Only for sci-fi saddos who don't get out much

Rating: 3/10 (4 June 2005)

I completely shocked by all the positive remarks about this film. I watched it when it was first released and since then I still haven't seen the third installment. Frankly, this pile of shite put me off.
The acting is terrible (particularly Keanu), the effects look a bit silly and the script is pretentious rather than intelligent. For the record, the architect is awful, even if it does make sense. You could film me reading from the phone book for two hours and it would make sense, but it wouldn't be very entertaining would it? How many times does one man have to use the word 'ergo' in one sentence? It seems as if the architect scene is attempting to compensate for the lack of plot up to that point.
The fanboys say this film is intelligent, but so is A bout de Soufflé and it's still far more entertaining than the drivel that is Matrix Reloaded. Also, let's not be under the impression that this film was about anything other than making money. The numerous tie-ins and the huge budget are all the proof you need. So with this in mind, this film should have been about entertainment, not pseudo-philosophical twaddle. Then there's the sex scene, which is overdone and not very pleasant viewing really.
The Matrix Reloaded fails as a movie, but as a talking point for the sci-fi obsessed, it succeeds. It's like someone gave a couple of 14 year old Dungeons & Dragons nerds £100 million and told them to make a film. Like a private joke, those that are in on it think it's fantastic, while the rest of us are left wondering what all the fuss is about.