![]() Even the gratuitous fights, like the one before Neo meets the Oracle, were fun to watch. ![]() The freeze-frames during the Burly Brawl did look computer-generated, yes, but so what? Still fun as hell. The fight with the malovingian's goons was three times longer than it needed to be, and unsatisfying. During the Burly Brawl, video game music would've been an improvement over the accompaniment. And the worst thing about the movie was the music. They're talking about what they're going to do, they're doing it, oops! They're dead. Morpheus' big speech was underwhelming, and the cuts between expository dialogue and actions taking place during the "heist" scenes at the end seemed too abrupt. Along with a terribly unsexy sex scene layered on top of it. The hippie-dippie raver scene was only missing a hacky sack in order to perfect its lameness. I'm a bit concerned about what bit I missed at the end of the credits by not sticking around.īut the movie? It was entertaining, but not great. Lots of spoilers: Upside down guy was Cypher. What did you think? Post your reviews (or a link to your review) in the comments. We get it, but it's not compelling enough to build a whole movie around. I don't mind weighty movies, but the subject matter just didn't warrant all the seriousness. The movie was too weighty and took itself too seriously. The Matrix Reloaded would have worked a lot better as an action movie that took itself a little bit seriously (taking a page from the fun X2 flick) instead of a drama interspersed with action. The other disappointing thing was the tone of the movie. The technology they used was 1.0 (or maybe even still in beta) and it showed.give it a few years and then we'll have something. The fish in the Finding Nemo preview looked more fish-like than the humans in the Matrix Reloaded looked human-like. 100 Agent Smiths fight) looked, well, completely computer-generated. The completely computer-generated effects (e.g. In the end, I think the Wachowski brothers failed in what they were trying to do with the movie, which is disappointing. After reading this breathless article about the Matrix Reloaded in Wired last month, I was very much looking forward to the movie and in particular, the special effects. ![]() The Matrix Reloaded posted at 10:10 am ET I closed and archived the thread for reasons discussed here, but I opened another thread so that the discussion could continue. It contains hundreds (931 to be exact) of posts about what people thought of the movie, what people thought the movie was about, and ultimately, who the participants are themselves. Note: This is an archive of a thread about the Matrix Reloaded ( originally located here). ![]()
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