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azazyel

azazyel

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Thanks for reminding me...just went out and picked it up for 19.99 at Borders. I figure since I didn't waste time going to see it in the theaters that it was ok to buy it. It would have cost a lot more if I would have went to see it on the big screen with my g/f. Plus tonight we are going to get some Indian food, some beers and watch it on my new TV.
 
FeathersMcGraw

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Originally posted by: Don_Vito
I find it interesting that so many people regard this as the weakest of the three. I thought it sucked, but not anywhere near as much as Matrix Reloaded, which was as bad a film as I've seen in years.
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I enjoyed Reloaded a lot, even though its theme was handled with all the subtlety of the lobby scene in the original. My problems with Revolutions however, include that it

a) didn't really follow through on the promise of Reloaded (for example, I would have thought The Merovingian and Persephone's Kiss would have played a larger role)
b) was filled with a ridiculous number of war movie cliches
c) was often inconsistent with the previous films (in the first film, they pretty much had to wait until they saw "the whites of their eyes" to detonate the EMP, yet in Revolutions, a single one could clear the entire cavern).

That's not to say it wasn't entertaining, because I still thought it was a very solid action film, but I thought it was an incredibly weak followup to a second act that promised an exciting finale.
 
Don Vito Corleone

Don Vito Corleone

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Originally posted by: MaxDSP

I thought Reloaded was great, what'd you find so disgusting about it? Besides that lameass rave scene, I thought it had a nice balance of all the elements.
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I was just totally bored by it. I frankly didn't understand, or care, what was going on in most of the movie. The new characters, and their interactions, made no sense to me for the most part. Even the fight scenes were unbelievably tedious (since Neo appeared to be a god, and to be able to bounce back from any amount of punishment, why would I care about him fighting and being beaten up?), to the point that I literally nodded off during the long fight with Agent Smith. The new Oracle seemed like a classically unsatisfying, cheap deus ex machina trick to me. Ironically (because I hated the analogous scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey), the only part that interested me was the scene near the end with the "inventor" of the Matrix.

I readily admit I am not a Matrix fanatic, and that I am not versed in the mythology of the films, nor do I care to be. I have a doctorate, and an adult's attention span, and I don't think I should need an owner's manual to follow the plot of any work of fiction, particularly an action movie.

IMO the Wachowski brothers fell victim to the excessive praise that was heaped on the first film, and tried to make a trilogy of biblical proportions. My feeling with the second and third movies was that the emperor wore no clothes, but that diehard Matrix nuts would have liked the movies regardless of their content (though that's not to say that a person might have good reasons for liking them - obviously this is highly subjective, and I don't mean to imply that everyone should share my taste).
 
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MaxDSP

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Originally posted by: Don_Vito
Originally posted by: MaxDSP

I thought Reloaded was great, what'd you find so disgusting about it? Besides that lameass rave scene, I thought it had a nice balance of all the elements.
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I was just totally bored by it. I frankly didn't understand, or care, what was going on in most of the movie. The new characters, and their interactions, made no sense to me for the most part. Even the fight scenes were unbelievably tedious (since Neo appeared to be a god, and to be able to bounce back from any amount of punishment, why would I care about him fighting and being beaten up?), to the point that I literally nodded off during the long fight with Agent Smith. The new Oracle seemed like a classically unsatisfying, cheap deus ex machina trick to me. Ironically (because I hated the analogous scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey), the only part that interested me was the scene near the end with the "inventor" of the Matrix.

I readily admit I am not a Matrix fanatic, and that I am not versed in the mythology of the films, nor do I care to be. I have a doctorate, and an adult's attention span, and I don't think I should need an owner's manual to follow the plot of any work of fiction, particularly an action movie.

IMO the Wachowski brothers fell victim to the excessive praise that was heaped on the first film, and tried to make a trilogy of biblical proportions. My feeling with the second and third movies was that the emperor wore no clothes, but that diehard Matrix nuts would have liked the movies regardless of their content (though that's not to say that a person might have good reasons for liking them - obviously this is highly subjective, and I don't mean to imply that everyone should share my taste).
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To each their own, :beer::)

Just picked up my copy of Revolutions at Best Buy. It was weird, people were just coming in best buy, picking up a copy of Revolutions and another Matrix movie (they have that 2 for $25 deal going), and going straight to the checkout line...which is what I did too, except I only picked up Revolutions. Heh :D
 
Queasy

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I got Reloaded on DVD and still haven't watched it yet. I trying to decide if I want to get Revolutions to complete the Matrix collection.
 
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Kev

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I think instead I will sell reloaded, and in effect save $30. Then I will forget the sequels were ever made and be happy.
 
Vic

Vic

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Originally posted by: Triumph
The 2nd and 3rd movies detract from my enjoyment of the first.
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Agreed. The 2nd and 3rd should never have been made.

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Originally posted by: VictorLazlo

To summarise:
1st: :cool: + :Q + :D
2nd: :confused:
3rd: :(
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falias

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Didn't really think it was that great when I saw in theaters, but I watched it for a second time today and thought it actually isn't that bad. Recommened you watch it again after giving it some time since the fist time...
 
Queasy

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BTW....Am I the only one who thought the final fight between Smith and Neo was like something out of Dragonball Z?
 
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shabby

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I think i watched the super burly brawl a dozen times today, must watch it some more :)
 
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TheAudit

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Originally posted by: Queasy
BTW....Am I the only one who thought the final fight between Smith and Neo was like something out of Dragonball Z?
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It seemed like it.
 
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IMO, it's one thing to be suckered into watching the movie but it's really another thing to actually buy it on DVD :)

The only people who I would think that would buy it are people who have bad taste or money to waste....
 
Zim Hosein

Zim Hosein

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Originally posted by: TranceNation
IMO, it's one thing to be suckered into watching the movie but it's really another thing to actually buy it on DVD :)

The only people who I would think that would buy it are people who have bad taste or money to waste....
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Well, depending on where you live, buying the DVD is actually cheaper than going to the movie theater :(
 
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MacBaine

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Originally posted by: TranceNation
IMO, it's one thing to be suckered into watching the movie but it's really another thing to actually buy it on DVD :)

The only people who I would think that would buy it are people who have bad taste or money to waste....
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Good thing nobody cares what you think
 
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MaxDSP

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Originally posted by: MacBaine
Originally posted by: TranceNation
IMO, it's one thing to be suckered into watching the movie but it's really another thing to actually buy it on DVD :)

The only people who I would think that would buy it are people who have bad taste or money to waste....
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Good thing nobody cares what you think
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atom

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Picking up mine tomorrow.

Matrix > Animatrix > Matrix: Reloaded > Matrix Reloaded Skit at MTV Movie Awards > Matrix Revolutions :)
 

Why do all of you people whine whine whine about how the trilogy didn't turn out the way you wanted?

cry river
build bridge
get over it.
 
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