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Originally posted by bad-moj0
Go watch the movie and see for yourself. I don't want to read an article written by some geek that expects his 'mind to freed' by watching this movie. He probably pirated the movie off the internet and realized he should of watched it at the theatre for the first time.
Well, just to defend AICN, the guy whose review I linked is Harry Knowles, and has for the last few years been named one of the most influential people in Hollywood. The site itself is basically a fanboy rumor mill, but with Hollywood Street Cred. Harry literally has an army of spies in the industry, and he is known to put a bug up most studio's asses by releasing things that were not intended to be known, Hollywood moves, deals, talks, etc. It's sort of like reading Variety, but written by fanboys, and way before things get officially announced. And, if you're into movies and want to know about what's coming down the line, or what Spike Jonze is up to, or who George Clooney is talking to, or who is rumored to be cast for what role, etc etc, it's a real good site to have bookmarked.
That said, it is basically run by geeks, which is both its charm and its weakness. Harry himself, as a reviewer, tends to gush over mediocre blockbuster movies like Spider Man, and even when he hates something that George Lucas does he ends up apologizing for it (i.e. "but even though Jar Jar sucked and Jake Lloyd can't act, I think we can find something here to appreciate"). And, you can't imagine how pysched he must have been to see a screening of Reloaded. I bet he wet himself with anticipation. So, that, combined with the nature of his work (rumor mill, tracking the ins and outs of projects for five years before they ever hit screens, etc), makes him a very NON tabula rosa reviewer.
And, I hate spoilers, so I didn't read half of his take on the Matrix. Hell, I haven't even seen a preview for it yet.
Here's a non-spoiler (mostly) review from AICN from one of Harry's spies. Basically, about what me and missphinx mentioned. It's a positive review, but sounds very cautionary about tempering your expectations before you go in and see it.
We'll see. Post your thoughts when you guys see it, I likely won't hit it till Monday (spoiler warnings please, for us clean slate guys).
In any case, always fun to watch geeks go at each other's throats. I expect the fanboy community to get much riled up by this one.
Oh yeah, and I agree with Smug or whoever, as I said in my first post. I think the problem was that one of things that people so enjoyed about The Matrix was its newness, and I think that's part of what is going to get people let down.
We'll see though. 20 posts in less than a day, seems that the movie will certainly draw them in.
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Matrix Reloaded
05-13-2003 06:20 AM
