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I’ve seen the Matrix, actually saw it on Opening Day last Thursday. My initial impression with the second movie is that the dialogue was too heavy and the fight scenes too sparse. However, my mistake was that a good moviegoer would watch the original Matrix to fully understand its sequels. I didn’t, except for the brief viewing of it when it ran on Cable a week or so ago.

The story of the Matrix is very metaphysical with dramatic religious undertones. My philosophy is that the Brothers Wachowski were sitting in church one day and thought, “What if we mixed religious perspectives and beliefs with technological themes?” When they had this revelation each of them ran home and without wasting any time wrote the Matrix in it’s entirety. It’s only Hollywood and I’m sure the choice of the Brothers to split the movie into three distinct pieces. The first being the introduction as “original” movies usually are, the second explaining the purpose and characters further and finally the third leading to the climax and ultimately the wrap up of the entire story arc.

The Brothers are smart. Indeed, they have created a deep story with strength in it’s meaning. Yet, they have also marketed the movie into other stories and chapters (Flight of the Orisis, Animatrix) and a video game entitled ‘Enter the Matrix’ which fills in the plot for the secondary characters Niobe (Jada Pinkett-Smith) and Ghost (Anthony Wong). It’s a phenomenon that has struck the world’s chord and caused a massive cult following for the Matrix.

Eventually, when the third movie is released (Matrix Revolutions), the trilogy will make it’s way on DVD. It is then that I would like to sit down and watch the entire trilogy and connect the dots. Already by playing the video game and watching a couple episodes of the Animatrix (Detective and Program) I’m beginning to understand the Brothers vision of this epic story.

Read this excellent explanation of the Matrix here as written by the Corporate Mofo.