What The Matrix had going for it was "new" - it was something fresh that hadn't been done before, and as a former lover said, it finally burst "cyberpunk" into the mainstream. The mistake The Matrix made was Keanu Reeves. To be fair, that's the mistake every movie Keanu is in makes. Bram Stoker's Dracula would have been an opulent, fine piece were it not for his dour face.
![[Image: Untitled2_zpswaosccbr.png]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i1140.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fn569%2Fthesummerqueen%2FUntitled2_zpswaosccbr.png)