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Remember these are potentional SPOILERs!!!!!! dont read ahead

First the main clippings from the fight sequences/action sequences:

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?Keanu is exceptional,? compliments Wo Ping. ?He is a super perfectionist, always dissatisfied with his own performance, even when I think it?s very good! I tried my best to match the level that he was looking for.?

?Training for these two films was probably three times harder than preparing for the first,? admits Reeves, who devoted at least seven hours a day to Kung Fu. ?Neo?s Kung Fu elements and wire work are much more sophisticated.?

?There is no one who is harder on themselves than Keanu,? Moss observes. ?There were times when I would cover my ears and eyes, worried that he was pushing himself too far, but I completely commend and applaud him for going there. He really took his fighting and physicality to a level that I don?t think any American actor has ever done.?

Reeves feels that such ambitious training was the only way to reach the level of technical acuity necessary to achieve the Brothers? vision for the film?s awe-inspiring action. ?Wo Ping, Larry and Andy want the fights to be as spectacular as possible,? he says. ?They love spectacle and they want to entertain. They?re interested in physical contact in both its positive and negative light, in the same way that fire can be destructive and it can also give warmth ? that??The exhilarating Revolutions fight sequences ? the Club Hell Coat Check showdown, Neo?s brutal fight with Bane aboard the Logos, and his do-or-die battle with Agent Smith known as the Super Burly Brawl ? result from a powerful synthesis between the choreographer, the filmmakers and the cast. ?Wo Ping?s style meshes exceptionally well with the Brothers? philosophy in terms of storytelling,? says producer Joel Silver. ?Beyond the obvious antagonist and protagonist combating in a test of physical will, he illustrates the characters? development through the fights. It was in the Dojo Fight in The Matrix that Neo first began to explore his potential, and in Reloaded?s Burly Brawl, he is so challenged by the onslaught of Smiths that he has to elevate himself to a whole new level. In Revolutions, Neo and Smith have increased their abilities to the point that they?re equal in power, and their power is immense.??The Brothers wanted the Super Brawl fight to convey Neo and Smith?s invincibility,? Wo Ping explains. ?I tried to create an energy behind this sequence of these two very different fighters clashing in a battle where both must win but neither can be defeated. Thanks once again to Keanu and Hugo?s perseverance, we were able to achieve that energy in the fight.?

According to Silver, the cinematic payoff is extraordinary. ?The Super Burly Brawl is like the ultimate comic book battle between two superheroes wreaking havoc on the world, which we?ve never witnessed in live action before,? he describes. ?It?s a fantastic experience to watch how the Wachowskis have developed Neo and Smith?s rivalry to this final, incredible resolution in Revolutions.?haFilming the colossally ambitious Super Brawl took eight weeks and required months of preparation for the production team to develop innovative technical equipment to realize the Wachowskis? vision for the bombastic sequence. The script called for the meticulously choreographed contest of will to take place in torrential rain, beginning on a flooded street lined with Agent Smiths, and then rocketing 2,500 feet into the lightning-streaked sky, hurtling in and out of an abandoned skyscraper, and crashing into a massive crater where Neo and Smith?s earth-shattering conflict is finally resolved. Devices were created to produce extra large raindrops that could be lit and seen better than typical ?movie rain.? Though it was impractical to heat the vast amount of water used in the sequence, it was constantly recycled and purified through the rain rigs.

?Shooting the first section of the Super Brawl, where Neo and Smith confront each other in the street in the pouring rain, was fantastic,? enthuses Hugo Weaving, who says he ?trained smarter? for Reloaded and Revolutions to avoid the injuries he suffered while making The Matrix. ?I really love the sensation of being in the rain and I felt very invigorated and energized by it. Then when we got into the crater we were fighting in the mud as well, so it became more difficult.?

Filming the blend of confrontational action and dialogue in the Crater proved to be the most challenging section of the sequence for Weaving. ?The rain was so heavy that it was hard to speak without starting to have bubbles and streams of water running out of your mouth. You couldn?t hear yourself speak, so finding the right tone in that scene was really difficult because I had no notion of what I sounded like.?

The three-deep rows of Agent Smith spectators were simulated via a combination of actor doubles, Smith ?dummies? created by the Art Department and CGI Smiths added by the VFX team. Doubles outfitted in Smith masks stood in the back row and controlled the head movements of two rows of inter-connected dummies, so that every Smith follows the fight action in synchronicity.

