My wife and I went to see the film last week, truthfully I didn't notice the scene that's described. I don't doubt it's there, but I don't remember it. I was watching the actors, not the video montage that played in the background.

I liked the film, I'm a sucker for action sci-fi. I liked Starship Troopers and Mission to Mars as well, but that doesn't mean I endorse the politics of the script or directers. Too bad really that cheap political shots are taken in films aimed at a wide audience, it smacks of indoctrination and I abhor that.

In defense of the film, I'll say that the primary point is the power of the individual to make a difference through the choices that they make. That you really can smash the boundaries that are preset for you and pick a new future. That's a libertarian/conservative view far more than a left/liberal one. Utopian leftists can't be happy that the hero is a loner, either loved or hated he sets his own path. There is no commitee, no group think, Neo uses love for his woman and compassion for humanity as his guide. He is special, unique among men and that redenders him useless as a collectivists icon. He is purely a western style hero, a loner struggling to find the light and save as many people on the way as possible.

I'm writing this while drinking a Foster's, probably an offense in some beer drinking circles. I believe films are like beer and pizza, you like what you like, and hate the rest. I'm not asking anyone to like or dislike the film, just that this is my take on it. I may not be as current on pop culture as someone younger, but I'm not closed off to it either.