The Speculist

A Film Even Better than "The Matrix Reloaded"

I saw the Matrix Revolutions the other night. Thought it was okay, better than the second. I'm not too upset by the quality of the sequels, I guess, because I never thought The Matrix was all that great anyway.

I know. Blasphemy.

I just always thought it was an intriguing premise (kind of dumb, but I could have bought into it) burdened by too much gunplay, kung fu, and patent leather. My favorite characters in the series are the Oracle and the Guy with the Keys. In his review of Revolutions, Lileks captures the essence of the Oracle:

Are these cookies for me, Oracle?

I think you know.

No – seriously, are you saving them for someone? Because you said you had company coming over later, and I don’t want to take them if you’d intended them for someone else, so -

You don’t know what you want to do, child. Look at you, all serious now. Lawd. But sometimes we do things we want to do, not knowing what we don’t think we shouldn't.

I - I don’t understand.

Neither do I. I wish I could tell you, Neo. I wish the script was better. But it’s not. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to look away and smoke somewhat unconvincingly.

Yep. That's her.