The Matrix

Computer hacker Thomas Anderson has lived a relatively ordinary life--in what he thinks is the year 1999--until he is contacted by the enigmatic Morpheus who leads him into the real world. In reality, it is 200 years later, and the world has been laid waste and taken over by advanced artificial intelligence machines. The computers have created a false version of 20th-century life--the "Matrix"--to keep the human slaves satisfied, while the AI machines draw power from the humans. Anderson, pursued constantly by "Agents" (computers who take on human form and infiltrate the Matrix), is hailed as "The One" who will lead the humans to overthrow the machines and reclaim the Earth. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/plotsummary)


The Matrix can be seen as one of the most important films of our generation. This is because it was not only great at its time but by the evnets that have occurred because of the film. The new techniques that were shot in this film are new seen in a large majority of films and even video games of today. It it was not for The Matrix these new ideas and techniques could have never been implemented within our society. The film also brings to question to the viewer the idea about reality. What is reality and how are we able to view it. The Matrix shows the audience a world that is completely made up and fake but this world looks just as our does. How are we able to tell the difference. What if the reality we are seeing now is not real. These are the ideas and questions that the matrix brings within the viewers mind. The film is one of the greatest films in the sense of what it has done for films that have followed it. The Matrix changed the way films are created and viewed.