A movie like The Matrix might never happen again
Watching today, Neo seems like the poster boy for a disaffected Generation X, a non-conformist who escapes his dull life as a cubicle drone to become a god.
I can agree with that.
I never saw The Matrix in the theaters. I saw the trailers on tv, but it didn't seem that interesting. The trailers showcased the special effects, but that was it; nothing about the story. I expected the movie to be shallow on plot and relying on explosions and martial arts to carry the day. I figured it would be short-lived at the box office before quickly fading from memory.
Man, was I wrong.
I eventually saw the movie later when it came to cable. It's now one of my favorite movies of all time.
And in hindsight, the movie definitely seems to have represented a turning point in American cinema. Perhaps even a peak of sorts. Which, of course, was also a theme in the movie: according to Morpheus, 1999 represented the "peak" of our civilization, which is why the machines used that era as the basis for the Matrix.
As Cypher might say... what a mind-job.
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