Second verse, same as the first

Rating: Null/10 (16 May 2003)

*Sigh* I had such high expectations for this movie. I'm not sure why. I really didn't like the original "Matrix." The fight scenes were the only reason I'd ever watch it when it was on HBO or Showtime, and only then if nothing else was on.
I guess this time around, I hoped they'd pay more attention to the dialogue and try to make Keanu and company sound less like the machines they're supposed to be fighting.
I was wrong.
Don't get me wrong, I didn't hate this movie. I really didn't. It was entertaining...as long as someone was fighting someone else or there was the chance that something might blow up very soon. However, anytime any character (even Hugo Weaving, who deserves SO much better) opened his or her mouth to speak, it all went downhill.
I left the theater with a headache, not because I didn't understand the plot (which I didn't, but a lot of that had to do with the fact that I really didn't care), but because this movie was so self-important it made me hate myself for paying money to see it, rewarding the Wachowski Brothers for pretending to be philosophers.
"X2: X-Men United" was infinitely better than "The Matrix Reloaded," and I have a feeling that "Terminator 3" probably will be, too. Don't be fooled by the hype: "The Matrix Reloaded" is overblown in just about every way.
But, MAN, were those fight scenes cool!