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Offline Wanker

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The Matrix:Reloaded...What a disappointment!
« on: May 16, 2003, 07:56:32 AM »
What a waste of my time and money. Yet another "Sci-Fi" film without much sci-fi.

Let's see, what was wrong with this film:

1. Boring fights. If you've seen "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon", you know what to expect. Which you would think would be cool, except we've seen it all before. Boring, boring boring!

2. Ludicrous massive car chase where all the cars are obviously being driven over ramps on two wheels, causing them to flip wildly and explode into small, thermonuclear explosions. I LOL'd when the bad guy, after shooting about 4 clips worth of rounds into the good guys' car, finally shoots the tires of the car out! We've seen this kind of car chase before, and it was done with much better style and panache in "Smokey and the Bandit".

3. WTF is up with that weird, slow-motion dance sequnce in Zion? I must be getting old, because that part didn't move me at all, I was just sitting there thinking "WTF is this?"

What I actually liked about the film:

1. Mostly Black actors as the heroes. It was good to see that a majority of the good guys were black. That being said, Morpheus goes through the whole movie reciting lines like he's got a bad case of gas and doesn't want anyone to know about it. Talk about wooden acting and wooden dialogue!

2. The restroom scene where the bad guy's chick demands a sensuous kiss from Neo while his babe watches, was cool.

3. I liked the Keymaker character, he was a sneaky little bastige that I was hoping was going to make it through the film in one piece.

Really guys, this film could've been so much better. I am not satisfied by explosions and passe' action sequences that have been done better many times before.

If they would've put more "head candy" into the film, it would've been much better. Instead, they copped out and went the "eye" candy route.

If the original "The Matrix" was Aces High, then "The Matrix:Reloaded" can be thought of as "Janes WW2 Fighters".

'nuff said, don't waste your money.

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« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2003, 09:25:09 AM »
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1. Mostly Black actors as the heroes. It was good to see that a majority of the good guys were black.



Why?

Do you have something against OTHER races?
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« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2003, 09:30:34 AM »
I usually find that a lot of black actors and balck white "buddy" movies are veryu contrived... sorta like ones where the women all kick the crap outta men.  
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« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2003, 09:31:02 AM »
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Why?

Do you have something against OTHER races?


No, do you? Why is it that whenever someone praises a little ethnic diversity in something, someone always slaps the "Anti-White guy" label on them?

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« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2003, 09:32:49 AM »
I enjoyed the movie but the things I didnt like are pretty much the same as banana, (See other matrix thread) I just didn't put alot of weight into them.

And yes it could have been much better, but i was satisfied.

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« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2003, 09:38:39 AM »
I'm waiting for HULK. (Saw the preview where he's tossing an Abrams like a toy)

Anybody got anything against green poeple ? :D
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Re: The Matrix:Reloaded...What a disappointment!
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2003, 09:38:42 AM »
Wasn't disappointed here.  

But I agree with some of the points: fights were cool, but sometimes dragged on (agent smith fight - snore).   Nuclear car explosions - every movie has them.  Dance scene - waaay to long.  We get the point after 20 seconds... they're dancing like dirtballs in a Christina Aguilera video.  End it already.  

Overall, thought it was good though.  Not perfect, but good.

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« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2003, 11:19:06 AM »
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No, do you? Why is it that whenever someone praises a little ethnic diversity in something, someone always slaps the "Anti-White guy" label on them?


Insecurity?
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« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2003, 11:23:34 AM »
As if the first movie was anything special.  Cyberpunk for the illiterate.

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« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2003, 11:23:48 AM »
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No, do you? Why is it that whenever someone praises a little ethnic diversity in something, someone always slaps the "Anti-White guy" label on them?



Why is it when ever someone says something about a minority they get slapped with the "KKK" label?

Same ****!
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« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2003, 12:11:01 PM »
-Monica Belluci's got a nice round big fat ass!!!
-Carrie Ann Moss wasn't very attractive in this movie:confused:
-Morpheous was kinda boring indeed.
-At some points during the Smith gangbang you could definitely tell CG sequences of Keanu from the real him. Come on-they can do better.
-WTF happened in the end? Was Zion really destroyed? I hate to admit it, but can't wait for the next movie.

Overall, it was better than the other crap they feed us. Haven't seen X2 yet :( Hope T3 is going to be good, but from the trailer it looks like it will be a rehash of T2.

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« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2003, 12:15:47 PM »
Zion wasn't destroyed, it was the defensive fleet action that was destroyed.  Zion is still under the gun, and the next movie will probably start within minutes of where the last one ended.
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« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2003, 12:20:06 PM »
oh ok, that makes more sense. thanx for clearing it up for me :)

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« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2003, 01:28:34 PM »
Why is it whenever a guy labels a labler with a labler label, somebody labels him with a labler labler label? That's what pisses me off...
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« Reply #14 on: May 16, 2003, 03:07:10 PM »
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Originally posted by udet
-Monica Belluci's got a nice round big fat ass!!!


Thought I was the only one to notice....:eek: