Awful

Rating: Null/10 (21 June 2003)

Okay, my sister-in-law is a huge fan of the first Matrix and raved about it's deep philosophical/theological meanings and wonderful special effects. I watched it on DVD and just didn't get it! My wife dragged me to see its sequal and still don't get it. At all! Keep in mind, I have Ph.D, and think really deep thoughts, but the only thought that kept popping into my head during Reloaded is, "Why don't they turn up the darn lights?" I mean, is this film dark or what? And all the actors look so dirty and greasy, I felt like taking a shower after watching it. And the so-called state of the art special effects came off looking (at least to me) so phony they actually made me laugh, especially during that l-o-n-g fight scene (you know the one). I swear, I almost fell asleep during parts of this movie. And the dialogue is so bad, I wonder how some of those actors could say the lines with a straight face. Now I know, somebody will rag me out and say how out of touch I am; but surely this cannot be an example of cutting-edge movie making. The sad thing is that too teenagers who see this are so dumbed down that they will actually think it's "revolutionary" or "life changing". This movie has "contempt" for it's audience written all over it.