Sigh. Ok, sequels generally suck. Rarely is the second etc. entry in a series better than the first unless it was all conceived/created at the same time, like Lord of the Rings. I know this. But STILL! as my buddy Virago and I were leaving the theatre after this one (and they have now jacked the price of a flick up to NINE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS where we live, btw) she turned to me and said, "You know, plot is cheap...they could have afforded one..." My sentiments exactly. Not even an ATTEMPT to leave the viewer with a satisfactory ending, just the words TO BE CONTINUED... Totally sucky.

And yes, I'm going to plonk down my ten bucks (as by fall I'm sure it will be) and see Matrix Revolution, just like every other sheep-brained moviegoer in the country who likes this kind of stuff. BAAAH, that's what I say.

Sure, the f/x were great. But you know what? they weren't any different than the f/x in the original Matrix movie...more details, longer pans, interesting slowed/stopped images, but certainly nothing new and stunning. And every time the plot slowed down, there was another fight, it got pretty predictable. Oh, and the big car chase...sorry, but if you have to throw a 20 minute CAR CHASE into an SF f/x thriller extravaganza to make it interesting, you KNOW the movie's got problems!

Carrie-Anne Moss is a TOTAL BABE HONEY from her skintight black leather suit to her beautiful and expressive face, reminds me of a young Sigourney Weaver except MUCH better looking. Rowf.

On the other hand, with all the money they spent on this and the advances in computer imaging, you'd think they could give Keanu Reeves at least ONE facial expression. Sigh. The Oracle was wonderful as usual, sad that she died and won't be in the third one...and I liked the whole thing about the keymaster, that was well done (car chase aside).

But you know, they went from Philosophy 101 to Philosophy for Dummies...the whole 'reality is subjective" thing has been beaten in to the ground, and it's sad the number of people who told me that they thought there were deep spiritual thoughts in this one. Sorry, folks, you're wrong, it's just mystical mumbo-jumbo, if you read it in a book you'd laugh at it, but it's more compelling in a dark theatre with sound and light and things going by really fast.

No point telling you to skip this one, I know you're all going to take the red pill and drop ten bucks on it. Don't say I didn't warn you.