catch22girl | Matrix Reloaded

Maybe I shouldn't see certain movies when I'm sort of tired and had a long day. I don't know, I think I'm too critical, maybe.

Long week at work, but good week, somehow got lost coming home last night, and didn't get home till much later than I should have. Picked up the next book in the Dennis Lehane series I'm devouring like candy, and am excited about getting my hair cut today, yea, hair cut!

Oh, and saw Matrix Reloaded last night --

My favorite part of the movie? Seeing the ad for T3, I thought it looked stupid before, but after seeing that ad? BRING. IT. ON. I'm hoping it doesn't suck, and it has the guy I adored from Disturbing Behavior whose name I can't quite recall at the moment.

But, I don't know, maybe I'm too critical when it comes to films but I didn't like it all that much. Special effects were pretty cool, the first time they were used, by about the 1000th time though, it felt really old. There were scenes where I swore that I was watching a segment from a video game and some of the movie almost felt like "okay, this is your character's mission for this level". The chase scene on the highway? Oh my god, that could have been at LEAST ten minutes shorter, and that might be being generous. I also have a problem with all these innocent people who are stuck in the matrix being slaughtered pretty much right and left (IE, during Neo's supersonic race to save Trinity, everyone killed on the highway, etc.)

But my biggest problem with the film? Well, this again could be something that only I feel, but was anyone ELSE reminded of oh...Star Wars, Star Trek, The Prisioner...etc.etc.etc. Plus, the philosophical moments? It's like they put some ideas into a blender and pressed spin.

I get no enjoyment watching characters who can't really be hurt fighting computer generated characters, it's like the climactic scenes in Episode II, clones vs. robots, who will win? Gee, wait, I don't really care. Plus, Keanu can't entirely act so I wasn't really buying some of the 'emotional' scenes.

I know i'm alone in how I feel since everyone loves this movie, but it just left me feeling sort of cold. In addition: The "evil" French, the gratutious sex, and the common science fiction notition that humanity's inner love is what seperates us from everything else. The idea, that love and hope and caring is what will defeat all our enemies, is our greatest strength and weakness, well it's been overdone. I don't know, maybe I'm just in a cynical mood right now.

It also would have helped if characters didn't have dialogue that was the most cliched thing ever, if I hear one more person in one more film saying "Don't leave me" and some variation of I'll never leave you...never let go...etc...

Go ahead, tell me how wrong I am.