bilzablog

Matrix

Ok, now that jack and jeremys have weighed in on seeing the Matrix last night, I feel I should put my spin on it as well. I too thought that the story lacked, that the scene with the dancing went on way to long, and I felt that the love story beteween neo and Trinity was very heavy handed in this movie. the first matrix, they had such a light touch on it that it made it completely charming and believable, this time it was just so heavy handed. Jack and Jeremy both thought that this movie was hust because it was the middle movie of a trilogy. I would agree that the story felt more like it was setting up too much for the third movie then I would have liked, but second movies can be great, Empire Strikes back for Example. I don't want to give the movie away, but I think there was a point earlier in the movie had they focused on ending the movie there, it would have stood out stronger individually. I think that some characters should have bean devoloped more or left out, I really was intrigued by three characters, Persophone, Naobi, and the french guy, all of which ended up being almost cameos rather then interesting characters, I hope we see these three in the next movie, especially since both Naobi and Persophone are important enough to get posters. Now, with the bad stuff said, I thought that the movie offered alot to think about, and I can't wait to see the movie again, I think that seeing it with the nerdy crowd of comic book geeks that we did was just about the best crowd to see it with, I just wish I had seen X-Men with the same group. The visual effects were stunning, and the 20 minute Highway chase more then makes up for any shortcommings of the story.