Rating: 
Summary: Boring
Review: After the first five minues of each fight sequence, the story could have been shortened.
Rating: 
Summary: Not as good as the first
Review: I liked it, but not as much as the first.
Rating: 
Summary: Blah! Blah! Blah!
Review: Have the standards of Hollywood filmmaking dropped so far as to allow a movie this poorly made to crack the $100 million mark? Apparently. There is entirely too much dialogue in this installment, and most of the visual effects "look" computer generated. What was so fresh in the first film comes across stagnant here. There are a few CGI moments of note, but most look like I'm watching some kid playing a video game. The acting is sub-par as well. Compared to "The Matrix," "The Matrix:Reloaded" simply reeks. The ending is like a cheesy Sci-fi original movie teaser to try and get the viewers to return for the finale. I, for one, will not.
Rating:
Summary: far worse than the first, not as bad as the last
Review: gone are the balletic fight scenes, replaced with loud explosions and sophomoric dialog -'what do you want?' "I want the same thing you want - everything." An abrupt cliff hanger ending, continuity errors, and overly long dull fight sequences. And the characters are more interested in hearing themselves talk than taking action - Morpheus becomes a bore, and Neo becomes Steve Reeves as Superman - only the music is different.You'll want to see this because the first movie was truly an act of genius, but the directors cut of this movie should be about 35 minutes long.
Rating:
Summary: SUPER DUPER GEEKS UNITE
Review: Actually, even the nerdiest of you nerds have bit the strap on your coke bottle glasses to give this garbage flick a 3-star review...however, there were still a few of you that couldn't and still rave about how great this trilogy is. Settle down, it's a boring mess that does not make a lick of sense. Get a little sun and fresh air and maybe it will all become clear to you in the Spring and watch Goodfellas for some perspective.
Rating:
Summary: Not the worst movie ever, but nothing approaching the first
Review: Few things can kill a movie series like success. Just as George Lucas' "Star Wars" films have gotten increasingly unwatchable, the sequel to "The Matrix" already shows that success, money and hype have successfully insulated the Brothers Wachowski from criticism or even the ability for someone around them to question "why is this action sequence so long," "why is there a Mad Max rave scene with Morpheus totally acting out of character," "what is the point of the whole sequence with the Merovingian," or, most importantly, "why would you go two hours of nothing but action and then dump all this philosophy and obscure information on audiences in the final 10 minutes?" It's especially frustrating because "The Matrix" had built up so much good will towards it that the brothers didn't need to pander to their audiences -- being just as smart as the first film wouldn't have been rejected by the audience, but instead, we get a vastly dumbed-down film that fails to wow, and certainly fails to elicit any enthusiasm for the third installment in the series. There are worse films out there, but few that have so squandered their potential along the way. Recommended only for the most diehard "Matrix" fans.
Rating:
Summary: It was bad. It got worse!
Review: The Matrix is already a very simple movie, built on an interesting idea, which is the question of perception x reality. The rest of it is pretty bad: machines dominating the world, a messianic approach to freedom; "the one", all these platitudes ruin the idea and the rythm of the movie, which was good untill neo wakes up. Anyway, the Matrix Reloaded goes beyond the platitudes and enters the dangerous ground of confusion. The story spirals and gets quite complicated. You don't understand who is who anymore and all of it comes, from time to time, wrapped in some sort of philosophical weird meditation. Anyway: nobody explains why all these guys dress in rags, and why, if there is an Oracle, there is no Microsoft.
Rating:
Summary: Disapointing
Review: In many movies that have extensive special effects (mostly sci fi movies), anyone can question whether the SF are there to enhance the art of movie making, or whether the movie is there to showcase the art of SF. In George Liucas' "Start Wars" films, the latter is correct, while in Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings", the former is. The original Matrix film also belonged to the former. I feel that many other viewers, like me, were expecting Matrix Reloaded to be more of the same. If so - we were all sorely disappointed. There are some new ideas and plot twists, and some cheesy philosophy about choices and understanding our motives for making them (therefore I give this movie 2 stars), but it is almost hidden behind too much SF and too many over elaborate fight scenes. Granted, this had also existed in the first Matrix. Why am I objecting now? Lets take the fight scenes, for instance. In the first movie, they came to demonstrate to ability to bend rules we thought were un - bendable. Making lots of copies of Agent Smith fight Neo seemed to have little point but the show the movie makers' ability to create this sort of scene.
Rating:
Summary: Full-screen?????!
Review: Why in God's name would you buy this, or any other DVD for that matter, in full-screen as opposed to widescreen. If you consider buying this visually stunning movie in full-screen, please send me the money instead, since you are just throwing away your hard-earned cash. Long live anamorphic widescreen!!!!!
Rating:
Summary: For The Money
Review: Let's face it. This movie was made solely for the money it would bring in. There's almost no thought evident in the creative process. It's sad that something this bad can come from a movie that was so good. Just goes to show what greed does to art.
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