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<blockquote data-quote="Kai Lord" data-source="post: 1501977" data-attributes="member: 3570">Count me firmly in the &quot;eh&quot; camp when it comes to the two Matrix sequels.I enjoyed Revolutions much more than Reloaded, but now after watching it on DVD a couple of times I can't help but feel that the story is just so mediocre.&nbsp; The action is great but the drama just isn't there.Its true that all of the story developments in Reloaded could have fit into a 20-30 minute prologue to Revolutions, replacing the ridiculous &quot;train station&quot; and fetish club sequences.&nbsp; &quot;Love isn't an emotion, its a word.&quot;&nbsp; &quot;Karma's a word.&quot;&nbsp; Give me a break.&nbsp; That dialogue is also a word, and that word is &quot;stupid.&quot;The subplot with the little girl was just lame, and the epilogue with the sunset was equally lame.&nbsp; Trinity's 40 minute death speech as the fate of the world hung in the balance was even worse.&nbsp; You just can't have nifty action bookended by such dramatic ineptness and have the overall story amount to much.And I can't help but laugh at the sheer absurdity of how much effort the heroes spend trying to look cool while saving the world.&nbsp; The sunglasses in dimly lit rooms and the poses when nobody's looking, all from actors pushing 40 and older.&nbsp; Its just so serious and pretentious that I don't know whether to laugh or take pity.But Revolutions is cool to have on DVD just for the times I'm in the mood for some sweet live action mecha combat and I find the kung fu at the end entertaining as well, even if it has almost none of the dramatic tension of the first movie.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kai Lord, post: 1501977, member: 3570"] Count me firmly in the "eh" camp when it comes to the two Matrix sequels. I enjoyed Revolutions much more than Reloaded, but now after watching it on DVD a couple of times I can't help but feel that the story is just so mediocre. The action is great but the drama just isn't there. Its true that all of the story developments in Reloaded could have fit into a 20-30 minute prologue to Revolutions, replacing the ridiculous "train station" and fetish club sequences. "Love isn't an emotion, its a word." "Karma's a word." Give me a [i]break.[/i] That dialogue is also a word, and that word is "stupid." The subplot with the little girl was just lame, and the epilogue with the sunset was equally lame. Trinity's 40 minute death speech as the fate of the world hung in the balance was even worse. You just can't have nifty action bookended by such dramatic ineptness and have the overall story amount to much. And I can't help but laugh at the sheer absurdity of how much effort the heroes spend [i]trying to look cool[/i] while saving the world. The sunglasses in dimly lit rooms and the poses when nobody's looking, all from actors pushing 40 and older. Its just so serious and pretentious that I don't know whether to laugh or take pity. But Revolutions is cool to have on DVD just for the times I'm in the mood for some sweet live action mecha combat and I find the kung fu at the end entertaining as well, even if it has almost none of the dramatic tension of the first movie. [/QUOTE]

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