the thrill is gone

Rating: Null/10 (15 May 2003)

The Wachowski brothers stole the first MATRIX movie from a variety of sources: the bible, other science fiction movies, japenese anime (ghost in the shell particularly), greek and roman mythologies, video games, etc. It may be fair to say that the Wachowski brothers did not have a single original idea. But still, i really liked the movie. Added together, all these sources made one hell of an entertaining movie. I had a lot of fun understanding the rules of that world. But now that i know the rules, it's not fun anymore. The MATRIX RELOADED is just the matrix on steroids, minus the discovery excitement. More characters, more explosions, more fights, none of which leads anywhere. The action sequences in the first matrix were fun because they were tightly connected with the narrative (take neo learning kong-fu for example). This time they lead nowhere. And dont get me started on the philosophical monologues in RELOADED. It's one thing to make a sci-fi cult film, but to think that you're making some intellectual statement about man and machine, and man's fate, please give me a break.
I don't think they should have made a sequel. Of course, they'll make tons of money with that one, but who cares? Not me.