More, but not really better than the first one. More characters, more blood, more fights, more of everything. It missed some editing and purpose. I missed the contrast between the quiet, everyday life scenes and the action from the first one. It made the action really stand out.
Too many groups, and too many forgettable characters. I still remember every main character in the first one, and what was their role. Here, not so much. The main character was fine but not that much in the story at all. . I did enjoy the fights, with some really cool shots. Not that much the shitty CGI in a few parts, especially the car crashes looked bad.
The bad guys also lost all their cool compared to the first one. They should have resurrected Mr. Choi. He was soo good. Not sure why they felt the need for English-speaking characters, Especially Tom was just annoying.
Actually, the worst thing about the whole movie was the billboard in the middle of nowhere. It felt so out of place. Why was it there? Did I miss something?
Still, the fights, most of the characters, and the gore were enjoyable enough, for me to look forward to part 3.
Easy to recommend. Really enjoyed this one, even though zombie shows are not my thing. Interesting story, where things are explained, likable characters played well by actors who are not that older, so they quite fit, no annoying characters, and they even behave rationally most of the time. The survival aspect is a bit toned down, and the show focuses more on the individual characters, but that is a plus here. Also, the camera work was really good, I especially liked the long continuous shots in a few of the episodes. And there even is an ending to the story shown, even though they left a door open for a season 2
There are only a few things I did not like, and they all were in the way the story was written. I did not like the fakeouts (showing something happening and they in the next episode you find out that nothing really happened), the perfect timings (people and events miss each other by seconds all the time), and repeating situations (for instance, almost unlocking a door, and then something happens to stop the character. But this is probably mostly due to limited locations). Also, some characters are underused, and some are really randomly killed.
Compared to that thing from 2016 this was great. Fitting effects, nice cinematography, decent acting, a bit too long with nothing happening for most of it with OK story. But overall I don't get who this movie is for.
They made a kid's movie, I would guess the target audience is around 12 years old, for kids that are nostalgic about a movie from 1984. It's full of "do you remember this?" moments. I don't know if they did not notice, but there are no kids like that. I felt nostalgic, I was a kid in the 80s, but that's all. The best part was the 5 minutes with the original cast, and that's just not enough.
Also, I wonder, are there no smart people in Hollywood? Based on how they portray them in movies, not just this one, I think the writers, never ever met a single smart person. Just based on this movie, smart people are people that own a thesaurus, have the gift of clairvoyance (nice example here, I never seen anything like this, but immediately know how it works and how to repair it) and usually behave like total idiots. Also, they like to use the word science all the time. I don't think they know what it means.
I did not expect much, and that's what I got. Neo and Trinity were mostly great, everything else was just horrible
The story was mostly ok, nothing special. Too many flashbacks.
The effects are worse than in the first Matrix from 22 years ago
The fight choreography is just bad, no feeling of impact anywhere
The crew feels like a bunch of drama students in matrix cosplay
Morpheus was changed into a joke, the character was completely destroyed
Smith is very creepy, the whole essence of the character is gone
The Analyst is totally miscast.
You would fear the agents in other movies, here they mean nothing.
The movie could have been easily cut down to 90 minutes without losing anything. Just bloated
The movie lacks style. When you see a scene from the Matrix or even the sequels, you can see and feel the overflowing of style.
There is nothing like that here. They lost it completely.
I feel like behind the first Matrix, there was a vision. Vision to make something new, unique. And they were successful. Here they also had a vision. A vision of quick easy money earned through nostalgia. Nothing else.
After a while, I actually started to wonder. Did the Watchkowskis really make the first Matrix? The difference in quality is just so huge here.
