Visually Stunning, Story Sucked

Rating: Null/10 (16 May 2003)

And there were so many good upgrades to this movie. I'll discuss my initial impression. To begin with, it was good to see Morpheous, Neo and Trinity back. Jada as Niobe did a fantastic job,and it was great seeing the Oracle one last time,RIP. And I can't forget Agent Smith or Smiths.Let me just say that the costume design was off the hook. Give me the Latex dress or Keanu's suit. But it was like that in the first Matrix too. We are introduced to new characters and the ones I found that were impressive were the blond dread-locked twins. They were invincible, immaculate you could say.

And now the best part that deserves a paragraph of its own. The special effects. Yes it was animated but worth a view. The action fight scenes were excellent. Like I said visually stunning. Keanu did such a good job in making it look effortless and look DAMN good doing it. It was choreographed to perfection. And everybody had their ten minutes to show their moves as well. Morpheous and the sword scene. Morpheous and the car scene, it was constricted but cool. The agents, they got a serious upgrade. Carrie Moss did a great job with her motorcycle scene. She can hold her own. Say the female version of Neo only not the One.
And now the unfortunate part. I didn't care for the life of Zion that they showed in the first act. A little too far-fetched and imaginative. Too forced too brief. There is alot to take in. You either feel it or you don't.I thought the love scene was very respectful and PG compared to the porn they practically show on regular TV. But like I said, all too quick to take in.
Story was off-base to me. Too brief with the plot development.The first Matrix was just so fresh and energetic and new. You could take all the movie in with the first or second viewing. I think the W brothers lost their focus from the initial story, or maybe it needs a second viewing. And by the time the story got to the architect, it just felt like a head trip. If they wanted to go somewhere with this, it should be made into a television series. Not a trilogy or a movie. Its not going to be complete with a trilogy. A story as complex as the Matrix continues. And yet I'm hungry enough for the Revolution and to see Keanu in that DAMN suit.