Too much CGI

Rating: Null/10 (20 June 2003)

This was pretty good, about equal to the sequel. The only real problem was that it was way too much CGI. Computer animation isn't to the point where it looks spectacular, just like real life. It will be a long time before it does. The Wachowski brothers decided not to care, and filmed a large fight scene with 90% CGI. The result, a STUPID, god awful fight scene. I'm referring here to the "Neo vs. 100 Agent Smiths" part. At first, it was really, really cool. REAL people actually fighting, good choreography and lots of martial arts. That impresses me. Computer animation doesn't. When Neo starts flying around, he looks like a cartoon. When he starts running on a pole in a circle, kicking all the agents, he looks like a cartoon. If they could have done this with REAL people, it would have looked 100% better, and been 100% more impressive.
Of course, whenever I voice this opinion, everyone says I have budget envy. At this point, I'd like to point out that "Enter the Dragon" didn't cost nearly this much to make, and it is three times better then this will ever dream of being. Besides, low budget movies are the best anyways.