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Matrix.... Reloaded

posted by [personal profile] pmsumner at 09:53pm on 25/05/2003
Overall rating? Half-marks.

Impressive visuals in places, not so impressive in others. Ground breaking ideas in places, but not stunningly executed. Bad plot development, too many convenient "things" put in place to explain away problematic issues. Too much "deep stuff" thrown into a short period of time. If it had been introduced gradually it would have been nicer to follow, but having a 10min speech explaining everything after you've been there for 2hrs already - isn't easy to follow.

Oh, and an unnecessary sex scene. Not particularly well done either, IMO.

Still enjoyed it. Want to see again to give a second chance, but will wait.
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posted by [identity profile] elmyra.livejournal.com at 12:25am on 26/05/2003
The sex scene wasn't too bad. The orgasm cake, however, was atrocious. So was the entire Merovingan/Persphone thing. Gah. And I agree with most of your assessment, esp. on plot development.
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posted by [identity profile] phil99.livejournal.com at 02:09am on 26/05/2003
The Merovingian thing, it gets a little more interesting if you look into the history of the Mervingians. Not much :)

The cake had a purpose but blah.

Thinking on it, the thing that annoyed me the most was that the film didn't end. It isn't a film in it's own right.
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posted by [identity profile] elmyra.livejournal.com at 02:14am on 26/05/2003
The cake had a point? I missed that.

But yeah, I agree, it didn't have decent beginning, and it certainly didn't have an end. Neither did it have its own plot. It carried plot from Part 1 and plot for Part 3, but no, it wasn't actually a film.

Going to see it again on Thursday, coz Trinity is pretty. :-P (Also, one wonders whether it improves when not watched back to back with Part 1.)
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I think you may be overly harsh

posted by [identity profile] lambertbehnke.livejournal.com at 02:23am on 27/05/2003
Probably due to people like myself hailing it as the best thing since sliced bread. I liked the plot, it was there happening, and yes it didn't fully get explained until the near the end, but I didn't see a problem with that. I thought the suspense of not knowing exactly what was going on added to the film.

Well I think the best we can hope for is agree to disagree. After all these are our oppinions and neither of them (I reckon) will change theirs soon. I will have to watch it a second time soon (for a number of reasons ... Trinity being only one of them) and then I might have refined my impression.

Where did the whole ... it is isn't a film in it's own right come from. I won't go into the big closure that marks the end of the film in here for some people will still not have seen it, but I reckon it is definately as much of a film in it's own right as Empire is.
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Re: I think you may be overly harsh

posted by [identity profile] phil99.livejournal.com at 02:44pm on 27/05/2003
I don't feel that the film would stand up on it's own. Most other trilogies at least make some kind of attempt to make sense without having seen the previous films. Not all of them succeed all the time, but I felt that this didn't have much to stand on it's own...

As you say, I may change my opinions once seen again and once not quite so tired :)
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How about this suggestion

posted by [identity profile] lambertbehnke.livejournal.com at 08:58am on 29/05/2003
Let's compare notes after we both have seen it again. Both our opinions will have been refined by then.
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Re: How about this suggestion

posted by [identity profile] phil99.livejournal.com at 04:55pm on 30/05/2003
Indeed :)
Have to take notes *G*
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