The Matrix Reloaded (full spoilers)

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When Agent Smith multiplies he become The Smiths. Do you (Morri)see!

That's not punny.

― Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 11 June 2003 12:23 (twenty-three years ago)

Wrong, Nicole, wrong! That made me laugh out loud for ages. It therefore (to use an Americanism) "carnstitoots" funny. Very funny.

― N. Ron, Wednesday, 11 June 2003 13:47 (twenty-three years ago)

I've seen it ten times now (literally--we're showing it at the theatre I project at--and I'll be seeing it 12 times a week through August) and I like it a lot more now than when I first saw it (though I am surely sick of it).

The talky bits wear really thin, especially the Councillor Haman and Merovingian scenes and the scene with Penelope in the bathroom is drawn out. However the shot where she turns and gestures toward the Keymaker's cell is like the hottest thing ever filmed. I have decided Neo is a program and something is fishy with the Council but I am perhaps Matrixed out.

ps the freeway scene is way too long.

And the credits are ELEVEN MINUTES LONG. ELEVEN. That's REALLY LONG.

― adam (adam), Wednesday, 11 June 2003 20:59 (twenty-three years ago)

You're a projectionist?

― s1utsky (slutsky), Wednesday, 11 June 2003 21:08 (twenty-three years ago)

I haven't seen this yet but me and trife will be first in line when it his the Athens dollar theater

― James Blount (James Blount), Wednesday, 11 June 2003 21:43 (twenty-three years ago)

I am an IMAX projectionist. Like a regular one except bigger.

― adam (adam), Wednesday, 11 June 2003 22:30 (twenty-three years ago)

i sat thru those 11 minutes of credits to catch the trailer for Revolutions...its just about worth it, even tho it means you have to listen to Rage and P.O.D. beforehand, muahaha

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 11 June 2003 22:39 (twenty-three years ago)

I am an IMAX projectionist. Like a regular one except bigger.

That is awesome. May I email you and ask a bunch of questions?

― s1utsky (slutsky), Wednesday, 11 June 2003 22:42 (twenty-three years ago)

You certainly may. I will do my best to answer them--send it to my good email: [email protected].

― adam (adam), Wednesday, 11 June 2003 22:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Persephone, not "Penelope".

― N. Ron, Wednesday, 11 June 2003 23:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Sorry. Drunk.

― adam (adam), Thursday, 12 June 2003 12:40 (twenty-two years ago)

four months pass...

This would have been so much better without the pointless CGI kung fu scenes.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Sunday, 19 October 2003 05:08 (twenty-two years ago)

The only CGI-fu is the Neo vs many Smiths brawl in the city park, right? An interesting exercise- the CGI is so close to being totally believable but still spottable. I thought the (famous) shot of Neo spiking the pole and accelerating around it was exactly what the whole CGI bizness was for, and wanted more like that.

― rob geary (rgeary), Sunday, 19 October 2003 05:30 (twenty-two years ago)

I have no problem with CGI- in fact, can't wait to see human mechs vs squid-machines in part three- but what I loved about Matrix 1 was the "authenticity," the fact that like good HK kung-fu we were really seeing the actual actor person whipping out some astonishing (wire-aided) moves. Once you realize the entire person is fake, it sort of takes that aspect away. There are different pleasures to full CGI characters instead, I suppose.

― rob geary (rgeary), Sunday, 19 October 2003 05:31 (twenty-two years ago)

six months pass...

saw a good chunk of it last night on cable. favorite line is when keanu decides to kiss the french guy's babe.

"Wait. OK."

― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 7 May 2004 14:53 (twenty-two years ago)

738 takes that took

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 7 May 2004 14:56 (twenty-two years ago)

It took me an extraordinarily long time to figure out what the hell that sentence was supposed to mean, stevem

― TOMBOT, Friday, 7 May 2004 15:30 (twenty-two years ago)

It's an Underworld song title if you look at it right.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 7 May 2004 15:59 (twenty-two years ago)

three weeks pass...

Just an observation - did anyone else notice that you can totally see through Persephone's dress at the right times in the movie? And that she's not wearing anything else? Like, I can tell exactly what pattern she shaves. I could've sworn I mentioned this before on a Reloaded thread, but I can't seem to find it, so just thought I'd share now.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Friday, 28 May 2004 21:17 (twenty-two years ago)

*FURIOUSLY RENTS RELOADED*

― Leee's a Simpson (Leee), Friday, 28 May 2004 21:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I saw this movie 200 times on a 5.5-story IMAX screen and noticed nothing. GS you are simply toying with us.

― adam (adam), Friday, 28 May 2004 21:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, it was really noticable on the big screen (though, admittedly, my girlfriend was the first one to notice). I watched the DVD, expecting either for them to have edited it out (re Mulholland Drive) or that the quality wouldn't have been enough to see it. But sure enough, it's still there in full glory.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Friday, 28 May 2004 21:46 (twenty-two years ago)

(xpost) Hold on, lemme see if I can give you some exact timecode for the DVD...

