Well, I just saw the film for the second time last night. Let me preface this by saying I was blown away by the first Matrix, basically because I was dragged to the theater and thought I was going to see Johnny Mneumonic 2 - So I had no expectations and the movie kicked my ass. Upon repeated viewing, I saw more and more in the movie that I liked and I still get shivers when Neo stops all the bullets and simply looks at the Sgents and says "No". It was the ultimate realization of one's worth and done so well in an action movie.
So going into Reloaded, my expectations were ridiculously high and then the best possible thing could hapen, I waited a week and half to see it. I heard so much crap about the movie, that I went in with extremely low expectations and was resigned to see a coupl huge fights and a bad ass car chase. And that's what I thought I saw on first viewing. I was thoroughly entertained, even appreciating all the Zion stuff. The Neo-Trinity-Celebration sequence for me was incredible. These people all know that they are entering the moment of truth and what do they do - celebrate - one way or another it's gonna be over soon and as Humans, not machine, they need to soak up every moment of life. I really think the brothers captured this in that scene -I know a lot of others will disagree, but so be it. I also loved the fact that the Brothers turned the entire series on it's head at the end.
What did they do that was so wrong - look at the discussion on this board. They have gotten people to think - to think about hwat they've seen, to think about what they will see, to be passionate about something, one way or the other. No one I know who has seen the movie has a dissapassionate reponse. It's either love it or hate it or be confused by it.
Upon second viewing, I realied that this movie was indeed ingenious. Almost every word Agent Smith and the Merovingian say is absolutely pointed and they were saying **** that was completely going over my head the first time. From Agents Smith's first line with the first copy of him that we see, I realized, this is a completely different movie I'm watching.
There are so many questions I have left and can't wait to be answered in Revolutions: Is Zion another layer of control? Is Zion the real world? Is Agent Smith the true enemy, who wants to rule the world? What role doe that little kid play in the next one (personally - I just got this bad feeling about his adoration of Neo - something's not right with him)? Who is the mother of the Matrix? Will I try to figure all these out in my head? No - for this simple reason - it's not my story and I'm afraid that if I come up with solutions that don't match the filmakers, I will be dissapointed - hell it's been that way with the new Star Wars (although those movies just simply suck major ass for a multitude of reaon I won't get into here). Bring on your vision Brothers - this is one Matrix fan who can't wait to see what's next.
