Reload before the revolution begins.

Rating: 8/10 (21 July 2006)

I am re-watching all the movies from the trilogy ''Matrix'' and yesterday I watched ''The Matrix Reloaded'',a movie that I remember hating so much when I watched 3 years ago, that I didn't even go to the movie theaters to watch ''The Revolutions''( I was imagining that it would be even worst than this one ). OK, I was overreacting at that time and the fact that I stayed basically 4 years without watching the first Matrix also helped me to forget many basic points.Watching it again, I say that the movie is good. ''Matrix Reloaded'' has 1.943 people involved, lots of special effects that cost $100 million and as the trivia part says,'' is the most commercially successful R-rated movie in history''.There is the incredible freeway sequence, the twins, bigger battles with lots of punches and Neo is stronger as never.His love for Trinity increased and we see that the Oracle and the Architect are in fact programs and not humans, as well as Smith, that is no longer an agent and multiplies himself as a virus.
But the thing is, when you compare this film with the first Matrix, it's impossible not too be disappointed . The first Matrix was so inspiring, so great, so perfect, that ''Reloaded'' and ''Revolutions'' looks uninspired,repetitive and without anything REALLY nice to add.
And there is the Architect, that was already very criticized in the reviews and posts here in IMDb.I need to say that like most of the people who complained about his exaggerated way of speaking, I hated this too. I can understand that he is a better and more sophisticated program than the others, but come on, he at least should speak something really important and not answer Neo's questions with other questions.
Ps: I am surprised that the Wachowski brothers have been approached to direct Batman Begins and are the ones behind ''V for Vendetta''. Until some days ago, I thought their only big work was Matrix trilogy.
Ps2: I am sad that Gloria Foster died during filming Matrix Reloaded. I wasn't aware of this fact too and now I see why I found the Oracle of the third movie so different from her. The woman is captivating and her role as THE ORACLE is simply adorable in my opinion.