This is what I'm afraid of.
My good mate bought it the other day and I told him I hadn't seen it. He and his missus both looked at me like I'd shit on their respective grandmothers and insisted I watched it. That kind of fanatical dedication freaks me out because if I think it's shit I won't able to break their porcelain dreams of sharing something awesome with me.
(NoeI «:::P:::» «:::E:::» «:::R:::» «:::V:::» «:::E:::», Tue 20 Dec 2011, 8:23, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

I don't know your friends, obviously,
but I will happily wager £100 internet pounds (the only kind I have available to me) that were you to watch it with them, one or more of the following would happen:
1) they will 'say the lines' either just before or after they appear, and guffaw heartily
2) they'll keep checking on you after each 'classic scene' to make sure you are in full appreciation of its 'genius'
3) you will end up hating your friends' guts
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Dec 2011, 8:26, Reply)

Number 1, unlikely, these guys are wonderful people.
2, quite possibly. 3, no chance, as above.
(NoeI «:::P:::» «:::E:::» «:::R:::» «:::V:::» «:::E:::», Tue 20 Dec 2011, 8:31, Reply)

My brother saw The Matrix long after everyone else on "video"
and said that the people he watched it with ruined it by constantly telling him what was about to happen or going, "ooh there's a good bit coming up".

I was, I confess, one of those people.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 20 Dec 2011, 8:31, Reply)

The Matrix is shit guff for bellends and LARPers.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 20 Dec 2011, 8:41, Reply)

It's all subjective innit.
I happen to think it's ace.
( girlinthehole, Tue 20 Dec 2011, 8:44, Reply)