Alles waar ik bang voor was in Matrix 2 is blijkbaar bewaarheid:
But if you’re looking for something a little more than crash, bang, wallop then this second instalment will leave you cold. Reloaded is crammed full of the cod philosophy that fans of the original loved but which left me distinctly unimpressed. [Daily Mirror]
Oh crud. Tot zover mijn hoop dat Zion zou blijken 01 (zero-one, geddit) te zijn, de robots de goeie en de mensen de slechte, of de hele Matrix een massief parallelle computer met mensen als nodes, waardoor Agents eigenlijk zichzelf zouden kunnen haten omdat ze mensen nodig hebben om te kunnen bestaan, en al en al.
Bleh. Bah.
En nog:
The ‘Matrix’ phenomenon also inspired several books analyzing its references and cultural impact.
‘The Matrix Reloaded,’ the first of two sequels being released this year, points to the discouraging prospect that the Wachowskis may have read those books and started to believe in their own semimythological status, for the brothers seem to be taking themselves way too seriously.
While upping the ante considerably in the action and effects department, storytelling stumbles frequently this outing as the movie stops cold for philosophical digressions about fate and destiny and reality. These remind one ever so much of tortuous university lectures in symbolic logic on a warm spring day. Instead of Zen-influenced truths punctuating the action and characters’ decisions as in the first installment, these now impede the narration.[…]
Unlike ‘The Matrix,’ all fights and stunts — including a 14-minute freeway chase — have a disturbing tendency to repeat intricately choreographed action. Thus, computer technology and overkill supplant the ingenuity of the original film’s action. [Reuters]