11-05-2003, 07:37 AM
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Who You Crappin?
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Originally posted by Moskie
Found a handful of reviews here:
Mark Caro of the Chicago Tribune
Atlanta Journal-Constitution by Steve Murray
Christpher Null at filmcritic.com
Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter
Most of them have virtually nothing good to say about the movie. I don't think I'll be able to see the movie (in english, at least) anytime soon. I might resort to downloading it, we'll see. Anyway, I get from the reviews that Revolutions is everything I hated about Reloaded, only about three times worse.
And, please, the idea that people "don't get it" is tiresome. Reloaded was a bad movie. So much that happened in Reloaded was irrelevant to both the plot and to any theme they tried (yes, tried) to discuss. The fight scene with that asian dude (which ends with "You do not truly know someone until you fight them", gimmie a break), the huge fight scene with Agent Smith (which starts for no reason, and ends with Neo flying away, whoopdedoo), the twins, the French dude, kissing the French dude's girl... there's probably more, but it's been a while. All of these parts of Reloaded could have been either taken out or heavily altered, and you'd have the same exact movie (in terms of plot and theme). And having characters named "The Keymaker" and "The Architect" is juvenile. Why don't they just wear big signs that say "METAPHOR" while they're at it?
I've been wanting to get that rant off for a while 
**added** I know some people are going to say that the parts I mentioned that could be taken out are relevant to some philosophical undertones/themes. That's all well and good, but a skill needed for good film-making is incoporating your themes into the plot well. This is where Reloaded failed. If you're going to discuss philosophy in a movie, fine, I think that's great. But take the time to create a plot and script where these themes are transparent, in that they jive with what's going on in the movie. The mere fact that philosophy is discussed or brought up isn't good enough.
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While you are entitled to your opinion (and share those opinions with others on this board), perhaps you should reserve judgment until after you see Revolutions? Reloaded is only 1/2 of a movie, and perhaps those elements of Reloaded that seem cheesy/stupid/superflous will be explained/justified in Revolutions.
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