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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs  The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
The first hour of this two hour twenty minute film is a load of guff that would have been widely and rightly mocked had it come from the pen of L. Ron Hubbard for example but because the Wachowski's were big business thanks to the original Matrix film it was all taken in people's strides, but in reality in 2021 it's a load of old bollocks.
However things take a step in the right direction after that and we go from Oracles and Zion and architects to classic sci-fi action in particular a freeway chase that lasts a full sixteen minutes and is wonderfully executed.
Except that on Blu-Ray the effects look faker than ever before at times, in particular when Morpheus (Lawrence Fishburne) fights atop a moving truck.
On the whole The Matrix Reloaded is poorly paced but largely saved by that freeway action set piece. |
Believe me, Matrix Reloaded was huge at the Cinema when it first came out, the demand was incredible. However I believe that the points you made rang true with those goers because the demand for Matrix Revolutions was lower than anticipated even for opening day.