could have been better, could have been worse

Rating: 7/10 (1 November 2005)

personally the direction i would like to have seen the matrix go in is the direction hinted at towards the end of total recall. simply put deeper levels of uncertainty. in the first matrix neo is told that if what he considers reality is simply what his senses tell him then he is believing nothing but electrical signals. but as soon as he takes the new world he has emerged into as being more real than the last then he is simply depending on the same senses that betrayed him to begin with. simply put he is making the same mistake over again. the direction i would like to have seen the movie go in would have been neo finding out that the sewery subterranean life is but an illusion also. a second level of the matrix so free of joy that it should serve as a warning not to dig any deeper.
instead i got car chases and explosions. so what. the movie still does a decent job of making itself interesting to watch visually. gotta love the exploding space orgasm cake, and i really was intrigued by the initial Buddha code appearance of seraph (another theme i thought could have been explored better) and the final visual of the architect was rather intriguing but simply tossed away never to be re-examined. the whole movie is filled with promise that is never payed back.
7 out of 10