Plot for $1000, Alex

Rating: Null/10 (17 May 2003)

I truly was surprised by how much I enjoyed the original Matrix. While I can't get Bill & Ted out of my head whenever I see Keanu, he sort of changed my mind with that movie.
Flash forward to today, 5/17/2003 and Reloaded. I was seriously anticipating this movie, and while LoTR Two Towers did not disappoint as a sequel, this did. I got the feeling that this movie was basically bait for the 3rd and final of the series. This movie is a jumbled collection of lengthy soliloquys held together by lengthy action sequences. The plot never really gels IMO, and an hour into the film I looked at my watch wondering when something would happen. There's no continuity here, with little character development beyond the main players from the first film, and definitely not enough to support the entire Zion twist.
Plot complaints aside, stylistically this movie is still top-notch, particularly the repeated dream sequence with Trinity, but I go to movies (and yes, shell out $$$) for more than eye candy, and I left feeling like I'd had a bunch of candy, but was still hungry for some reason.
Here's to hoping for more of a story in the final movie.
YMMV,
John