Matrix-Revisited...(Well next summer anyway)

[unclejimbo]

What can I say, I didn't have much desire or feel much need to see the Matrix. Oh yeah, my friends told me how cool it was and what a mind fuck it turned out to be. Even when I moved in with Donna and we got the movie on DVD as a gift, we left it in the wrapper for 6 months. No real need to look at it...

Then we went to see EP II and there was the promo for Matrix-Revisited. Coming out next summer. Got the cast back (well, those who survived the last movie anyway) and from what I have read in the trades a solid story to boot.

~_~ Trust me, after sitting through the Avengers and Mortal Combat Annihilation, I really check these things out in sequels. (Oh those were truly bad!)

Anyway, broke open the wrapper and got that damned tape off the box. (Cursed bastard. He deserves a horrible fate for inventing that shit!) Plopped the disk in the player and sat back to enjoy the show...

Oh... My... God!

This truly WAS a mind fuck. And it was done so well. Even the way they explained the Agents who made life so pleasant for all concerned.

Well, I watched it through and am trying to convince Donna to have a look. If there's one thing (out of a whole lot in this movie mind you) that stands out, it's when Keanu Reaves jumps into the agent at the end and blows him up. The look on the other two agents faces was priceless when Keanu looked at them.
Look at each other. Though passes through each 'mind' at same time... "Gotta go!" And they run away! I was laughing my ass off...

Okay, there's a semi-messiah thing going on at the end. But it works! Can't wait to see what happens next. (And I heard they are planning a third.)

Comments

[varna.livejournal.com]

There will be a third, they were filming two and three simultaneously, from my understanding. The Matrix was always designed to be a trilogy. :)

Glad you liked it! That movie rules!

Thumbs up:))))

[laughingbuddha.livejournal.com]

I liked the Matrix though i thought that they could have gotten a better actor than Keanu"Whoa"Reeves. It was filled with theology from eastern and western religions. I thought it quite insightful and well done despite Keanus lack of acting ability.

Whoa, I <i>AM</i> the One

[silverkun.livejournal.com]

Semi-messiah? Good gods, that's like saying my family's somewhat Catholic.

I hear they're using the same stunt directors. As much as I'm all up for the philosophical and sociological topics that came up, The Matrix is and always will be primarily an action flick to me. Great stuff. Good brain fodder. Infinitely better than Planet of the Apes. (Laaaaaame movie. Lame. Lamelamelamelamelamelamelamelamelame. Ahem.)

Now we just need to have Tank find a way to code Light Sabers. Muhuhuhahahaha!!!!

Mean

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess it was only fair. Long weekend, one half day at Faire, the balance doing laundry...and I made him sit through Maze and Sakura Diaries.

However, being shown half the Matrix and then straight to bed does not make for sweet dreams. I spent most of the night asking "is it live or is it Matrix?"

Bad Jim. Bad, bad, naughty Jim.

Cyber-punk at its cleanest, most stylish. Perfectly cast. Loved the character names. Wonderful music.

Well worth all the compliments it has received.

Now put it away and let's get some writing done.