Glad I Waited For It To Come Out On Video

Rating: 2/10 (20 November 2003)

I have the original, The Matrix, listed as one of my favorite films of all time. I was excited to hear the squels were coming out. Then, on release my friends who saw the Matrix:Reloaded told me what a middle of the road movie it was. So, I pocketed my $9.50 and waited for the video release.
I was so glad I did! Matrix:Reloaded is boring, full of plotholes, and inane. It was like watching one long videogame without much plot and I am sorry..I didn't rent a videogame...I rented a movie! I didn't buy the "love" between Trinty and Neo. They seemed bored with each other and the sex scene...well Trinty looked less than into Neo during it. So, when he brings her back after she is shot...I just yelled "PLEASE!!!!" I mean he saves Trinty, who seems bored with him, over saving Zion...what a LAMER!

I also thought the scene where Neo flew and the shipmate (sorry forgot his name) said "He is doing the Superman thing" was beyond stupid. What? Neo flies now? Ummm yeah.
The only sequence I enjoyed was the chase on the freeway. That was very impressive and made me watch the video twice...well this scene and my next head scratching moment.
That moment would be....where the hell did "The Kid" come from and how doe she know Neo...I don't remember Neo saving him in the first Matrix movie so why does this kid say he did? What the hell happens to the spoon the kid gives Neo to give to the Oracle? I never saw him give it to her? Did he lie to the Kid about giving it to her?
This film needed a lot of work to make it able to stand out there on it's own. I thought it just had a syndicated scifi-show feeling and the "To Be Continued" at the end stamped the feeling deep into my soul.
I am now leery of watching Matrix: Revolutions....because I now it will tarnish the first movies greatness even further. I think the first movie should have been the only movie. Then we could have all imagined what happened....or at least the film-makers should have done a better job with the storyline instead of making it a long, boring, videogame.