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movie review - The Matrix Reloaded

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

I avoided this flick while it was at the cinema because of all of the mediocre reviews it was getting and the puzzled, irritated response it was eliciting from people I knew.

I found it to be better than I'd expected. Certainly, the dubious thinking that comes out of so many of the characters is a bit much. And the cosmology of the Matrix is a bit too confused before this thing is done. And the long orgy/dance sequence did nothing more for this one than the pod race did for that Star Wars flick.

But overall, this is certainly a worthy sequel to the original, and it moves the story along quite a bit further. Things get a tad rushed during one of the vital scenes (possibly due to the inclusion of that unecessary orgy scene), but generally it moves very well from development to development.

Even the combat sequences managed to get considerably beyond the original, which surprised me.

Recommended.