Puh-leease, what a waste...

Rating: Null/10 (26 May 2003)

After renting the original to refresh myself on the story, I was really anticipating Reloaded. What a disappointment! Zion appears to have nothing worth saving - as the last bastion of free humanity, I saw nothing other than a mere refuge. How did they even develop the technology to "fight" the Matrix to begin with? At least the original had the illusion of a story, and a Zion worth caring about...
Additionally, I felt bludgeoned with the whole "illusion of choice" theme - who cares?! I came to be entertained, not to take in some heavy-handed philosophizing...!
Lastly, the gratuitious restaurant "sex" scene - Puh-lease! That added NOTHING to the movie, and offended me on multiple levels... First, as if the facial expressions weren't a dead giveaway to what's happening, THEN the matrix-view of the "heat" of her body ... but no, then they had to take us down between her legs and show us what's "really" going on... Give me a huge, m-f'ing break! How stupidly salacious!!
It's no mystery to me why ticket sales are dropping off so quickly - I'm not going to see it again, and I'm telling all my friends to forget about it. It's insulting. I "might" rent it when all three are available on DVD, just to see how the story ends. At least then I can fast forward to the "real" action and SFX.