Reviews

Yay for all the tropes of kids in shows and movies we've all seen a hundred times. While I don't expect kids to be geniuses, I don't believe I've ever met a kid as stupid as Jed. He's alone in a hotel full of strangers and he's been abused for the last year or so and yet the writers want us to believe he's trusting enough to go to a hotel with a complete stranger, then trust the creepy child killer? Ooook... sure, and even if we believe that much, why would he see a murder then walk closer and just let the door slam behind him? Makes no sense at all for anything but a lazy writer not being able to provide a good way to move the plot forward to where it needs to go. Rose is also completely dumb, short sighted and unlikeable. This show started off so good and it really has just gone downhill as it moves toward the finale, what a shame.

One of the dumbest characters to ever grace this show. If she hadn't died in this episode I may have given up on it. I mean really, who stops when you're about to be eaten by a soon to be walker. Would have given it a better rating for her death alone but they made Carl become even dumber than usual, and Andreas toes were gross too.

Look it's not my favorite matrix, that will always be the original, you can't catch lightning in a bottle twice. That movie changed a lot and trying to think a sequel can be better than the original is foolish as it's only happened a handful of times in the history of cinema. But I will say it's definitely my new second favorite. I didn't hate the sequels like some people did, I just didn't like the overuse of cgi when it wasn't there and the cave rave. I really enjoyed the new lore and where they went with it. Was I initially onboard with the new Morpheus? Not really... but now after it had time to settle and I understood what he really was I moved on knowing he wasn't supposed to be our Morpheus. While I think people are justified in saying they overused the meta commentary. It wasn't a big issue for me, they could have scaled it back a bit but I thought it was entertaining. Honestly I really enjoyed the concepts they went with in how they controlled neo and kept all the things that made him, well him, close by. And I liked how they stayed true to the love story of trinity and neo the core of the story. Having the Merovingian and Sati back was awesome. Specifically Sati as she was a big part of the end of the original trilogy and I'm glad they didn't leave that plot thread dangling forever. The new crew were great, especially Bugs and Sheaperd. I really liked how some of the machines, humans, and programs were now working together. I could honestly go on for a while but I'll just say if you really liked the themes, story and characters and lore of the original trilogy and animatrix, you'll love this movie. If you only like the first movie and hated everything after it this movie likely isn't for you. It's more than just an action movie, it was always and original live action anime at heart and this isn't any different. It's about connection and love and accepting who you really are, with a lot of "Kung fu" and bullet time mixed in. Wish I could tell Lana how thankful I am and I hope they finish this new story so we can see where the rabbit takes us.