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please. does anyone else think that the orgy detracted from the merits of the film? i thought it wasn't really necessary. and much too long. i am not a prude, but a much shorter segment would have sufficed to bring across the point that Zion, instead of being the technological futuristic wonderland we would imagine, is a place where everything is brought back to its most primitive and basic form. i mean, zion is set in caves. that is a direct thought-link to primitive man. their clothing, the 'temple', the torches.
is it not an irony that machines help so much to improve our lives?
otherwise. i liked it. the plot was perhaps not as well-wrought, in terms of subtlety and 'coming together' as the first. it was much more sensual as opposed to the relatively philosophical emphasis of the first. but the special effects were magnificently well done. like the speeding-up and slowing down during the fight scenes. and neo's 'superboy' would have been vaguely cheesy in any other movie, but it seemed acceptable in this one. anyone else notice that a lot of the supporting characters were token blacks and asians? and the one female hench(wo)man of the merovingian was really pathetic. the ghost twins were rather contrived, too. they weren't very major in the plot.
oh, and i think kenneth sometimes says "Lock" (ie the commander, Niobe's sig other) when he means "Link" (black operator of the Neb.)

posted by anne @ 2:13 am