February 23 movie: The Matrix. I think one of the great shames of the movies in recent decades is that the two Matrix sequels were so bad, they made me forget how good the original was. Which was, in fact, a terrific movie. So good that I watched it on AMC. With commercials!
The first time I saw this movie I had no idea going in what the Matrix was. None at all, and I was on the edge of my seat at the big reveal. How did I manage to get through all the pre-movie advertising without finding that out? It makes me wonder: how much better would, say, Terminator 2 have been if the advertising hadn't so thoroughly spoiled the movie.
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