Re: Reloaded with plastic pea pellets; a rant for Jim

Hey...if you want to read a discussion of the meaning of "terrorism"
within the film, you should probably read a piece I wrote about the
first flick that's recently been updated to accomodate the sequel:

http://artisanitorium.thehydden.com/nonfiction/film/matrix.htm

Something else to keep in mind is that the W Brothers envisioned the
film as a live action comic book. The "entertainment value" payoff for
their audience is the violence -- for their projected audience of
pre-teen to 20ish males. You're just too grown up for comics books,
Diego :).

There's a chase scene on a freeway that beats any other chase scene on
film, in my opinion -- gah. At times I was even scared for the stunt
drivers. There are quite a few gratuitous scenes, actually. I'd say
less than an hour advances the plot, and the rest is just eye candy. If
you don't like that form of eye candy, though, of course the film will
seem like crap.

You may want to check out Down with Love if for no other reason than the
way it plays with and violates 60's film conventions.

Jim

Diego M. Dell'Era wrote:

> It is released today where I live, but all the talk here is
> discouraging.
>
> I rather enjoyed the first one, but you have to agree that
> its philosophy and ideology were crappy. The freedom
> fighters plant a bomb in a government building, and then
> they crash an aircraft into another one, presumably in the
> bussiness district, judging from the panoramic view. Free
> your mind, my ass.
>
> I think its merits are a good narrative and foreshadowing,
> plus some "ontological shock", but that's about it. They
> tell me the second one doesn't even have that. Most critics
> have Daniel's mixed feelings about it, I gather. And Jim,
> sequels don't necessarily have to be languid and irresolute;
> what about Godfather Part II?
>
> The last sci-fi film I really liked was *Gattaca*. Cheesy at
> times, but nice. Has anyone seen anything more recent on
> that line that you'd care to recommend?
>
> Saludos,
> Diego D.
>
>

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