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Summary: you robots
Review: to everyone that has written something before me, this applies to you:"I'd expect a robot like you to say something like that" think about that
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Summary: Wake up Neo.......
Review: A good movie, very interesting. I liked the first one better, but this one still was good. You find out more about the rest of the ship and Neo has to make a deadly desision...........
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Summary: more floating punches ahead...
Review: I'm not one of them manic matrix fans, but I do like the movies.
It features many interesting fight scenes( Keeanu Reves Neo-boy battles a neverending stream of Hugo Weaving impersonators)
And lots and lots of those lovely "float in mid air" kicks, flips, punches, gunfights,etc...
Its a bit tiresome at the end( it's a long one) and some scenes seems to go on forever( like the one mentioned) but overall, it's a great action film that matrix fans are not allowed to miss!
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Summary: Has its moments but there are some deep flaws
Review: The Matrix Reloaded is a tough one to review. I am compelled to give this movie a high rating just for the stunning visual effects. However, the film just did NOT have the wit and the charm of its predecessor. None of the key moments in the film were built upon enough and seemed rather undramatic. The loose storyboard and messy editing made the pacing of the film jerky. I don't think I have to explain which parts could've used better editing. If you see the film you'll find out for yourself. It also hurt that Reloaded was the first half of a two-part film. I think audiences would have enjoyed it better if it had a stand-alone plot. Reloaded begins with a hook introduction similar to Matrix (another Trinity fight) but then loses most of its energy soon after. You could heavily blame this on the lengthy dialogue sequences. Something I frowned upon concerning Reloaded was that the first movie had already established the philosophical issues of the matrix, so why drag it out even further? I think the purpose of the sequel should have been to push the story of the Matrix. Only until halfway into the movie does it really begin to start cooking. For those of you who have seen Reloaded already, the jumping-off point would roughly begin where Neo is sent to find the Keymaker by the Oracle. Quite honestly, after viewing Matrix 2, I'm going to have to say that no one, for AT LEAST the next five years, will be able to even come close to matching Reloaded's CGI sequences, other than the Wachowski brothers themselves for the third Matrix. Neo vs. 100 Agent Smiths and the car chasing scene in particular are the most dazzling moments of the movie. In the chase scene, the Wachowski brothers were even able to get the camera to dodge under the speeding cars! The cars themselves are computer animation but that in itself gets two "wows" and a half. The Wachowski brothers know what their audience wants, and so naturally we get the pleasure of being introduced to a dozen more characters in the Matrix. The most notable ones are Link, the new operator of the Nebuchadnezzar, Morpheus's former love Niobe, those freaky guys dressed in all white known as the Twins, the Merovingian with the French accent and his wife Persephone, the Keymaker, and the Architect. The problem with these kinds of epic-storytelling films, however, is that you get to a point where there are TOO MANY new characters and none of them really get developed enough. It was exactly the same case with Star Wars Episode I. For example, the Twins fell into the same trap that Darth Maul did, becoming more of just mere spectacles than contributing something important to the plot. I personally think Persephone is the only new character worth paying attention to in Reloaded. She is sleek, mysterious, unpredictable, and playful. Persephone is mostly important because she reinforces the theme of rebellion and free-thinking in the Matrix films. Too bad her role is a small one in this film. Hopefully the Wachowski brothers decide to play her role out more in Matrix Revolutions. I guess my two biggest complaints on Reloaded are a) Morpheus breaking character with his (motivating?) speech at Zion and b) the bland music score. The first one is upsetting because it seems that for one scene, the usually calm and cool Morpheus trades his sophistication for more barbarian-like qualities. Not only that, he screeches when he yells and that makes it too distracting to hear what he has to say. The second one is also just as upsetting because the first movie was SO GOOD at using music to fill in for the gaps in dialogue. Reloaded's score is repetitive and downright annoying. I think Juno Reactor is an amazing group, but the quality of their music hasn't been its sharpest for the past few years. They just did not work for this film. Where was Lunatic Calm, or the Prodigy, or Meat Beat Manifesto, or the Propellerheads? I mean cummon, the biggest rush I got was when 'Spybreak!' was played in the background of Matrix's biggest fight scene. It doesn't really seem like the Wachowski brothers even tried to get that same reaction for any parts of Reloaded. Well, even if you thought the movie ... or it didn't live up to expectations, Matrix 2 was still very fun to watch. And who knows, maybe you will like it better after seeing Matrix Revolutions. There's probably a reason why everything is sort of left hanging. Reloaded fails in the respect