Some issues

Rating: 7/10 (8 June 2003)

With the effect that `The Matrix' had on me, I should say that `. Reloaded' is not great at all. Some scenes are hilarious by their triviality: - The Karate ones are far beyond the Chinese movies (that only a fan of this kind of movies could tolerate), even though technically better-made - The `philosophical discourse' is rather ridiculous. If `The Matrix' was implied by post-modern criticism on Media (ref. Baudrillard), the speeches on causality, prophecy, destiny, and so on in `Reloaded' are rather a cheap blah-blah-blah - Somehow it reminded me of many other movies: Independence Day (Morpheus at the Temple and the US President at the military base), Aliens (Zion Defensive System vs. killing the Alien Queen); Doctor Quinn - The medicine woman (The bullet extraction and the brain surgery the woman made in the 19th century in the middle of nowhere), Star Wars (POD Race and the highway) - The `vision of Matrix' made by the green ASCII characters is too funny to take it! And the Oracle body-guard, what to say, has shiny yellow characters!!! - Even the music repeats from the first in the series! (at least during some scenes) - In the scene against the Smiths one can see that the guy is NOT Keanu Reeves! (Of course it's not him! But a better make-up of the stunt was required!) - The Superman thing is incredible! They could've thought of something better! - No mystery! No thrill, only waiting for the end! - Trinity's jealousy was out of nothing, but ridiculous.
I am sorry to have so many negative comments. I was a fun of `The Matrix' (I watched it more than 35 times, I have the videotape and the DVD, whatever else materials regarding it, even 2 DIVx versions on CD's). I watched Reloaded a couple of times; to be sure I see a sequel of that masterpiece instead of some naive follow-up. I am sad of concluding that the movie is worse than any pessimistic expectation. Besides the charm of the plot, the talent of the actors, it is only a Karate movie, with Sci-Fi in it, and FX. Lots of FX. Unfortunately, no one can be told what `The revolutions' will bring to us, but I have all my hopes in it, in order to repair the shameful mistake.