good, but a little disappointing

Rating: 7/10 (5 November 2003)

The Matrix reloaded filled me with high expectations, because I really enjoyed the first Matrix. I watched the film a half year ago when it just had come out. That the movie was going to blow my head off with special effects was pretty obvious, and it did. Not literally of course.
The special effects were astonishing, just like in the LOTR films. The fight with about 60 agent Smiths was pretty cool, but it lost its coolness after it took too much time. The highway scene was really terrific and it didn't lose its coolness. And the Wachowski brothers build their own highway just for this movie. Well done.
The story was still good, but there were some things that really bugged me, like that dancing scene in Zion, or the French accent of the Merovingian. There was too much kissing between Neo and Trinity, even though they are in love. The sex scene, well that was ok, because I understood the message of it. Someone on the site explained a lot of the movie and the scene took part in his explanation, and I understood the movie and the sex scene a whole lot better by it. And the humor in the film, oh man. I've got no problem with a laugh in a pretty serious movie, but this humor was as dry as the environment of a dromedary.
A thing I enjoy the most about the Matrix is the story and the philosophy behind it. The first movie really showed that side of the story, this movie also gives some philosophic information, but the problem is that the Wachowski brothers make it too complicated, and they shouldn't have done that, because it wasn't necessary. And even though I like thinking about a movie afterwards, this was just too much mumbo jumbo.
With a conclusion this movie is worth a 7 out of 10, no more, no less.