To create a realistic sense of weightlessness for the airborne sequence of the Brawl, the Stunt and Martial Arts teams collaborated with Visual Effects and production departments to invent the ?Tuning Forks,? a special rig that enabled the actors and stuntmen to simulate weightlessness while fighting. (Early testing proved it impractical to pursue the initial concept of shooting on a special NASA plane that simulates zero gravity for astronaut training.) This gravity-defying section of the battle was staged in ?the Egg,? a large box-like set enclosed in blue screen where the fighting was shot and later married with a VFX background of the rain-drenched Matrix cityscape.

Numerous other rigs and harnesses were used to achieve all of Revolutions? acrobatic stunts and wire work, including the versatile ?Twisty Belt.? Developed by Martial Arts Coordinator and Reeves? stunt double Chad Stahelski, the Twisty Belt is a harness that allows one to perform fluid multi-directional rotations, such as a back flip into a cartwheel. Another key piece of equipment was the infamous ?Yak rig,? so named because of the performers? tendency to vomit after working in this gyroscope-based device that simulates freefalling.

?Wire work looks easy, but it takes a lot of practice to get used to articulating your body and developing timing between you and the wire team that?s pulling,? notes Stahelski. ?On top of all that, you need to be flexible, you need to be able to kick and punch and you still need the strength to pull your body up into the required positions.?

?It was grueling work, trying to execute the Kung Fu and wire moves in the rain, but Hugo and Chad and the stunt team were incredible,? Reeves says of the painstaking effort that went into perfecting the brutally balletic sequence. (In addition to his work in the Super Brawl, Reeves also performed portions of Neo?s fight with Bane aboard the Logos without the benefit of sight, since the prosthetic makeup used to depict Neo?s eye damage severely limited his vision.)

?Keanu beats himself up on set and he has very high expectations of what the standard of work should be, but he never pressures me or the other actors,? Weaving adds. ?He?s a great listener ? I really love working with him.? Another gravity-defying Revolutions fight sequence designed by Wo Ping takes place in the Club Hell Coat Check, where Trinity, Morpheus and Seraph infiltrate an underground nightclub in the Matrix to confront the Merovingian, who has placed a bounty on each of their heads. A track system was installed on the ceiling of the set to anchor the actors and stunt performers upside down, and the Twisty Belt again provided the range of motion needed to pull off the characters? acrobatic melee. Hundreds of squibs, explosives and breakaway set pieces had to be synchronized with the performers? complex maneuvers.

?When I walked onto the Club Hell set, it reminded me of when Keanu and I shot the Lobby sequence in The Matrix,? recalls Carrie-Anne Moss, who broke her leg while training for Reloaded and Revolutions. ?The pressure to get every move right and be in sync with all the squibs and the explosions was immense. I was nervous about getting back on the wire again after breaking my leg, but Chad and the wire team really helped me out. I wound up nailing a couple of big moves in one take, and got a ?Hurrah!? from the Brothers, which is really rare. Completing the Club Hell sequence was one of the highlights of this project for me.?

?Carrie-Anne?s attitude on these projects has been ?Just tell me what you want me to do and I?ll do it,?? Reeves says admiringly. ?She embodies and lives that, beautifully and inspiringly so.?

?Carrie-Anne is very, very good and I always encouraged her to feel more confident about her ability,? says Wo Ping. ?I also designed an extremely fast, powerful kick for her, which we call the Scorpion Kick. She uses the Scorpion Kick in the opening fight of Reloaded and again in the Club Hell fight in Revolutions. I trained her for over six months just for that one kick. She performed it very, very powerfully, with great precision.?

The Club Hell fight also features Trinity?s signature kick, the Double Eagle, a mighty blow delivered while she?s suspended in mid-air. ?I had to kick this guy and he slams into a wall and gets stuck, and every time I did it I closed my eyes until they said he was okay, because I was so afraid he was going to get a concussion or hurt himself,? Moss says. ?But he just kept doing it and loving it. Stuntmen and stuntwomen are very, very special people.?

?The Club Hell Coat Check fight takes the wire fu concept even further than the Lobby sequence in The Matrix,? Silver suggests. ?It?s exciting to see how we were able to expand and elaborate on the artistry from the first film in this arc that culminates in Revolutions.?

