Monty Python and The Quest for the Holy Grail is the greatest movie ever. And the last two Matrix movies did suck. I didn't think the 3rd movie would be as bad as the 2nd but like all trilogys it sucked as well.
Here's the problem. If you cared about the Christian allegory, then you knew what was going to happen in the third movie. If you didn't care and just wanted to see the awe inspiring fights, then you'll have next to nothing in the third movie for you. Either way, its a pretty boring 2 hours. Lets see the Matrix Revolutions had a 15 second fight getting into the club, a 15 second fight in the club, 30 seconds for Neo to get his ass kicked irl by Bane, and the final flying around fight with Agent Smith - wow, that's not much. Two additional scenes, but they don't really count for me since there's no intense hand to hand combat that the Matrix until now was known for. They were the fight with the gun-check crew, but haven't we seen a gun battle with a lot of pillars somewhere before? And the gun battle at the dock - good scene but not enough to watch the whole movie for.
Furthermore, supposedly Matrix 3 picks up minutes after Matrix 2 stops, but out of nowhere Neo is calling Trinity "Trin"? Granted, its his girlfriend and all so a nickname isn't out of the question, but to have it so suddenly introduced and overused just seemed poorly done. Also, after being a key player in Matrix 2 and the first half of the film - the Merovingian just disappears, but the bit part of the architech is back? Pfft.
I saw this movie back in the eighties called Mega Force. It was awesome (in a horrible painful sorta way). All about this special, secret, army brigade that rode around on poorly modified motorcycles in gold spandex with rockets that shot poorly designed munitions.
Apparently they were the best of the best, ergo the gold spandex uniforms.
It was spectacular.
http://www.jabootu.com/megaforce.htm
Xanadu, with Olivia Newton-John, comes immediately to mind...then there's Urban Cowboy, starring Travolta. Can't Stop the Music - a Village People vehicle. Pearl Harbour, Armageddon, anything with Steven Seagull or Chuck Norris. Especially bad were two movies that Warhol had some kind of involvement in: Blood for Dracula, and Flesh for Frankenstein.
Originally posted by Otisyou should see a doctor soon.😛
Monty Python and The Quest for the Holy Grail is the greatest movie ever. And the last two Matrix movies did suck. I didn't think the 3rd movie would be as bad as the 2nd but like all trilogys it sucked as well.
Here's the problem. If you cared about the Christian allegory, then you knew what was going to happen in the third movie. If you didn't care a ...[text shortened]... of the film - the Merovingian just disappears, but the bit part of the architech is back? Pfft.
i think the movie i've been most disappointed in is Star Wars Episode I. Jah Jah Binks was bloody annoying, and the rest of the movie didn't come close to compensating. the guy who owned Annakin was almost as annoying. and they were both so clearly ethnic caricatures...
the worst part of the second matrix movie was the Zion disco scene and the ridiculous speech by Morpheus that preceded it.
a female friend forced me to borrow Titanic from her - i kept the video for six months but didn't get around to watching it.
The most recent releases of the Star Wars series really disappointed me, especially episode 2. I'm starting to see a trend of "Star Wars movies suck until the big ending battle/lightsaber fight". For the love of god, this movie was practically a chick flick with all the love story bullcrap. I understand having to setup the plot so that the rest of the series falls together, but did we really need 2 hours of love story out of a 132 minute movie?
Not only that, but there are inconsistencies throughout the series. C-3PO in Episode 4 talks about "my this is a desolate planet". NO DUH - you lived there with your slave-creator in episode 1, you idiot. There are tons of things like that through the series that Lucas screwed up. I'll give the man one thing, he knows how to make a film look nice - but as far as plot goes. Pfft...
~Otis~
Originally posted by Otisthe only reason why episode II isn't my most disappointing film of all time is because episode I lowered my expectations so much...
The most recent releases of the Star Wars series really disappointed me
Not only that, but there are inconsistencies throughout the series. C-3PO in Episode 4 talks about "my this is a desolate planet". NO DUH - you lived there with your slave-creator in episode 1, you idiot.
~Otis~
in defence of Lucas, though - C3PO probably didn't know right away in episode IV that he was back on tatooine. and in episode I, he was in that town with Annakin, not in the desert...