11-06-2003, 11:43 PM
I'm seeing this tonight. My sky-high expectations have been lowered enough by others that I think I'm going to rather enjoy myself.
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But throughout Reloaded, I could not escape the parallels I was making between The Matrix franchise and that of The Lord of the Rings. Both are sincere, intelligent fantasies worthy of high praise. But the seams are much more evident in Matrix; you can tell that it's a labor of love with too much of a stranglehold on the material, under the Wachowski brothers. If they let others contribute a bit more, and cover up the holes, they could have ended up with a masterpiece. (Witness interviews with cast in which they tried to improvise or elaborate on performances, and were politely, but uniformly, shot down.) LotR, besides working from established material, shows a much higher degree of team integration, resulting in superior movies.
I would rate the original Matrix as one of the best scifi movies of the past 10 years. Reloaded, an excellent action flick with awkward expository bookends. Revolutions? No idea, but whatever it may be, I'll enjoy it for what it is.
:lol:
But throughout Reloaded, I could not escape the parallels I was making between The Matrix franchise and that of The Lord of the Rings. Both are sincere, intelligent fantasies worthy of high praise. But the seams are much more evident in Matrix; you can tell that it's a labor of love with too much of a stranglehold on the material, under the Wachowski brothers. If they let others contribute a bit more, and cover up the holes, they could have ended up with a masterpiece. (Witness interviews with cast in which they tried to improvise or elaborate on performances, and were politely, but uniformly, shot down.) LotR, besides working from established material, shows a much higher degree of team integration, resulting in superior movies.
I would rate the original Matrix as one of the best scifi movies of the past 10 years. Reloaded, an excellent action flick with awkward expository bookends. Revolutions? No idea, but whatever it may be, I'll enjoy it for what it is.