Take the blue pill
I thought the Matrix was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Really. Oh, not as as bad as Hurlyburly or Happiness or Dumb and Dumber, but still quite bad. And I like kung-fu movies. And I like sci-fi. And I love visual effects. That certainly suggests that I don't fit well with Chris Suellentrop's theory about why guys like me love The Matrix so much.
Subtlety is not one of my strengths