On the release of a new poster showing the faces of the heroes of the Matrix looking DEAD SERIOUS and DEEP and VERY, VERY COOL.
After seeing those expressions one too many times I am beginning to find the characters– and the whole movie– a bit ridiculous. A lot of posturing, looking terminally cool, inflating one good plot device into some kind of weird totem that seems far more sophisticated than it really is. Those expressions! The idea that we should fantasize about “the one” … how different is that from wanting a king or a dictator or a daddy, to take away all our responsibilities and make life simple and make ourselves gloriously subservient?