(Orig posted 2003)

Well, we saw it, and it didn’t suck. I was quite pleased with how things turned out, but I’m not yet sure how I feel about the movie as a whole.

One again there were lots of bits that attempted to make me motion sick. Lots of them. During the Zion battle bits I looked away frequently, so I can’t tell you whether is was excessively gorey or not, because I wasn’t looking. There wasn’t a lot of action in the Matrix, but then I don’t think there should have been. This movie was about the real world, so it made sense (to me anyway) to set the movie there.

Though I did like the scene where Trinity, Seraph and Morpheus go to visit the Merovignian. Trinity definitely kicks butt, although I really did not get the point of the big S&M park. Perhaps that was Persephone’s punishment for her betrayal. Hard to say.

Many of the questions I had were answered:
Yes, the Oracle is the mother of the Matrix, and neener neener to everyone who said she wasn’t.
No, there WASN’T a Matrix within a Matrix JUST LIKE I TOLD YOU! HA!

Although there were plenty of questions left unanswered, since I’m still not certain how Neo managed to do what he did in the real world. Since it didn’t explain clearly, I’ll just assume I was right in my previous assumptions.

I really liked the ending. It didn’t give you one of those tidying everything up scenes where everyone gathers together and hugs and is happy, but then Trinity is dead and Neo, if not dead, is seriously damaged goods. Michael seemed to think Neo was dead, I think the last scene as Neo was lying still, when everything shifted to how Neo saw it after he was blinded, was Neo’s view, so he’s still alive.

What I particularly liked was that Neo finally got it. He finally figured out that humans and machines have to coexist for the world to continue.

And I think that’s why I liked the ending. There was still lots of work to do. Things weren’t all peachy-keen and wonderful, but there was hope. It wasn’t at all what I expected, and it wasn’t a happy ending for everyone, and I liked that.

Like I said, it’ll take a bit to sink in some more, and I’ll write more later, but all in all I was pleased. And I’ll have to go get Michael soon, so I’d best end here for now.

Michael’s comment was that the women in the Matrix can really drive, but they can’t park worth shit.