A Glitch in the Matrix

awesome 💥

"I went to this store, I dunno if you've heard of it, it's called Hot Topic." Really? "I love The Crow and I love my black trench coat and I walked around the mall listening to the Matrix soundtrack and I felt powerful, invincible." The people in this think they're so profound.

If we all live in a simulation, what is the point of living. If it was true, some people would go crazy and some, like me wouldn't give a crap. So, it's a sim. Are you going to quit your job, leave your family, kill yourself? I'm not. If it's a flat earth or round earth, who cares? Yes, there are weird things happening with the Mandela Effect, but again no one can do anything about it. If everything was revealed, nothing will change. That's the sad part.

I was looking forward to so some actual theoretical science, but the first 5 minutes where accounts of people seeing oddities in there lives, such as a women in a red hat, or a restaurant sign with a fish in it.

Instead of analyzing simulation theory this film passes judgment on anyone who entertains these notions. Lectures to the audience: "You are not learning about an interesting theory, you are really just a psychopath who views everyone else as 'the other." I actually paid to watch this garbage.

If you spend 97% of your time wondering if your life is real vs. a computer simulation designed by unspecified aliens for unknown reasons, this might be just your cup of tea. If, like most of us, you've got enough day-to-day headaches without wondering if that donut you just ate was real, you probably won't make it through more than 10 minutes of this nonsense, which relies heavily on movies like The Wizard of Oz for visuals, and features lengthy stultifying interviews with simulation "authorities" who appear to be still living at home with Mommy and Daddy.

I think the simulation theory is very intriguing but this movie doesn't really explore it. Rather it takes this topic to a panel of basement dwellers who conflate this theory with their own myopic take on reality and in some cases delusions. The film largely focuses on the delusions or narcissistic tendencies of a certain type of white male. To make matters worse, the film's arc lands with a psychopath's take on his cold blooded murder of his parents while in some sort of depressive psychosis. Chilling to say the least. Including this in the film seems to unravel all the discussion leading up to this point in the film by conflating the embracement of the simulation theory with hedonistic nilhism. Definitely not worth paying to rent/see.

Two hours of movie with thirty minutes of content (and I'm being generous). Take a course in philosophy instead (or experiment with psychedelic drugs if you are ready). Perception and reality lies in its physical manifestation, THE BRAIN. There is a lot more you can learn by studying neuroscience instead of playing video games.

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.

This theory is a thing for me. I can grasp how we are living in this Sim, especially when you think about the alternatives. I'm mid 50's so have grown up with video games and CGI. I had a home Pong machine and Atari VCS. I also bought a Playstation 1 as soon as it was available. I now look at my son's PS5 games with the internet connections available in this day and age and conclude we are not far off realism. All it would take is an implanted chip/interface to make this happen. Elon Musk who appears in this film also sees this, although I'm sure he wouldn't want to be associated with it. A great shame, a little less geeks and a little more science would have made a far better film.