A special hydraulic rig was used in the filming of the Siege on Zion, in which soldiers and volunteers are attacked and eviscerated by throngs of deadly Sentinels. This ?airbike,? typically used to simulate a motorcycle moving in front of green screen, was adapted by the Matrix production to grab, shake and throw stunt performers as if being seized by Sentinel tentacles. (The rig was nicknamed the ?PMS Machine? by the stunt crew, as in ?Please Make it Stop.?)

ycle moving in front of green screen, was adapted by the Matrix production to grab, shake and throw stunt performers as if being seized by Sentinel tentacles. (The rig was nicknamed the ?PMS Machine? by the stunt crew, as in ?Please Make it Stop.?)

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calm down Rad, hahaha /me also runs around and screams:laugh:ugh:

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The Matrix Revolutions : The Final Chapter Revealed

THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS: THE FINAL CHAPTER

In 1999, the Wachowski Brothers and producer Joel Silver unveiled The Matrix, a visionary fusion of brutally elegant action and densely-layered storytelling. The filmmakers not only electrified audiences with audacious visual innovations, they created a provocative action film that ponders the essence of reality and identity, illuminating the choices we must make and the strengths and weaknesses that compel us to make them. The Wachowskis envisioned the epic story they unleashed in The Matrix as a trilogy, and approached the production of the second and third installments as a single film that would be presented in two parts.

With the May 2003 release of the second chapter, The Matrix Reloaded, the writer-directors tunneled deeper into the sprawling saga?s mythology and presented revolutionary new visual effects technology that redefined what is cinematically possible. Driven by furiously breathtaking action sequences, Reloaded elaborated on the first film?s themes of philosophical and technical alienation in the continuation of Neo?s treacherous journey toward greater truth and understanding of his pivotal role in the fate of mankind

To date, The Matrix Reloaded has earned over $735 million in worldwide box office, making it the highest-grossing film of 2003 and the highest-grossing R-rated film in history, both domestically and internationally. Additionally, Reloaded scored the record for the largest single week ever with $158.2 million and reached $150 million in a record-breaking six days domestically; internationally, it is the 10th highest grossing film of all-time, and is the first film in history to gross more than $100 million in a single weekend.

The staggering box office of the first two installments of the trilogy and the vast amount of thought devoted to the examination of the Wachowskis? work is evidence of the extent to which the filmmakers have hacked into the collective consciousness with their provocative and challenging filmmaking. ?They?ve created an epic story, told it in a visionary way that revolutionized entertainment, and created a thinking person?s action trilogy,? observes Matrix producer Joel Silver. ?You can enjoy the films on a purely visceral level, and if you want to go deeper, there are some very profound ideas to consider.?

The Wachowskis believe that at the heart of the Matrix films is the hope of integration ? the synthesis of our finite knowledge of what is with our infinite beliefs of what might be. ?These films explore the search for truth, the cost of knowledge, the quest for understanding our lives and the sacrifices we choose to make,? Keanu Reeves suggests. ?Evolution is another important theme of the trilogy. In the first film, it?s Machines versus humans, who are trying to free themselves from the world of the Matrix where the Machines have enslaved them. In Reloaded and Revolutions, you see the perspective of Machine-created programs trying to hide in the Matrix when they face deletion in the Machine world, while the humans face extinction by the Machines that are trying to destroy Zion. Ultimately, the Machines? survival is threatened as well, and the humans, programs and Machines have to find a way to cooperate to ensure their survival.?

The visual and intellectual concepts that were introduced in The Matrix and further explored in Reloaded culminate in a tour de force of epic action and resolution in the trilogy?s final explosive chapter, The Matrix Revolutions. ?With Revolutions, the Brothers deliver an incredibly powerful payoff to their story,? Silver says. ?They?ve resolved Neo?s journey in a way that is emotional, intelligent, humorous and fun and gives you a true sense of what this concept was all about. It?s very satisfying, yet people will still be driven to analyze and discuss it.?

At the cliffhanger conclusion of The Matrix Reloaded, Neo lies in a comatose state aboard the rebel hovercraft Mjolnir after using his powers to terminate several attacking Sentinels ? an inexplicable feat given that he was not jacked into the Matrix during the deadly confrontation. In Revolutions, Neo learns the truth behind the source of his powers and why he is able to use them in the real world. Reeves sees Neo as ?a lightning rod, a searcher and a witness. In acting out his quest, Neo makes himself available as a conduit for a very powerful energy force, which translates into these extraordinary powers.?

