The Matrix Trilogy & Animatrix

IMDB: The Matrix (1999)
IMDB: The Animatrix (2003) — cartoon shorts
IMDB: The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
IMDB: The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

Basic Plot: A computer hackers discovers his world is an illusion run by machines and enlists with human rebels in a war to save humanity.

Outburst: So I put these all together, because really these are best watched as a set. “WHAT!?” you say, “the sequels didn’t compare to the first, how could you?” Sure, when you watch it for visually stunning and original special effects, the later movies seem a little mundane. When you look at them as an attempt to elaborate on a philosophically cyclical construct presented in the first movie, they are enriching. If you don’t understand what I’m talking about, read more literature.

/CULT/DVD — Get it, love it, read more Socrates and Keats.

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