Free your minds.face it.

Rating: Null/10 (7 November 2003)

ok cry babies..lets get this straight...
There was matrix 1 in the beginning....and there is only ONE sequel...Revolutions is like the half after an intermission..to those who dont want to see it that way..sure go ahead...but you are missing the fun..
let us address the main cribs:
1) and who are these dumba**es cribbing about the ending?

DID you understand what happened in the first place?
what the W brothers are trying to tell you by means of M1 and M2 is that being a super hero or realising your powers is not the end...there is still a journey ahead of you because you are only human.. the end comes when:neo loses his attachments to the world..first when trinity ("trin" is irritating) dies and second when he gives up himself to ego..a final act of submission of ego when he was made to believe till that point that only HE could save the world..see the "orange filter" shot in the end when the machines are carrying neo away..he is a big bright light at the centre of the screen..he has attained nirvana or moksha (what is called in the west as christ-consciousness)...at least thats what they are trying to tell you...
that neo journeyed from being a Christ-like figure (when he resurrected and of course, attained enlightenment but that enlightenment was only personal..it was not detached or altruistic in any way) and when he sacrificed himself after understanding the truth of waht he has to do to save the world (a combo of a sacrificing christ and a Buddha "the enlightened one")
2) "nothing happened to merovingi or persephone in revolutions"
and may i ask why they should have a greater role..they are so unimportant.. he is like any one of those self-preserving politicians behind power and any attempt to give them more screen time would be a blatant anti-thesis to any mthological story and would undermine the triumph...
what was so big about this guy anyway...it was made very clear in Reloaded that they were doing business with him..zero more zero less.
what kind of cheap cribbers are those who wanted monica belluci to have more screen time? i mean lets say the same character was played by some B grade actress with perfectly rounded breasts..would anyone have given a HOOT about whether she got screen time or not?
you are subconsciously giving into the hollywood star system...you want every star in every movie to have some screen time that is proportional to your admiration (or lust) for them..
GIVEN A CHOICE 99% of YOU ACCEPT THE SYSTEM VERY EASILY...see! you criticise hollywood stereotypes , but when they are broken you get pissed..very similar to people who want their regular fix..
3) "the architect spoke nonsense"
you were all promised that neo would save the world when he returned to the source...but what the architect said went over most heads that you did not even get the impact of what he said...what greater twist is expected? the whole premise of the first movie .. every character's purpose and belief is destroyed at the end of the second...change from a semi-logical understanding of things (they think they know where it ends) to a point where they have to trust one man..put their full faith in him even in the face of improbability but they do so , so willingly that it amounts to sacrifice.,
students who study neural networks or A.I will realise why the machines keep destroying zion again and again..it is a heuristic man...they are learning like we do..out of repitition...and the anamoly is a Godel proposition , but lets not go into that.
this crib is by far the biggest that i have seen on various sites...
gimme a break man..its fair to criticise but only that stuff which you understand...
4)"how can the oracle be in so much control?"
on the imdb review i saw that the very tussle between the oracle and architect has been undermined..laughed at in fact...
dont you see the beauty of it...it is a pity that gloria foster died...she would have probably carried of the movie much better..
chinese people are familiar with the yin and the yang. the female stability and the male disorder that cycle forever. which is what the oracle and architect stand for. it is even like a summary of man woman relationships.. the woman is credited with a sixth sense...she is intuitive..and is associated with a psyche..she is a stabilising influence but man is credited with control..he is a natural dominant and is associated with ego...he is the disorder..the chaos..
but the beauty of life is that neither realises the value or the power of the other unless they are in control alternately and equally..that life is a "zero sum game"
im not being pompous or anything but i think it is simple to figure out that she was a big player and was manipulating the humans...i mean she was the only one who knew about the architect,.,,its so sad that gloria died,,,i mean i seriously think that her role in M1 deserved some award...only she pulled it off when the whole movie hinged on her predictions..these movies are as much about the oracle as about neo...
5) " the sfx are boring in revolutions"
this is the most untrue and bit**y crib i have heard...it sounds even worse when they say "yeah i have seen it before" or "yeha its like a videogame"
this makes me angry...show me which movie other than the matrix mo****f****,,or which video game...mechassault! who are you kidding? whats the resolution on video games..stupid..no point arguing...this is military technology being used in movies .. mebbe u have seen such SFX when you were hallucinating or something.
T3 and the like..or SWAT(puke!! the hero was a f-ing snitch) seems like a stupid video game with dumba** acting..those are stereotype hollywood movies...
the matrix made me think. it made me discuss. it makes me defend it passionately.and it is a movie..is it not books that are debated?when did a movie make so much impact.. why does it disappoint people so much that they tend to criticise it unfairly..does it sound like an attack on their intellect...bcos you pay cash and go them movies to have some fun and these movies actually confuse you... you protest,,you swear at them and your friends sit down and figure it out and the beauty of it hits you and you watch it again and it doesnt bore you...
this is a whole new world..where 2 people are in love ..but just because they are they dont behave as tho they live in paradise .. they are in love under stress..its a movie that you have to keep second guessing only to be wrong most of the time and then some times the parallels start fitting together...
tell me which movie left so much unanswered and yet no..they were all answered...
this is the height of creativity ... and no one can take that away from the w.brothers....
hope yu guys n gals treat the matrix movies with less prejudice.
FREE YOUR MINDS.