for anything more than sci-fi action with postmodern philosophy (I believe the literal definition of postmodern philosophy is "bullshit", for those of you who are unfamilar with it) thrown in for flavor. Perhaps if I were able to see what others find so profound and thought provoking about it, I could hold it in much higher regards than I do. But postmodern philosophy does nothing but evoke laughter in me (one of the many reasons I love Douglas Adams so dearly, the man knew the stuff was funny).