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Subject: Re: The Matrix has you

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Date Posted: 10:49:32 05/24/03 Sat
In reply to: Jake 's message, "Re: The Matrix has you" on 22:50:42 05/23/03 Fri

>>>Do any of us exist? Or are we caught up in the
>>>virtual world called the Matrix?
>>
>>"The best thing about being me is, there's so many
>'mes.'"
>>
>>Who's seen part 2? (Hint: If you haven't, you should.
>>Unless you really hated the first one.) I suppose
>this >ought to be its own thread, but meh.
>>
>>--
>>=D ave
>
>It has its own thread now. :) I just saw it today. I
>loved the first one, but I thought this one was just
>ok.

I felt it was in some ways better than the first and in some ways worse. The attempts at the nonlinear storytelling were...interesting but overall confusing. I guess the lesson is, don't summarize parts of the movie that appeared in the PS2 game.

>It spent too much time on action scenes that got
>old quick

I'm not certain about getting old quick, but they did go on for far too long. Especially pointless scenes like Neo fighting the Smiths.

>and put too much emphasis on the
>"cool-factor" which isn't as cool as it was in the
>first one because we've seen it all before. It also
>didn't really introduce any new plot twists or tackle
>any interesting philosophical questions until near the
>end.

On the upside it didn't feature 40 minutes of exposition in the middle of the movie like the first one did.

>And there were a number of plot/logic holes
>throughout the movie.

Our theory is that the 'real' world is also a simulation. The 'Matrix' is a simulation of that simulation. This neatly explains why the setting is stupid and makes no sense.

>Then there was the ending...
>come on. I don't demand that everything be tied up
>nicely at the end, but at least provide a good
>stopping point. This was like they just chose a
>random point in the plot to divide the 2nd movie from
>the 3rd.

There was also the beginning. Who was that punk kid that Neo saved and why was he even in the movie? His role was meaningless. Snip, snip.

Nice action scenes however. Inconsistant editting (too much in some places, not enough in others).

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