Thank God Matrix Trilogy Is Not Popular Anymore
My friend Damian recently posted an article about the Star Wars Trilogy, where he basically turned in his Star Wars fan club card and walked away from that universe of stories. The main reason he did that had to do with the obsessive/compulsive/critical nature of Star Wars fans on the web, along with their hypocrisy.
Well, along those lines, I'd like to share with our six readers that I am HAPPY that the Matrix Trilogy has NOT stood the test of the time. I don't have to run across constant message boards or blogs that rip Matrix: Revolutions, how the last two movies should have explored the Buddhist feel of the first movie, when the prequels will be released (let alone sequels!), are the comic books in continuity, or whatever.
It's not that I disagree with the notion that the last two movies had some missed opportunities, in terms of inspiring movie goers towards being more Buddhist with their perspective and mindfulness ... it's just that I really enjoyed the last two movies for what they were -- great action flicks with comic book sensibility.
The car chase scene in the second movie is absolutely amazing, for example. From the music to the motorcycles to the Tomaz/Zamot clones chasing our heroes, and drivers turning into agents ... when Link yells "Yes!" at the end of it, I relate to his relief!
And for all the people that didn't enjoy the third movie -- I guess seeing Agent Smith take over the Oracle and enter the human world to kill Neo wasn't interesting enough? "That's fine."
You know what that means for me? I'll have plenty of years where I can occasionally plop that movie on my screen and see something I never noticed before ... there aren't legions of obsessive/compulsive fans that I'm aware of, like Agent Smith clones, out there to ruin the movie experience the way they've ruined Star Wars for Damian.
So, thank God for small blessings.
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In related news -- The Lord of the Rings trilogy is better than all six Star Wars movies. I'd like to agree with Damian's comments on that -- the fact that those movies had a solid literary foundation and were filmed by people who loved the story and characters really shows. It's a brilliant, deep, meaningful tale. The Force is a snot rag compared to the magic in Lord of the Rings.
'Nuff said.
Well, along those lines, I'd like to share with our six readers that I am HAPPY that the Matrix Trilogy has NOT stood the test of the time. I don't have to run across constant message boards or blogs that rip Matrix: Revolutions, how the last two movies should have explored the Buddhist feel of the first movie, when the prequels will be released (let alone sequels!), are the comic books in continuity, or whatever.
It's not that I disagree with the notion that the last two movies had some missed opportunities, in terms of inspiring movie goers towards being more Buddhist with their perspective and mindfulness ... it's just that I really enjoyed the last two movies for what they were -- great action flicks with comic book sensibility.
The car chase scene in the second movie is absolutely amazing, for example. From the music to the motorcycles to the Tomaz/Zamot clones chasing our heroes, and drivers turning into agents ... when Link yells "Yes!" at the end of it, I relate to his relief!
And for all the people that didn't enjoy the third movie -- I guess seeing Agent Smith take over the Oracle and enter the human world to kill Neo wasn't interesting enough? "That's fine."
You know what that means for me? I'll have plenty of years where I can occasionally plop that movie on my screen and see something I never noticed before ... there aren't legions of obsessive/compulsive fans that I'm aware of, like Agent Smith clones, out there to ruin the movie experience the way they've ruined Star Wars for Damian.
So, thank God for small blessings.
***
In related news -- The Lord of the Rings trilogy is better than all six Star Wars movies. I'd like to agree with Damian's comments on that -- the fact that those movies had a solid literary foundation and were filmed by people who loved the story and characters really shows. It's a brilliant, deep, meaningful tale. The Force is a snot rag compared to the magic in Lord of the Rings.
'Nuff said.
Labels: happy, Lord of the Rings, Matrix, Star Wars
posted by Skew | Monday, April 14, 2008
1 Comments:
Well, Tony, I must applaud your Perspective (tm) about The Matrix Trilogy. The average "fan" may write off the last two movies because they would have done things differently, but there is no denying how enjoyable those movies were.
Like you said, who cares if it didn't stand the test of time or become "relevant"- you can always pop in the DVD and enjoy.
The Matrix online community doesn't seem to be that obsessive with their expanded universe, either, since most of the cool backstory is contained within it, and matches the movies.
Star Wars? Star Wars takes itself to seriously.
Back to the Matrix: the first movie REALLY made an impact on the average movie goer, since the Perspective (tm) was so unique, and came out at the right time- modern outfits, directing, and music- everything about it was cool.
Perhaps- PERHAPS- it jumped the shark when The Architect "explained everything" but that same average movie goer had NO IDEA WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
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