11-07-2003, 03:29 PM
I normally don't like open ended movies.
In the case of Matrix, though, I'd say I liked the open endedness largely because I didn't care about the characters either. Trinity died... whatever, who cares.
Movies that get you caring about the characters drive me nuts when they end without you knowing if the main character is even in a favorable situation or not, but Matrix, well.... There are lots of good things to debate because of the open-endedness, and "Is Neo alive?" isn't one of the things I even care enough to debate about, so that's okay. Will Zion prosper or be smushed by the machines? Don't really care. Was Zion still in the matrix? Now you're talkin.
In the case of Matrix, though, I'd say I liked the open endedness largely because I didn't care about the characters either. Trinity died... whatever, who cares.
Movies that get you caring about the characters drive me nuts when they end without you knowing if the main character is even in a favorable situation or not, but Matrix, well.... There are lots of good things to debate because of the open-endedness, and "Is Neo alive?" isn't one of the things I even care enough to debate about, so that's okay. Will Zion prosper or be smushed by the machines? Don't really care. Was Zion still in the matrix? Now you're talkin.