The Matrix is a movie about an average guy named Thomas Anderson who works a regular job. However, secretly he is a genius hacker who uses the alias "Neo", and has hacked into many things. One day, someone offers him the chance to be able to meet a hacker named Morphius. Neo accepts and discovers that reality is simply an illusion created by machines. This is done to harness energy from the humans, esentially turning them into batteries. Neo then goes to the real world outside of the Matrix, and learns how to control his powers in the matrix. The group then embarks on a couple of missions in the matrix, and must evade deadly computer programs known as agents. Neo eventually gains complete control of his powers and is able to do almost anything in the Matrix.
I would rate The Matrix 5 stars. The movie is an absolute sci-fi masterpiece, with many thought provoking themes, iconic moments, and great action scenes. The most iconic moment in the series is undoubtedly bullet time. During a fight with the agents inside the Matrix, Neo has to survive, and ends up dodging bullets within The Matrix. This moment is what defines the movie and the trilogy, as it has been endlessly spoofed and copied. Bullet time is also an example of the fantastic special effects in the movie. While bullet time is the most iconic moment, there are many other iconic Moments, such as the lobby shootout, and the fight between Neo and Agent Smith. A movie's most important aspect-the story-is certainly not mediocre in the movie. The Matrix has an ingenious plot, will keep you wrapped up in its many thought provoking themes, and will keep you pondering on the story for days. The Matrix is a complete masterpiece, and I would recommend it to anyone.
Now you have heard about the absolute masterpiece that is The Matrix. But what about its sequels. The Matrix currently has two sequels: The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. Neither of them, however, even come close to the masterpiece that is the first movie, The Matrix. Both sequels have many problems. The Matrix Reloaded has a fantastic, very complex, and very thought provoking storyline. The storyline in The Matrix Reloaded is actually more thought provoking and interesting than in the first movie. However, the movie fails terrible in its conveying of the story. The story is not presented well at all, and simply confuses the audience is greatly. If the complex story was conveyed as clearly and masterfully as the first movie, the movie would be a rarity, a sequel that is better than the original film. The story in The Matrix Reloaded is even more complex, thought provoking, and well-constructed than the story in the first movie. However, it fails miserably in its execution, and simply confuses the audience greatly. Not to mention the movie has pretty bad pacing, with the first 10-30 minutes of the movie being boring, with nothing much happening. The third movie in the series, the Matrix Revolutions, fails miserably in both the story and in the execution. The story is a major letdown, mainly because of the absence of it. The third movie in the trilogy is nothing much more than lots of very boring action scenes that take forever. One of the scenes in which the machines are fought off by humans in machine gun suits goes on for almost 30-45 minutes, which is an absolutely ridiculously long time for an action sequence. The execution is also very poor, as the overly simple story still manages to perplex the audience. The movie also suffers from terrible pacing, like its predecessor. The Matrix Revolutions is, overall, a jumbled mess of terrible, overly simple story, with terrible pacing and execution. It is almost like the antithesis of the first movie, The Matrix. It has almost none of the things that make the first movie a complete masterpiece, and, in doing so, creates a mess of a movie with terrible, confusing storylines, and bad pacing. If I had to rate the matrix sequels, I would give The Matrix Reloaded 3.5 stars, and The Matrix Revolutions 2 stars.