Disappointment

Rating: 7/10 (16 May 2003)

First third of the movie was filled with pseudo-religious babble (in contrast to Matrix I which was sparing with words and conveyed the religious allusions far more effectively). There is an extend music rave scene that looked like a bad MTV outtake.
Up close to a large screen, during the multi-Mr.-Smith fight scenes Neo is clearly a computer synthesized character substituting for Mr. Reeves. Looked fake.
Music in Matrix I was edgy. In Reloaded it is conventional and uninspiring. Did not drive me to buy the CD as the first did.
The Neo character is invincible and so we are never really in any suspense.
In the last third of the movie, it gets more interesting again.