― Girolamo Savonarola, Friday, 28 May 2004 21:47 (twenty-two years ago)

SCREEN CAPS HOMEZ

― Leee's a Simpson (Leee), Friday, 28 May 2004 21:50 (twenty-two years ago)

1:13:14 (give or take a few seconds)
1:13:41 ( " " " " " " )
1:14:21 ( " " " " " " )
1:14:24 ( " " " " " " )
1:14:30 ( " " " " " " )
1:14:38 ( " " " " " " )
1:14:43 ( " " " " " " )
1:15:07 ( " " " " " " )
1:15:13 ( " " " " " " )

― Girolamo Savonarola, Friday, 28 May 2004 21:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Basically, from after the kiss scene to when the chateau fight begins, just keep your eyes on her crotch with a decent sized screen. Shouldn't be that hard to spot if you're looking for it.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Friday, 28 May 2004 22:01 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.savonarolamustburn.com/picture1.jpg

I've also noticed that timecode can vary between different DVD players, so be wary of that. But yeah, this screencap is among the better ones I could get.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Friday, 28 May 2004 22:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Obviously, such an overt and gratuitous display of the pudendum foreshadows Larry Wachowski's immanent transgender impulses.

― Leee's a Simpson (Leee), Friday, 28 May 2004 22:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Do I name the ILXer who thought that the woman was shitting herself (instead of having an orgasm) in the restaurant scene with the French guy?

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 28 May 2004 22:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Friday, 28 May 2004 22:45 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought she was having a piece of cake.

― Leee's a Simpson (Leee), Friday, 28 May 2004 22:46 (twenty-two years ago)

And then shitting herself.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 28 May 2004 22:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Does the DVD have any additional Twins stuff? I liked them best of anything in the series. DEEPLY disappointed they didn't appear in the 3rd.

― Layna Andersen (Layna Andersen), Friday, 28 May 2004 22:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Obviously, such an overt and gratuitous display of the pudendum foreshadows Larry Wachowski's immanent transgender impulses.

Or at the very least, a need to dress people in leather or rubber. And nothing else.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Friday, 28 May 2004 22:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I saw this movie 200 times on a 5.5-story IMAX screen and noticed nothing. GS you are simply toying with us.

And just think, you could've saved us an IMAX frame from these scenes! I still can't believe you missed this - that's just hilarious.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Friday, 28 May 2004 22:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Har. I do have some somewhat-mangled footage from Space Station 3D and Apollo 13 lying around somewhere. I'll ask my old coworkers who were ushers when we showed Reloaded if they've seen this. The screencap above is kind of... crotchy I suppose.

― adam (adam), Friday, 28 May 2004 23:39 (twenty-two years ago)

A shameless bump.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Saturday, 29 May 2004 19:39 (twenty-two years ago)

whoa, the hitler cut? how gauche.

― teeny (teeny), Saturday, 29 May 2004 22:51 (twenty-two years ago)

four years pass...

I still dunno how ppl hate on this film when it contains the most intense fight/chase/fight sequence ever created. even when you know everything that happens, it still gives the clench. <3 <3 truck kombat.

― El Tomboto, Saturday, 4 October 2008 06:54 (seventeen years ago)

seven years pass...

i rewatched this after seeing it only once 10 or 12 years ago and it is not very good

― marcos, Friday, 18 March 2016 17:23 (ten years ago)

trying to read about the plot and the purpose of neo in these sequential matrix iterations is hurting my brain

― marcos, Friday, 18 March 2016 17:25 (ten years ago)

the first one has a similar amount of corny bits but it is ultimately a very thrilling and enjoyable movie

― marcos, Friday, 18 March 2016 17:25 (ten years ago)

i never got round to watching the sequels but I caught a bit of the first one on tv the other day and it's in that awkward spot of being old and of its time enough to be egregiously dated but not quite old enough to induce fond nostalgia (caught a bit of austin powers: the spy who shagged me yesterday and it's in that same space in my brain). still a pretty fun film though.

― uncle tenderlegdrop (jim in glasgow), Friday, 18 March 2016 17:35 (ten years ago)

i remember seeing this at a midnight show the night before it opened and it was pretty amazing how the thrills of the first film were completely absent here. i watched the car chase again recently and it was boring. i can't even watch the original matrix now tbh because the ending shot of superman neo just reminds me that his continuing adventures are going to be complete garbage.

― nomar, Friday, 18 March 2016 17:36 (ten years ago)

but you get to rock out to ratm while you ponder the disappointments to come

― uncle tenderlegdrop (jim in glasgow), Friday, 18 March 2016 17:37 (ten years ago)

the first film had a decent amount of humor and keanu was fully charming and the action scenes were scaled to a size that made them palpable and human level as opposed to video game-like.

― nomar, Friday, 18 March 2016 17:39 (ten years ago)

neo and his pals certainly "raged" against a "machine" in this series you might say

― nomar, Friday, 18 March 2016 17:40 (ten years ago)

i'm planning on rewatching the third film soon, i remember absolutely nothing about it except for like neo riding around a spaceship and seeing green code everywhere

― marcos, Friday, 18 March 2016 17:41 (ten years ago)

the action scenes also seemed purposeful in the first movie

― marcos, Friday, 18 March 2016 17:42 (ten years ago)

xp that's pretty much all there is too it tbh

― ripple-chested beefchrist (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 18 March 2016 18:05 (ten years ago)

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