that it was going to provide anything dramatically new. It's true that the Wachowski brothers and their special effects crew have raised the bar just high enough to reclaim their crown for best CGI, but rather than use these special effects to support the story like in the original Matrix, they're shamefully used as just a way to bring audiences in and sell tickets. >>> 3 stars. A movie worth watching, but lacks the potential that we all saw in the last movie. However, most diehard Matrix fans will be satisfied with the grossly exaggerated fight sequences. Reloaded could've used better editing, everything in the movie seemed too "episodic". For example, immediately after Neo speaks with the Oracle, Agent Smith shows up. Everything just seemed way too staged. What was so great about the first movie was how the story had such a logical flow. As the French guy says, everything is governed by cause and effect. So why does Reloaded seem to break this rule? -the enlightened one
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Summary: Smarter than the Original
Review: The biggest problem with The Matrix: Reloaded was that it may have been too smart for its audience. Although it tried to cover its bases by featuring lots of action and CGI effects (for which it has drawn much criticism), the heart of the movie lay in the philosophical quandaries drawn for its characters. By philosophical, I don't just mean "smart" or "thoughtful," I mean based on real questions by real philosophers. The motivation for Agent Smith's anger at Neo is that Neo took away the meaning of his existence. Smith is a computer program without a function, without a reason for being. His ire is true existential angst, and the "messiah," Neo, is to blame. The overall plot, dealing with Neo's struggles against the prophecies of the computer, will have its resolution hinge upon the philosophical dilemma of free will vs. determinism. Is the future set? Will the actions taken by Neo allow him to step outside prophecy, or are his only options those dictated by a static reality, based on probabilities and statistical anomalies? These are profound questions with which Western philosophy has been grappling for centuries. The last place I expected to see them raised was in a summer action movie, one which tops its style and digital pyrotechnics with a truly intellectually engaging plot. This movie stands out against the rest of the summer's dumbed down, brainless and heartless recycled action flicks. The Matrix: Reloaded isn't just worth seeing, it's worth thinking about.
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Summary: WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: "WOW" as Neo said in the first one is the only way to describe this movie. the wraiths are great.
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Summary: Slapped together Sequel
Review: This movie had several problems with it and none of them were that it was difficult to understand. The plot was fairly smooth and moved the story along from where the last one left off, with a few fun twists added for good measure. My problem was with some of the less important scenes. First of all, the last human city on earth, Zion, a city that is surviving hundreds of miles below the planet, supported by phenominal technology. OK, if this is true then why is everybody in it dressed like Daryl Hannah in Clan of the CAve Bear? Wow, we can support this city off the power of the core of the Earth, but Shoes? Hmmm, those are a little too difficult for us to figure out yet. My next problem. Morpheus (Lawrence Fishburn) gets up in front of the multitudes to inspire them and take away the fear many are experiencing due to the impending attack on the city. The speech, given in a slowed down monotone that he must have learned from watching Brad Pitt in Meet Joe Black, was much better written and delieverd by Mel Gibson in Braveheart, This speech could have been helped by a different writer and Morpheus having a few cups of coffee before delivering it . However in spite of the lack of anything inspiring in the speech, the crowds, in their cave people outfits go wild in the cave and begin dancing and writhing in the mud upon hearing it, which brings me to my third and fourth problems with the movie. Keanu Reeves and CArrie Ann Moss are a couple now, and are of course very eager for some privacy upon reaching Zion, fine, then show them making out as the door closes and we will get the idea that they are going to have sex. But the movie doesn't do that. This couple has no chemestry together, zero, zilch, Jody Foster and Harvey Firestein would have more sexual tension between them. And instead of just nixing the sex scene for being boring the movie tries to spice it up by cutting every 5 or 10 seconds to shots in slow motion of the crowd, soaking wet, covered with mud dancing in what could best be described as a very expensive Christina Aquillera video. People in the audience were laughing at this scene. It was so ridiculous that it was difficult to take the rest of the movie seriously. I liked the story but lets just see the plot, the special effects, and whats going to happen next, no more chorus lines of writhing cro magnum teens mixed with shots of Keanu and Carrie Ann each doing their best not to yawn themselves to death. It is amazing to me that these scenes didn't hit the cutting room floor. I am willing to bet that there were MANY scenes deleated that would have been much more fun to watch. See this movie so you'll know whats going on in the third one, but you probably won't want to see it twice.
