Thats how RGV threatened some of us, and bullied the others before Bhoot began. Well, I must say that this would have been the ideal punch line for this movie! Why? Read on!
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According to me, The Matrix Reloaded is one of the MOST INCOMPREHENSIBLE movies of ALL time….it’s just so bizarrely complicated within itself that one doesn’t understand whether to sit and watch the Elaborate Explanations offered by Morpheus to the people, Neo to Trinity to Neo and the WORST of them all, the Architect to Neo, OR Enjoy the Special Effects, which have surpassed every Damn Expectation that could have been there from such a movie.
A MAJOR section of the audience will find themselves EITHER dozing/napping due to the Infinitely Complex, Unintelligible and Perplexing Storyline as well Screenplay, waking up at occasions to watch Neo and his Gang Blast the Agents and other artificial beings in the Matrix, OR if awake, constantly squirming in their seats, scratching or even pulling their hair, as their hear in disbelief the dialogues which resembles the leftover of a Engineering Lecture. They talk about causality, and what not! Also, this time around the Screenplay seems to drag along in parts, and especially in the Second half when the events seem little too disjointed to be understood by the viewer.
Even Worser are the scenes that have NO connection whatsoever to the main story, like those mentioned below :
The Tribal Dance Party after the speech by Morpheus, with thousands grooving to some unknown tunes in a God Forsaken Place, juxtaposed with the sexually charged up Neo and Trinity doing it.
Or the Re-Introduction of Baddie Agent Smith who was Eliminated in the Prequel, duplicating himself thinking he will get Neo this time, only to get thrashed by Neo yet again!! He appears once again, and same thing happens….Neo swats them like flies!!
Another unfathomable scene is where Monica Bellucci offers to leads them to the key-maker who seems to be locked away in some remote corner of the Matrix, in exchange for a KISS!! The funny guy speaking in French and his wife Monica seem to pop out of nowhere into the script….which takes for granted that you’ve left your Brains well secured at home!
The one that takes the cake though, is the scene in which Neo enters THE door which leads to the Architect or Father of the Matrix…..what happens for the next ten minutes is something NO ONE will be able to figure out….other than the Wachowski brothers of course!! Talk about bouncers!!
Another major disappointment is the Action Sequences…..the Wachowski brothers should’ve tried out something different this time around because they knew only too well that the audience would have Matrix 1 in their mind when they come to see this flick and to show the same thing all over again isn’t gonna do any good….yet, what we see is the same old stuff packaged again…..in fact, here they have gone in excess and the sequences last for what, eternity?! People just keep performing Gravity-Defying stunts, kicking and punching each other for Eons till you say, ENOUGH! Take the scene at the park, where Neo confronts multiple Smiths or the scene before he is lead to the Oracle…..the crispness in the fights has gone and it feels more like a proper Chinese Martial Arts movie with Chinese and American actors! Blame it on the Editor, Stunt Co-ordinator and Director!
Another Horrible thing about this movie is that it doesn’t continue the Path-Breaking Story-Telling Technique that was evident in the Original…this time around it’s much contrived and feels as if they were out of ideas hence looked at a few Bollywood movies for inspiration!! Whats inspired, you may ask?
Well, for one, the ritual of beating up or slapping the loved one after they die in the operation theatre, to bring them back to life, is something we are all familiar with!! In the original Matrix they did the mistake but it was pardonable….They say Once bitten, twice shy”, perhaps it doesn’t apply to the Wachowski brothers who commit the mistake of repeating the same scene all over again…this time with some special effects showing Neo putting his hand inside Trinity’s body and rubbing her heart to bring her back to life!! That’s gotta be the Corniest and Weirdest scene I’ve ever seen!!
Also, Neo and Trinity keep telling each other “ I need you” or “I can’t live without you”, throughout the movie, to inform us that they are deeply in love, but is that something we want to hear from their mouth repeatedly?! Absolutely NOT! In Bollywood this is acceptable because 99% of all movies are Love Stories…but not the Matrix! To be sure, Carrie Ann Moss and Keanu Reeves have little or NO chemistry between them and this time around, Keanu appears even more wooden, with little or no expressions on his face!
Well I think by now, I’ve torn apart the movie into Unidentifiably Small Shreds!! Blasted it away to Smithereens!! But I must admit that while it might end up as of the MOST ANTICIPATED, and MOST DISLIKED movies of all time, there are a few so called Silver Linings in this Cloud! Here goes :
The Special Effects are Mind-Boggling and Exquisitely Detailed…..I just can’t stop praising the effort taken by the Director, Stunt Co-ordinator and the Special Effects Team to come up with something that WILL take home the Oscars, unless the Sequel is even Better than this! One doesn’t realize when the Real has been taken over by the Surreal….so good are the effects!
The Cinematography is also a Class Apart and is greatly aided by the special effects. Take the scene when they show Neo coming all the way to save the Key-Maker and Morpheus who’re fighting atop a truck against the Agents as well as French guy’s Noodle-Haired Ghostly twins!! Or the scene when he faces multiple Smiths…..worth an applause!
Among the performers, only Laurence Fishburne does a competent job, with his booming voice echoing all over the cinema hall! Monica Bellucci looks old and her dress is garish to say the least! Nothing worth mentioning about her….
And finally, the Wachowski Brothers….yes, I have torn them apart but the basic fact remains that NO ONE can make this movie better than them….which is their GREATEST STRENGTH!
I surely hope they will come up with something more understandable next time around!! Till then I will make do with The Matrix