The Matrix Reloaded

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I'll never forget when the first Matrix movie came out. 1999, a huge year for movies, going with styles and special effects that had never been seen before, and captivating storylines. One of the biggest movies of the year was the Matric, and scenes like the camera twisting around the characters while in extreme slow motion were just amazing, everybody loved that movie... Then, 3 years later, a sequel to it came out. I vaguely remembered seeing it back then, and not being the biggest on it... but I just had to see it again, try to remember why I felt how I did... And I sure felt the same way as I did before. The storyline to the original was great. Just a common guy, going to the office to work, sitting at a desk for 8 hours a day, boring life... while on the side he was a hacker, the guy really knew his computers better then anyone... but the reason for this little talent of his was revealed through mystery and surprise, taking what was everyday life, and turning it to a whole world that we've never seen, but it exists all around us. Great buildup, great climax, great movie. But the second one didn't do that. The characters were in a world that we had no idea about, we couldn't relate to them, they were slaves in this ultra-poor, yet high-technology world... and the first 40 minutes of the movie are mostly just boring dialog. Where's the action? Where's what we came to see? Those don't start until deep into the second act, and from there, it just goes crazy with action scenes. By this time, we don't know where we are, we don't have any connection to the characters, now it's just wild action sequences, that are really fun, don't get me wrong... scenes like the Matrix businessman jumping from car to car on the highway? Agent Smith being able to clone himself on others, and hundreds of them attacking Neo at once? This movie had some great action scenes... but so much of everything was just lost, nothing was explained, at least not properly. I remember that the second one was bad, and then the 3rd was even worse. Well, I'll still have to try watching it, see what I think... and I'll just hope for some great action scenes, although, I seriously don't remember any great ones from that movie.... I really don't remember anything from it... but we'll just see how it turns out.