Out of curiosity I finally sat down and watched The Matrix: Reloaded and tomorrow will watch Revolutions. Until last night my entire understanding of the sequels was based upon xkcd:566: Matrix Revisited (below) which joked that the sequels were absolute ****e.

http://i.imgur.com/61WQD03.png

My girlfriend, however swore that the sequels outshine the first film in their deeper exploration of the mythos behind the saga. And you know what? She was RIGHT.

At the conclusion of Revolutions, I made the spontaneous decision to watch the PBS 6-part documentary series featuring Bill Moyers' interviews with Joseph Campbell titled, The Power of Myth for a greater understanding of the recurring monomyth depicted in The Matrix and in countless stories and films from the earliest days to the present.

http://i.imgur.com/hOtTGmu.jpg

If I enjoy the series as much as I anticipate, I'll likely order a copy of Campbell's seminal work, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, which I suspect is a standard text for all media and film studies students.

I'm looking forward to it!

I think I was 10 when I saw the second Matrix movie and I hated it because I was so confused. Maybe I should return to it, especially considering if I had seen a film like Prometheus at that age I would have the same feelings.

Chula's new avatar is creepy.

I agree that The Matrix: Reloaded and Revolutions get an unnecessary amount of flak. I do like the first one the most, but I don't hate the sequels.

Yeah, wow.

ETA: So is DWV's, though I think that's in reference to Chula's.

The only redeeming quality of the 2nd Matrix movie was Monica Bellucci.

Yeah and even then if you want to see her tits you can just watch Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001).

Run All Night



Leave your brains at the door and just enjoy. The scenes with Neeson and Harris are worth the price of admission alone.

Watching it right now. Forgettable, but quite entertaining so far. And yeah, Neeson and Harris are great here.

Well after the complete joke that was Poltergeist I was really hoping Insidious Chapter 3 would be a good horror movie to give me some nice early summer scares.

I was not disappointed, in fact my decently high expectations were exceeded. That was a fucking excellent horror film and perhaps the best of the whole series so far. The new "demon" villain was extremely creepy and the whole thing was very well executed. Highly recommended for any other horror movie fanatics like me