Aside from the Burly Brawl and the Freeway chase I just didn't care for it that much.

Rating: 4/10 (21 May 2003)

I know a lot of you liked this movie, but it just wasn't for me. It just didn't have a good flow like the first one and resembled stop and go traffic for me. The good parts of this movie though included the fight between Neo and Agent Smith generally referred to as the Burly Brawl. It was one of the more fun moments in an otherwise too serious film. Even though some of it was clearly digital I still enjoyed it. Probably, because Hugo Weaving the actor who portrays Agent Smith seems to be just having fun with the role and isn't as stiff as most of the actors in this movie. The actor who was the French guy and the gal playing his wife are also rather good in their roles. The freeway chase is just a nice car chase that is exciting to watch even if you hated the rest of the film. Unfortunately these scenes may make up 20 or so minutes of the film. The rest of the movie is poorly paced and just rather dull and anticlimactic for me. The first 45 minutes or so aren't really worth watching at all, as it is very talky and dry. There is also a very bad dance sequence and sex scene between Neo and Trinity, which isn't very appealing to look at. Carrie Anne Moss just isn't attractive to me and at times I have a hard time distinguishing between her and Neo during that scene. Quite frankly, I would rather get it on with Rebecca Romaijn Stamos in full Mystique makeup. Keanu Reeves seems more tense in this movie, like the directors wanted him to do a flawless job. In the first one he seemed to be having fun. Fishburne also does a worse job. All his lines are philosophic...I mean can't the guy talk normally every now and then. Yoda even takes a break now and again, but no matter what the circumstance Morpheus (Fishburne's character) always says something philosophical and he says it very slow. Jada Pinkett Smith is in this one...sort of. She adds nothing to the movie, but I here she is very featured in the video game. This is kind of stupid, as a person shouldn't have to do homework before seeing the movie. Apparently, you have to watch those animated movies and play the game to totally understand all that is happening in the flick. You should be able to go to a film though and just enjoy. All in all I give this movie a 4, because of those two scenes I really enjoyed. I won't insult anyone who liked this movie, but like I said it isn't for me.