An overrated movie

I already saw this movie several times but, since I have it on DVD, I thought I might as well check it out again. In fact, I even saw it when it was released in the movie theater more than 25 years ago and I have to admit that it is indeed one of most influential movies ever made. And, yet, even if I keep giving this movie another chance, after all these years, I’m afraid I’m still not a huge fan though. I remember the first time I did watch it, I thought it started much better than I expected and it seemed to be really promising. Indeed, the visuals were great, there were some great actions scenes and the theme was really neat : "our world is not real, we live in an illusion". My God ! They are going for the big question "what is the meaning of life ?" at least "What is real and what is not?". I was completely hooked and waiting to see what would happen next. But that was only the first 30 minutes... Then, came this black dude with the famous blue and red pills. And then, I got my answer. We don't live for real, actually, our brains are sucked out by some machines... Come on ! Really? Give me a break ! So, basically, those guys implied that our world was not real, that there might be something else out there but, instead of giving us an amazing and inspiring new world, they went for a vision even more sordid and underwhelming than our actual world. What was then the freaking point?!? I still think it was visually great and indeed a milestone in this area but the story is actually rather generic and, above all, so pretentious.  Anyway, to conclude, I have to admit it that it is not bad at all and it is even actually rather entertaining but, in my opinion, it is far from being a great movie though. 

6/10