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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Retarded
It's like somebody threw a bunch of comic books into a blender, pulled them out piece by piece and said: "I wonder if I can make a movie out of this? Never mind making sense, just connecting the parts in a more-less coherent way would be a notable task. And if we can sucker some half-decent actors into it, this movie can actually make some money, because teenagers will be pissing steam from all the pretty faces and any kind of a futuristic story"
The person who suggested this movie to me tried to fall asleep in the middle of it in an attempt to avoid the torture. I felt I had to wake him up and make him watch as a punishment.
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Not impressed
I am not impressed by Matrix Reloaded. Fight sequences are too long, too monotonous and too artificial. Acting is almost non-existent, with the exception of Laurence Fishburne ("Morpheus") and a couple of minor characters, even Hugo Weaving ("Agent Smith") is not as amusing as before. Mass shots of discoteque in Zion look almost identical to same in "XXX", superimposition of Neo's love scene seems overextended and barely necessary altogether. Certain scenes look like they were done for director's amusement, but, unfortunately, fail to do so for the audience. Regardless of how many times a cause-affect relationship is mentioned during the film tracing such through the story itself might cause a hemorrhage, better just relax and accept things as they are.
Overall, the movie was somewhat entertaining, special effects, a few minor surprises, some nice visuals and other eye-candy stuff. Having paid US$5.75 for the privilege I figured I overpaid only about US$1.75, which is not too bad. I do not regret having seen it, but for 4 bucks this movie would be right on the money.
On the light side: Matrix is apparently running on a UNIX-based system with network connectivity secured by SSH. Make your bets whether we'll see Solaris, HP-UX or Linux logo in the next sequel.