I confess, I never put much thought into the science of The Matrix and I'm not about to start, it's just a bloody good film. I did go a beer festival last night and came home and fired it up. It's still awesome from Trinity's start sequence to the Neo vs Agent Smith western stand-off in the subway station finale. The special effects still work, they don't really date, because they're more about style than realism. It's just one classic scene after another.
I think that if I had to name the my top three movies that I can remember right now, it's The Matrix, Fight Club, and Aliens. I'm never to going to win any prizes for my elevated aesthetic sensibilities. I watched a movie with subtitles once and didn't immediately die.