The Matrix Reloaded/Enter the Matrix

smilodon · May 24, 2003, 11:58:34 AM

QuoteI'm seeing it tonight and looking forward to it. The game is written to go hand in hand with the second film and the idea being that they help explain each other. The brothers have been very clever about the whole thing, all of the things they do around the matrix are interlinked, Obviously the trilogy, but to include the game and the animated shorts as part of that is an excellent idea. The Animatrix when its released will cover before the first film and some bits that branch off from the films.

The Animatrix was on TV a few nights ago (channel 5?)

Also keep an eye out for road signs in the car chase in the movie......they're cheat codes for the game 8O

Gh0st Face Killah · May 24, 2003, 01:26:23 PM

That was just one episode. I think there are going to be about 9 in total. You can get some of the from the matrix website as well. The 1 shown on channel 5 was final fantasy type animation and was stunning to watch.

suicidal_monkey · May 24, 2003, 01:53:40 PM

In case you didn't know

you can get the first 4 episodes here: http://www.intothematrix.com/

DarkAngel · May 24, 2003, 08:32:44 PM

well if you buy the game and complete it you get a pre release look at the nxt film revolutions looks awsome.

Those who say its a shit plot its not and explains all questions you wondered from the first those who have comments like that have not seen the movie.

Those that have just havent understood it. By the way keano reeves think thats how you spell it helped out the movie because it ran outta money and for all his stuntmen 5 in total i think bought them all brand new harvey davidsons what a guy

. Those who slag of the movie go watch it if you have slap yourself and wake up its a brilliant film and deserves many awards. At least a speacial effects award wooooow.

Watching the music awards thing how shit are these singers

Dr Sadako · May 24, 2003, 08:38:58 PM

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By the way keano reeves think thats how you spell it

Keanu

FBG · May 25, 2003, 12:29:10 AM

where'd you here they ran out of money? i heard they had to much!

Anyway i throughly enjoyed it, Even better i got to see it in luxury! leather cushioned seats, (they even had settees!) I mean TANGOing hell the cinema was nearly as good as the film.
I will be whatching it again! and dam the critics. Why cant they just sit down and enjoy a film for what it is.

smilodon · May 25, 2003, 12:30:35 AM

Where did you go to see it?

Anonymous · May 25, 2003, 12:51:11 AM

QuoteWhere did you go to see it?

:stupid:

the cinema :roll:

smilodon · May 25, 2003, 01:05:31 AM

Sigh :?

But which one did FBG see it at :?:

Gh0st Face Killah · May 25, 2003, 10:28:13 AM

Quote bought them all brand new harvey davidsons what a guy

How hideous, nice gesture but he could have bought them decent motorcycles, like the new ducati 999, instead of lumps of iron that don't go, don't stop and don't go round corners wheres the fun in that? The Revolutions trailer is also shown at the end of the film if you sit through all the credits.

Good film but I'll have to see it again to get all the bits that were missed due to the muppets in the cinema talking or annoying everyone with their mobile phones. Bar Stewards!

TeaLeaf · May 25, 2003, 10:38:02 AM

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Quote bought them all brand new harvey davidsons what a guy

How hideous, nice gesture but he could have bought them decent motorcycles[/b]

Hey, don't knock what you haven't tried. The Harvey Davidsons rock! Those similarly named bikes that play on Harvey Davidsons' brand name and history are nowhere near as good.

TL.

DarkAngel · May 25, 2003, 09:54:27 PM

too true i wouldnt say no (could always sell em)

smite · May 26, 2003, 01:57:19 AM

Just watched it thought it was excellent..would like to see the end bit again just to catch all that "HE" was saying...u know who i mean.

Go watch it good film..not as good as first but it was the first of its kind and the first of trilogies are always the best.
Go Neo you are God....

ChimpBoy · May 26, 2003, 11:01:56 AM

Watched this yesterday - Have to say, after seeing the first film and being very impressed, the hype surrounding this film was always going to cause a bit of disappointment when you saw the finished project.

On one hand it was like, wow thats cool, and on the other it was as though they deliberately posed questions that they didnt give you enough info to answer. Definately one to see again if you wanna understand more, a la "Back to the Future" or "Fight Club". Lots of nice references to causality, choice and spirituality, but I often felt like they wanted it to be deliberately too high brow, although admitedly there's nothing particularly wrong with that approach (but in what is essentially a sci-fi action flcik? Maybe slightly pretentious)

Smilo - Nice ref. to Starship Troopers. Couldn't agree more with you on this. So many mates came up to me and said "thats shit. Not as good as aliens", and completely missed the whole political themes associated with doing military service. Plus Michael Ironside is soooo cool.

Agent Smith (aka Hugo Weaving) has to be a contender for greatest movie villain ever. Played with so much menace yet without emotion - a great acting feat, and some nice interplay between Smith and the agents. Plus that French Bad Guy was impressive.

Also, another gripe - In the last Matrix only Neo could battle the agents, and then only at the end. Now Morpheus and Trinity can hold their own, even though the agents are upgraded :? [size=18]Plus, if Neo can simply bring people back to life, as he does with Trinity, then why be so worried about dying in the Matrix :?

Hopefully Revolutions will answer some of the nagging questions.

Ok guys, please give me your impressions as to how Neo stops the squidies at the end. He utters that line "I can feel them" - does this mean he is part of the matrix / some kind of machine? Perhaps meeting the architect is some kind of epiphany, especially as the architect keeps making these veiled refs to Neo being "different" to the other "anomalies" that have preceeded him. Hmmmm. :?

All in all I dont begrudge paying Â£6 to watch this, but Revolutions had better tie some of these lose threads up.

A Twig · May 26, 2003, 01:05:14 PM

Ok, right, here we go:
A Twat's (not so) detailed explanation of the Matrix 2!!!

The Matrix is a hypothetical situation created in order to provide an ground for a debate over the correctness and applicability of Causality - Cause and Effect - or Choice and the point of the Matrix was that due to the fact that human's are flawed, they react differently, and so although the Matrix is governed by Cause and Effect, it all comes back to the Choice of The One, and whether he chooses to ensure the survival of mankind, or to attempt to save it himself and destroy the Matrix, thus denuding himself of his powers.
Neo's choice boils down to the choice between Hedonism (saving Trinity because of his own love for her, but possibly at the expense of the destruction of the entire human race) and Utilitarianism (Greatest Good for the Greatest Number).
That is basically what is at the core of the film, and what is explained within it. The concept of self-belief from Zen-Bhuddism is also expounded upon, and that belief can transcend physical boundaries, and that is how he stops the sentinels, even though he is outside the matrix. For there is no reason if the rules of the Matrix can be broken, why not the rules of the real world?
This is a logical progression of the power of the mind, and it is only through his mind "growing" in stature inside the Matrix that he can perform such feats outside of it.