11-08-2003, 08:56 AM
>They had a wonderful franchise going; a great first movie, a decent second movie, and we get stuck with this.
Now that Revolutions is out, I can make a purchasing decision. I'd buy Matrix 1, and it's true and worthy (imo) "sequel", The Animatrix. In context of Revolutions, Reloaded now feels like the cinematic equivalent of a friend talking your ear off after s\he attended first semester Philosophy 101. You put up with it because they're your friend, but you have your limits.
And with Revolutions, I reached my limits. The trailer (for Revolutions) at the end of Reloaded was a better film at 2 minutes than the real Revolutions at 2 hours. If I wanted to watch Neo and Smith fight Dragonball Z style, I'll go watch Dragonball Z. No wait, I'd probably go watch Samurai Jack instead.
The only highlights of the sequels now for me are, The Merovingian, and Hugo Weaving.
Now that Revolutions is out, I can make a purchasing decision. I'd buy Matrix 1, and it's true and worthy (imo) "sequel", The Animatrix. In context of Revolutions, Reloaded now feels like the cinematic equivalent of a friend talking your ear off after s\he attended first semester Philosophy 101. You put up with it because they're your friend, but you have your limits.
And with Revolutions, I reached my limits. The trailer (for Revolutions) at the end of Reloaded was a better film at 2 minutes than the real Revolutions at 2 hours. If I wanted to watch Neo and Smith fight Dragonball Z style, I'll go watch Dragonball Z. No wait, I'd probably go watch Samurai Jack instead.
The only highlights of the sequels now for me are, The Merovingian, and Hugo Weaving.