The Matrix: Reloaded
Critic: Alan
Let me start by saying that I had
read many reviews about this before I got a chance to see it. I
usually swing direct opposite to what mainstream media culture deem
good and bad. However the one reviewer whose opinion I value nearly
more than my own (Harry from
www.aintitcool.com) went completely off about this movie and I was
worried that it really would suck. After watching the movie a few
times (four at last count) and going back to re-read AICN’s review
Harry wasn’t wrong he just didn’t point out the good parts. This movie
is absolutely phenomenal. It grabs you by the short and curlies then
rips them off knits you a yalmaka from them and makes you wear it
while praying to the Almighty that your entire existence from here on
out at the movies doesn’t suck because nothing (with the exception of
Matrix: Revolutions) will ever come close. After re-reading Harry’s
review he was more upset that the movie didn’t push the limits by
delving into some of the concepts it talked about rather than showing
us things we have more or less already seen. I would have to agree to
some degree but that is the nature of Hollywood to never push the
scope of the imagination. Lucas suffers from it, Speilberg suffers
from it, and now the Wachowski brothers suffer from it. Can you make a
great movie with this one flaw? Oh my goodness yes you can. This movie
has better special effects than Star Wars and Lord of the rings
combined. The story has more twist, turns and surprises than the Usual
Suspects, Fight Club and Being Jonh Malkovich rolled into one. This is
a must see movie that gives you more action than a Lethal Weapon movie
marathon but still forces you to think. You may have to watch it more
than once to digest the content of the story (like I said I watched it
four times so far) but it is worth it.
Critic: Aaron
I am Mormon. I do not watch
R rated movies. This is the one time in life where I REALLY
would like to compromise my standards. I waited patiently for 3
years for The Matrix to come on regular TV so that I could tape it in
an edited version. I love it! I have almost wore out the
tape. I can only live through Alan as he tells me in detail the
magically blissful story and action that is The Matrix: Reloaded.
I will wait again for another 3 years for this sequel to appear on TV
so that I might tape and add it to my collection. So until then
I will praise the story as I hear it from Alan.
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