While Neo?s powers have grown exponentially, so too have those of the rapacious Agent Smith ? to the point that he has become a bigger threat to the Machine world that created him than the citizens of Zion who are fighting for survival against the Machine army. Neo realizes that in order to save both Zion and the Machine world from total destruction by Smith, he will have to go farther than he ever imagined. ?It?s the last unknown, it?s the last unanswered question in his journey,? Reeves says. ?He has to see his quest to the end, where it leads to, whatever it takes. That?s why I love Neo. He wants peace and he?s willing to do anything for it.?

Laurence Fishburne recognizes a sense of commitment shared by both actor and character. ?Keanu is unlike anyone I have ever met; he?s a deeply sensitive, keenly intelligent guy,? observes Fishburne. ?He completely dedicated his life to Neo during the making of these films, and it?s been a real joy to walk through this whole amazing experience with him.?

As Neo follows his path to its ultimate conclusion, a disillusioned Morpheus continues to believe that his former student will find a way to end the war, despite the Architect?s startling revelation in Reloaded that the Oracle?s Prophecy may simply be another system of the Machines? control. ?In Revolutions, even more of Morpheus? humanity comes to the surface,? Fishburne reveals. ?Morpheus is still the guy that you will follow because you believe in him and feel safe with him, but he?s not the same formidable figure we met in the first film who seems to know everything. His belief system has been shaken, and in his struggle to come to terms, he becomes more human.?

An equally fierce believer in Neo, Trinity is inspired by their profound connection to follow her own path. ?One of the things that I love so much about Trinity is just her complete and total commitment to the love that she has for Neo and her belief in him, and how their love strengthens her and softens her at the same time,? Carrie-Anne Moss says.

?The Wachowskis have done an incredible job of crafting Neo and Trinity?s relationship,? Silver adds. ?Their connection is such a strong part of the trilogy, especially in Revolutions ? it connects the characters, it connects the story and the films. The love they have for each other is what it?s all about.?

Given a second chance at life at the end of Reloaded, Trinity puts her fate into Neo?s hands once again when she chooses to accompany him to the Machine City. ?Trinity is very proactive, as we know,? Moss says, laughing. ?She isn?t going to be told that she can?t do something, and she?s not going to sit around and wait to see what happens to Neo. So she finds a way to help him.?

Another crucial member of the Zion resistance also chooses to help Neo ? but Niobe?s support is the hard-won result of an inner journey that begins in Reloaded and is depicted in greater detail in the video game Enter the Matrix. ?When we meet Niobe in Reloaded, she doesn?t have faith; she doesn?t believe in anything but herself,? Jada Pinkett Smith says. ?Her ego is a beast and she?s extremely arrogant. Over the course of the story, her faith grows in Neo and in Morpheus, and she begins to surrender to the concept that there is something beyond intellect, beyond logic, beyond her.?

Though Niobe does not believe in the Oracle?s Prophecy, she offers her ship to Neo when he makes his decision to travel to the Machine City in search of peace. As Pinkett Smith sees it, ?Niobe respects Neo and stands by him because of the things he has done and the sacrifices he has chosen to make. She doesn?t believe that he?s the One, but she believes that if anyone can do it, he can.?

Thrust together under life-and-death circumstances, Niobe and Morpheus find that their deep yet distant connection still rings true. ?Niobe was attracted to Commander Lock because he?s smart, but I think her heart is truly with Morpheus,? Pinkett Smith muses. Adds Fishburne: ?The way the Brothers wrote the third act of Revolutions, where Neo and Trinity are ascending while Morpheus and Niobe are descending and the world is coming to a catastrophic end, is truly beautiful and romantic.?

Meanwhile, Agent Smith?s appetite for destruction grows more ravenous as he becomes increasingly more powerful. ?In The Matrix, Smith starts off as a very rigid character with a very strong, defined mission that he has to accomplish,? Hugo Weaving describes. ?During that journey, he starts to feel human feelings. He starts to feel anger and jealousy. He starts to smell things and he starts to have a hint of what it?s like to have humanity inside him. And he hates that. He sees it as a weakness. In Reloaded, he?s accepted these powerful feelings more and more and he starts to relish them. His ego has expanded and he?s quite literally been liberated. In Revolutions, his ego runs rampant ? he has evolved from wanting to be free of the Matrix to trying to take over the world.?

Underneath Smith?s cruel depravity, notes Weaving, ?he?s a very dark character but I?ve always thought he was funny. There were humorous elements to Smith in the first Matrix which seemed to come straight out of Larry and Andy?s character and I loved that they expanded those elements in Reloaded and Revolutions. I enjoyed the experience of playing Smith immensely.?

