Edited by author 05-16-2003 10:18 PM
Just saw it. Pretty sweet shit. I too found the rave scene a bit long. I liked it, but I actually remember thinking "good god this is a long rave scene". Contrast that with the way the end of the movie was rushed (and boy oh boy was it). ???? The end could have used some more screen time. It's like they looked at their watch and went "oh fuck, gotta wrap it up". Many movies have used simultanious/past-present storytelling to great effect. It felt like it was used here out of necessity.

As soon as buddy volunteered to help you knew he was dead. I was sad that it played out just as expected.

Beyond that--lots of brain food in this one. I loved it. I'll second the architect admiration--he was spot on.

You'd think if they'd "destroyed" Zion a couple of times (5) they'd have it down pat by now. How about a back door? The machines didn't have to start over--just the humans did. Interesting thesis Frey: I think it might have legs.

I'm hoping for that over reality and the matrix fusing. Getting Neo powers in the real world is a mistake in my opinion. Better to be a different matrix.

I'm surprised they blew the wad with Neo fighting so many agents so early in the film. Tough to top that with a hallway fight (where Morpheus seems to get his ass kicked by no more than two agents). Keymaker was cool.

I've got more I'm sure, but I'm still mulling over what I've taken in. Looking forward to other's impressions.