Unfortunately, this movie will not become The Empire Strikes Back II

Rating: 9/10 (1 June 2003)

Reloaded became everything I feared: too much special effects, too many plotholes. This movie will not become The Empire Strikes Back II: even though it is the second movie in the trilogy, it's nowhere near as good as the first one. The Empire Strikes Back was even better than its predecessor: while it was much more darker, there was much more character development, and the story became much clearer as we saw more of the galactic civil war.

Reloaded didn't give us more information than we already knew from the first film. We all know by now what the Matrix is, and we know about the struggle between man and machine. We know that this movie is part of one story with The Matrix Revolutions, but do we have to wait till November to find out if this movie (Reloaded) is really good? I mean, does this movie have to be good because it is part of a 2 part story arc? A good movie should stand on its own, and doesn't have to depend on an other movie.. correct me if I'm wrong.
I mean: I LOVE Reloaded, if you like Special Effects, you'll get an overdose from this movie. The special effects are ching-ching, verrrrrrry goood! And don't trip on those movie-flaws people are searching for. If there are any nits, goofs etc, so what? The movie doesn't exactly get any better or worse because they are in them. Every movie has them, the most legendary, the ones with the best stories, they all have little flaws. It only makes you realize these are made by men, so it's only human.
Don't go see this movie with the assumption that "the movie WILL suck because people say the story isn't that kool": NO! Because we all went Kahuna over the first film, we were expected much more, and sometimes people can't live up to all those expectations. It could have been worse and the Wachowski's could've add Pauly Shore to its cast, but no: it's not a nightmare! :)
If there is one thing this movie most definitely excels in, it is Style! Everythings looks very stylish, and boy: do we want to have a wife like Persephone! Monica Belluci is very, how shall I say this, YUM! Euhm, I like this movie...