Straight Edge Life

As you can see. I wasn’t compelled to write up any kind of review on this movie right after I saw it. The Matrix Reloaded was good but it didn’t blow my socks off. The choreography on some of the fight scenes was completely imcompatible with the accompanying (spelling?) musical score. And yeah, there was a score for this movie. Violins, symphony and all. I don’t remember there being a score for the first matrix. It was just a bunch of Rob Zombie tracks which really rounded out the techno-otherworldly sensation and eerie photography in the first Matrix. Matrix Reloaded just didn’t feel the same, a bit too much hollywood crept into the music, the scene selection, and the stupid romantic undertones of the whole thing. Why is is that hollywood feels compelled to say “love will fix everything” no matter what the context or tone of the plot? It felt like the movie was test marketed too much and despite excellent and groundbreaking special effects was toned down significantly. It felt like just another movie.

Ok. So that all sounds like a serious knock at the movie, and I guess it all was. But it did have it’s good qualities. It had enough wired philosophy in it to keep my brain teased and pleased. The costuming, fights, chase scenes, and photography are damn solid. Sexy and solid. It’s still a stylish movie keeping you sliding between the reality of the matrix and the reality of zion from scene 1 to the closing credits. The juxtapositon of destiny against “reality” is strong and supports the philosophy in the movie impeccably.

I’ll probably go see it again in the theaters.