Rating: 
Summary: Has its moments, but overall terribly disappointing...
Review: I believe with all my film-lover's heart that "The Matrix" is one of the finest sci-fi films ever made, if not arguably one of the greatest MOVIES ever made. Now, let's talk about "The Matrix: Reloaded", which is, in short, an ENORMOUS disappointment in the context of the potential of the series. "Reloaded" has one huge problem with it - it takes itself WAY too seriously. The first film wasn't afraid to happily wallow in its hokey dialogue and cheesy plot, but this one simply loses the charm of the first film and actually tries to be something more than it is. Yes, the fight scenes are great (though some commit the sin of overkill - a nearly 15-minute car chase just loses something after 10 minutes), the effects are great, and it stays visually true to the first film, but the movie gets lost in its own philosophy, not to mention indulgence. The huge "orgy" scene has few rivals when it comes to "Most Pointless Scene Of All Time." Sure, the Wachowski's were trying to show that the people were becoming part of a community, but those points could have been made in a more subtle, relevant manner. I do admire at points the times when they do try to add emotional depth to the film, with Morpheus's relationship and the growing bond between Neo and Trinity, but it just doesn't work in the context of the film. Whatever happened to being a good old-fashioned sci-fi movie? I love a comment from a critic at Entertainment Weekly that said, paraphrased, if Neo ordered food from McDonald's, he would (in this film) most likely launch into a deep spiritual battle over whether he was destined to super-size that or not. It totally captures the overdone nature of the film. All in all, the movie just doesn't know when to stop. Sure, they need to keep the plot going, but if it means putting out subpar offerings like "Reloaded," maybe they should have just left "The Matrix" as a movie and not a whole trilogy.
Rating: 
Summary: I hope the machines win in the third film
Review: Following a long line of pure excriment that many directors put forth to sadly call sequels to really great films, the matrix II is no diffrent. I have not been more disappointed in a sequel well,ever. The story, plot, drama, and tension have been so far removed, as to give a three hour demonstration of martial arts to put bruce lee movies to shame. The story that is there is so far from being the human tale that is the first matrix, as to put it too abstract to care what happened to the characters, by the end i was cheering the machines. and come on, raves underground, you couldnt find anything more popular, why not just get Britney Spears to fight in the third movie.
Rating:
Summary: horrible, simply horrible....what can i say? 1star minus 10.
Review: this movie is just like a buffet, a chop-suey, a mixture of terminator 1-3 + lord of the ring + star wars + the 5th element + tron + the tv sitcom, dark angel....etc., etc.....and all the sections of all the sci-fi movies that this pathetic screenplay writer(?) could steal or, well, could remember, he (or they?) has seen before. its just like a mixed vegetable crap but once put bean sprouts in it, it calls chop-suey. boring, boring and b-o-r-ing. all the fight scenes are cliched, and i just can't believe that it repeated again and again. a total purposeless , going-no-where movie. there are so many scenes that should be cut or deleted but they just kept them to make the movie a bit longer but they never figured out that those boring scenes only made this movie more boring. i've fallen asleep so many times during watching it and, believe me, this is the 2nd time that i fell sleep, the other one is steven segal's 'out for a kill', a supposed action movie that had made me snoring so loud. yeah, they were trying so hard to reload the cash-in but just reloaded it into a lousy soap opera.
Rating:
Summary: Ditto
Review: Ditto comments. Scenes tooooo long, Orgy and sex scenes should have been cut (no relevance) and the movie was a yawner all the way to the end where it actually started to get interesting and then...it ends. blech!
Rating: 
Summary: Awesome
Review: I don't know why so many people hate on this movie. Personally I thought it was the greatest movie, the special effects were unbelievable. Not only that but I thought the story line was great, I think the people who are hating the Matrix Reloaded are the ones who couldn't understand it. Overall, I recommend this movie for anyone and everyone.
Rating:
Summary: Kick butt action flick
Review: Ok, i have read some of your peoples reviews about how awful this movie was. Just because you had a problem with the directors plot or the sex scene or god knows what....just get off the crack and watch the movie. The fact remains that the point of this movie was to let people see some awsome fight scenes and some amazing special effects. If that was what you were looking for.....you got it! This movies fight scenes rocked. After seeing this movies in theaters i wanted to go home where something black, grab a fake gun, and start jumping on my bed pretending to dodge bullets. Its entertainment folks not film school. Enjoy the movie throw away your popcorn and soda and leave the...theater.
