I just saw the movie today, and I just read all the previous posts. SURE glad I didn't do the latter before I did the former. I prefer going to see movies knowing as little as possible beforehand-- which has become tougher to do as the years go by.
The guy who plays Smith, when I saw him in LOTR, made me think he'd be perfect to play Loki if they ever did a THOR film!
Anyway, here's what I wrote for my APA...
THE MATRIX RELOADED: ENTER THE DRAGON meets H.R. Giger, part 2, with a bit of SUPERMAN thrown in. Yes, even I was amazed by part of the freeway chase—the part where the camera moved at high-speed UNDER the tractor trailer. I guess it was good to see more of the “world” the surviving humans are living in, but when one of the characters said “It’s good to be home” and looked over the city, I almost got sick. It was cool seeing Anthony Zerbe in a “good guy” role for once (I’ve seen him in everything from THEY CALL ME MISTER TIBBS!, THE RETURN OF THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. and LICENSE TO KILL), and he reminded me a bit of “Himon” from Kirby’s MISTER MIRACLE series. Overall, I think the metaphysical crap started to really get in the way of the science-fantasy part of the story, especially when “The Architect” started speaking on at length with such arrogance, but then the whole movie is so damn dark & disturbing (those are the UGLIEST robots I’ve ever seen) and I just tried not to care too much about any parts where I began to lose the “plot”. “To Be Concluded” really takes a lot of nerve, but I guess after STAR WARS and THE LORD OF THE RINGS modern audiences are more prepared for that sort of thing. As usual, I hope for a good ending… but we’ll see. (Now—what was that SHIT playing over the end credits? I had to walk out… noise is noise.)
