[lbo-talk] The Meatrix

[Dennis Perrin]

> It was actually better than I expected. More like, "Humanity + AIs run
corporate
> campaign against Machines, win real wage increase". Sure, it's full of
gorgeous
> Northamerican speculative forms which never seem to develop into their
> post-American content (a fancy way of saying, it doesn't really pick up
the ball
> where "Neuromancer" left it), but it's still impressive as the first
overtly
> Leftwing information age blockbuster series ever made. Three out of four
stars.
>
> -- DRR

I dunno, Dennis. Yes, I agree, "Revolutions" is better than "Reloaded"
(which is a weird comparison as they are really one film), and the Battle
for Zion and Neo in the Machine City were beautiful to see. I even liked the
Final Battle b/w Neo & Smith -- much better than the boring though
brilliantly staged Burly Brawl in "Reloaded." But I watched the first
chapter last night, and it is so tight and so on target that it's in a
different universe from the subsequent 2 chaps. The Wachowskis had it all on
the table in front of them, and they blew it, in my op. For me, the best
ending was the first: Neo flying into and then out of frame, followed by
Rage Against The Machine's "Wake Up."

DP