Matrix: Revolutions

[victim]

Wow.

I don't want to give it away to anyone that hasn't seen it yet, and since nobody else has created this thread yet... I'd assume that would be most of you. So we'll wait a little bit to discuss the details.

Revolutions fucking rocks.

My jaw is actually sore right now from gaping at the screen in awe. I was completely blown away by this movie, and if you have any following of this series, you will enjoy this film thoroughly. I'd strongly recommend recommend watching Reloaded, the Animatrix, and playing through Enter the Matrix before seeing this movie. Things will make a little more sense this way. I feel complete now.

Go see it... GO GO GO!

[Titan]

I've done everything but play through the game, which I refuse to do, because I heard it's ridiculous. Video games have gotten ridiculous, but that's besides the point.

Anyway, thanks for letting us know how awesome it is. I'm probably going to go see it this saturday and I am very very excited.

[Pliedes]

I'm sure we'll have a nice big discussion thread on it once a few more of us go see it.

Victim, is it better than the previous ones? I mean, of course they're all great in the own rite, and they're all part of the same story, but how do you think it compares?

[victim]

I liked the game mainly for two reasons:

The plot (and included cinematic sequences).

Bullet Time (okay... they call it focus... but it's still badass).

The gameplay itself wasn't that great... if you're bent on not playing it, I'd at least recommend hunting down the script/summary that's out there on the internet... somewhere. (I'll try to get you a link)

[Titan]

That would be cool if you could do, I would be hella-abliged.

I've heard from many sources that the game-play and the play of levels was just ridiculously hard and stuff. Things like that anger me. But yeah, I heard there were cinematic scenes with it, that's cool... I would like to try out the bullet time thing... I never got to play Max Payne either.

[victim]

Originally posted by Pliedes:
I'm sure we'll have a nice big discussion thread on it once a few more of us go see it.

Victim, is it better than the previous ones? I mean, of course they're all great in the own rite, and they're all part of the same story, but how do you think it compares?

I think the original is the best standalone film. Yet, within the trilogy (reloaded and revolutions depend on each other and the original to make any sort of sense) this is the best fucking part. Everything just falls into place, and you keep getting fed information right up to the very end. Visually, it's also stunning. If you believe that the 17 minute car chase or the completely (and at points, obviously) computer generated "Burly Brawl" in Reloaded were great... you ain't nothing yet.

[Titan]

That's awesome.
I'd not be surprised in the first one was the best standalone, I figured that would be the case. That movie didn't need sequals at all, but I'm glad they'd given us more.

The fact that they give you lots of info makes me happy. And I look forward to the new fight scenes and such, they always make me soily.

[victim]

Enter the Matrix Plot Summary w/ script:

http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/f...atrix_plot.txt

[Titan]

Bonus, thanks man!

[victim]

The beauty of it is that the sequels were intended, instead of scrapped together to rape a franchise.

This trilogy is better than the original Star Wars trilogy, the definative trilogy (If it wasn't for Godfather part:3).

Speaking of trilogies... there's a nice trailer for LOTR: Return of the King before this sexbear... one more reason to go, eh?

[Pliedes]

Uh, Return of the King makes me touch myself... in a good way.

[Titan]

Trailer? Sweexxor!

Hey, is there a different lady playing the Oracle in this film?

That might be a nevermind after having read further on in the game.

[ November 05, 2003, 11:54 PM: Message edited by: Titan ]

[buckeye]

Originally posted by Titan:
I've done everything but play through the game, which I refuse to do, because I heard it's ridiculous. Video games have gotten ridiculous, but that's besides the point.

I wouldn't go that far just yet. Video Games made after movies have always had a history of sucking, consequently movies made after games have sucked wildebeast cock also. If you stick to the non-movie games you'll be fine. And as Victim mentioned you'll find much more enjoyment playing Max Payne, its a gem, along witht he second one.

Also the oracle is replaced, how the movie explained her change was a little shady, and was enough to further confuse the people who dont understand the first hour of the movie.

[the_butcher]

Speaking of the LOTR: The Return of the King trailer, did anybody else notice the battle scene? How many fucking thousands of computer animated people there were? It's going to be fucking intense, which will probably give me seizures. But hey, what harm is a seizure now and then?

As for the Matrix: Revolutions, I was supposed to go see it tonight on opening night, but due to homework shit, I was unable to go. Looks mighty fine, however. Mighty fine indeed.

[Combat Chuck]

I actually had the opportunity to go see it, but without a car, I was forced to contemplate walking to the movie theatre....which is a good ways across town. If I left class at 3 (and I had a test, non-skippable), I'd get to the theatre by the time the movie ended.

