It is not unusual to take up a sword and die for a belief. It is unusual to take up a sword to die for the belief that swords do not exist.
Last week I read a couple of lines of an article in Time magazine and realized that I really didn’t want to know anything about the movie before I saw it.
I remember the first movie, going to see it with no idea what it was about — not even word of mouth — and just being transfixed by the story, the characters, the look of it all. And it seriously screwed up my brain for a few hours.
By the way, it may not be advisable to let an eight-year-old watch scenes from the first movie — particularly Morpheus’ explanation of the Matrix and how it came to be.
My son kept coming in every few minutes and saying things like: “Okay, dad, but if the Matrix is real then that means that when I’m touching this wall, I’m not realy touching it. It means that we’re not really here, in the world. It means that..”
“You know what, man? I hear you. I hear you. It’s best not to think about it too much.”