Perhaps it should be "Matrix Overloaded"

Rating: 3/10 (17 May 2003)

I really liked "The Matrix". The unique themes and perspectives were quite impressive. It had action, fantastic effects, and even some great things to think about.
Well...!! What Happened ???
It appears that Hollywood success got the best of everyone involved in this film. Some great sequences and still some good ideas but... Noisier, flashier, longer, is not necessarily better. The film is too long, and the drawn out action sequences get to the point of tedium. Those drawn out sequences only take away from the ideas and philosophies that many found rather unique and involving. There really is nothing that allows you to become involved, other than, when's the next shootout, and how will they get away this time.
The love scene was one of the least erotic scenes I've ever seen in an R-Rated film and the Quasi Rave, Disco celebration(?) in Zion, after Morpheus' unity speech was ridiculous. (I had to stop from laughing out loud). Don't use logic or reason to the, why(?), of the over long fighting sequences because that won't stand up to analysis, they only deaden some of the first films ideas.
I know this film will make tons of money. But now, it's all juvenile shoot-em' ups, and overly long drawn out fights. (Why did these fights go on forever, when they knew the agents & Smiths couldn't be killedI guess it was for the non-thinkers and pubescent boys that really love that stuff)

So much for some of the first films thought provoking ideas. This one really left me cold.