alexander.stroeck

I comment very seldom on movies at the IMDb, but I tell you folks: Believe all the bad reviews you find in here! This movie is so badly written and contains so many dull predictable scenes - the longer you watch it the more you start asking yourself: Where is the suspense? Will there be any scary scenes? Why do all the characters act in the most stupid way to find a solution for a problem? Shame on me that, I believed the qoutes on the DVD-Box: "This is the future of horror movies! (Quentin Tarantino).

I fell in this trap and bought the piece for a nice horror movie evening as I do it once in a while. But I didn't see a bigger crap since months. Spare your money and keep off.

The thin red line of seriousness.

After all these enthusiastic comments I feel the necessity to

support the viewers who disliked this movie. I'm mid 30 and I've

seen a whole lot of action - and especially war films. But sorry

guys - this was a real stinker. I was looking forward for Sean Penn

and John Cusack, but they all spoke these badly written dialogs of

significance and unbelievable importance. Was is meant as

serious poetry comes to me as sticky kitschy attempts to produce

"the other", the sensitive war movie. The music supports this -

sorry- cheapness. Well, understand me right: From early

black/white to arthouse and from John Woo to Woody Allen - I like

a big range of films. I'm a friend of looong epic movies and I do not

need hammer action at all to call a good movie a good movie, but I

need more than 5 or 6 good written scenes to fill such a long film

with REAL drama. As some guys mentioned before, I too could not

care much for the characters - although the acting was fine as

expected (Koteas! Nolte! Penn). It's badly written (perfect for enemies of meaningful off-voices!). But

it's up to you to give it a try anyway. Do NOT expect a classic

masterpiece (like Apocalypse Now or Full Metal Jacket). 6/10

Can you hear my sigh? 1) Matrix had all the potential. With a little more intelligence in storytelling this state of the art & style movie could have been the younger brother of masterpieces like Blade Runner or Alien. I cared for the characters and I enjoyed all the speed and the eye candy. This first one had a story to tell. 2) Matrix Reloaded still has this stylish green/grey/black look and the more than usual styled costumes. And receive my respect for the highway scenes and the scenes around Miss Bellucci and her guy (these scenes deliver the rare humour and oneliners of the movie). Fine. But to be honest: Did YOU realy care for anyone in this movie? What about those faceless and lost crowd of beauties dancing in the middle of the earth (Zion)? They laid a portion of pathos over it and lost all the impact of the powerful soundtrack in part 1! Why didn't they spent one of those billions for FX just in a clever screenplay? Aren't you seeking for something MORE in a movie - guys, whats wrong with a thrilling story inbetween all those playstation levels they offered to us viewers? Well after all this one is only slightly better than the truely terrible Star Wars 2 (Hey! - and I'm still a huge SciFi fan!). Of course we'll all watch part three - just to know how it ends. But the magic of part one is truely gone.