Great action and effects, but that's it...

Rating: Null/10 (16 May 2003)

Well it's been awhile since I have written a review on movies that I have seen in the the theaters, so I figured I'd charm everyone with my first one of 2003.
I'll get right to it, the first 30 minutes of the movie is stupid, but it needs to be there, I can obviously see how silly and boring life is on Zion. The action and special effects sequences are some of the best things I have seen in years. It actually leaves you wanting more, the scene where Neo fights about 200 Agent Smiths is mind tripping, and it makes you think just about any move is possible in this sequence.
As far as the story goes and the parts where there was just talking, it seemed at times stupid and insulting. I'd rather not get into it as I will have felt dumber for typing it out. After having examined how the real world is in the city of Zion and the Matrix, well I choose The Matrix, it may not be real, but hey it's all up for debate, which is the only good thing left with this trilogy, which is the simple concept, but in this movie the concept feels a bit stretched out for the sake of it being done, which I felt was dumb.
The movie tried to be bad ass when it couldn't, all the flying antics of superman like stuff was even dumber and unoriginal. I look forward to the conclusion in November and I hope it wraps up very well, but don't look for this movie to be the one that rocks this summer. As me and my friends were leaving the theater we went from thinking it was good to slowing thinking it was not so good, which then turned into jokes, but that's another story.
Much respect goes out to the special effects crew as they all made it happen. Overall 7/10. Let's see a better concept for the next one and try not to be all Star Wars Prequel like with this.