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#118. The Matrix
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c1/The_Matrix_Poster.jpg
Dir: The Wachowskis
Genre: Action, Science Fiction
Year: 1999

I really hate this recent critical trend to say that The Matrix has not aged well. If they wanted to deride the special effects or the music or whatever, that's fine. I can have a rational argument with you about how this was one of the most revolutionary special effects-driven films ever and how the music and costume design brings the late 90s/early 00s culture into a perfect time capsule.

But what I can't stand is how The Matrix is somehow bad because it's tangentially associated with incel culture and a bunch of weird, antisocial dudes on the Internet. It's an annoying argument because 1). you generally can't judge a piece of art by the people it inspires (by that logic, Wagner would be responsible for the Holocaust) and 2). it ignores the actual movie itself.

The Matrix is transgressive for a purpose. The philosophical underpinnings are basic, sure, but they're used to create a cool tone that really hadn't been seen on screen before outside of anime. So say what you want about the movie, but to me it's aged gracefully and still can bring out that angsty teenage imagination in me when I watch it. Just forget about the sequels.
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