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Rating: Null/10 (22 May 2003)

I think it's important for the naysayers about this movie to remember that this is just one story, in three separate movies. Why? Lack of time. The Wachowski Brothers have written a story that doesn't stand in three independent segments. It stands in one, and only one. But how many people are going to sit through a six and a half hours of a story they've never seen before?
Matrix Introduction to the story and explanation of the deeper lines of thought. Introduces characters and what they do....Neo is freed from the Matrix and must realize his ONEness. After realizing his ONEness, his internal struggle is over, and he simply must overcome everything else.
Reloaded This is the "kicking ass" part of the movie. It's like a large project. Once the planning and methods are determined and set, it simply comes down to chewing through the wood. Struggles are primarily in the beginning of a project, and everything in-between is just pudding.
For those of you who dislike this movie because Neo was "too" perfect, oh well.
However, the Agent Smith battle did seem to drag on. Personally, I was waiting for him to just raise his hand and say "No" to Agent Smith and that would be his end. It just seemed to take too long. And my only other complaint was the CGI work for the Agent Smith fight. They should have put more texture to the characters. They did an excellent job with the physics, impact, and sound effects. However, the texture of clothing and skin is surpassable easily many other movies. They should have spent more time on it.
Everything else was excellently done. The sex scene was tasteful. It conveyed the passion Neo and Trinity held while not showing her in the nude, actually maintaining a dignity for her character. As far as the Party went, and the note of the majority of attendees were African in heritage, does it really matter? For all we know there may have been an all white version of Matrix and then an all Asian or a good mix and we simply saw one version. Remember the Architect saying that there were already, what, six Zion generations? (in so many words) You get the idea. The fight scenes were good. And as far as the slow-mo repetition, it's the "Matrix thing." It's a classic cinematic move with the Matrix, so why bash it. Consider it consistency, and be grateful. This is good.
The chase scene Motorlust... rariarhah... (drool). (Mr Burns) Excellent. True, sell-out to Cadillac. Oh well. At least they weren't in an El Camino. I wonder what Morpheus contributed to the Twins' Caddy in flipping over. Just wondering. But definitely good. The CGI was done beautifully with the chase scene. Maintaining proper textures and motophysics, I was, well, yeah.
Monica Belucci Scene Unneeded, but very funny.