More action, but not as good.

Rating: 10/10 (15 May 2003)

All in all, the movie is pretty fugging cool, lots of great action scenes and cool visual effects. Its really more like the first half of a 5 hour movie(completed in Revolutions), so some story stuff is introduced that has yet to be fleshed out. The effects are extraordinary, but unfortunately I can still tell when they go to CGI in the fights, and it bothers me. Its less bothersome here, since the worl do the Matrix is computer generated, so its sorta ok to have CGI fighters, unlike in Blade 2. Problem is, I want to see real people duking it out, not pixels. Martial arts are about what the human body can achieve, not what John Gaeta can do with his computer. And I miss bullet-time. Virtual cinematography just isnt the same. Bullet time had real cameras moving through real space, virtual cinematography is fake. But still...the movie rocked, i want to see it again already, and I just saw it last night. The burly brawl(Neo vs a hundred Smiths) was awesome, despite the CGI, and I cant wait til Revolutions.