The Movie "The Matrix" And Your View of it Before and After Eris.

[Icey]

I'm not saying it's a good movie. Hell, I'm not saying it's bad either. I happen to like it, but I don't really care if you do. What I'm interested in is,

The symbolism.

I saw the movie when I was a kid, and it was pretty cool with the guns and John Woo magic, and then I went on with my life.

And then I got woken up from The Machine™
And then I watched the movie again.

What came through the second viewing was not an action movie, but a metaphor for the GASM's, and the good fight in general.

Redpill, Machine, all that and more. The movie is now not an action treat for me, but a symbolic piece, a representative of "real" life, more true to it than most viewers could ever dream.

Does anyone else see this?

I could be just insane. Well, I am insane.

But, are you insane with me?

[Lies]

I dunno man, I took both pills.

[rong]

[AFK]

I haven't watched any of the movies and really don't plan to.  Too much Keanu Reeves. 

[Suu]

The Matrix was cool because I was 18 when it came out.


Was.

[Lies]

The Matrix was cool because I was 18 when it came out.


Was.

The matrix was cool til 2 + 3 came out.

[Suu]

Yes.

The sequels ruined a perfectly good release of Equilibrium.

[*GrumpButt*]

I do see the symbolism.  But mehhhh the movies themselves...

[Nephew Twiddleton]

The movie predates this board I think... You can graft the symbolism onto it and view it with Discordian eyes but for the most part it was just another sci-fi film.

[LMNO]

The movie predates this board I think... You can graft the symbolism onto it and view it with Discordian eyes but for the most part it was just Plato and Descartes with a full clip on semi-automatic.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

The movie predates this board I think... You can graft the symbolism onto it and view it with Discordian eyes but for the most part it was just Plato and Descartes with a full clip on semi-automatic.

That too.

[Prince Glittersnatch III]

I do see the symbolism.  But mehhhh the movies themselves...

Why does everyone hate the Matrix now?
Have the sequels really tainted the original beyond redemption?

[LMNO]

What do you mean, "now"?

Sure, it was eye candy, but I never saw it as some awesome philisophical head scrambler.


"I Heart Huckabees" was more of an existential mindfuck, to be honest.

[Cuddlefish]

Yes.

The sequels ruined a perfectly good release of Equilibrium.

Agree'd. Equilibrium rocked.

The movie predates this board I think... You can graft the symbolism onto it and view it with Discordian eyes but for the most part it was just Plato and Descartes with a full clip on semi-automatic.

I do see the symbolism.  But mehhhh the movies themselves...

Why does everyone hate the Matrix now?
Have the sequels really tainted the original beyond redemption?

I liked the first two. I liked Reloaded only as a kick-ass action movie, though. The third part sucked it.

[Eater of Clowns]

I was in middle school when The Matrix came out, so yeah I thought that shit was both awesome and mind blowing at the time.  I can remember walking out of the theater doing the whole "Is this real?" thing.  It was my first exposure to that.  Just like a lot of people had the same thought after Inception, whereas those who consider the nature of reality just didn't care about that aspect of the movie.

I still think The Matrix is a good action flic.  The latter two were really, atrociously awful.