Matrix Refilled
May. 15th, 2003 04:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jazzfishCan't sleep, Smith will get me.
Short spoiler-free form: second half better than first half; first movie found a better balance between the philosophizing and the kicking of butt. FX, of course, r0x0r3d, but there was nothing as subtly cool as Smith's disintegration from the first film, or even a shot as superkeen as the down shot of spent shells ejecting from the automatics. I prefer my fight scenes to have guns, as opposed to Keanu Reeves. Eagerly awaiting the third film. Second half gets 3.5 stars, first half gets 2.5, average of three stars.
The fact that the presence of The One is a glitch disappoints me greatly. I was really hoping everyone would be able to transcend and control the Matrix. On the other hand, the fact that this is Matrix Number Six is quite the cool idea.
Basically, my problem with the film is that the script just wasn't as good as the first one. In M1, things are gradually revealed, and you're on the edge of your seat trying to figure out what's going on. M2 starts out without secrets. It's got the way cool opening with Trinity and Agent *mumble*son kicking butt, but then the first half-hour or so is ... just another movie. There's plot exposition and it drags. Keanu Reeves beats up a couple Agents, and it ... not quite drags, but a lot of the fun of the first movie was the tension in the fights; here you know for a fact that Keanu will pound the tar out of them.
(I recognised Commander Lock because he was Aaron in Titus. Between him and Saturninus/Nightcrawler, that movie's just everywhere.)
The Merovingian was a doofus. The Locksmith was a neat idea but not really much of a character; ditto Seraph. The twins are cool. Persephone was ... interesting, and I hope she gets more developed in M3. They get coolness points for including the Architect at all; he's neat. There wasn't really anyone as cool as Switch, though. ("Not like this... not like this.") Or even Apoc.
Hugo Weaving (Agent Elrond) continues to rock my world. The trailer at the end implies that he'll be a big part of the conclusion, which is fine by me. Gloria Foster (the Oracle) is also way cool; I don't know what they're going to do for her part in the conclusion, as it's sort of necessary.
See you in November.
Short spoiler-free form: second half better than first half; first movie found a better balance between the philosophizing and the kicking of butt. FX, of course, r0x0r3d, but there was nothing as subtly cool as Smith's disintegration from the first film, or even a shot as superkeen as the down shot of spent shells ejecting from the automatics. I prefer my fight scenes to have guns, as opposed to Keanu Reeves. Eagerly awaiting the third film. Second half gets 3.5 stars, first half gets 2.5, average of three stars.
The fact that the presence of The One is a glitch disappoints me greatly. I was really hoping everyone would be able to transcend and control the Matrix. On the other hand, the fact that this is Matrix Number Six is quite the cool idea.
Basically, my problem with the film is that the script just wasn't as good as the first one. In M1, things are gradually revealed, and you're on the edge of your seat trying to figure out what's going on. M2 starts out without secrets. It's got the way cool opening with Trinity and Agent *mumble*son kicking butt, but then the first half-hour or so is ... just another movie. There's plot exposition and it drags. Keanu Reeves beats up a couple Agents, and it ... not quite drags, but a lot of the fun of the first movie was the tension in the fights; here you know for a fact that Keanu will pound the tar out of them.
(I recognised Commander Lock because he was Aaron in Titus. Between him and Saturninus/Nightcrawler, that movie's just everywhere.)
The Merovingian was a doofus. The Locksmith was a neat idea but not really much of a character; ditto Seraph. The twins are cool. Persephone was ... interesting, and I hope she gets more developed in M3. They get coolness points for including the Architect at all; he's neat. There wasn't really anyone as cool as Switch, though. ("Not like this... not like this.") Or even Apoc.
Hugo Weaving (Agent Elrond) continues to rock my world. The trailer at the end implies that he'll be a big part of the conclusion, which is fine by me. Gloria Foster (the Oracle) is also way cool; I don't know what they're going to do for her part in the conclusion, as it's sort of necessary.
See you in November.
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Date: 2003-05-15 02:24 pm (UTC)The start didn't do much for me--some exciting scenes with no explanation, some gratuitous One/Three lovin', and then it got interesting. Later in the movie when the opening scenes showed up, well, that rocked. :)
The Arthitect's diatribe was excellent, too.