the more you think aboout it the better it seems

Rating: 8/10 (23 May 2003)

when I saw attack of the clones last year on the opening weekend I came out with a big dumb grin on my face, it got rid of the bad tast left by the unwatchable phantom menace. but through repeat viewings i saw its flaws the bad acting and dialogue, awful jokes etc. conversley when i saw the first matrix I thought it was cool and that was it but the more I watched it the better it became because it has DEPTH unlike other blockbusters it makes you use your BRAIN and rewards time spent with it. The same can be said for the matrix reloaded it was after the film that we all sat down and discussed what we had just saw and the more you think about it the better it gets. OK the rave thing in zion was far far to indulgent hopefully this whole sequence will be a chapter on the dvd so you can skip it and there was a woeful lack of kick ass music where it was needed (can you imagine morpheus walking down the street in the first matrix without clubbed to death in the background)but otherwise the film delivered. some say the fights are too long but they are amazing to watch so wheres the problem? some say there is too much 'talky bits' well wait for terminator 3 and you can have all the minimalist dialogue and random violence you want. of all the great tricks this film pulls off the best is one that most people won't see and is the cleverest thing the brothers have done - make a work of art that makes money.