waste of time, money and expectation

Rating: Null/10 (16 May 2003)

I felt horrible when I came out of the theatre. From the start I had been expecting the movie would start soon, a story or a plot would reveal. But the movie continued over meaningless scenes, which was both misleading and a waste of time. A ten-minute sequence of Zion dwellers partying and Neo-Trinity love making was just intolerable.
I kept wondering that how can the creators of The Matrix (there was a time I would see it 3 times a day) could even think of generating such a trash, and believe me I felt like shaking those guys up.
Till the end the movie showed no reversals. Trash after trash. How can moviemakers assume that jamming up a lot of high-end stunts would sell a movie? People are not that stupid and they are not really blown away by stunts nowadays anyway. Matrix was a unique and well-formulated concept. People went to the theatres to watch its sequel expecting an unpredictable but intriguing mystery. Something for their mind to think about, ponder. We should remember that when we first saw Matrix, we were thoroughly confused by the first scene where a superwoman fights a few police officers. We did not understand what she was doing there or whom was she talking to. We were confused but interested. This build up of interest was very unique experience for me when I saw Matrix. I cant even remember one time when I was interested in the sequel version. All I remember was that I was hoping for the scenes to end.
Another point in the movie that is a most important point of any unsuccessful movie is inadequate and sometimes nonexistent character set up. If you show a character in a movie that involves in a dialogue in the spotlight, you cannot afford to let the person leave the stage without explaining his or her character. A number of people entered and left without even leaving a slightest mark on the audience who were totally confused by the lack of meaning to the scenes. My girlfriend was constantly asking me, why was this scene relevant, who is this, who is that. At first I would say that, we might know later...but after sometime I just answered, I don't know. If you compare it with Matrix, where every character was mapped so well that you felt that you know each person by name. Even the agents. There was confusion but there were adequate hints and hidden plots that were revealed when a viewer saw the movie in succession.
Overall a very disappointing movie that should remain un-rated. 0 out of 10 would be too generous.