May 17, 2003

The Matrix, Exploded

Ah, the Matrix Reloaded: "It's hot!" "It's cool!" "It sucks!" "It's the Best! Movie! Ever!" "It's a huuuuge disappointment!" "It's got Christian themes!" "No! It's got Buddhist themes!!!" "You're a sucker to go see it!" "No! You must go see it!"

For chrissake people it's just a movie. It stars Keanu Reeves, for godsakes. I didn't see the original Matrix in the theater, I saw it at a friend's house on his big screen tv. It was okay. I enjoyed it. The plot was fairly clever for movies of this sort, and the cgi and all that was amusing. But still, it was your basic hero vs. villains rescuing the fair maiden tale. And anyway, we know what movie you really should be anticipating as you would your wedding night.

Posted by Andrea Harris at May 17, 2003 11:31 PM
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"And anyway, we know what movie you really should be anticipating as you would your wedding night."

Yes, thank you. I was waiting for someone to say that. I'm too much of a wuss to do so, of course, so I had to wait for another to do it.

Posted by: Russell at May 17, 2003 at 11:39 PM

Why? So those of us who've actually read LoTR will have an even bigger let down with the 3rd movie than we were with the 2nd? I was half tempted to walk out of the Two Towers and go watch the Star Trek movie about 1/3 of the way through (which I had already heard was a crappy movie).

Posted by: chris at May 17, 2003 at 11:44 PM

To each their own.

Posted by: Andrea Harris at May 18, 2003 at 12:08 AM

Oh please, Chris. So if I liked it that's proof positive that I never read the books (or didn't understand them or some other such self-indulgent elitist tripe)? Gimme a break.

Posted by: Russell at May 18, 2003 at 12:40 AM

Hey -- yeah, I've read the books too, a couple of times. A year. Since I was fourteen. Not that that means anything... ;)

Posted by: Andrea Harris at May 18, 2003 at 12:46 AM

Cheers for the hat-tip. I wasn't aware that the LOTR site had been updated to include the ROTK pics.

Posted by: Scott Wickstein at May 18, 2003 at 07:12 AM

You mean you don't check it every hour like the rest of us, Scott?

Posted by: David Jaroslav at May 18, 2003 at 03:56 PM

I keep checking the book instead...me bad!

Posted by: Scott Wickstein at May 18, 2003 at 07:57 PM

I am not eagerly anticipating my wedding night. Oh, I guess that, should I have one, it will be memorable, but as a single guy with no S.O., I rather suspect that the anticipation won't really begin until I've actually MET her. Am I weird?

Posted by: Squirrel at May 19, 2003 at 03:59 PM