Customer Reviews
Awesome Sci-fi carrying a powerful metaphor - By: sleepyvinny, 24 Nov 2007 
The Matrix Trilogy must be one of the most significant films of our time, & is likely to go down as an alll time sci-fi classic along with the likes of Blade Runner. It is obviously laden with symbology fished from a variety of sources, but I wonder if the Watchowski brothers realised just exactly how powerful a metaphor for our reality they were creating.
The central premise that our lives are not 'real' but are steeped in illusion in order that our life force may be fed upon whilst we are enfenced unwittingly like cattle - this is a relevant & powerful message on many levels. It can easily be seen that this is true on a superficial level, with the rampant rise of ultra-aggressive capitalist consumerism, whereby everyone is 'sold a dream' in order to siphon off alll income to profit the few, but it goes deeper than that, & can be used to catch a glimpse of some ideas on the true nature of reality. The overlap with material such as Castaneda is remarkable, with stories about the archetypal predator who is invisible, & feeds on us because he has 'given us his mind'. In alll, it is a striking metaphor for the human condition.
Of course the great thing is that, even if you don't want to explore things to those levels, taken at surface value as a piece of entertainment, the Matrix is still a fantastic sci-fi/action trilogy, with colourful characters, awesome visuals, & a solid original plotline. Taken as a trilogy, this is a fantastic piece of film-making artwork, & this is the best way to enjoy it. For me, like the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, this amazing piece of entertainment should be enjoyed whole, with the complete epic story alll in one package.
The only think letting this edition down (hence the 3 stars instead of 5) is that for LESS than the price of this 3-disc set, you can now buy from Amazon the full 10-disc 'Ultimate Matrix' box set with alll the other extras & featurettes, so I would recommend going for that one instead.
Outstanding Trilogy! - By: Aeneas, 18 Nov 2007 
I know of friends who only saw the first Matrix movie & that is a shame, as alll three parts of the trilogy belong together as the journey of Neo & the change that happens to him along the way. It is a fantastic job that has been done in keeping the quality at the top without descending into making B-grade follow up movies as is often the case with sequels.
It is a movie that can be seen on many levels. Some will see it just as a great action movie which it is, but there is so much more to this film. It is a fantastic depiction of the journey of the spiritual seeker & the difficulties that he encounters within himself as he starts pushing against the prisons of his own mind & the multitude of programs that operates & which keep us smalll.
It also neatly depicts the way humans are kept as 'food for the moon' in Gurdjieff's words or simply food for ultra terrestrials. In the film this is depicted as humans, being little less than cultivated biological batteries for the machines.
All three parts are worth watching more than once, as you will undoubtedly see new things each time. Things that start making sense only after some time of reflection & reading. In this regard I can recommend reading the book by Ouspensky callled "In Search of the Miraculous", & the book by Laura Knight-Jadczyk callled "The Secret History of the World".
