Poll: What do you think about the Matrix series??

[Xvito]

The first was great, the second was better, the third was a step down.

The Animatrix, particularly Detective Story was excellent.

I watched the Animatrix. I was never so confused in my entire life. @_@

Clearly you've never seen 12 Monkeys.

That movie wasn't confusing. At least not in my opinion, maybe you watched the "confusing-edition". I heard it's a lot more confusing.

Also, The Matrix is awesome! Animatrix was pretty good (surprisingly). The others were horrible.

 

[scnj]

That movie wasn't confusing. At least not in my opinion, maybe you watched the "confusing-edition". I heard it's a lot more confusing.

The amount of times you said confusing there was confusing.

 

[Lord George]

For me it has gone

The Matrix: OMG11!!! HE CAN FLY, AND DOGE AND THERE IN A COMPUTER? COOL.

Reloaded: Awesome he's like superman, and theres still AWESOME KUNG FU AND WEIRD CHARACTERS, but it does drag on with stupid crap in the real world.

Revolution: wait there's just more real world crap and bad CGI robots, all the imaginations gone where's the action and kung fu I should have gone and seen something better.

 

[Starnerf]

I like how you don't offer the "the 2nd and 3rd were good but the 1st sucked" option. This was a well thought out poll. I liked the first and the Animatrix. The 2nd and 3rd were just alright.

 

[Jedoro]

I enjoyed all three. Not all were as good as the first, but they were at least decent

 

[Avaholic03]

The first one set the bar too high, and the 2nd and 3rd fell well short. Neither sequel was what I call "bad", but they just lacked the "pop" of the first one.

 

[tehroc]

I liked all 3. Though the story went one a different tangent in the 2nd and 3rd films. The original Matrix seemed to have a most buddhist-centric theme about reality is just how you perceive it, while the 2nd and 3rd films were a more christian-centric theme of the quest for the Holy Grail. The 2nd and 3rd films contained a very high amount of symbolism, and thus went over the heads of the general populace.

 

[NapalmBob]

If you approach the Matrix trilogy like you would approach any summer action movie, then of course you will be disappointed and a little confused. The first movie was mad as an introduction to the world of The Matrix and as an action blockbuster. Revolutions is more like a war movie. Reloaded is like any decent cyberpunk anime (think Ghost In The Shell). This is why people generally like the first one the most: it didn't rely on knowing anything about The Matrix like the other two, and it took more of a blockbuster approach, which the other two don't.

Here's a nice little link explaining one mans view of the trilogy, well worth the read:
http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/movie/essays/understanding-the-matrix-trilogy-from-a-man-machine-interface-perspective/#comments

 

[Erja_Perttu]

Loved the original Matrix movie, one of the first films I ever got on DVD, but reloaded put me off so much that I've yet to watch Revolutions. As with the second Star Wars trilogy, I loathed the second one so much I have yet to watch the full series.

 

[MarcusD357]

after the first one, it wasn't as original and it didn't give the same effect as the blast of action you got from the first one.
personally, i think reloaded was a let down but i didn't mind revolutions.
all in all, 1st and 3rd good, 2nd bad

 

[celticrockgod]

Loved the original Matrix movie, one of the first films I ever got on DVD, but reloaded put me off so much that I've yet to watch Revolutions. As with the second Star Wars trilogy, I loathed the second one so much I have yet to watch the full series.

I completely agree there. Reloaded was too fractured and all over the place. As for star wars, i actually saw Revenge of the Sith before i saw Clone wars, otherwise i would have been just as put off with that one..

 

[XJ-0461]

1st: Pretty good, if a bit wordy.
2nd: Kind of harder to follow, but the fights looked cool.
3rd: The plot made no sense at all, and the fights weren't that good either.

 

[Jurassic Rob]

First film was awesome and groundbreaking. To and three were pretty shit. The whole bible thing turned me off them for good!

Not being a fan of anime, I quite liked the animatrix.

 

[Sick boy]

I think the poll is correct, they all fail except for the first one, the second was bareable to watch though.