The Matrix Reloaded
May. 27th, 2003 09:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redfiona99Accidentally ended up seeing this instead of X2.
That has to be the least coherent opening to a film ever. And yes, I know it all makes sense at the end, but I want a film to make sense all the way through. Claiming that the whole point is that it isn't linear is no excuse, neither is 'Pulp Fiction' and that makes sense all the way through.
Apparently in this dystopia we have stopped wearing bras and shoes. I suddenly see where Cipher is coming from.
I felt like yelling 'stop the pain' during the sex/dancing/whatever scene. Really, am old enough to know what getting it on involves, don't need diagrams, I think the audience can figure out that Trinity and Neo are having a sexual relationship.
Okay, the point must be made that Carrie-Anne Moss is very good looking, but most of the scenes in the film were designed to make her look less so. Actually that goes for all the major players except for Neo. I really don't need to see Laurence Fishburne's gut emoting.
Discussing that, if the outfits in Zion are all so neatly kept then why do they fly the ship in those ratty outfits?
The best fight scene had to be the one with Neo against Seraph, because the choreography was good, and at least some of it was plausible.
Fight plausibilty - dear directors, I am a willing suspender of disbelief, however if even I start crying out that there is too much CGI, there is too much CGI.
Yes, I'm old fashioned when it comes to fight scenes.
Counsellor Harman, or however you spell his name, was probably the most interesting character. He made some very pertinant points, about machinery. Are the Zionites any freer than the people in the Matrix.
Honestly expected him to be the one who had caused the sabotage.
Of course Merovingian is French. Didn't they guess from the name. (Yes, I've seen Henry V once too often.)
How good was he though. Actually the scenes with him and various members of his entourage were my favourites. And they should be glad that those swearwords were in French because if my memory isn't incorrect one of them translates to 'cunt' more-or-less.
And such a wicked thing to do to that girl.
Of course Persephone rocked. And the name suited her. Okay so I will say that they're good with their names. Loved the line about the girl, 'not kissing him on his lips.'
Okay, the vampires were cute.
And how cool were the ghost twins.
Very, very.
And the accent. Anyone wishing to seduce me ought to take tips from them.
The 'we are aggravated' line will be up there with 'I am vexed, it vexes me,' in quotage.
Link rocked, as did the Keymaker.
Shall I not go into the inherent paradoxes involved in the architect. Because there are so many.
1) Okay he says that Neo is an anomaly thrown up by the programming, doesn't that suggest that Neo isn't entirely human. Unless he's half and half like Smith/and the Smithettes seem to be.
Which would suggest that the only way of achieving peace would be to make some sort of pact with the Smiths.
2) Why is Neo surprised when the Architect mentions that there have been others. Hasn't the Merovingian already told him that.
3) If he knew that Neo would take the Trinity door, doesn't that suggest that it's happened before. I am sick of contradictions in the film.
Of course there weren't going to be many survivors, far too many people were promising they'd return for that to happen. Action film cliche number 3. What's the betting that the number of survivors is similar to the number the architect mentioned.
Am I the only one who laughed at the end of the film? I mean, come on, did they have to have such over the top 'beware, danger' music.
Actually discussing that, is the survivor (Brent?) a Smith or something else again.
Discussing Smith, despite having actually very little to say, he owned the film. And was once again making sense. Much with the Smith liking.
Overall impression - good, but not that good. 7/10
That has to be the least coherent opening to a film ever. And yes, I know it all makes sense at the end, but I want a film to make sense all the way through. Claiming that the whole point is that it isn't linear is no excuse, neither is 'Pulp Fiction' and that makes sense all the way through.
Apparently in this dystopia we have stopped wearing bras and shoes. I suddenly see where Cipher is coming from.
I felt like yelling 'stop the pain' during the sex/dancing/whatever scene. Really, am old enough to know what getting it on involves, don't need diagrams, I think the audience can figure out that Trinity and Neo are having a sexual relationship.
Okay, the point must be made that Carrie-Anne Moss is very good looking, but most of the scenes in the film were designed to make her look less so. Actually that goes for all the major players except for Neo. I really don't need to see Laurence Fishburne's gut emoting.
Discussing that, if the outfits in Zion are all so neatly kept then why do they fly the ship in those ratty outfits?
The best fight scene had to be the one with Neo against Seraph, because the choreography was good, and at least some of it was plausible.
Fight plausibilty - dear directors, I am a willing suspender of disbelief, however if even I start crying out that there is too much CGI, there is too much CGI.
Yes, I'm old fashioned when it comes to fight scenes.
Counsellor Harman, or however you spell his name, was probably the most interesting character. He made some very pertinant points, about machinery. Are the Zionites any freer than the people in the Matrix.
Honestly expected him to be the one who had caused the sabotage.
Of course Merovingian is French. Didn't they guess from the name. (Yes, I've seen Henry V once too often.)
How good was he though. Actually the scenes with him and various members of his entourage were my favourites. And they should be glad that those swearwords were in French because if my memory isn't incorrect one of them translates to 'cunt' more-or-less.
And such a wicked thing to do to that girl.
Of course Persephone rocked. And the name suited her. Okay so I will say that they're good with their names. Loved the line about the girl, 'not kissing him on his lips.'
Okay, the vampires were cute.
And how cool were the ghost twins.
Very, very.
And the accent. Anyone wishing to seduce me ought to take tips from them.
The 'we are aggravated' line will be up there with 'I am vexed, it vexes me,' in quotage.
Link rocked, as did the Keymaker.
Shall I not go into the inherent paradoxes involved in the architect. Because there are so many.
1) Okay he says that Neo is an anomaly thrown up by the programming, doesn't that suggest that Neo isn't entirely human. Unless he's half and half like Smith/and the Smithettes seem to be.
Which would suggest that the only way of achieving peace would be to make some sort of pact with the Smiths.
2) Why is Neo surprised when the Architect mentions that there have been others. Hasn't the Merovingian already told him that.
3) If he knew that Neo would take the Trinity door, doesn't that suggest that it's happened before. I am sick of contradictions in the film.
Of course there weren't going to be many survivors, far too many people were promising they'd return for that to happen. Action film cliche number 3. What's the betting that the number of survivors is similar to the number the architect mentioned.
Am I the only one who laughed at the end of the film? I mean, come on, did they have to have such over the top 'beware, danger' music.
Actually discussing that, is the survivor (Brent?) a Smith or something else again.
Discussing Smith, despite having actually very little to say, he owned the film. And was once again making sense. Much with the Smith liking.
Overall impression - good, but not that good. 7/10
