Monkey-Plex Review: FILM: The Matrix Reloaded

FILM: The Matrix Reloaded 2.5 monkeys

Uh … what? I guess I really should have gone back and re-watched The Matrix first. I didn’t, though, figuring my basic knowledge and understanding of the original Matrix story would help me through any confusing parts of this one.
As Keanu would say … whoa.
In The Matrix, I loved that we traveled along with Neo as he slowly came to discover that his entire world was a lie.
With that lie exposed (Or is it? More later…), The Matrix Reloaded was, to my way of thinking, a lot less imaginative. I mean, sure, the effects were spectacular, but there was never a moment that I thought anything other than, “hey, that’s a cool effect.” And that’s not the way it’s supposed to be.
The joy of discovery, of finding a new world that’s not like our own, is complete absent here. That joy void is filled with darkness and despair. I certainly don’t require this from all of my movies, but this is again (like Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones) a movie in which nobody is having any fun at all – and that included me. I didn’t enjoy my visit to the Matrix this time, and I really don’t care what happens in the third chapter.
More about the exposed lie: In the Matrix, Neo has super-powers of a sort. In fact, he has the same sort of powers he exhibits at the end of the film in a place that is very definitely not supposed to be inside the Matrix. Or is it? Hmm … guess I may have to check out The Matrix: Revolutions after all. Curse you, Wachowski Brothers!

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