Watching Movies: THE MATRIX RELOADED
May 16th, 2003
(What the critics have to say about the screenwriting for new releases:)
"But the mastery of filmmaking hasn't abated in "Reloaded." The writing and directing tandem of Larry and Andy Wachowski are as suited to the task of guiding this film as Neo is to saving the world from the onslaught of the Sentinels, computer emissaries bent on eliminating all vestiges of humanity. Their relentless love of movies, junk-food mythology and thoughtful reimagining of a future endangered by mass consumption and proliferation of pleasure to the point of soullessness makes for a heady and unusual mix." -- ELVIS MITCHELL, NY Times
"Andy and Larry Wachowski don't feel the need to remind anyone of what the Matrix is ("the real world" as nothing more than a virtual-reality program constructed by enslaving machines) or to engage us in any of the characters anew." -- Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune
"Part of the fun is becoming an expert in the deep meaning of shallow pop mythology; there is something refreshingly ironic about becoming an authority on the transient extrusions of mass culture, and Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) now joins Obi-Wan Kenobi as the Plato of our age." -- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times
"But the mastery of filmmaking hasn't abated in "Reloaded." The writing and directing tandem of Larry and Andy Wachowski are as suited to the task of guiding this film as Neo is to saving the world from the onslaught of the Sentinels, computer emissaries bent on eliminating all vestiges of humanity. Their relentless love of movies, junk-food mythology and thoughtful reimagining of a future endangered by mass consumption and proliferation of pleasure to the point of soullessness makes for a heady and unusual mix." -- ELVIS MITCHELL, NY Times
"Andy and Larry Wachowski don't feel the need to remind anyone of what the Matrix is ("the real world" as nothing more than a virtual-reality program constructed by enslaving machines) or to engage us in any of the characters anew." -- Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune
"Part of the fun is becoming an expert in the deep meaning of shallow pop mythology; there is something refreshingly ironic about becoming an authority on the transient extrusions of mass culture, and Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) now joins Obi-Wan Kenobi as the Plato of our age." -- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times
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