So much for that theory.

I think I might just hijack someone's car after stealing their money....that looks to be the best prospective plan I can come up with at the moment.

And it's great to hear that this movie exceeds the second. I liked it, but at times I wish it would have been better.

[Saint DH]

I went to the theater today at 4:30 to get tickets for the 7 showing. We get there and they're already sold out, so is the 10 showing. Realize they had 3 theaters showing the movie, 1 every hour. Fucking amazing, I'll see it this weekend though.

[Alpha]

I went and saw Revolutions last night, to sum it up in a sentence: The 3rd installment was amazing.

Everything about this movie was amazing. Go watch it as soon as you possibly can. It's the best movie I've seen all year. (though it will most likely be replaced by Return of the King)

Scrounge up 7 dollars, skip any plans you have, and go.

[Orgazmo]

Originally posted by Dirty Harry:
I went to the theater today at 4:30 to get tickets for the 7 showing. We get there and they're already sold out, so is the 10 showing. Realize they had 3 theaters showing the movie, 1 every hour. Fucking amazing, I'll see it this weekend though.

Yeah, UB tried to get tickets 2 days ago around noon for yesterday's 10:00 and it was sold out...

[Amret]

[ November 06, 2003, 11:36 AM: Message edited by: Amret ]

[BigDongedHoe]

The first movie standing alone was one of the greatest movies I've ever seen all time. It easily ranks in my top 10.

I didn't care for the second one as well. I felt like the first half of the movie was very slow and drug on a little longer than necessary. I didn't like how the Reloaded ended as well. While it definitely leaves many unanswered questions going into Revolutions. I wasn't happy at the fact I had to wait 7 months to find out why it ended the way it did. With that being said I'm very excited to see how Revolutions panned out and I'm hoping that it will answer a lot of questions I've had in my head for the past 7 mos. not only about Reloaded but a lot of questions combined from the first two.

Originally posted by buckeye:
I wouldn't go that far just yet. Video Games made after movies have always had a history of sucking, consequently movies made after games have sucked wildebeast cock also.

I agree that 99% of games made after movies have eaten fat weiner. Movies based off of games is mostly true as well however I thought Resident Evil was a pretty damn good movie for being based off of a video game.

[the_butcher]

I don't know why everyone is complaining about Reloaded ending so abruptly. Why are you so pissed? It's not like the third part took forever to come out. In fact, most sequels usually take awhile to come out, while the two Matrix movies came out in less than a year from each other. Quit bitching. If anything, the sudden ending of Reloaded should just make you more inclined to want to see Revolutions.

[Saint DH]

Yeah...alot of sequals take a year to come out, some go 2 years...it's been 7 months, that's actually really fucking early. I thought Reloaded was fucking awesome, and I'm sure I'll have to change my underwear at least 3 times during Revolutions from splooging in my pants.

[ November 06, 2003, 02:24 PM: Message edited by: Dirty Harry ]

[victim]

Originally posted by buckeye:
Also the oracle is replaced, how the movie explained her change was a little shady, and was enough to further confuse the people who dont understand the first hour of the movie.

It's mentioned a little more in detail in the game... and if you pay attention until the very end of Revolutions, you can put it together. The whole thing was just used to accentuate another aspect of the plot... and they didn't really have a choice, considering the person who played the Oracle died before filming was finished.

Revolutions came out so quickly because they filmed it with Reloaded and the game like it was one very long movie.

Now, go see this thing so we can talk about it.

[ProfessorNumber]

I can not wait to see Revolutions.

However, I couldn't help but notice that a lot of people were raggin on the second installment of the Matrix. After I saw Reloaded, I too was terribly dissapointed. In fact, I thought it sucked ass. But, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that there really was no way Reloaded could have been made better. The second part of a three part movie is always the crappiest, because it has the burden of further explanations without a sense of closure. Reloaded did exactly what it needed to: explain the "real-life" world and give further insight to the whole matrix thingy. I mean, what else could they have done? If they had just copied the first movie, it would have been rather boring and blase. So, even though it wasn't as spectacular as the first, Reloaded did a great job of setting the scene for a potentially spectacular third movie. Whether the third movie will live up to expectations is still up in the air.

[Titan]

Originally posted by ProfessorNumber:
The second part of a three part movie is always the crappiest, because it has the burden of further explanations without a sense of closure.

What the fuck? Did you hate Empire Strikes Back because of that? I sure as fuck didn't, I loved it. It's my favourite of the three because it's so much more emotionally disdain and intense than the others.