Because Smith?s ego and power threaten to overwhelm both the real and Machine worlds, the Oracle chooses to help Neo ? a decision that costs her dearly. As it is explained in the video game Enter the Matrix, the Oracle?s appearance (or ?shell?) has been terminated by the vengeful Merovingian, so she takes a new form in Revolutions.

In developing the scripts for Reloaded and Revolutions, the Wachowskis discussed the idea of changing the Oracle?s physical appearance, but decided instead to have actress Gloria Foster reprise her role from The Matrix in the second and third chapters of the trilogy. When Foster passed away after completing her scenes for Reloaded, the Brothers returned to their original idea for the path of the Oracle. ?Gloria was a remarkably talented, charismatic woman,? Silver recalls. ?We are extremely proud that she will always be remembered for delivering two of her finest performances in The Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded. Fate forced the Wachowskis to alter the path of the Oracle to address Gloria?s passing, but they were able to deepen the character?s story as a result and I think it?s very effective.?

?It was wonderful to see the Brothers find a way to honor Gloria?s death and continue growing the story in their changing of the script,? Moss agrees.

The filmmakers cast respected stage and screen actress Mary Alice (Oz) to play the Oracle in her new form. ?I?m not a big science fiction fan, but there is something in the Matrix films that I find very spiritual,? says Alice, who starred opposite Foster in the Broadway play Having Our Say in 1995, playing sisters who live to be over 100. ?My life has changed from being in it.?

?Mary Alice came in and did an amazing job of presenting a living, breathing Oracle,? says Fishburne, who portrayed Alice?s son in a play they performed in together in New York when he was ten years old.

Zee, a citizen of Zion who plays a crucial role in the defense of the city against the Machines? relentless siege, has even more at stake than most: she lost both of her brothers, Tank and Dozer (key members of Morpheus? crew in The Matrix), to the war with the Machines, and her boyfriend Link has put his life on the line to serve as Morpheus? operator. ?Zee is strong and determined to accomplish what needs to be done without letting fear get in her way,? says Nona Gaye. ?She feels very protective of Zion, and Link is all she?s got left. She wants to make sure that they can have a life together.?

Completing the main cast of The Matrix Revolutions are Lambert Wilson as the Merovingian; Monica Bellucci as Persephone; Harold Perrineau as Link; Harry Lennix as Commander Lock; Collin Chou as Seraph; Nathaniel Lees as Mifune, leader of the APU Corps; Clayton Watson as the Kid; Tanveer Atwal as Sati, a girl Neo encounters at the Mobil Avenue Train Station; Bernard White as Sati?s father, Rama; Bruce Spence as the Trainman, who controls all travel between the Matrix and the Machine world; Ian Bliss as Bane, the treacherous hovercraft crewmember inhabited by Agent Smith; David Roberts as Roland, captain of the Mjolnir; Anthony Wong as Ghost, Niobe?s first mate; and Anthony Zerbe as Councillor Hamman.

Reflecting back on the journey he began in the winter of 1997, when he started training for the role of Neo in The Matrix, Reeves appreciates the challenges posed by the Wachowskis and their ambitious story. ?I love working with Larry and Andrew, I respect the opportunities they gave me and I respect the ideas and the imagination in this beautiful story,? Reeves says. ?Everyone involved with these films was asked to do their very best, and it was challenging, but that?s what makes it really good ? rolling up your sleeves and trying to realize this dream. How can you not be excited by the opportunity to hopefully do the best work that you might ever get the chance to do in your creative life??

?For me, the experience of making these films has been transforming,? says Moss. ?I?ve learned so much about myself, about life and work. It?s wonderful to be so committed to a project, and to be in a trilogy of films about conviction, having faith and fighting for what you believe in.?

Jada Pinkett Smith was similarly inspired by her Matrix experience. ?It?s been fun because I got to play my alter ego to the hilt,? she says with a laugh, ?and I?ve really learned a lot about myself through Niobe. Working on these films has really helped me strengthen my faith. I?ve done a lot of research and reading in my own internal journey of trying to deepen my roots as far as faith is concerned, and these movies were a big part of that process.?

When he considers his key role in the trilogy as Morpheus, the man whose unwavering faith provides the catalyst to Neo?s journey as the One, ?I don?t think it?s an accident that I?m a part of this; I think it was perhaps a part of my destiny,? Fishburne says thoughtfully. ?I love Morpheus. He?s probably the character I will be most remembered for. And everyone that I spent time with making these films will be part of who I am for the rest of my life.?

