Well now. When I first heard the cast of The Matrix I was a little astonished. Keanu and Laurence Fishburne?
Hrmmmmmmmmmmmmm..... I wasn't sure how I felt about that. You see, I love Larry. I hate everything Keanu's done since Bill
and Ted. And I really, really, really, really didn't want to have to sit through another Johnny Mnemonic because that was
torture enough in itself. However, then I saw the clothes they wore on the poster. Yes, I will admit, I originally saw this
movie for the clothes - and that's all. I get superficial like that sometimes. I recently accepted that not every movie
has to be a head-tripping, in-depth look at things through symbolism. But the Matrix... Well.... I was blown away.
Keanu found a role in which he doesn't have to act, but in which he can speak; has a relatively good
name - I thought Neo was quite symbolic - gets cool guns, great sunglasses, better clothes, and nice martial arts training.
Wow! I never thought I'd say this, but I this role was written for him. I do mean that in an entirely good way. Indeed, I
may stop my years-long boycott of Keanu, I realized during the first 20 minutes. He rocked. And Larry! My Larry! Also wow.
His calm, cool demeanor as the leader Morpheus absolutely supported Keanu's rather flatly portrayed Neo. (Althought flat is
what the character was, so that isn't an insult to Keanu.) Larry also had some kick-ass clothes going on, even if that green
suit hurt my eyes.
The way Morpheus teaches Neo about the world Neo's never known about was very astouding to me. I thought
it would be tripe once I figured out that Neo would have to learn such things. However, I was nicely surprised. And I really
believe Bill Gates should look into the mind-thingy you can just plug yourself into and learn whatever you want. That would
be a very digg-able. (I say Bill not because I like him, but because, let's face it, if someone can steal the technology to
do it, he can.)
I love the costumer for this movie. I'd like to kiss her/his feet. I never did stay long enough to
catch her/his name. Does anyone know?? I heard that the woman who played Trinity (I forget her name... no, wait it's Carrie-Ann
Moss) had to be sewn into her PVC clothing every day. Now I'm on the lookout for someone with the knowledge of how to make
PVC clothing and someone who will sew me into it every day. Any takers??
The soundtrack also gets one of my highest ratings. It isn't any Lost Highway but it is still
wonderful. Do buy it.
In the end, The Matrix was a kick-ass movie. A kick-ass movie I doubt I'll ever object to seeing.
Also, about the controversy with Colombine and the big guns in The Matrix>, get the hell over it.
Movies do not make people do things, nor do videogames, or music for that matter. Kids see more violence in cartoons than
they ever will in movies and parents everywhere sit their kids in front of the TV to watch a little Bugs Bunny every day.
Ah, TV, America's National Babysitter. If your kid doesn't have the willpower to 'resist' the 'messages' sent to them in movies,
videogames, music, and cartoons I do hope you realize the nightly news is hundreds of times worse than any of those. Of course,
if your kid doesn't have the willpower to do that, damn - did you screw up as a parent.
Anyhow, I had heard that The Matrix was not going to be released on VHS, but only on DVD to keep kids
from buying it. I really hate to mention it, but kids buy DVDs as well. Moreso now that their computers and console games
have DVD support and now that everyone understands the awesome features that come with DVDs and the improved video/sound qualities
and that DVD isn't just another UHF or Laserdisc flop. Kids do have money. Imagine that! And you baby-boomer white males didn't
give it to them! And they have it!! Be still your beating hearts. No, really, have a heart attack. Save the younger generation
some stress.
Whew. Little mini-rant there. This isn't the rant section, this is Reviews. Sorry.
