Good effects, too much dialogue

Rating: Null/10 (15 May 2003)

I just got back from the theater and here's how I feel:
First, read without worries because I won't spoil it. I probably need to watch it again to do that. Great visual efffects. The highway scene was top notch. i guarantee that it will be the best chase scene you ever saw. However, the first Neo fight sequence was a bit too cartoonish. Great choreoraphy and camera angles as usual, but it looked obviously CG. That's why they wear black coats and sunglasses so that it will be easier to pull off. But the movie redeems itself with the stairway fight scene with weapons. Three words could have made this movie a lot better: Industrial Light & Magic.
Too much dialogue and bad editing job. This movie is just under two and a half hours long. Action scenes makes it worth while, but unnecessary scenes run too long and the actors babble on too much. Anticipating the third one already.
Overall, great movie. I personally don't think The Matrix is as groundbreaking as everyone (including the modest cast and crew who tooted their horns a bit too much on Charlie Rose last night) thinks it is. That's just me. The story is unique but certainly not original. Special effects are good but still not ILM material. But that's just me. Art is supposed to be subjective.