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Rating: 10/10 (15 May 2003)

This is the first movie I've ever seen on opening night and got excited for. I actually got dressed up in a trenchcoat I found at the Salvation Army for $7. I had bought my ticket about a month ago, and tonight was the night it came together. Of course it only makes sense if you've seen the first one because this takes place at least 6 months after the first one and develops the issue of war. The first hour is filled with sex, the second hour is violence, and the last 15 minutes exists just to make you need to see the third movie. There's a trailer at the end for the third movie and I practically wet myself. The special effects were amazing in this one. I thought I might get tired of that "bullet time" trick, but they didn't really overdo it. Also, the hand-to-hand fight sequences have improved. At one point, the graphics were so good that I couldn't tell where they switched from actors to CG models. You could tell that it wasn't Keanu fighting with Hugo for a while, but then it really was them and you couldn't tell where the switchover happened. Overall, it was put together nicely and left a huge loose end so you have to see the third one. I'm going to see this one again next week after watching the first one again and The AniMatrix. That should get everything together and make everything make sense again. Now, I'll go plug back in and get these silly thought of civilization out of my head...
(In this movie, we find out that Morpheus is really Neo's father and Trinity is Neo's sister... Oh wait, that's Star Wars, nevermind.)