![]() ![]() I'd personally trim Reloaded and hack all but the essentials from Revolutions.Įven then it wouldn't solve the "resolution" of Revolutions which felt less like a satisfying "tying things up" ending and more like an intentionally incomplete and half-baked non-resolution designed to provide a point to expand the franchise (*) from. Revolutions) was just lousy, and would have been too long at anything over an hour. but clearly a "part 1" that requires you to watch "part 2" to be complete. More's the pity because, although it clearly wasn't as good as the original, The Matrix Reloaded was still quite good in its own way (if a bit too long). Even moreso than the explicitly split "Kill Bill" (where you could enjoy each of the parts in its own right due to its more scene-based nature). That's because they *are* a single overlong movie split into two parts in all but name. If they weren't relentlessly chaining fights they were droning on and on incessantly. The Architect on the other hand was EIGHT minutes long, 'moving the plot forward' is an understatement, as it pretty much WAS the plot, and such a large dump of information was boring as fuck. The mid-film vs Smith scene in lasted over five minutes, was mostly blurry, bad CGI and did sod all to move the plot forward. The film was well paced between fights and dialogue. Between each of these was somewhat of a breather to let the audience relax. The subway fight was 4 and showed Neo going toe-to-toe with Smith for the first time. The climactic lobby fight scene was 3 minutes long and showed what exactly was possible in the Matrix. It progressed the plot by making you realise Neo IS the One, and it was pretty awesome to watch. Remember in the first film where Neo first takes on two agents on top of the building? That was an awesome scene and lasted one minute. ![]() The fight scenes were all fighting, and no plot progression, and plot progression happened in massive info dumps. It was all action, for the full duration. The Zion fight focused on the mech walkers too much and not enough on the foot soldiers, or the drama behind it. I remember feeling like my eyes were about to start bleeding during that first Smith fight (partly due to the bad CGI). If they weren't fighting for ages, they were talking your ears off. The problem is that they spent *far* too long on these bits with nothing to break them up. They had the potential to be really good. ![]() The Hovercraft race-against-time chase down the narrow passage. Like the first Smith fight in the park, or the highway chase, or the zion fight. There were lots of good "Bits" of 2 and 3. ![]()
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