sigep_ohio's Journal: The Matrix has me

I have seen the Matrix Reloaded twice now, and I'll be damned if it doesn't get a whole lot better with that second viewing. Don't get me wrong, I loved it after the first viewing, but I love it a whole lot more after the second. All the monologues take on new meanings upon seeing them a second time. The story shows you a whole new level of intricacy that was hidden during the first showing. That totally rocks.

I do still have problems with it. The Burly Brawl gets down right stupid towards the end when Neo is jumping on all the Smiths' heads. And there are parts where you can clearly tell it is CGI. The detail level seemed to be to high for the CGI so the transitions from real to CGI didn't look seemless.
Also, did we have to see the strange matrix code orgasmic explosion in the Merovingian scene? It seemed plain silly to me.

What rocked? Well, the fights were cool, but for me it was the story and philosophical monologues that made the movie. Loved every minute of the Oracle, Counselor, Merovingian, Morphius, and Architect.

The movie was so thought provoking that I wanted to buy a video game system just so I could play the Enter The Matrix video game. From what I understand it fleshes out more of the story and characters from Matrix Reloaded

Final Rating: Full Sink (A Must See film for 2003)

ditto

[tomzyk]

I've only seen it once so far, but I want to contemplate different scenarios before I go back to watch it again to see which of my thought-streams are correct.

I've watched the first one twice since I saw Reloaded... There's some cool stuff in there that I never noticed before that really has meaning to the second part.

All-in-all, yes. Definitely a "must-see".

What I think is going on...

[tomzyk]

Well, since I don't feel like doing any work today...

I've been trying to think of what exactly is going on in the movies. I currently believe that the Matrix and Zion are both inside a simulator. (So from now on, I will be referring to the Matrix as the "inner-Matrix") The primary reason for this is that Neo could "sense" the scavengers coming towards him and even destroy them with a thought. (But then again, they could always say in Revolutions that the scavenger simply short-circuited itself (and zapped

Re:What I think is going on...

[sigep_ohio]

I've been trying to think of what exactly is going on in the movies. I currently believe that the Matrix and Zion are both inside a simulator. (So from now on, I will be referring to the Matrix as the "inner-Matrix") The primary reason for this is that Neo could "sense" the scavengers coming towards him and even destroy them with a thought. (But then again, they could always say in Revolutions that the scavenger simply short-circuited itself (and zapped Neo in the process) simply to avoid killing him since

101

[tomzyk]

Oh yeah...

In the first movie:
Trinity fights the cops in room 303.
Neo's apartment is room 101.

In the second movie:
In the Burly Brawl, my brother said he saw graffiti on the walls that said "ONE" in two places. (I'm assuming there may have been a "ZERO" or "0" between them, but I'll have to check that out when I go see it again.) ... grrr... I can't remember, but I DEFINITELY saw "101" in a few other places too in Reloaded... I just can't remember right now. (I think it was in some marble flooring in one pl

Re:101

[sigep_ohio]

The freeway is also 101.

The three letters in Neo's name can be arranged in six different patterns:
One; Oen; Noe; Eon; Eno; Neo

Merovingian's dining room is on the 101st floor, IIRC. That or it is room number 101 just like Neo's apartment.