[thechat] [Spoilers] Re: Matrix 2

[Isaac Forman]

i re-watched matrix 1 after seeing the second and thought it 
was much more average than i'd remembered. wondering 
if anyone else had a similar experience...


>
>No really....
>
>.... what!?? 
>
>Oh alright then.
>
>To be honest, when I first went to see it I came out of the 
cinema
>feeling pretty disappointed. I remember when the first one 
came out of
>nowhere and blew everyone away and I guess I was a 
little naive to
>expect Reloaded to have the same effect.
>
>However, that night I had shed loads of questions running 
through my
>head and I was finding it difficult to get to sleep (last film 
that
>had that effect on me was Darren Aranofskys 'Pi'), so I 
went to see it
>again.
>
>That's when it clicked. Now I think it's pretty damn 
fantastic
>
>It was always gonna suffer from the fact that it's the 
middle episode
>and it's introducing lots of new facets to the universe (pay 
attention
>during The Architects speech), and I can see why 
Revolutions is coming
>out in Novemeber, because at the end you're sitting there 
going
>'????... nooooo! you bastards!'
>
>As for the set pieces... the car chase is one of the best 
sequences I've
>seen in cinema for a long long time. Some of the fight 
scenes were a
>little long, especially the Burly Brawl, but second time 
round I found
>myself getting drawn into them anyway... so I guess 
there's something in
>there.
>
>Oh, and if you get a chance, it's well worth watching the 
Animatrix
>epsiodes. They really help flesh out the world and explain 
a few bits in
>the film that you may not pick up on.
>
>Roll on November I say.
>
>G.
>
>
>
>
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