Matrix 2 reviews starting to roll in (probable spoilers)

[EricNoah]

Last week Time printed a long spoiler-filled preview of Matrix Reloaded. This week, the actual review has been published. Summary: self-proclaimed middle-aged guy who thought the first movie was kind of spiffy feels 2nd film has too many dead spots and a "been there, done that" feel.

Time Review

 

[EricNoah]

Rotten Tomatoes has a few reviews up. So far it's running below 60% "fresh".

Rotten Tomatoes

 

[Numion]

Too bad. Maybe I'll skip it, then.



Yeah, right.

 

[kkoie]

aint it cool news also has a number of fan reviews on their site. Be warned that some are more spoiler driven than they lead you to believe. Not to mention that a majority of them break the grandma rules

 

[EricNoah]

If nothing else the reviews are helping to lower my expectations.

 

[Henry]

If nothing else the reviews are helping to lower my expectations.

It's quite simple to me: Anyone hoping to go to the Matrix Reloaded for scintillating plot and dramatic characterizations will be disappointed. Anyone going to see jaw-dropping CGI and cinematic sequences will get their money's worth.

The first movie, while possessing some great spectacle and a truly RPG-worthy premise, was about the same: the characters and plot were not moving nor sympathetic. They WERE, on the other hand, to borrow a phrase, "cool as all hell."

 

[Piratecat]

Actually, I just re-watched the Matrix, and have new respect for some of the plotting. KidCthulhu read an interview with Lawrence Fishburne, where he said something to the effect of:

"All while making the first movie, the Wachowski brothers kept telling me that Morpheus was crazy. I just didn't see it. Then we made the second movie, and I thought, 'Oh, yeah! Morpheus really IS crazy!'"

Obsessively focused... but cool.

 

[EricNoah]

oh my lord

Ok, totally off topic...

Take a look at this quote from an interview with Keanu Reeves:

"The films take place over a short amount of time and so it really felt like one film," Reeves said. "There really wasn't any distinction, per say, between the two. It wasn't like doing a checkoff play. 'Four years later, and now it's winter.' The timeline of the piece is very short. I believe it takes place over 72 hours, both films."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...790&e=2&u=/ap/20030512/ap_en_mo/matrix_reeves

Bleh!!! The "reporter" who wrote this piece should be forced back to remedial English.

"per say"?? "checkoff play"??????



(hijack concluded)

 

[Wolf72]

ee gads boss!

um, like that should be Chekov shouldn't it? ... and I've never read any of his plays before (that I'd remember that is)

(I guess I did learn something all those hours watching reruns of the original Star Trek! )

 

[Krug]

Screendaily review.