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offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2003-05-14 23:32 [#00698810]
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whoa. just got back from this. fucking badass is all i can
say.


 

offline DaWeeze from WANTED IN 16 STATES! on 2003-05-14 23:35 [#00698812]
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Details, man! Details!


 

offline Cabbog from Chautauqua (United States) on 2003-05-14 23:36 [#00698813]
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I haven't been to see it yet though I suppose I'll have to
soon. Are the special effects wrapped in bacon, rolled in
sugar and marinated in lard?


 

offline ambsace from canaDUH. on 2003-05-14 23:38 [#00698814]
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it looks horrible, but i'm gonna see it just after lunch
tomorrow, anyways.


 

offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2003-05-14 23:39 [#00698816]
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the special effects were orgasmically flawless. and i've
read alot of reviews saying that this movies a letdown, so i
had MAJOR doubts. all i can say is : BULLSHIT. theres a
fifteen minute highway chase sequence that is handsdown in
my top five action scenes EVER.


 

offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2003-05-14 23:40 [#00698817]
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the storyline is weak, but then again i didn't go to see it
for story.


 

offline AlbertoBalsalm from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2003-05-14 23:42 [#00698818]
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i've heard mixed reviews. mainly about the plot being
confusing. i'm looking very forward to seeing this movie.
Tomorrow is premire night in my country.


 

offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2003-05-14 23:43 [#00698819]
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also, the first twenty minutes of the movie, essentially the
part where they're in zion, is very slow and very weak.
theres this terrible four minute rave/sex scene thing that
seemed completely out of place. but....
then neo fights the hundred agent smiths and things get
badass very very quickly. it doesn't stop after that.


 

offline Cabbog from Chautauqua (United States) on 2003-05-14 23:44 [#00698820]
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Excellent. I haven't seen a badass action movie in a long
time.. I'll try and get in on saturday.


 

offline aquagak from Berlin (Germany) on 2003-05-14 23:46 [#00698822]
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ive ignored all reviews, so im going into the cinema as a
blank canvas


 

offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2003-05-14 23:48 [#00698823]
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this is all coming from someone who didn't find the first
one "mindblowing" or philosophically deep. i just thought it
was an entertaining action film. this one ups the ante about
a hundred fold. if you want philosophy, look elsewhere. if
you want amazing action scenes go see this again and again.


 

offline aquagak from Berlin (Germany) on 2003-05-14 23:48 [#00698824]
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i heard one thing though, that its the second coming of the
70's star wars trilogy


 

offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2003-05-14 23:51 [#00698825]
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no, that would be lord of the rings. close but no cigar.


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-05-15 02:26 [#00698900]
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Stay after the credits end for a Revolutions preview
apparently


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-05-15 02:30 [#00698905]
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Whilst I haven't seen it yet, I can believe what you say
about the reviews... there is sadly a growing trend in many
different fields (music, videogames, theatre, etc.) to slag
off anything that is hyped- the reason being, more people
will read an article that goes against the precident.
Something that has been the case in academia for years which
is now filtering through to the mass media...

Jar: Cheers for the tip


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-05-15 05:59 [#00699084]
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Oh I forgot about this too - no nudity here but
you might want to be careful if you're in work.


 

offline tibbar from harrisburg, pa (United States) on 2003-05-15 06:38 [#00699123]
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going to see it tonight!!!!

YIPPEE!!!! (also a good mouse on mars track)


 

offline teapot from Paddington (Australia) on 2003-05-15 07:14 [#00699173]
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as badass as x-men 2 ????


 

offline NeoExmnist from United States on 2003-05-15 07:36 [#00699201]
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i hate the powerade commercial they made for reloaded


 

offline BlatantEcho from All over (United States) on 2003-05-15 10:34 [#00699379]
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saw it last night.......super lame.

is this the sequel that makes the triology good?


 

offline pomme de terre from obscure body in the SK System on 2003-05-15 10:47 [#00699388]
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i thought it was lame too.


 

offline ambsace from canaDUH. on 2003-05-15 10:56 [#00699392]
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i shall find out in just a few hours.


 

offline steve from chicago on 2003-05-15 11:25 [#00699422]
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It's beautiful.


 

offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2003-05-15 13:42 [#00699749]
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i'm still blown away for people slagging off this movie for
being "lame". sure, it didn't have the mysteriousness of the
first one, but otherwise its a far superior movie. i find it
funny when people follow shallow pop culture philosophy as
many have in the first one and now they're disappointed by
this second installment. amazing special effects and three
great action sequences = lame? i think not.


 

offline pomme de terre from obscure body in the SK System on 2003-05-15 13:45 [#00699755]
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I just think special effects and action sequences are lame.
if you took this out of the film, the only thing left would
be some really bad dialog.. almost humourously bad dialog.


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2003-05-15 13:46 [#00699757]
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i thought it was good too.

it had a lot to live up to... and it would be pretty
impossible for it to be as groundbreaking as it's
predesesor... so, it had big shoes to fill.

but, overall it was good. a little to drawn out down in
zion, and quite a bit to many bullet-time sequences durring
the massive battles. but, the extra details about the
matrix, and some of the history they gave was awesome.

I'll probably see it again in the theatre... hopefully with
a better crowd this time... the girl that sat behind me and
beside pomme was the suckiest suck that ever sucked.

and the party/love scene was about 95% too long.


 

offline TonePu5her from lincoln !UK! (United Kingdom) on 2003-05-15 13:47 [#00699759]
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Yeah and now its just another action movie.


 

offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2003-05-15 13:51 [#00699764]
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i agree that without the action everything in the movie
would be bad dialogue or simplistic philosophy. the thing
is, this is the exact same with the first one. and this one
had much much better action sequences.