For Silver, who produced the blockbuster Die Hard and Lethal Weapon series, in addition to an impressive array of hit films, the Matrix trilogy ?closes a chapter in filmmaking for me. It?s been an incredible adventure. The monumental undertaking of making these pictures was as full of drama, thrills and excitement as the movies themselves. Like everyone involved, I devoted a big part of my life to this incredible saga, and I?ll miss it.?

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?The Brothers wanted the Super Brawl fight to convey Neo and Smith?s invincibility,? Wo Ping explains. ?I tried to create an energy behind this sequence of these two very different fighters clashing in a battle where both must win but neither can be defeated. Thanks once again to Keanu and Hugo?s perseverance, we were able to achieve that energy in the fight.? ght.?

That was the single biggest mistake they made on Reloaded, and Revolutions too. Nobody likes an invincible hero. I hope Revolutions doesn't sound as cheesy as these production notes make it sound like... reserving judgement until I see it.

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ur soooo in the minority, neo was the invincible and powerful one in reloaded while smith was invincible but weak, in revolutions the ONE smith will be as powerful as neo and neo will be as powerful as smith. if you were ever into comic book heroes ull know wat im talking about. just imagine the intensity of the theatre watcher going when neo makes his hand into a punch followed by smiths hand into a punch, they both start running towards each other and each of thier feet running movement is choreographed as they charge towards each other like in the Matrix 1 lobby scene when Neo went gun crazy

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God I can't wait for this film!!! It sounds awesome!! :)

Who wants to place bets for highest grossing movie at the box office, of all time?? :D

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ur soooo in the minority, neo was the invincible and powerful one in reloaded while smith was invincible but weak, in revolutions the ONE smith will be as powerful as neo and neo will be as powerful as smith. if you were ever into comic book heroes ull know wat im talking about. just imagine the intensity of the theatre watcher going when neo makes his hand into a punch followed by smiths hand into a punch, they both start running towards each other and each of thier feet running movement is choreographed as they charge towards each other like in the Matrix 1 lobby scene when Neo went gun crazy

Well, we'll see. I couldn't care less whether I'm in the minority or not; and I know I'm not alone in thinking there was a marked drop in quality between the first (brilliant) film and Reloaded.

Hopefully there'll be scenes half as cool as the lobby scene in Revolutions. :D If so, then it'll rock. I just hope they don't pull a "let's just fly away..." stunt on us again. Half the theatre cracked up when Neo took off after the Burly Brawl. Maybe it's a Kiwi thing.

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Well, we'll see. I couldn't care less whether I'm in the minority or not; and I know I'm not alone in thinking there was a marked drop in quality between the first (brilliant) film and Reloaded.

Hopefully there'll be scenes half as cool as the lobby scene in Revolutions. :D If so, then it'll rock. I just hope they don't pull a "let's just fly away..." stunt on us again. Half the theatre cracked up when Neo took off after the Burly Brawl. Maybe it's a Kiwi thing.

there was no drop in marked quality in the action scenes because people didnt appreciete virtual cinematography created by Gaeta, which is the closest to human to CGI that movie making has brought to tht screen. the story cannot be judged because its half a movie

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Well this is truly one of the movies I really wanted to watch towards the end of this year...well I just can't wait any longer...let's see in less than a month this movie will blow everyone :yes: ;) (Y)

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new Info released: I am posting my favourite parts:

In the virtual cinema that fortifies the Super Burly Brawl, an unfettered camera follows Neo and Agent Smith as their furious battle escalates from an earth-shattering exchange of blows to a soaring sky-high smackdown. Virtual cinema also makes it possible to depict in unprecedented detail the surreal final impact of Neo?s fist colliding with Agent Smith?s face, creating an impossible event captured at impossible camera angles as the action shifts between super slow motion and supersonic speed. This moment aspires to be the most photo-real, dynamically moving computer generated close-up of a human face ever created to date. (To commemorate this achievement, the Wachowski Brothers and Joel Silver had three-dimensional sculptures of the dramatic final result crafted into bronze medallions, which will be given to guests at each of the three Revolutions premieres in Los Angeles, Sydney and Tokyo.)
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That was the single biggest mistake they made on Reloaded, and Revolutions too. Nobody likes an invincible hero. I hope Revolutions doesn't sound as cheesy as these production notes make it sound like... reserving judgement until I see it.

I agree. I am actually a little worried about seeing Revolutions now as it has been such a big thing and I am looking forward to it so much that it could so easily be crap :(

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