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Nov. 16th, 2003
Teh Martix Realvolves
Nov. 16th, 2003 11:43 pmJust got back from seeing The Matrix: Revolutions with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
batelf. ("We are not a couple.") Not as bad as I had been led to believe.
No, it's not the greatest film in the world ever ever EVAR, but then it was never going to be. I mean, in all honesty, it's a more than worthy final episode in the Matrix trilogy, considering how much it shares with the first two movies - fantastic effects, mediocre dialogue and wooden acting. You can't complain about the cheesy dialogue in Revolutions "You did it!" "No ... We did it." Mm, ah, mug to camera, say cheeeeese) without acknowledging the creaky scripting in part 1 ("Dodge this!" ... if you've got time to say it, he's got time to dodge it). And at least that captain who thought everybody was "Out of their God-Damned minds" was consistent.
The Cookies line almost worked. I imagine it was intended as a terrible juxtaposition - a schmaltzy line used in an inappropriate context in order to convey a direct message. Everybody knows it means "( spoiler )." Saying it like that just drives it home. Or is supposed to. I think it just about managed.
Lots of calling upon God. And with the climax's ( spoiler ), I can sort of see why some people are complaining about religious content. Setting Neo up as the messiah and all that.
Knowing ( spoiler ) in advance may actually have improved the film for me. Normally there's a feeling of "( spoiler )" but this time there was actual tension every time they ( spoiler ). Of course, I knew they couldn't ( spoiler ) until after they saved the world, but there was still an actual twinge. I think I actually giggled at Trinity's ( spoiler ). Priceless. Worth the admission fee alone, seeing as how I pay a monthly rate for as many movies as I want so technically paid nothing.
People complain about plot holes ... there's a few thin patches but nothing really gaping. Sure, there's some things that aren't explained explicitly, but they're not essential to the plot and can easily be covered by any number of the mechanisms already in place. I think the main one is that ( spoiler ). Still, it was visually appealing. The ( spoiler ) human fights were nicely choreographed and the ( spoiler ) ship-fights were solidly put together. ( spoiler ) Oh ... yeah, there's another of those plot holes - ( spoiler )?
( spoiler )
Yeah, so anyway ... about what I expected. Diverting eye-candy, nothing really very deep. Will probably buy the trilogy box-set when it comes out. It is inevitable.
batelf. ("We are not a couple.") Not as bad as I had been led to believe.No, it's not the greatest film in the world ever ever EVAR, but then it was never going to be. I mean, in all honesty, it's a more than worthy final episode in the Matrix trilogy, considering how much it shares with the first two movies - fantastic effects, mediocre dialogue and wooden acting. You can't complain about the cheesy dialogue in Revolutions "You did it!" "No ... We did it." Mm, ah, mug to camera, say cheeeeese) without acknowledging the creaky scripting in part 1 ("Dodge this!" ... if you've got time to say it, he's got time to dodge it). And at least that captain who thought everybody was "Out of their God-Damned minds" was consistent.
The Cookies line almost worked. I imagine it was intended as a terrible juxtaposition - a schmaltzy line used in an inappropriate context in order to convey a direct message. Everybody knows it means "( spoiler )." Saying it like that just drives it home. Or is supposed to. I think it just about managed.
Lots of calling upon God. And with the climax's ( spoiler ), I can sort of see why some people are complaining about religious content. Setting Neo up as the messiah and all that.
Knowing ( spoiler ) in advance may actually have improved the film for me. Normally there's a feeling of "( spoiler )" but this time there was actual tension every time they ( spoiler ). Of course, I knew they couldn't ( spoiler ) until after they saved the world, but there was still an actual twinge. I think I actually giggled at Trinity's ( spoiler ). Priceless. Worth the admission fee alone, seeing as how I pay a monthly rate for as many movies as I want so technically paid nothing.
People complain about plot holes ... there's a few thin patches but nothing really gaping. Sure, there's some things that aren't explained explicitly, but they're not essential to the plot and can easily be covered by any number of the mechanisms already in place. I think the main one is that ( spoiler ). Still, it was visually appealing. The ( spoiler ) human fights were nicely choreographed and the ( spoiler ) ship-fights were solidly put together. ( spoiler ) Oh ... yeah, there's another of those plot holes - ( spoiler )?
( spoiler )
Yeah, so anyway ... about what I expected. Diverting eye-candy, nothing really very deep. Will probably buy the trilogy box-set when it comes out. It is inevitable.
