Ghost of a flea

Re: The Matrix

This installment of the Flea Presents Great Canadians™ features two stars of the recently released, not very good Matrix: Revolutions. Carrie-Anne Moss and Keannu Reeves are quite pretty despite their dialogue and naturally the innate Canadian ability to fly and move in bullet-time helps them in their adventures.

And then... James Lileks liked the third film far more than I did. In fact, I did not like it. But I agree with his assessment of the main problem of the Wachowski brothers' philosophy.

I took away something else from the Matrix trilogy: it is a product of deeply confused people. They want it all. They want individualism and community; they want secularism and transcendence; they want the purity of committed love and the licentious fun of an S&M club; they want peace and the thrill of violence; they want God, but they want to design him on their own screens with their own programs by their own terms for their own needs, and having defined the divine on their own terms, they bristle when anyone suggests they have simply built a room with a mirror and flattering lighting. All three Matrix movies, seen in total, ache for a God. But they can’t quite go all the way. They’re like three movies about circular flat meat patties that can never quite bring themselves to say the word “hamburger.”

And then... Problem: unsatisfied with Revolutions. Solution: go see it again the next day on IMAX.

The IMAX Experience is the world's most powerful and involving film experience. With breathtaking images up to eight stories high and wrap-around 12,000-watt digital sound, IMAX technology takes you to places only imagined.

Much better. Everything moves faster and everything looks better. Also, this second viewing let me figure out why the station is called "Mobil". Check out the fridge magnets too.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at November 8, 2003 10:54 AM

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Posted by: Ian at November 9, 2003 10:12 PM