Rating: 
Summary: The Matrix Reloads
Review: The Washowski bothers complex sequal to the 1999 masterpeice Sci Fi mindbender The Matrix , The Matrix Reloaded may not be a
perfect sequal, but it is impressive in the upgrades it has to
offer the entire cast is back Keanu Reeves , Cary Ann Moss ,Hugo
Weaving , Lawrence Fishburne.But this sequal is bigger faster
and much more complex then the first one , and for those who do
not like for those unfortunate people The Matrix Revolutions
will still be just as complex as it's sequal and The Matrix it
is the way these directors wan't it they don't wan't you to be
able to figure these films out in the first 10 minutes and at
times this is what hollywood is lacking the brain teasers of
old. Neo(Keanu Reeves) now copeing with his newfound power as The
One some people beleive in him , others do not and question what
his motives are , But Morpheus still beleives in him even more
now and so does his girlfriend and resistance warrior Trinity
(Cary Ann Moss).Neo,Morpheus and Trinity all head to the last remaning city that has remained untouched since The Matrix was
put online.Emotions run frequent and word of the machines are
amassing a huge army to invade Zion , these machines will do
this any way and every way to destroy it including the return of
Neo's arch nemisis Agent Smith who has some how found a way to
bend the rules of The Matrix as well but Agent Smith has become
much more then that he has found a way to enter the real world
by way of taking over a host , the many brutal battles that Neo
must face give him more unrest of weither he is right to be the
one,but when Zion is under invasion he must find a way to get to
the programmer of The Matrix at all costs even if Agent Smith is
at his every move and able to multiply himself at will.When he
gets to the programmer he tells Neo in a very complex way either
save the life of his lover Trinity or save the future existance of humanity in this complex sequel in one of the most complex
film trilogys hollywood has ever made.And has a cliffhanger that
will sure to please fans when the third and final film comes out. Several documetarys and a 30 minute documentary about the
explosive mind bending highway chase scene that took 12 minutes
in the movie and basically revolutionized the way car chases
are done, Trailers and drawings but no commentary here , all
said and done this may not be better then the matrix but it
passes in spades as a sequal and teaser for The Matrix Revolutions wich will be in theatres in the first week of november it's a worth addition and companion peice to the matrix.
Rating:
Summary: The Worst Movie of 2003
Review: I thought the first "Matrix" movie was decent escapist entertainment, and my expectations weren't that high for this movie to start with. But I can honestly say that this is by far the worst movie of the year. You want a storyline? Sorry, were not down with that? Believeable acting? Nah, not imporatant. We're just gonna make things go boom and continue to underestimate the American people by thinking they are all idiots. Sorry Waschowski brothers and Joel Silver, but you can't jsut mkae things go ka-blewy and chalk that up to a movie. Oh, and if you just want to see some cool special effects? Well, your in the wrong place. The action scenes are long, lifeless and trite. The special effects look as though your watching someone else play a video game, jsut less entertaining. And the ending? Well, the words I would like to use are against the rules here, so I will just say that its moronic and confusing. "The Matrix Reloaded" isn't entertainment, or even watchable. The Final Fantasy movie felt more real than this, and that was a CARTOON! Avoid this movie with all effort and consider yourself better off.
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Summary: WHATEVER (continued)
Review: OK folks, a few more things I didn't have time to comment on before.
1) This is the kind of film that gets a bad rap from a lot of people, primarily the flavor-of-the-month short-attention-span crowd.
Here's the deal ( and this statement applies to much more than film appreciation ): for many lost souls, part of having fun involves turning the brain off. Movies are experienced by kicking back with the brain in the "off" position and an "impress me" attitude. The problem is that the brain is a lot like a muscle. Get accustomed to not using it, and it will atrophy. Use it every day and it will be stronger. Have you noticed that nearly everyone in your age group has the same behavior, habits, and limitations? In a world in which the prevailing doctrines seem to be conformity and consensus, an individual's responsibility for independent thought has been downplayed.
2) Regarding the complaints about "zero chemistry, none, zilch" between the male and female leads: I don't think your vaunted concept of "chemistry", whatever that means, is much of a reality - at least not the way it's meant. Then again, where did the "chemistry" rule come from? See the next-to-last sentence in (1) above.
3) This series now seems to be the anti-Star Trek in one respect: the demographics involved in being a hovercraft captain. Basically all the ship captains in this series are black, other than a token white guy who gets killed anyway.
4) More later.
Rating: 
Summary: It's okay but it doesn't compare to "The Matrix"
Review: This movie was okay but it's not even half as good as the first movie. The writers just went too overboard with the special effects and the action. The acting and dialogue suffered from this and it was obvious. The Matrix really made you think. Matrix Reloaded doesn't. The characters (with the exception of the pilot and his wife) seem like robots that don't really show any emotion. They are really very different from the way they were in part one. The writers have made Neo so invincible and God-like that you never really worry about him at all. This movie would have been worse if it did not have such a great ending. This movie was pretty good on it's own and it is worth buying but it is really lousy if you compare it to part one. I have faith that "Matrix Revolutions" will be better.
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