Definitely Nowhere as Good as the First

Rating: 6/10 (25 May 2003)

I thought this would be wonderful. It was not. I was highly disappointed and I think every fan of the first Matrix will be also. This movie is missing the wonder and mystery the first movie had as we learned of the world as a Matrix. While there is some philosophy in this movie on the nature of the relationship between man and machine and on the questions of fate and choice, the movie feels like a soap opera or some cheap serial or miniseries from tv. There were some parts that were just plain stupid. The action sequences ran on way too long. Having multiple copies of Agent Smith seemed laughable. The Albino ghosts were ridiculous. Instead of the actions scenes being amazing and state of the art as in the first film, they, to me at least, seemed tiresome and laughable; I guess because the Matrix action sequences have been copied or spoofed so many times now. And the whole storyline with Trinity and Neo and Niobe and Morpheus seemed like some soap opera. And what was with the rave party at Zion? Stupid. And the ending! The movie stops right in a middle of the scene, like someone forgot to put in the rest of the film!
This is worth seeing once, but, unlike the original Matrix, I will not be watching it again and again.