"You take the blue pill—the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill—you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes." ...

In modern film discourse, there's a tendency to equate "good" with "naturalistic." And though the dialogue of The Matrixmay be artificial, heightened, and devoid of quips found in a modern blockbuster ...