Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> >> 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.
> >
> > What impressed me most about that scene was the choreography. Sure, the CGI
> > looked a little fake in a couple of shots, but the overall effect was
> > incredible. You can watch Neo wallop a Smith into the distance, watch that
> > Smith get up, dust himself down, and make his way back into the fray for
> > another wallop. And they're *all* doing that, over and over! Probably works
> > better as a music video than a movie scene tho.
>
> Heh. Every time I watch it, I can't help noticing that there's, like,
> 200 Smiths, but only 3 of them are actually trying to attack him at any
> one moment. The rest of them are all standing there "winding up" to do
> something. They got it so that it doesn't look like anybody is standing
> around waiting, but in reality they all are. Only a tiny number of them
> are actually attacking at any moment.

True, but it's actually quite tricky for more than about 6 people to attack one
individual - they just run out of space. Made all the more difficult by how
slippery an opponent Neo is at this point. They should have all jumped on him
at once right away - it was pretty obvious they were no match for him.

But I like the way the fight is ramped up, it starts out fairly small groups, as
you say, but the last 20-30 seconds are *really* hectic. And that final
Smith-bomb slo-mo is pure eye-candy.

Pointless fight though, has to be said :)

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