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Wednesday, November 5, 2003

Matrix Revolutions

Well... it definitely wasn't good. I'm not quite sure what it was.

There was actually a part towards the end where I think it was supposed to be kind of dramatic, but it was just comical and I actually burst out laughing really loud in the theater.

I almost want to say I hated it... but this gives me a great opportunity to invoke Steven Den Beste's neat observation: "I'm afraid it's contempt, not hatred. One has to respect those one hates."

I'm not sure if I'd go that far, but I wouldn't shy too far away from that either. I think it was better than the last one, at least, though that's not saying much. At least there was no 10 minute rave scene.

Update: I knew it would happen, but it happened faster than I expected. Here's a surprisingly accurate and definitely funny Matrix Revolutions parody script from Diego.

Update: Finished reading the parody script... very awesome. Better than the movie. He does leave out a few plot holes that I thought of while watching the movie, but I won't say them because I don't want to spoil anything.

My only conclusion after watching the third movie is that the W brothers just had no clue what to do with the trilogy. I was hoping the second would just be a bump and the third would redeem the trilogy... but no.

Update: Yet another reason to not trust Ebert's reviews anymore. He's becoming less reliable. You know he gave Gigli 2 1/2 stars? The highest rating out of any major movie reviewer. And another awesome negative review. I say another because Ebert's review on the whole seemed to be negative, but he seemed to give it a lot of credit for looking cool.

Update: if you gotta read more, here's Slashdot's post on it. This guy's comments are good.

Update: Ok, one more. See Rotten Tomatoes for more reviews.

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M. Bean wrote:

My friends who ran out and saw it today were disappointed as well.

I haven't heard a good review yet from people I know, actually, even my few friends who liked the second one.

A real bummer if you ask me, it looks like I'll be holding off on seeing it for a while.

This does add credence to what I said about those reviews I sent you earlier, though.

∴ M. Bean | 5-Nov-2003 9:42pm est | #3197

This does add credence to what I said about those reviews I sent you earlier, though.

Yeah, it really does. The first movie was just great, and the second and third they just kind of fell apart on.

What I've been thinking is that one of the things that made The Matrix so neat was that it supposedly took place in our world, right under our noses. The second and third (the third especially) show you almost no "real" people, and it takes pretty much everything away from the whole idea of the matrix, that "the wool is pulled over our eyes", etc. (For instance, in the second one, all I could think during the many-Smiths fight was "I wonder how this could be happening and no one see it")

Another comment I have is this: I remember one of the parody Matrix Reloaded reviews saying something like "I'm Neo, I'm practically invincible, and therefore the audience feels no danger, and is therefore bored". [SPOILER-->] So, whereas the second movie took place pretty much all in the Matrix, the third took place mostly in reality, so they tried to bring back a little bit of the danger. But you still didn't really care.

∴ Keith | 5-Nov-2003 10:09pm est | http://keithdevens.com/ | #3198

spoiler
I really liked the second one, prefered it to the first, but the third one still sucked. While Neo was practically invicible in the second one, the fights that took place were still excellent, and the morpheous fights were good. However we had one fight inside the matrix (aside from the smith one) this film, and it wasnt' even a very good one.

And did anyone else get really annoyed it was so cheesy? The little kid who came good, and the guy's wife who saved him? Ah it was such an annoying film

your comments seem to be pretty representative of others I've heard...pity it isnt as good...oh well,

Was i the only one that realised that the references to christianity were more symbolic than actually leading anyone to any closer to the spiritual truths mentioned in the Matrix movies..?

For example,

"Maya" - Illusion.
"Karma" - Cause/Effect.
"Dharma" - Duty.
"Sati" - Sacrifice.
"Cosmology" - Quantam mechanics & Human mind.
"Yoga" - Meditation.

are fundamental tenets of Hinduism, a 5000 year old Indian philosophy (of which Buddhism is based on.)

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