Stylish, Inventive but Dry and Emotionless (Minor SPOILERS)

Rating: 5/10 (17 May 2003)

The most anticipated sequel of the new millienium has been released, and 2003 is deemed the "Year of the Matrix". I saw it today and I was puzzled, but not about the plot, it was if I liked it or not. It is significantly weaker than the first, FOR SURE. Matrix 1 was a grand, exciting and smart movie that was well put together. I just cannot say that about the second.

Reloaded did have brilliant and funny momments, however bogged down with uneccesary and worthless fighting, cgi and crashes. The Supporting characters are cool as hell (Niobi, Persephone, That guy who likes french, etc.) even if many of them had one emotion right throughout the film. Trinity was the heart and soul of the film. Morpheus is strong here as well. A dissapointing detail was that Neo was flat, not that it's Keanu's fault.

Dramatic things happen to NEO but there is no drama there to feel. Also, if Neo could do god-like things in the matrix, WHY DIDN'T HE? And that's besides flying (which he can't do without forcing himself). I mean really! What god-like man, fights kung-fu when he can just push adversaries away like bullets.
Speaking of kung-fu, the fights have improved but aren't as memorable as the first. In Matrix 1 the fights had purpose. The fights, in Reloaded, seem out of place.
The most disturbing detail of the movie has to be the CG. A fully CG Neo seems pointless, looks stupid and adds NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!! Even the Twins weren't that special. The CGI in this movie couldn't even hold up to Harry Potter at its best!
Months ago, the special FX advisor, of the Matrix, made a statement about the people behind the Star Wars prequels are so focused with the technology than the plot suffers. What does he think happened here? And CG characters mimicing real people CAN be easily spotted, especially during (gasp) slow motion, uh oh!
The Wachowski bros. do have great, inventive, intelligent ideas though, I can't say otherwise. However, the public would probably get a better blockbuster movie experience elsewhere, considering that the Hulk promises REAL EMOTION WITH IT'S SPECIAL EFFECTS. And If Revolutions don't Revolve, then mabye T3 would be the "Man-against-machine" movie we've been waiting for.

Reloaded may turn out to be the weakest in the series (that is if the third one kicks). If I was asked if Reloaded was better than X2, I'd wouldn't even anwser. A well executed film, but the flaws are too huge to ignore, I wasn't even this picky about The Phantom Menace.
5.5/10