woohoo, now I have an excuse to go watch it again to see what happens after
the credits. ;-)

The special effects weren't really what they were in the first one.. I read
an article (in Time I think...or maybe Wired) about this. I think they were
trying to avoid doing the same special effects that were in the first
Matrix... because since that came out, *everyone* has copied that style..
and I think they felt like the sequel would be a rip-off if they kept doing
the same thing.

Technically speaking, the scene where all the Smiths are fighting Neo is
marvelous. The entire thing was rendered from motion capture data and
gazillions of pictures of the two actors, which is the first film in history
to do it.. normally rendered actors end up being obviously not human, like
JarJar (yuck). I think the research that they did on it will have very cool
results in the long run - hell, it might be possible in the future to have a
movie that is purely digital, and you can actually just choose who you want
to play the leads.. unfortunately for the Matrix 2 though, it's not very
mature and just didn't look as cool and cutting edge as everything in the
first one did.

That all said, I am still waiting anxiously for the finale... I think the
fate of Reloaded lies in how good Revolutions is.

>From: AndersNJ--buffalostate.edu
>Reply-To: AlternateReality-From-barrick75-hotmail.com--alternaterealityarchive.com
>>Subject: RE: [AR] The Matrix
>Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 10:57:50 -0400
>
>Ok I admit the tribal dance thing was over played.... and could've been cut
>back significantly... and yes I think that some of the scenes did wind up a
>little too long... but I still like the movie...
>
>Ah well to each his own :)
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Xavier [Xavier--rocketmail.com]
>Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 10:51 AM
>>Subject: RE: [AR] The Matrix
>
>I didn't wait till the end of the credits, and I'm
>kicking myself in the butt for not waiting.. I didn't
>know about the preview until the following day.
>I know it's the second part, and I understand the
>story line. It's just that the fight scenes were way
>to long, they used the 'slow down' method too much in
>this one. And the freeway scene seemed to last
>forever. I thought it just got boring. And don't get
>me started on that whole tribal dance scene :)
>
>
>--- AndersNJ--buffalostate.edu wrote:
> > Might it have something to do with the fact that
> > this was the second part of
> > a trilogy, and as with empire strikes back, cant be
> > taken alone....
> >
> > BTW did you wait till then end of the movie... past
> > the credits... if you
> > didn't then you missed out.
> >
> > And for anyone going to see it... wait till the
> > rating comes up. Trust me
> > on this
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Xavier [Xavier--rocketmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 10:07 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: [AR] The Matrix
> >
> > I personally thought the movie sucked. I'm not much
> > into giving thorough reviews on why. But I'll just
> > say
> > that the special effects were good. Not great. I
> > thought some of the FX weren't well done. The
> > storyline wasn't real impressive either. After I saw
> > Reloaded, I popped in my DVD of the first movie and
> > as
> > usual, loved it. I really can't explain why I didn't
> > like Reloaded, it just felt like something was
> > missing, and I can't quite put my finger on it.
> >
> > -Marc
> >