A Glitch in the Matrix

If you were in a college dorm getting baked with your friends after watching The Matrix in 1999 - you won't learn anything new. I was hoping for some science and actual scientists. Instead I got random youtubers behind goofy avatars. Philip K Dick's lecture from the 70's was pretty interesting though, so it gets a few stars for that. If you're REALLY interested in seeing this, wait until it's free.

This is how you ruin a great subject. A bunch of ridiculous testimonials, that really have nothing to do with the subject, smashed together in a fragmented mockery of documentary.

Couldn't finish it. The interviews with guys in weird digital cosplay outfits that have no value to add are completely distracting. I wanted this to be so much better. Now, I just don't care. Thanks for turning me apathetic. Skip this if you have better things to do, like watch paint dry.

Poor. I came into this with high hopes having seen "Room 237" and "The Nightmare" previously, and harboring a strong interest in the simulation hypothesis. I get what he was trying to do, basically what he was doing in those last 2 movies, he wanted to center this less on the truth of the matter or convincing the viewer of anything, and more on the experiences of the subjects interviewed. The 3d animation is very enjoyable, but sadly the underlying interviews skew mostly towards random, often delusional, ruminations on experiences in which the subjects felt they percieved the titular "glitch inthe matrix", interspersed with only very few actual philosophers or scientists offering actual substantive thought on the idea of simulation theory. There are also, interspersed, archival footage sections in which phillip k. dick divulges his own experiences which in many ways align with those of the other subjects. About 40 minutes into the film i became rather disenchanted and started to scan through for more interesting sections, finding few. I think the time allotted would have been better served exploring more of what philosophers and scientists have to say about the possibility that we exist in a simulated universe, or could create one in the future, etc. Instead i got some folks ruminating on their experiences playing GTA, talking about how modern games suck, Reciting drowning pool lyrics, and talking about how much they love(hate?) the matrix. Just go read reddit or something, Google simulation theory and you'll have a better time.

I was expecting more than listening to anecdotes of dissociative experiences. Most people have had similar thoughts, boys. It's a very common human thing. If you've had a stoned discussion with a friend or two, or have studied philosophy on the most basic level, nothing in this will blow your mind. I was hoping for a deeper scientific discussion, and not so attached to pop culture imagery. It's like they hit every angsty teenage boy movie possible, and that was very distracting. I guess if their narrow target was angsty teenage boys it could be considered a success. It just could've been a lot smarter. Watch Devs instead.