Return to the Matrix
Sat on the couch this afternoon and watched The Matrix again after having seen The Matrix Reloaded yesterday. I'm even more convinced that the Wachowski Brothers have done the right thing by refusing to talk about the film. Everything you need to know is on the screen, if you care to watch for it. Some folk are busy talking about how it is thin on story, but, if you buy Ms. Clayton's theory (in a previous entry), then you only need 10% anyway. And like the first one was a real barn-burner of a story. But, you know, the story is deceptively simple: it's all about choice. Red pill. Blue pill. If you want to believe that the film is something that it isn't (or wasn't, in the case of your expectations), then you will. If you want to see the film for what it really is, then you can and will. We are a culture which believes that it has seen everything, but you know what? We haven't. The Brothers Wachowski have proven it to us again.