I finally got round to seeing it, last night. I think they should rename it: “The Matrix: Barrel Empty”.
It’s a good film, but that’s it. It’s not a great film, and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed. The first film was a classic. It showed us things on the big screen we’d never before seen. This one was more of the same, which was a good thing, but it was too much trying to be a big budget all action blockbuster. I don’t think it was true to the original, story, the fantastic way in which the story was presented. It had too much in there, for the sake of putting it in there.
OK, some of the fight scenes were awesome and I’ll be the first to admit that I think Keanu has actually matured as an actor (let’s face it, he’s always been nothing more than diabolical) so for that I’m pleased. And Carrie-Anne Moss looked amazing.
The love scenes were unnecessary, “The Matrix up-the-skirt-scene” was unnecessary. What they did to Agent Smith was downright appalling. Some of the crappy cheesey slapstick comedy moments were out of place.
Worse though, it didn’t feel connected. They have bastardised Morpheus’ character. Xion was the not the haven we all expected. And Keanu doing his flying thing… hmm.
I’ll watch the third one, definitely. But sadly, and I do mean sadly, I feel The Matrix: Reloaded has been badly afflicted by the disease of the sequel. Let’s just hope the final one doesn’t get the Robocop 3 treatment.