I think i'd fall asleep during reloaded...

That does look cool! And it's the sort of thing that I would normally do...

Y'see, you say Tom Anderson, you think Guitarworks...

OK, well *I* think Guitarworks...

Don't look at me like that!!!

Matrix - Cool action flick that got over-hyped. About as philosophically complex as your average GCSE English essay.

Reloaded - Awful fight scenes that were just yawnsome. Put in its place by the likes of Kill Bill and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Intresting pseudo-philosophical stuff at the end that promised more in ...

Revolution - ... That was never delivered upon. Dull as dishwater. Almost as big a waste of my life as Darkness Falls...

Consequently I never watched all of the animated stuff. I'd had enough. Or played the game. Should have left it alone after the original.

So no, I guess I won't be taking part in this...

(Edited by Jayjay 10/02/2005 23:18)

I would if it wasnt in the Curson. A cinema i find that has the most uncomfortable seats and very bad sound. Went there to see Resident Evil preview screening and the sound was so bad i came out with a headache.

I couldn't do that, now if it was Lord of the Rings perhaps...

(Edited by Havoc 04/02/2005 21:17)

The Matrix was groundbreaking in and of its time and deserves to be respected for that. As a standalone film I would defend it in a multiplicity of angles, in any debate.

However, I believe that the two cash-in sequels were tosh that failed to add to the mythos of the Matrix. (This is not an attack on any individual actors in the sequels; simply an opinion that the sequels served no purpose and were noting more important than a corporate decision to make money for Warner Bros).

I have heard it said that true fans ignore the sequels. I am a fan, proudly. The concept was original (in a Western, non-Anime context) enough to warrant my attention, and though I have seen the sequels I have managed to forget that they exist in the same context.

And all this was spawned by the simple fact that I reckon they should show the Animatrix *after* the The Matrix, not before.

Jeez, you change your quote and everyone forgets...

"There is no sequel."

Am i the only person that liked all three films

I'm obviously easy to please

Tediously overhyped as it is The Matrix was a fun mix of groundbreaking effects and shallow pop philosophy. The sequels are shambling cash cows that need a good mincing. Instead of coming up with something original they took all the good bits of the first film and stretched them until we have the washed up champ trying to shove his industrial girth back into the old strip. Joe Frasier becomes Raging Bull. Not a pretty sight.

Could I just point out that the sequels were always going to be that way, it was planned as a trilogy after all.

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Could I just point out that the sequels were always going to be that way, it was planned as a trilogy after all.

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Maybe they "planned" the trilogy, because the studios demanded sequels to milk if they agreed to fund the first film.

Even if it HAD been planned that way from the start, maybe they should have realised that they'd told all the story that should have been told after the first film.

The sequels just lessened the credibility of all involved, andthe importance of the first film.

I did really like the Animatrix...

*nods knowingly to Mon*

Ditto...unlike Reloaded & Revolutions it actually made some kind of sense...

This was part of the other thread I posted in films a while ago.

Did anyone go to anything that was on?

Not personally seen the third Matrix film yet, a lot of the reviews put me off, I'm wondering if it will ruin the concept of the first movie which I enjoyed very much.

If you've seen the second one, you've already ruined the concept of the first. You might as well see the third one now!

After the bitter disappointment of both Reloaded and Revolutions, I wondered whether I'd just been in a very good mood when I saw the first film and rewatched it. It was still damned fine stuff.

I'm with those who believe that's where it should have stopped. Rather like Highlander, "There can be only (The) One"!

My role as Official Site Awkward Git (TM ) means I'm obliged to point out that I actually liked Reloaded, even though the Zion bits were a bit too long...

... and full of Ewoks