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Community => Watto's Junk Yard => Topic started by: FX-7 on May 13, 2003, 05:20 PM
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Me and my girlfriend are really hyped up to go see this flick this weekend. I really can't wait to see what happens to Neo and crew.
The first movie really blew my mind (and Episode 1 out of the water) and the next one will for sure top it
Who's going? What do you think?
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Ill definately be going sometime this weekend, Im quite excited about it! It will be a surefire hit no doubt about it
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I'm definitely going to see this Thursday night. But, if my wife is working late then we'll go Friday night to see it. We're the perfect team when it comes to going to see movies.
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Oh Yeah! I'll see this the day it comes out. ;D
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I really want to see this movie. Line up's are going to be long so I may wait abit. Looking forward to seeing it on IMAX too. 8)
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Gotta wait till next week. Just too busy this weekend to see it. I also have the luxury of an IMAX theater right near me for when that rolls around. Attack Of The Clones was awesome in IMAX. I can only imagine what this will be like!
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I didnt even know it was coming to Imax! :) When is this happening?
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June 6. IMAX (http://www.vasc.org/matrixreloaded.html)
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I'm worried that I might have a little bit too high expectations and all of the wow factors and coolness of the originals may be old school now
I'll see it but probably not for a while
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My local IMAX theater doesn't have a date for the release of The Matrix Reloaded yet. Anyone else run across this?
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I did not really care for the first Matrix movie but I will end up seeing this one with some friends. I like the S-FX.
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My local IMAX theater doesn't have a date for the release of The Matrix Reloaded yet. Anyone else run across this?
Mine has yet to post a release date either, says check back soon
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and all I can say is "huh?"
I'll try not to spoil any of it for people that haven't seen it but I thought it was highly unfullfilling. The action sequences are pretty good but the scenes where they use computer animated actors really detracts from the outstanding job they did with the first movie. The CG actors looked very "gummy" and I felt like I was watching a cartoon. The writing is pretty bad in this one so be ready for several 10 minute long speeches that pretty much lead nowhere. A lot of the talk seems very confusing and doesn't really lead you anywhere. Oh yeah, and be ready for a psuedo-music video that is the ultimate in boring. If you need a good action fix then catch this movie, if you want to see a great movie that's got good action, then go see X2...
I should have went drinking and killed more of my liver instead of going to see it...
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I just tacked your review onto the end of the arleady started thread here Darth Homer.
I will probably see it this weekend...I hope!
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I saw this last night and loved every single minute. Like the Star Wars movies I think you kind of sort of have to take this a chapter in a larger story, the action sequences were awesome, I liked the love story and all of the great new characters...taking it as a stand alone thing is a little hard but together with I and III will make for cinematic genius, just wait!
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I just read the the movie earned $42.5 million in North America. :o The largest one day opening in the history of the movie business. Huge Thursday (http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/16/film.matrix.reut/index.html)
Interesting though. It has an R rating, no one under age 17 will be admitted without an accompanying adult.
Up here, it has a 14A rating, anyone under 14 must be accompanied by an adult. I guess the rating varies across Canada. Canadian Movie Ratings (http://www.gtm.ca/cdn_ratings_chart.shtml)
Maybe Brent can confirm this?
Whats the Movie Rating from were you are from?
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I saw it Saturday morning and was disappointed. This story could have been told in 45 minutes. The pacing was that slow.
First of all, it's pretty apparent the studio wanted to deliver a post-Columbine R-rated film. Unfortunately, thanks to the studio's rating hang-up, a lot of the scenes seem forced. This film could have been shaved to a PG-13 rating and not lost a cent of revenue.
Speaking of arbitrary, check out those fight scenes. They've become so cliche and subject to parody, they're painfully redundant. It was more of the same, but this time with CG actors doing a fair amount of stunt work. In the context of a computer-generated matrix it's forgivable, but you can't help holding the first film in higher regard because of it.
And maybe I'm confused, but didn't the last film come to the conclusion that Neo was basically God in the matrix? Why does he have to fight at all? This is a guy who can stop bullets, fly at terrifc speeds, and bed Carrie-Anne Moss. He should be able to vanquish any opponent with the blink of an eye.
The car chase is the most interesting part of the movie, and the most anticipated given the amount of hype attached to it. Even this left me wishing it was shorter. How many times can Morpheus almost fall off the roof of a semi? Frankly I got bored counting.
When I went into the theatre, I tried to keep my expectations as low as when I saw the first film, which many considered at first glance to be a Johnny Pneumonic ripoff. While there were some interesting plot developments (the multiple Smiths, Neo's status as a modern day Moses), there wasn't enough for a two-hour movie.
This is obviously a bridge to the final chapter in the Matrix trilogy, but it was a bridge I came close to jumping off.
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Well there seems to be alot of mixed reviews about Reloaded. I thought it was OK, but I will agree the pacing was slow.
It broke another record for the highest opening of a R-Rated film. $93.3 million.
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Blah, blah, blah. Could they make anymore long winded speeches? Sheesh. Good movie overall, worth seeing. Leave feeling very depressed, just as after the first. Cool effects.
Could be an expensive year next year for DVD's. Probably a four pack (5?) for The Matrix series and what do you figure, about a 15 pack for LOTR? ::)
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Matrix's opening day total record is null and void.
It made 5 Million on it's Wednesdays Sneak Preview, for a total of $42.5. Spiderman opened w/o a preview at $39.5 million...Matrix:Reloaded, $37.5 Million.
Reloaded blew, and I was planning on getting the inevitable box set. But the franchise has been ruined for me, personally.
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I really liked it. I thought the movie flowed very well but the "love scene" seemed a little out of place and long-winded. The only other real problems I had were the fake looking CGI humans, namely the big Neo vs. the Agents fight scene. Some of that just looked really, really bad for a movie... but good for a video game.
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Just curious but is it possible that Zion is not another program of the Matrix and Neo is just discovering that he has the same power outside of the Matrix? I know everything points to Zion being a part of the MAtrix but do you think they could spin it this way? It'll definitely be interesting to see how this whole thing pans out. I mean, if they destroy the Matrix what becomes of all of those people that the machines are using for batteries? How would they go about rescuing billions of people suddenly "detached" from the machine?
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Also, I haven't seen anyone post about it yet but I was wondering if anyone stayed for the Revolutions trailer that was attached to the end of the credits? It looks like a lot of the battle of Zion will be covered. One good clip was a fierce battle scene between those guys in the giant robot getups battling tons of Sentinels, very sweet looking!
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Finally got a chance to see it and I liked it. The pace of the movie was kinda slow, but it was cool as hell seeing what Zion was all about. The action scenes were intense!
I just wish George Lucas could hire the choreographers of The Matrix, so lightsaber duels could be so much more intense. That would be one hell of a battle!