The year was 1999. PCs and the Internet were starting to become a big part of our lives. There was also a sense of infinite optimism in the air. Something that i've not felt since the dot-com bubble burst.
Against this backdrop, arguably the biggest movie of my teenage years was released - The Matrix. Not many movies tap the mood of the time they're in perfectly - The Matrix was one of these.
Is the world a simulation? What is the meaning of life? Are computers a force for good or are they evil? The plot was so novel that the special effects, terrific as they were, became merely a distraction.
I would have preferred if the Wachowskis left it as a standalone movie instead of forcing a second and third upon us. Sometimes, not having closure makes a movie more memorable.
Anyway, this is post is part of the #howold challenge, where we write about something from our teenage years. I suppose that's my easy to guess age give or take a six year window.
Brilliant stuff and the casting was on point. Lawrence Fishburne, Keanu, Hugo Weaving.
Yeah, it would have been a much different movie if someone like Di Caprio had been casted as Neo.
!LUV
I think I first saw The Matrix on a VHS tape when I was 13 years old and while I couldn't understand a thing, very much loved the stylish actions scenes!
Seen the film many years later and yes, they didn't need to make the sequels.
Yeah I remember how every action movie tried to have a bullet time sequence after that. Good stuff.
Yay! 🤗
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