posted May 20, 2003 06:17 AM         

I think I would have to watch the first one and the 2nd one a few more times to figure out what was going on.

I give it a 7 out of 10.

posted May 20, 2003 08:14 AM         

The last movie I went to was about 1982

posted May 20, 2003 10:14 AM         

But as for the movie...fun roller coaster ride! Not as good as the first, but still a lot of fun. The plot is indeed convoluted, but that's part of the enjoyment. That's why I like movies like "Memento," and "Mulholland Drive," they keep you thinking.

It's a cool film, but does it value style over substance? Sort of, the acting is almost no-acting, the actors aim for a cool, nearly expressionless delivery, they seem nearly emotionless. Which is perfect for Keanu Reeves, who can't emote! But in the world of the Matrix, it all works.

The special effects are fast and furious, but many of them do give one a sense of "been there done that," especially since the original was so ground-breaking and mimiced endlessly.

The farter behind me and his friend must not have seen the first, they kept asking inane questions like "Oh, are they in their ships?" Uh, no, Zion is underground!

All in all, I liked it...but, as far as rating it, I'd give it a C+ to a B.

Shame on me...I didn't stay for the credits. Will someone enlighten me please??

posted May 20, 2003 12:33 PM         

Matrix II was Grrrreeaat!!

I was seriously worried that it would be just another action flick with no plot, but they reveal & develop a puzzle of a storyline... you gotta love it

So many philosophical, religious, & spiritual truths are being asked & questioned it's fun to try to figure them out

posted May 20, 2003 12:46 PM         

I think most people did not "get it", especially the last portion of the movie, beginning with the Architect. I think the twist alluded to at the end was brilliant!

posted May 20, 2003 06:52 PM         

Despite a few structural flaws, which I put down to editing choices, and the nearly overwhelming whopping amount of fight scenes, I thought The Matrix: Reloaded totally delivered what people wanted -- more of Neo's world. I think a lot of people wanted to see Neo and Trinity together, so voilą, and also see Zion, so voilą again -- and we knew the Agents/AIs would be fighting fiercely. And it was just as funny as the first -- a lot of quotable quotes in this one, too. Yep, I could have done with more scenes of the freaky twins, and less of that Zion rave scene, but I thought it was an excellent sequel to a nearly structurally perfect first movie -- so I'll definitely see it again at least one more time, if not more -- if only to see what happens after the credits!!! Yikes, we left too early!!

posted May 23, 2003 04:15 PM         

Imagine the feeling of partying with Every Last Human on Earth at once, in one area, right before you all have to face posible extinction...

and you're in the future...

and have amazing music...

posted May 25, 2003 03:53 AM         

(slightly enthusiastic about that flick)

posted May 25, 2003 02:18 PM         

Hmmm, been awhile for me too...

But what that movie left me with was...

The whole movie this man is an altruistic hero with a distinct motive and goal in his shattered life...

As the movie ends you find out that his motive is not "true" and his selfless hero quest for vindiction could be nothing more than a figment of his (or someone else's) imagination, making the whole story have no meaning and the plot... without purpose...

So I think, that's what the director was going for: to Shock us, then pull the rug out from under the reasonable validity we gave to this man's quest...

Leaving us nothing, but a shell of a character... that's crazy, and has no purpose or direction in the world...destroying all validity we gave him in the beginning of the movie...

Our hero... radically transformed into an insane, psychotic, self-made hitman, with a false (imaginary, in every sense of the word) sense of the justice he's doing...

posted May 25, 2003 07:20 PM         

Lost Leo, I don't think I was left feeling quite the same as you at the end of Memento. But like Lunargirl, I absolutely loved it... it was fascinating...part of the mystery is, did he kill his own wife? On the official site, whichI think was www.otnemem.com, though I can't really remember for sure, there were lots of great clues, including one that implied there was an escapee from a mental institution. There's also some really cool commentary in the reviews on salon.com.
But, one tiny little thing I noticed in the film that made me think he was faking the memory problem was a scene with Carrie Anne Moss. He sits on her sofa and picks up his file, with complete recognition. If it were truly impossible for him to forge new memories, he would rediscover that file every time, it would be brand new, and he would never make it through with comprehension. His new memory span is only a few seconds.

posted May 27, 2003 01:52 PM         

I love sunglasses and those are the coolest I've seen in a long time!

posted May 27, 2003 02:29 PM         

The clothing and glasses in Matrix:Reloaded were fabulous. I thougth it was great that they allowed the characters to grow a little hair in their reality scenes, to show a time progression from the end of the first movie (where the reality Neo had no hair).

I wonder if Neo will wake up to the fact that he doesn't have to play by their binary-thinking ways... hmmm.

posted May 27, 2003 05:15 PM         

"binary-thinking ways"