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"Matrix Reloaded. Bit let down."

Geeh, so my brother got ahold of a screener copy, and I am going to see it again next week at the cinema (to experience the thrill..pffff) here is my review of the Matrix (contains mild spoilers).

70% of the film's dialogue was really, really, really corny. Of course, the french guy was funny, and the oracle was interesting...but come on. Neo: I need you. Trinity: I know. So do they. Neo: okay. Trinity: bye....well, not exactly that, but similary crudish. The one liners were all too predictable from Smith and mildly funny. And I really disliked the speech morpheus gave...i would not have shared his views from that speech.

The acting: though not the worst, was not too good either. Alot of the time, Reeves seemed like he was just reading lines...it didn't sound realistic. It was sort of monotone and reminded me back to when he did Bill and Ted's...not a good thing (but it fit for B&T). Morpheus seems fat now and when he's on the truck, a few shots i can tell that he's struggling, (not saying I could do better, but he was struggling).

What i found funny was in the agent smith fight (the burdle brawl or whatever ppl call it)...i could clearly tell that some were just stuntman...one of the guys was actually fatter than smith and he had a bigger neck that didn't fit at all. It's in the shots where you see the back of their heads and neo is hitting them.

More or less those are the problems I had with the movie. It's by no means bad (ie, Ep 2/xXx), but its by no means great either (ie, forrest gump/minority report/phone booth).

It felt like a ridley scott film (Action sequence - lots of story - more action) mixed with some aspect of star wars (cheesy scenes to get the story going, ie, that stupid kid or the rave sequence) and some old school space sci-fi near the beginning with the ship and of course, the matrix feel.

The dance scene is REALLY LONG AND CRAP.
I got bored during the Matrix. Does that make me more of a man?
I enjoyed X2 more.

Geeh.
er-no

4.6GB

Yep. Probably 3-4 gig. Ah well, it'll only take a few hours to download, eh? :P

*Strokes broadband modem*

Kiriyama wrote:
> er-no wrote:
> Kiriyama wrote:
> Damnit. How many MB is it? :P
>
> *runs away
>
> Bah, probably a few gig? Gimme an estimation! Now!
>
> Or whenever possible :)

Its on a DVD so its going to be alot.

Oh, does it have a proper case and everything and CD design and booklet?

er-no wrote:
> Kiriyama wrote:
> Damnit. How many MB is it? :P
>
> *runs away

Bah, probably a few gig? Gimme an estimation! Now!

Or whenever possible :)

Mess wrote:
> I didn't read the whole review as I didn't want to see the spoilers,
> but I read your first point on the corny dialogue. What you've got to
> remember is that the whole vision the Wachowskis had is that they
> wanted to make a Japanese animé film, but they wanted to do it
> with real actors. So although the action is stunning, the dialogue is
> sometimes a little out of place. Its all part of the Matrix cult.

Read the whole thing.

I didn't read the whole review as I didn't want to see the spoilers, but I read your first point on the corny dialogue. What you've got to remember is that the whole vision the Wachowskis had is that they wanted to make a Japanese animé film, but they wanted to do it with real actors. So although the action is stunning, the dialogue is sometimes a little out of place. Its all part of the Matrix cult.

Kiriyama wrote:
> Damnit. How many MB is it? :P

*runs away

Damnit. How many MB is it? :P

I have the promotional copy Dvd.

Such is the life of knowing one of the stuntmen.

*licks himself.