Slime wrote:
> Reloaded had some awesome action scenes that I like a lot. I only saw 
> Revolutions once, but I don't remember much that I like from it (I'm sure 
> some of the action scenes were good).
> 
> However, the first movie had some things that were really lacking from the 
> other two: a cast of really likable characters (the new pilot guy sucked 
> compared to the original, the real-world bad guy was straight out of a 
> saturday morning cartoon, and that kid who drooled over Neo was just 
> obnoxious), stunning revelations about the story and the universe, and 
> *reasons* for the fights. (The entire "burly brawl" scene, for example, has 
> no point - Neo just leaves in the end. Also the fight with the guy who 
> brings him to the Oracle is poorly justified.) Oh, and the possibility that 
> Neo could lose a fight or not be the one, driven home by the death of other 
> characters (that you actually cared about).
> 
> Is it fair to mention that the first had revolutionary special effects, and 
> the other two didn't bring that much to the table? The "burly brawl" scene 
> in particular had very fake looking CG people.
> 
> Reloaded was also confusing (much more than the first, to the point where I 
> still can't figure some of it out), lacking in the simplicity of the first 
> one. Plus it had some really cheesy moments like the sex/dance scene, 
> anything involving that annoying kid, and the predictable cliffhanger 
> ending.
> 
> Revelations was again lacking in simplicity, trying to add too many elements 
> to the world; for instance, the train station at the beginning was just 
> weird and didn't seem to link to the rest of the movie. Again, I remember 
> the ending being *painfully* cheesy.
> 
> I liked some parts of each, but as a whole neither of them were thoroughly 
> enjoyable like the original.

I basically agree with almost everything you just said. (But you said it 
way better than me.) The actual fight scenes are even more impressive 
than the original - it's just that there didn't seem to be any *point* 
to them. I watched the whole of the second movie, and at the end I'm 
like, "so what do I know now that I didn't know before?" Nothing, 
really. And yeah, the pilot and the various other characters were boring.

It's ironic really. I thought I'd find the first movie really boring - 
but I didn't. I thought I'd really enjoy the sequals - but I didn't. 
Funny old world, eh?

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