What did you think of Matrix Reloaded?

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Ghostboy

May 12, 2003, 02:23:29 PM
I thought I'd start a new post to cover our discussions after viewing the movie. I just saw it this morning and....

..don't worry, no spoilers, just vague opinons...

....it's real swell. It doesn't blow your mind like the first one, at least not visually, because while the effects and technology are hundreds of times more advanced, there's nothing quite so in-your-face innovative as bullet time. But the Burly Brawl and the car chase are awesome, as expected. And the look of Zion really surprised me...it's really interesting.

The script is where the the real innovation occurs. Sit tight through most of the film and all the awkward pacing and dime store philosophy that serves as breathers from the badass action scenes...wait for the last act, which really blew me away. I'll just put it this way. Everything changes, the stakes go WAY up, and the whole universe this movie takes place on gets a far more massive and awe-inspiring scope.

And be sure to stay through the credits (all ten minutes of 'em), cause the preview for Revolutions is just..well, you'll see it. All that rain...

I think you all should be pretty happy come Wednesday night. Some more than others.

SoNowThen

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May 12, 2003, 02:35:13 PM
I'm looking forward to it. Especially since I found out Monica Bellucci is in it. They could film Monica standing still for two hours, and I would pay to see it, because she is SUCH A BABE.
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May 12, 2003, 02:39:39 PM
Fuck you and your review that makes me excited.  Now I am regretting not getting my ticket for Wednesday night
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May 12, 2003, 03:36:35 PM
I saw the thread title and thought I had somehow traveled into the future!  Now I'm depressed.   :cry:
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#4
May 12, 2003, 03:56:53 PM
Ghostboy, so early!  Damn.  Hopefully I'll see it Tuesday night.  I look forward to it, and I'm glad the stakes are raised.  It felt that sequels to the first movie would be almost meaningless.

Bud_Clay

#5
May 14, 2003, 04:36:28 PM
*WARNING -- negative opinion..dont read if you have optimism for the film*




i saw it last night. i have to say i was let down... the soundtrack for reloaded absolutely blew as opposed to the 1st matrix's soundtrack with propellerheads, prodigy and such..minus rob zombie of course.  

a lot of the fighting sequences looked a little rediculous to me as well. it seemed liked a video game at a lot of times.

and the way they ended the movie honestly really cheapified the entire movie for me, without giving anything away.

all in all i was let down. i hope the 3rd is better and with less cgi neo's.

godardian

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May 14, 2003, 07:05:07 PM
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#7
May 14, 2003, 09:44:46 PM
The thing that I have disliked most about the trailers is the fact that many of the clones in the brawl, and especially the agent that leapfrogs across the cars on the freeway, look very, uh, CGI and fake. Not at all photo realistic like the Wachowski's and their minions have been claiming.

Does that carry across  into the film?
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Bud_Clay

#8
May 14, 2003, 11:55:04 PM
Quote from: The Silver BulletDoes that carry across  into the film?

Yes. Very much so.. the trailer actually makes the movie look a little bit better.

The Silver Bullet

#9
May 15, 2003, 12:08:32 AM
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Banky

#10
May 15, 2003, 12:09:04 AM
*******spoiler****************************************************************too much information was given towards the end.  It came way too fast and was hard to comprehend.  Coolest scene was the agent smith fight scene.  The cgi blends very well in the context of the fight scene.  The shot of the 2 18 wheelers crashing was fucking amazing. WOW!  LF has chuncked up a shit load.  I dont understand how Neo could stop the sentinals in the real world.  The trailer for revolotiouns looks really cool. All in all cool movie that doesnt come to a conclusion but than again is not suppose to.  I will be going again this weekend.  Please lets get a discussion going about all the new info that we have now found out about THE MATRIX.

Thecowgoooesmooo

#11
May 15, 2003, 06:53:57 AM
QuoteThe thing that I have disliked most about the trailers is the fact that many of the clones in the brawl, and especially the agent that leapfrogs across the cars on the freeway, look very, uh, CGI and fake. Not at all photo realistic like the Wachowski's and their minions have been claiming.

Does that carry across into the film?


Yes it does carry across in the film. The scenes where Neo is fighting a army of agents looks real fake.

I saw Matrix Reloaded last night at 10 and did not like it at all. I couldn't wait for it to be over. Part of me disliking it so much was probly because I was a bit tired... As I dozed off sleeping with my head back many times, with my head tilted back looking at the ceiling and everyone avidly watching around me, I couldn't help but zero in on the horrible dialogue. After I started critiqueing the dialogue, eyes closed, the movie sucked that much more. The fighting scenes then seemed like drawn out, repetitive, "Look what we did action"


anyways i gotta run, but thats my 2 cents


chris

Banky

#12
May 15, 2003, 08:36:31 AM
Dont give the movie an unfair review just because you were tired during a ten oclock showing.  I think you need to get that yeast infection checked out.

©brad

#13
May 15, 2003, 08:57:33 AM
yikes. why all the bad reviews? it can't be bad. it just can't.  :(

Thecowgoooesmooo

#14
May 15, 2003, 09:53:38 AM
QuoteDont give the movie an unfair review just because you were tired during a ten oclock showing. I think you need to get that yeast infection checked out.


I didn't give the movie a bad review because I was tired. I was saying that, being tired, made the movie suck even more then it already did.


chris
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