I guess it was too intelligent for some people

Rating: 10/10 (19 May 2003)

After reading many of the hilarious negative posts about Reloaded I've drawn three conclusions:
1. Some people don't accurately recollect why they liked "The Matrix".

Matrix is a very thin movie with many cheesy moments. It was what it was - a creative, unique, introductory action film. It was not an epic, and it certainly did not have a very detailed story. To claim that Reloaded "doesn't live up to the original" is preposterous. Reloaded takes the themes and ideas of the original and expands them many times over. Further, there is simply no comparison between the action in Matrix v. Reloaded. It is more complex and dynamic in Reloaded. If you don't believe me, watch Matrix again.
2. The dialogue was operating at a level far above the intellectual capabilities of many people who saw this movie.
I often hear people say they want intelligent, thoughtful action films. Well, here it is - just about as intelligent and thoughtful as action films are ever going to be, and then its attacked for have "boring" dialogue, with "too much" philosophy. I found the conversations, ideas, and concepts in Reloaded to be fascinating and addicting to listen to. I didn't want the conversations to end.
3. Some sci-fi fans will only accept their vision of the future.

The W brothers gave you their vision of the future. Whether WE liked it or not didn't matter one lick to them. I found the Zion celebration to be fascinating. How do you know how you would party if you were part of the final 250,000 humans on earth? And what was wrong with Morpheus' speach? I thought it was powerful, concise, and accomplished its goal.

Last thought - any suggestion that the ONLY reason the W Brothers cast a large number of African Americans was because they seem "cool" is disgusting. The acting in this movie was of the highest quality, and the W Brothers should be commended for having a vision of the future where white people don't run everything. My question is where are the Latinos and Asians?