So after The Matrix was pretty good (and honestly it is a well paced scifi film) my friends and I popped in Matrix 2 better known as "The Matrix Reloaded"
This is a lovely mess of a movie but uh, not good.
First, it just starts. There's no set-up, no introduction, no anything. It just starts with Neo/Trinity and Morpheus doing shit. It takes a while until you figure out what the hell they are doing. No one really tells you.
The premise is. Morpheus is still a hardcore believer, Neo is Super Man and he and Trinity are taping a pornhub compilation.
The movie has as much clutter as all three Star Wars prequels combined. Both storywise and visually. Some of the characters actually seem interesting but they introduce about 20 new ones who all end up with minor roles.
Some die within minutes of their introduction.
Remember agent Smith? There's a 1000 of him now. And Neo can take on 1000 agent Smiths without breaking a sweat. Goodbye any 'threat' to the main character.
Remember that line from Morpheus? Something like: "As long as you abide by the laws of gravity and physics in the Matrix, you can do everything." . Well there's ghosts now so fuck physics.
Don't ask how or why but these white rasta dudes can turn into ghosts and work for a frenchman who has programmed cakes that when eaten instantly have women orgasm. How or why doesn't matter.
Zion this big city of humanity is apparently a giant cave that the machines are drilling towards. Why they just now started drilling, no one knows. But Neo decides to start drilling Trinity as everyone celebrates their incoming doom
How about the program that created the Matrix? Well he's there to tell you that this is the 6th version of the Matrix. Woah. What about the Oracle? Oh, also a computer program duh. Didn't see that one coming did ya!! Wink Wink Nudge Nudge.
This movie is best called: "The Matrix: Nothing Matters". To think that they built an entire fake highway to shoot this thing is mind boggling. Even more so that this was made by the same people that created the first Matrix film. As it was fairly grounded.
Remember when you were like 12 years old. Drawing shit, thinking it would be awesome if Batman and Goku had a fight. This movie is made out of such a fantasy it has to be. Just random shit thrown onto the screen.
Some actions scenes such as the big chase scene on the highway are pretty well made. But overall it is just all random scenes stitched together and that does not make a movie.
