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Originally Posted by Taxi
Yes, but the REAL question that I think Astrakan is getting at, is does Revolutions make The Matrix a worse movie? If you don't like Reloaded or Revolutions, then does that mean you won't watch the original anymore?
Personally, that seems odd to me.  |
That's the great question of this thread, ya.
And IMO, such a colossally bad movie like Revolutions (which completely sacrificed what the first 1 (and part of 2) were good at and replaced it with a GIANT MECHA BATTLE against hundreds of thousands of overpowered robots) DOES affect the first great movie.
It doesn't change what frames were in the first movie, but it taints the first great movie's promise in a way that the dreck like Highlander 2 et al doesn't.
Because The MAtrix' sheer coolness was partially a result of the great world they created, and the PROMISE of more great story there, Matrix Revolutions' complete inability to deliver on any of the promise of the world it created does degrade the original in a unique way that is rare for sequels.
If the Matrix sequels had not DIRECTLY continued the storyline from the first movie, this wouldn't be so pronounced.