Definitely an excellent movie, in my opinion the best ever

Rating: 10/10 (16 May 2003)

This was truly a great movie. I thought that it was the greatest movie ever, but before this I thought the Matrix was. Maybe to some of you you won't find it as great as I found it, but it really was, at least for the real fans of the original who understood what made it more than just good. Here's the thing- it is loaded with special effects, which is one of the reasons people enjoyed the first movie, but, behind that there is a great engrossing story and action movie that takes you deeper in than you would think possible. People say too many special effects; I disagree, and say that they are only a backdrop to aid in the movie. The people who have said things like that it had no plot or nothing new I have a few things to say A) They've probably seen so many movies it has jaded their perception when viewing a new and different movie, B) They must have been asleep because there is plenty new, and C) of course there is nothing BRAND NEW! It is a trilogy, not a series, so each movie builds on the last one. If it was something like (best example I can think of) Star Trek, they would have something new because they are not building to a final climax. They are in trilogies, like Star Wars or any other. I would say that the ending of this movie does definitely make you want to see the next one and that this movie takes everything that made the last one truly great and builds on it. The ideas of the Matrix are built up and the fight scenes are incredible. Maybe it is the people who enjoyed the Matrix but didn't love it, because they liked it for different reasons, but as for me I would say it is like the Star Wars of today.