I disappointed either, but still great

Rating: 9/10 (6 January 2010)

The Matrix Reloaded is worse than The Matrix, but it is still great, despite it has some flaws. Automatically, people compared it with The Matrix and disappointed. However, this is not just another action movie, another thriller or another science fiction. This is Matrix! The opening scene repeats the first movie, but somehow impresses you. The dream of Neo is very inventive. Action in The Matrix Reloaded is not forgettable, not mild, not less. Content, story, atmosphere or action is peculiar to Matrix world (or should I say the directors) which, to me, make it difficult to say bad. Sometimes, people call some action movies non stop action, although, they are very slow paced or include less action, but The Matrix Reloaded is a great action movie apart from everything, but not shallow or hollow at the same time. In contrast, I disappointed in 2003 when I saw it for the first time at theater, because many action scenes consist of fighting, martial arts rather than gunfights like the first movie. I had expected much more gunfight scene. The action scenes in the first movie were recalling John Woo films, this is a different kind of action, but welcome. Those scenes are flowing, the choreography is almost flawless. There is Daniel Bernhardt who is a B movie star. When I was a child, I used to watch his movies. I wish they casted some other B movie stars such as Frank Zagarino, David Bradley, Marc Dacascos or Gary Daniels. By the way, at first, Wachowski Brothers had chose Jet Li for Seraph character, but they failed to agree with him. Jet Li in Matrix. It sounds great of course, even if the screen time of this character is very less. He was not an interesting character either, so in fact not a big loss. Zion was the most disappointing thing in the film. The Zion people are like party people rather than desperate people who wait for being saved. They look happy (and passionate!) The dance scene was bizarre and sometimes unnecessarily sexual, what was the point? It looked like a video clip in MTV. Do Wachowski Brothers try to show that they try to enjoy the life, because they may be killed by the sentinels soon? I don't think so and if it is, not a good idea. The fight scene with tens of Ajan Smith is the longest fighting scene of all times probably, it is too exaggerating, in some moments CGI is eyesore, it seems like animation, some acts are far-fetched, but it is very fun, I watched this sequence times without number. My favorite fighting scene is the one takes place in Merovingian's place. Thanks to Yuen Woo Ping, it is very flowing and great. The most interesting and creative new characters are The Twins. However, they seem a very hard case, very formidable adversaries, they have the potential, but they are not. It seems that the directors are not interested in those characters enough, also their screen time is less. And the car chase scenes. I disappointed a lot when saw it at theater, because I had expected much more, but I still watch it often. It looks showy, for example sunglasses whatever they do, unnecessary slow motions, a heavy music etc. but one of the longest and also best car chases of all times. In The Matrix Reloaded, the question ''what is Matrix?'' is almost answered after Neo enters through the door. This part is very complex, but the essence of Matrix. If in fantasy genre, there is The Lord of the Rings legend, in science fiction genre, there is The Matrix, even if Revolutions was pretty bad.