From bad can come good. As already said, the rubbish of Batman 3 prompted me to rewatch Batman Begins and remember how good it was and Batman 2, finding this was, truth to tell fun but pretty rubbish.
It also prompted me to break the shrinkwrap of The Matrix trilogy I had bought on special offer a while back and watch this again.
Damn I'm glad I did. It blew me away, I had forgotten how utterly superb these films were. What a contrast to Batman.
- The plot is rock hard, though pretty hairy at times, probably a bit too much so for its own good.
- The special effects were and still are stunning, each film containing epic set pieces. Each also tries to be new in this respect, not just rehash old ideas with more bangs.
- The look/feel are still as fresh today as when first seen, not many other pieces of work could claim a monopoly on one of the prime colours.
- One very few of the Hollywood films to let both its main characters die.
- Others die as well, pretty horribly in many cases. Compare and contrast to the kiddy playground action in Batman 3...
- Final visit of Neo to machine city strong echoes of LOTR and Frodo/Mount Doom.
- Second 2 films mix lot of complicated ideas up with the action. Too many maybe for the average audience which may explain their reception. Nonetheless something to praise not criticise. Matrix Reloaded in particular went down this road and felt similar to Inception.
- I'm not a great fan of 3D but its a real shame it wasn't around when the films were made.
- Best Comic Book Film ever (despite not being an adaptation the overall look/feel is best at breaking boundary between graphic novel and screen)
- Best Original Trilogy
Next up Bourne...
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