 

offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2003-05-15 13:52 [#00699767]
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and the first one isn't nearly as ground breaking in terms
of effects as this one is.


 

offline BlatantEcho from All over (United States) on 2003-05-15 13:53 [#00699768]
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man, I think George Lucas wrote the dialouge.

"There is no point.. Then what's the point? That's the
point."

are you shitting me? that's awful. That rave scene? You
can't get anymore pop culture than that.

I got dragged to it with low expectations, and it didn't
even meet those.


 

offline BlatantEcho from All over (United States) on 2003-05-15 13:55 [#00699769]
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obviously the effects were killer

they spent $40million on the highway scene alone!

Special effects can't save a boring movie though (see Star
Wars Ep I & II)


 

offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2003-05-15 13:56 [#00699772]
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i never said the dialogue wasn't bad. and i'm pretty sure i
pointed out the rave scene as the low point of the movie,
and if i didn't, i am now. nonetheless, the matrix movies
are all shallow pop culture mythology in the tradition of
star wars. the dialogue is bad, its recycled sci fi cliches
and misunderstandings of buddhism, but the action is the
best around. thats it really. i'm not sure what more people
want out of these movies. its popcorn entertainment, and its
goddamn great popcorn entertainment at that.


 

offline TonePu5her from lincoln !UK! (United Kingdom) on 2003-05-15 13:57 [#00699773]
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Right on brother.


 

offline Asche XL on 2003-05-15 16:27 [#00700042]
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FUCKIN AWESOME!!!

x-men 2 what? haha


 

offline Asche XL on 2003-05-15 20:00 [#00700274]
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This movie proves my theory to be correct though. Keanu
Reeves IS the worst actor. Ever.


 

offline elusive from detroit (United States) on 2003-05-15 20:31 [#00700309]
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#BWO#IGBOW#*G)*W()*G

FYCJ 1~!!!! !!!@


 

offline cataLYST from Waldorf (United States) on 2003-05-15 21:21 [#00700359]
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the twins were badass.. why'd they have to die so early? :(


 

offline Q4Z2X on 2003-05-15 21:52 [#00700388]
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definately some good special effects, etc.. but they really
should have titled it
The Matrix: Rehashed


 

offline Asche XL on 2003-05-15 22:03 [#00700412]
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The reason most people were disapointed is because the first
Matrix was so unique and groundbreaking that people expected
the sequel to have the same effect. All the sequel was, was
a continuation of the first. That's all it needed to be. It
continued the story. I really liked it, despite some flaws (
what movie dosent have flaws? :see my post above:).


 

offline Xanatos from New York City (United States) on 2003-05-15 22:49 [#00700479]
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i thought it was a big fking dissapointment.

Asche: The first one was unique and groundbreaking, why
couldn't this one be?


 

offline AlbertoBalsalm from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2003-05-15 22:52 [#00700483]
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thanx alot for the spoilers!! i'm seeing it tomorrow on a
midnight showing. they will be playing matrix & matrix
reloaded. so it's gonna be 4 hours of matrix for me


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-05-15 23:13 [#00700504]
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this movie fucking ruled!!! I'll definitely have to watch it
again, as some parts of the story were missed by me, as I
was so floored by the effects... OH MY GOD!!!! That scene
where Neo fights the 100 agents smiths was the most amazing
thing I've ever seen on film... my mouth was hanging open
the whole time, like "Damn, how the hell are they doing
that?"... even though I knew, but still, it was fucking
amazing... as was the car chase, the motorcycle thing, etc,
etc... I think the story is really cool too... as I said, I
need to watch it again to understand it better, but the
whole concept is really cool to me... anyways, it was
amazing!!


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-05-15 23:16 [#00700507]
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oih yeah, and I caught the trailer for revolutions... it
looks awesome too!!

I didn't really think the ending was too bad... meaning that
I didn't think it was too bad a cliff hanger... I had read
it was supposed to be devestating, but I guess I was
expecting it, so it wasn't so bad... anyways, it was a great
night!!


 

offline magicant from Canada on 2003-05-16 00:34 [#00700568]
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i hate to be the one to break this out here,

but THE MATRIX RELOADED is a piece of shit. it disgraces the
original to monumental proportions. Zion is an underground
HOLE right out of Star Wars: Episode II. that sex scene was
pathetic. the fight scenes get BORING. the Architect scene
takes all the magic and inspiration from the original and
flushes it into oblivion.

3.5 out of 10.


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-05-16 00:35 [#00700569]
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blah...


 

offline steve from chicago on 2003-05-16 00:44 [#00700571]
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Sorry you didn't like it. Now go watch the Pianist a few
more times and leave Reloaded for us uncultured swine.


 

offline tibbar from harrisburg, pa (United States) on 2003-05-16 04:40 [#00700745]
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blah blah blah

i liked it. alot. so there

blah blah blah


 

offline magicant from Canada on 2003-05-16 20:59 [#00701842]
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i LIKED the original a lot. its one of my favourites. i'm a
Matrix fan.

i just think Reloaded ruins it. its less inspired.

IMHO, btw.



 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-05-16 21:49 [#00701873]
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why do you think that? It was so much better... obviously
the first one has the whole, I guess, surprise value... no
one really knew what to expect with the first one... we all
knew the story line going into this one, but it's still
awesome!! And I just think it ruled!!


 

offline Frag from New Jersey (United States) on 2003-05-16 22:03 [#00701891]
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The first one wasn't very inspired. The only revolutionary
part of the first one was the special effects, in terms of
plot, it's nothing new at all. Just take the Matrix as a
sci-fi/action movie, more action, and stop holding it to
such high standards. Reloaded made the plot much more
involving, and the action scenes were nicer. However, the
first one still has a certain quality I liked a lot.


 


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