"Penetrating Keanu"

In the essay "Penetrating Keanu", Cynthia Freeland argues that The Matrix is no more than an "infantile" movie that teaches the audience nothing new and that the real message is behind the film eXistenZ. She claims that not only is it a sexist movie, but has no connection with the human body and flesh as it apparently does in eXistenZ. She goes on to say that the meaning of the movie is basically clouded by all the special effects incorporated into the film. On top of that she feels that Trinity's character is insignificant, not having the female role she'd desire, being a feminist and all, so ultimately eXistenZ gets named the better film.

The only thing i can say i agree with her on is that fact that we're given the illusion that Trinity is a strong independent character, when in fact, she just plays sidekick to Neo and his attempt to "save humanity". I'm not a feminist myself, but Freeland does make a point in saying that Trinity is nothing more than a "love interest" and "decorative". She's supposed to be this famous tough hacker, but beside fighting off an agent, we never really see her do much of anything else. Regardless of anything i still like the movie The Matrix and all the characters and their significance despite of anything Freeland says. She's holding eXistenZ at a much higher value simply because she believes it has a closer connection to the human body and our perception of reality, but it's really just her personal opinion which i mostly do not agree with.