The Matrix Reloaded DVD
For those of you that have been part of a Southern American rain forest tribe which has only just recently come into contact with the rest of civilisation, the Matrix Reloaded is the second installment of the Matrix Trilogy, and if you haven’t seen the first installment quite frankly you deserve to have twenty-first century civilisation slapped into you. For the rest of you, the Matrix Reloaded takes place around six months after Keanu Reeves jumped into – and exploded – Hugo Weaving (aka Agent Smith/ Elrond), realising his full potential as "the One"; which generally involves a lot of pummelling, flying around, and looking cool in a big black ensemble. Reloaded is for the major part Neo’s quest to see what more he can do to save the human race against the onslaught of the machines (besides looking cool in a big black ensemble).
Recently I have often found myself trying to defend the Matrix Reloaded from my friends. But they do have very good points; The Channel Five love scene. The underground Zion rave. The French guy. The spectacular script that contains dialogue like "Some things change. Some things do not change" and "you can only know someone until you fight them". It feels as if the Matrix has acquired some sort of moronic doppelganger; it sure does look like the Matrix, but at times I cringed, and felt slightly embarrassed.
But I love it; Neo, plus pole, plus multiple Smiths. Trinity, plus Ducati motorcycle, plus the wrong way down a highway. Morpheous plus a samurai sword on top of moving truck against meaty-looking agent. Reloaded is that drop dead gorgeous person you saw across the room at a party or a club – sure, they might talk a pile of crap, but you can’t deny how good they look.
Like many DVD extras, the Makings of is filler or hype material for a Saturday afternoon on T4 or Channel five. The MTV Movie Awards spoof is truly awful and merely inspires one to locate a long metal pole and beat Justin Timberlake with it ala Neo style. There was also no Matrix Revolutions trailer, and after having had the computer game, accompanying Japanese animation, and Matrix McMuffin rammed down my throat, I felt a little peeved.
However, you should still go out and add this DVD to your collection. It is an excellent popcorn movie to watch with friends, especially on those dire nights when you’re broke and have nothing to do except write that assessed essay or review article for the next morning. Enjoy.
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