Talky, talky, snoozy, snoozy...

Rating: Null/10 (21 June 2003)

There's a difference between the action in Matrix-Reloaded and say, Star Wars. In Star Wars, I cared about the characters, in the Matrix, I simply don't.. On a technical level, the movie is breathtaking, if nothing we haven't seen before. But that's just thing.
In '99 the Matrix was a great story idea done adequately, bolstered by the best effects we've seen to date. It was disturbing and cool. flash forward to 2003, Matrix-Reloaded has the same effects (greatly amplified, but still the same). Since we've seen films like Fight Club, the disturbing, unsettling feel the first movie had is gone. What's worse, more than an hour devoted to the franchise's greatest weakness, character development and dialogue.
Look, if agent Smith, basically a mathematical equation ,has more emotion and character than the humans, we have problems here. I mean, when everyone is wearing glasses, can you tell who is human and who is a machine? I didn't think so.
I won't go over all the plot holes since I only have 1,000 words but the story just left me cold, the dialogue had me shaking my head and the pretension just left me speechless. I am baffled by how some people will refer to the Matrix as some sort of philosophical awakening. I am all for thinking outside the box, but for god's sake, this is a Keanu Reeve's action film. Give it a rest... please.