Inevitable...

Rating: 7/10 (5 November 2003)

...that this is going to let down a lot of people, but I'm glad I saw in Japan... K Reeves came here with the Silver the the W brothers to do a countdown... How can the writers and K Reeves not have come better prepared is beyond me. When asked to say something to all the Japanese people watching all over Japan they had nothing much to say. I'll be doing my K Reeves imitation, "You Rock Japan." all week. In case you don't know, Reeves, Silver, Jade Pinkett Smith and the W brothers were in Shinjuku to do a countdown to the 3rd installment...it was simultaneously broadcast into all the movie theaters. Don't misunderstand me. I will admit it did add a flare of excitement to the whole evening....but what an ill prepared crew they were... Anyway, on the movie. Of course, it will disappoint many, but if you look at the WHOLE thing as one long 6 hour movie you still got to admit the whole thing was pretty well choreographed. AND if you throw in THE ANIMATRIX dvd...well, you've got something that I believe NO ONE ELSE has ever done. And, hell, I enjoyed it. I was entertained. Spoiler ahead... For those of you who did see it, weren't you disappointed not to see the GHOSTS back? And they didn't make much use of The Merovingian and Persephone. They did introduce a cool character THE TRAIN...well, whatever is name is...GUY or whatever, but they squandered the chance for a good fight. I was sorry not to see as much SMITH as I had hoped.... and Bane didn't do enough...but like I said...fun stuff. I really hope they just leave this alone though and do not try to make more movies out of it. Anyway...do I recommend it...well, it depends on you...If you're like me...you'll need to see it to see for yourself whether or not it was worth it. One special note...pay SPECIAL attention at the end to the body lying in the mud at the bottom of the pit... It tells you quite a bit. 2:07am Japan time so....OYASUMINASAI!