The World of the Matrix

I usually am not usually really interested in Sci-Fi types of movies, so I have to admit that I wasn't really excited with the prospect of watching The Matrix. I really didn't know very much about it. I found it to be pretty interesting, being that the idea is that machines take over. I find that there are several parallels to be seen with our daily lives. There are many ways in which we rely on machines to do so much, and there are always ways in which we can become "enslaved" (ex. people and their blackberries). I think there are some aspects of the movie that are difficult for me to wrap my head around. I find it hard to imagine that what we believe, dream, and do, is not actually controlled by us, as in the movie, but rather by a machine.