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Summary: 'Reloaded' offers a better arsenal
Review: Obviously, the original "Matrix" has set the precedent for every action film that has followed it. With the Brothers Wachowski borrowing from classic sci-fi themes crossed with cyberpunk sensibility, futuristic and experimental camera techniques, hyperkinetic Hong Kong/John Woo shoot-'em-ups, and almost ballet-like martial arts choreography from the Master, Yuen Woo Ping helped combine for a film that will always be one-of-a-kind. However, that didn't stop every action film from "Charlie's Angels" to "Cradle 2 the Grave" trying to duplicate its gravity-defying fight scenes. The East has influenced the West, for better or worse. How many "Matrix" clones will there be? The answer is quite a few. But it is not of these blatant rip-offs that I wish to comment on. It is its superior sequel, "The Matrix Reloaded", which offers not just more of the same but an improvement and expansion on the thematic elements and technical wizardry that made its predecessor unique. Those are where this film succeeds the most. It, like the first film, has the same stale performance from Keanu Reeves, who, as Neo, the prophetic messiah-like hero, has finally found his best use in Hollywood as a human action figure. It also bears another great scene-stealing performance(s) from Hugo Weaving as Smith, Neo's nemesis. But the film's real area of improvement is its use of the ideas of reality, destiny, purpose, and fate. All of these ideas are expanded on and done with more intelligence than the first. There are many more ideas to give your brain a workout rather than just another summer brain rubdown (or worse, a beating, like the ungodly awful "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"). Basically, when you leave this film, you are filled with a great many questions, some fascinating ideas, and a sense of foreboding rather than everything tied up in a neat little package, which far too many films this particular summer have had. But not to fail in their always pushing-the-envelope attitude, the Wachowski Brothers have more or less removed the massive gunplay from the first in favor of improving the martial arts sequences. The first really major sequence, which involves Neo fighting a seemingly never-ending swarm of Smiths, is breathtaking to behold. When I get my hands on this DVD, there will be a lot of frame-by-frame use and slo-mo work. Obviously, it doesn't end there. The freeway chase scene that employs all of the various fighting styles and camera tricks and breakneck speed to make for a real edge-of-your-seat adrenaline blast. All in all, it's everything that a sequel should be: bigger, faster, riskier where the stakes are higher and the decisions the characters make have reall causality. There is an effect for all the things that happen. ...
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Summary: kungfu movie set in the dystopic future
Review: first....the last thing on the screen before the credits was To be Continued why didn't anyone tell me? setup for a 6 month wait. just like the "lord of the rings" trilogy.
guess the cliffhangers add to the bottom line. second, i like science fiction, read lots when i was a kid, never grew up as a result. so even a bad sci-fi interests me.
And this isn't bad. Needs to be seen in order with the first part however, too much continuity depends on it. plus character development. The underlying philosophy is delivered via soliloquy, neither very subtile, nor a particularly interesting way. I expect better from well paid sci-fi writers, see "Lord of the Rings" or "StarWars" for much better, under-the-mental-radar way of introducing complex philosophic themes. It's a shame, the lead idea, choice and the difference it makes is a big issue (see something like for the loss of a horse shoe the kingdom was lost). Human destiny and freewill are complex issues, not just for philosophy or religious textbooks but for good sci-fi, sadly this does injustice to the complexity of this issue. It is not a matter of two doors. no, needs more thinking work before the scripting of the fights. Likewise the new theme, akin to the Buddhist great wheel of life, revolving in big cycles, redoing, renewing, re-rolling, is introduced in the white room with the maker soliloquy. It answers a few questions, asks a few more, but heavy handed, being far too verbal. Now NEO as superman, as prophet, as ultimate decider for the fate of the human race is a nice touch, but inadequate background was laid. The scenes in Zion with him as a revered figure and the dance scene were well done and up to the standard of the best in sci-fi, but they could not pull the whole weight of the movie. So all in all, an ok movie, but not in the class of the very best in sci-fi, but why should it be, in the last analysis it is little more than a kungfu movie with a good plot set in the dystopic future, but i'd prefer "black rain" or "bladerunner" in this genre.
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Summary: Oh please...
Review: Do not listen to anyone giving this movie a bad review. They are wrong and always will be. This movie was awesome! A must see!
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