I saw the Matrix last night. I'm still not quite sure what I thought of it. I have not seen the middle installment of the trilogy, so I think I am morally obliged to not comment on the work as a whole. But as a standalone movie, it was great fun to watch. The dialogue was cornier than I expected, Morpheus' neck gets wider and wider as the movie goes on, and there were some particularly funny moments during the battle for Zion with soldiers with overly large machanical arms. But the battle for Zion is a masterpiece of computer graphics, and Agent Smith is as diabolical as ever. His final face-off with Neo takes place in the dreary, monochrome world of the Matrix, in the pouring rain with thousands of Agent Smiths watching on. Even when you know the outcome, its still fun to watch.


After finally seeing the "Burly Brawl" on the big screen, it was fitting that we walked out of the movie theater into dark, dreary, rainy weather ourselves. I spent the evening preparing fajita marinade for the gang's Must See TV dinner tonight. My apartment smelled heavenly this morning!