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| TaoMan1121 (profile) wrote, on 11-5-2003 at 11:14pm | |
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| So as my friends sit watching the conclusion of the Matrix trilogy, I sit at home reading further support for my already tainted take on how the series has pulled a 180 in the matter of a couple hours. Still, I try to withhold judgment until I see the conclusion. I honestly hope I'm proved wrong, but if the following is any indication... Critics by and large are unimpressed by the Matrix Revolutions hype. Joel Siegel on Good Morning America observed that Warner Bros. went all-out on everything except the movie itself. "I'm not saying that the Emperor is naked, but if he shows up this morning here in Los Angeles, he's going to catch his death of cold," Siegel remarked. In the New York Post, Lou Lumenick cites Gertrude Stein's words about Oakland as applying to Revolutions: "There's no there, there." "Pure smoke and mirrors," comments John Anderson in Newsday.Jack Mathews in the New York Daily News begins his review by remarking, "At least it's over." And those are some of the kinder reviews. Consider by way of comparison Stephen Hunter's in the Washington Post: "The film is a soggy mess, essentially a loud, wild 100-minute battle movie bookended by an incomprehensible beginning and a laughable ending." (Hunter had praised the original Matrix film.) Or take Mike Clark's blast in USA Today: "This come-down of a series capper is so arch and pompous amid its clanks and collisions that you can only snicker at the verbal wind that obscures the din of marauding machinery." I especially enjoyed these last two... Chris Vognar in the Dallas Morning News grumbles: "There's nothing like a batch of sequels to cheapen a movie's legacy, but the decline of Matrix stock is particularly jarring." And Manohla Dargis asks mournfully in the Los Angeles Times: "How did something that started out so cool get so dorky?" |
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rasbryjamdeltav | 11-07-03 6:21pm Sadly it sucked. But hey, it was still better than the two Star Wars sequels. |
goldberry | They call me the Wild Rose..., 11-09-03 6:52pm I love that song. Murder Ballads just rocks, period. |
| goldberry | Re: They call me the Wild Rose..., 11-09-03 8:03pm I forgot to mention that |
TaoMan1121 | Re: They call me the Wild Rose..., 11-11-03 1:15am You know, I've been thinking about it, and in many ways, I am Stagger Lee...
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