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Date Posted: 08:31:48 05/17/03 Sat
Author: trollificus
Author Host/IP: 12-254-215-45.client.attbi.com / 12.254.215.45
Subject: Re: I went and saw the new "Matrix" movie last night (no spoilers)...
In reply to: Khronos 's message, "I went and saw the new "Matrix" movie last night (no spoilers)..." on 08:35:00 05/16/03 Fri

>Not bad.
>
>I give it 3.5 out of five stars.
>
>I liked the first one better (I'd give it a 4.5).
>Primarily because the new one mainly just rehashes
>what the first one did better. There are some nifty
>twists and turns to the plot, they explore some things
>to good effect, and the individual performances are
>good, but overall I'd say it suffers in comparison to
>the first movie.
>
>Another thing that kind of bugged me about the movie
>was that the martial arts were a bit overdone. In the
>first picture it was a novelty. It was a surprise to
>see sci-fi and kung-foo blended together so well and
>in a credible fashion (I mean how realistic is it that
>everybody knows kung-foo, but given the circumstances
>of the movie's premise, the "Matrix", it actually made
>sense). Plus for me the kung-foo in the first movie
>had an almost campy feel to it. It was obviously
>intended to pay homage to the older (and much maligned
>at that point) genre. When Reeves wakes up and says
>with no small degree of incredulity in the first movie
>"I know kung-foo", the absurdity of the statement and
>the way he said it was classic. In this second movie
>the kung-foo takes itself just a bit too seriously.
>Sure it looks great and is very well done
>(choreographed), but does anyone actually believe that
>stuff is real? Call it what it is, ballet, not
>fighting. Overplaying the kung-foo detracted from the
>movie for me. After you watch twenty minutes straight
>of kung-foo fighting, the next kung-foo fight scene
>loses some of it's impact. Becomes somewhat boring.
>
>In spite of all this the movie is entertaining and
>fun. The big money scenes please, and won't
>disappoint eager fans looking to be impressed. There
>are some cool new villains and the plot is good, so it
>is only on the more superficial levels that the movie
>broke down for me. It’ll be great on DVD and I’m
>looking forward to the final moive.

Good review, and I've read 'professional' reviewers who said much the same about it.

I'm just contrarian enough to have refused to go see it yet, but it will have to be pretty damn good to beat X2. THAT movie, with super-powers instead of super kung fu, was the bomb. (Not in a 'serious movie' way...)

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