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Summary: Below Average
Review: Despite what some Matrix maniacs will tell you, The Matrix Reloaded will not go down in movie history as a good film. Although I was not a huge fan of the first film I could still understand and see why so many praised it. I didn't get that at all with this film, it was just decidedly below average. An interesting and intelligent plot is let down by repetitive fight scenes and corny dialogue.Morpheus, Neo, Trinity and Co have 36 hours to save Zion from the matrix, and in the course of their quest we are entertained with countless fight scenes, chasing scenes, etc and a couple of interesting conversations which save the film from completely falling flat on its face. While the storyline and its ideas are admittedly intelligent and thought provoking, they are ruined by the brain dead action sequences. Like most sequels, it doesn't live up to the first, and will hopefully be quickly forgotten and be rightly placed with the tag that it deserves - a cash in.
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Summary: If you know the life of Socrates... you will know the ending
Review: A modern re-hash of the classic tale of the life of Socrates...though I don't think socrates busted into the Athens with weapons blazing...lol. The preceding movie, The Matrix, practically hands to the viewer the ending of The Matrix:Revolutions...Its right there if you see it... However, it (The Matrix:Reloaded) is a fantastic, Philisophical journey of a modern day messiah. Really outstanding movie. To understand completely, these stories, I would advise you watch The entire Animatrix(But be cautious it(The Animatrix), is pretty violent and graphic).
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Summary: A vastly superior sequel
Review: Now, here was a real surprise: I really enjoyed the new "Matrix" movie! It's funny how people keep saying that the first one was so cool and amazing, but that this one was all action and no new plot twists. I heartily disagree. I thought the first film was bo-o-o-o-o-rring and had an extremely static us-vs-them set-up. Reality's not what it seems? Ooooohh! Never saw that idea before! The machines are out to get us? Golly!! Here, though, the premise branches out and becomes more interesting: it seems that when Keanu Reeves character, Neo, did the big old mind-zap on one of the villainous characters in the virtual world of the Matrix reality in the last movie, intending to "free" it from its servitude to the wicked mainframe, he did just that: he gave it free will, and it became an independent player. Not a good guy, mind you, as we all expected, but a malevolent free agent, with an agenda all of its own. Turns out that he's not the only one: there are all kinds of seemingly autonomous entities running around inside the fake reality, each with their own motivations and capabilities. It's not just the freed humans who are the active protagonists, pitted against a monolithic and remorseless mechanical intelligence: this virtual world really *does* have a lot of twists and turns, and may even have a level of complexity and unpredictability that mimicks the "real" world. I admit, my eyes glazed over as fast as anyone else's when Neo ran into the tiresome, heavily accented, degenerate Euro-trash gangster who started to intone about the illusion of free will, etc., but the "2001"-ish encounter with the Architect was much more engaging, and raised the possibility that none of what we've seen to date was real -- not the human rebellion, or the "physical" reality they retreat to, or any of the dramas that have played out onscreen. Now, that's cool. Best of all, this sequel was almost entirely shorn of the tedious slo-mo, action-figure posing and endless fetishization of the Neo character that dragged down the first film. We don't need the producers to visually telegraph to us how cool this guy is (as a narrative device it is clumsy and counterproductive): we want them to *show* us, and here, they finally do. As the film opens, Neo's Scooby Gang just accepts that he's super-powered and able to do studly, amazing, manga-ish things within the artificial parameters of the Matrix reality. So now he just flies and fights like a normal comicbook hero, and it looks really cool onscreen. Thank you: that's all we really needed. Likewise, the directors seem to have learned the lesson of Keanu's other successful action film, "Speed," which is that it's best not to rely on Canoe's supposed acting ability, and much better just to have things happen around him... really fast, before the vacuum sets in. Talk about dodging a bullet. Anyway, I really enjoyed this film, and I didn't expect to. I think the third installment will be equally good, and if these folks are able to sustain the momentum, I'd say they are prime candidates for developing the big screen vocabulary for future sci fi/comicbook action films. Let's keep our fingers crossed.
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Summary: Not half as good as the first one. Wait for the DVD
Review: I don't get it. I thought this movie would address a lot of the questions created in the first Matrix but all it did was to create more questions. Actually, I found it quite confusing. The action sequences were good as expected. It's the story that let me down. Matrix Reloaded seemed like a whole new movie. Morpheus went from a dynamic strong leader in the first Matrix to a non-entity in the second one. And get ready for a lot of philosophical dialogue...lots of it!!!! Skip the movie and wait for the DVD.
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Summary: Great!
Review: Try not to see it just as as sequel. Just try to understand that this is another movie, other theory, other reality...
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Summary: Do you hear that, Mr. Anderson?
Review: Do you hear that, Mr. Anderson? It's the sound of inevitability; it is the sound of my screams of pain & terror as the Matrix trilogy takes a turn for the worst. Days before the release of The Matrix Reloaded I was closely listening to the 'geek talk' around the internet and local comic shop about how this film was to be the keystone of sci-fi films everywhere. It was to surpass the original film, expand our knowledge of the core characters, entwine our minds with even more philosophical dialogue, and awe us with never before seen effects & battles. To say the least I was a huge fan of the original Matrix movie when it was released in theaters. The movie enthralled me; the special effects were fresh and never before seen and it provided an interesting, though somewhat flawed, plot. From the moment I saw a Trinity defy the laws of physics by running around a wall and kill a squadron of police officers I was in love. Though much of the plot was weak (Why did the machines use humans? Cows would have produced even more heat and cows wouldn't rebel or even need the matrix), and the magnetism between Trinity & Neo didn't really work you were able to put it aside and just go along for the awe-inspiring ride. The Matrix simply worked and should have stood alone. Upon watching the Matrix Reloaded I was filled with many emotions, solely anger and hatred. I was once again filled with the feeling of betrayal -- like I have been so many times with the directors & writers I so love (George Lucas, anyone?). I felt like a child being force fed a food substance that tasted foul while people tried their best to distract me by humming and buzzing like an airplane in hopes that I wouldn't notice the utter lack of good flavor. Matrix Reloaded had no substance whatsoever; save for a handful of combat scenes that over used aged or poor special effects that so many movies preceding it have employed (including Scary Movie & the Animal). Even the combat scenes that started out as refreshing (the fight with Neo and one hundred Smiths) soon became dull, drawn out, or cheap looking. Many of the movie sets also looked contemptible, almost as if they were left over from a bad Star Trek episode (i.e. the city of Zion). The first movie provided us with pleasantly amusing philosophical remarks that made us ponder their meanings hours after we had left the theater. The philosophy of Matrix Reloaded was forced to the point of feeling silly and they sadly gave into the religious following the film has by trying to make itself into a cult training video (as what was done with Star Wars Episode One). Much of the other dialogue within the movie was over simplified to the point of sounding like meaningless drivel but they [the directors] were quick to throw an explosion or combat scene on the screen to make us over look this "trivial" short coming. The biggest problem I had with this film was the editing, either the scenes went on for too long or they....went on for too long. I almost fell asleep several times during the Zion Orgy scene -- the only thing that kept me awake was the complaints of those around the theater that were also becoming fed up. Why was this scene so long? Did it accomplish anything that couldn't have been established in a shorter amount of time? Do we really believe that Neo & Trinity could carry on a real conversation or that this relationship would really work? I never thought I would live to see the day that Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace would be dethroned as "the WORST Sci-fi film ever created" but amazingly enough Matrix Reload has managed to wrestle that title from the Phantom Menace. Congratulations MATRIX RELOADED.
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Summary: 99% SEQUELS AREN'T BETTER THAN 1st PARTS, THIS ONE IS !!!
Review: For those who have criticized this movie in a negative way..c'mon...give this movie a break, would you ?. This is not a drama or a Shakespearian play. For the Matrix reloaded, when you are in the line to enter the cinema, you are supposed to be mentally aware to watch great action sequences, great special effects and at most, a decent plot and a decent acting. The Matrix reloaded fills all these requeriments. Pros : Better effects and better action sequences than the first part. Great music. Cons : 1- did Tank died in the first part or was he injured ?, 2- when Neo asks Trinity not to go to shutdown the mainframe with him, she agreed. After that, Morpheous, the other colonels and Neo and Trinity(ready for action ?) are in a room inside the matrix planning the attack to get to the mainframe. Why Trinity was in that scene, since she is not going with Neo ?. 3- The editing was a a little incoherent from one scene to another, in some scenes of course. Anyway, 5 stars.
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Summary: Best epic plot ever
Review: First of all you can't compare reloaded to the matrix becuase its beyond the matrixs its past talking about how you can cheat the matrix, and find ways to "bend the rules" it gone further its not a sequal but a completely different movie. Once you stop comparing it to the matrix you find out how amazing this movie is, from the special effects to the great story line. This movie is prefect in every way you wont find a better movie out there. Once you see all the movies and games. the animatrix, the matrix, enter the matrix, the matrix reloaded, and the matrix revolutions it will be an epic story that will never be rivalled.
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Summary: Excellent continuation of the saga
Review: ... I'm not going to disect the movie here, but I'll give one example: after wathing RELOADED, if you rewatch the original, you'll notice the theme of "choice" running through BOTH movies. The philosophical theme of RELOADED had obviously been anticipated, very subtly, in the original. The fight scenes are excellent and special effects profound. Simply as an action movie, it gets 5 stars -- and that's BEFORE the deeper parts. As science fiction, it's also quite intelligent. Consider the "Rave/Orgy" scene. Quite clever on the writers' part. Many works of fiction, be they historical or science fiction, or in-between, ignore the influence of religion. A mideval knights-and-armor movie would ring very false if the central pillar of everyday life was not the Cathedral; that's history, whether you're a Christian or not, you must recognize that the Church was the center of mideval life. Similarly, it's important that the residents of Zion in this movie (note the name of the city!) should have a belief of their own, and that they cling to it as the machines attack Zion. This movie works on many levels, ... I'm not surprised other viewers missed those levels entirely.
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Summary: Wait for the Video
Review: Great special effects, but otherwise pretty flat. Might play better on video.
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