I recently watched the films again. And I like all the three films. But I do think the sequels don’t come even close to the original. It’s not that I don’t like Reloaded and Revolutions, but they are definitely FAR from working for me as well as the first one.

About people who don’t like the saga at all, I think that probably all the exagerated action and special effects and weird looking stuff… well yeah, that probably drives a lot of audience away. And distracts them from the fact that the films deal some pretty heavy stuff.

Still, I didn’t get from the sequels the same feeling that I got from the first one.

Reloaded… man, doesn’t that film feel like a really big action sequence? They just never stop fighting. Look, I like action films, but it’s just too much. They just NEVER stop fighting. And when they do stop, stuff starts exploding. It’s not like I don’t like to see Neo fighting thousands of Smith… but the whole film? Look, I’m not in the same page of tight-ass critics that won’t enjoy a film because it’s not groundbreaking or something like that. I enjoy the film. But if I have to draw the line on what I consider a great film, probably Reloaded doesn’t go in there. I think The Matrix used action in better ways. About the plot, it develops on the story of the Chosen One, all the previous Sions and Chosen Ones, and starts what will be the main complication on Revolutions. There’s a conversation towards the end between Neo and the architect of the Matrix, and a lot about predestination, an idea which I’m not too fond with. Probably the most interesting thing for me is how it treats the programs that aren’t inclined to either side, and have no purpose but just want to continue existing. Existential dilemma and all that. Oh yeah, the Oracle is a control measure, and Smith can burn himself into a person’s brain; I don’t mind that. I like the film, but it just doesn’t work that well for me as the original.

Revolutions, well, that has a bunch of “real life” action, with machines and shooting and a general turned into a bloddy mess, all that good stuff. Neo can blow up stuff outside of the Matrix, the Matrix is becoming Smithland and all that. Action, action, action, and then we’re ending the film. Trinity dies, sad moment. The robots need Neo, Neo needs the robots not to kill everyone. Unspoken deal, and Neo is to fight Smith. They fight. Predestination talk. Both die, robots make peace with humans. The end is about non-predestination, you know, stuff didn’t go acording to the plan, that’s cool. But I still didn’t get what I got from the first film. Still, I don’t mock the films. They’re good films. But there’s no way I can compare them to the the original. So there goes the first film:

I think original The Matrix is a really amazing film, I mean, really, really good. I like all kinds of films, I can enjoy a movie that isn’t that deep but just fun… but this isn’t that kind of film. It is one of my favorite movies of all time. Fight Club is another one. And why is that? Because they are about going agaist what is imposed to you by a supposedly higher self-proclaimed self-righteous power. You know, about For me, it has some pretty deep shit in it. And a great thing is, you can take the Matrix it as a metaphor for whatever you want, whatever it means to you; what it is for you will relate to who you are, what you are, what you like and don’t like, and what you do or don’t do, what you’re proud of and what you regret. So if you look at it like that, you can come up with what the movie is about for YOU. That’s kinda cool. When I watch the other two, I don’t get that feeling. I just feel like I’m watching a really cool story but that I can’t interpret, it’s all very explained you know?

For me it isn’t about Zion, or machines, or a guy named Neo. It’s about our world, about mental slavery. I like the whole film, of course; I even like the slowmotion-shooting-dodge-jumping-punching-exploding action. But I think the best of the film is in the first 50 minutes. Morpheus speech when Neo first meets him, the speech that Neo’s boss gives about doing what you’re supposed to do, Smith’s little speech in the interrogation room about, well, about pretty much the same thing. The way Neo reacts in the beggining, not accepting that the world sucks, not liking what he sees. I also like the Cypher character, he kind of serves as a show of how people prefer looking the other way. That’s where the best in the film is for me. When the film ends, it’s not about Neo unplugging people from people-farms that serve as batteries for the machines, but about telling YOU “Come on man, unplug yourself from daily drudgery, get drunk, quit your job, set your car on fire, grab a baseball bat and go wailing on your TV, punch Donald Trump in the face”, you know? Do whatever you want, stop doing what your supposed to do. There’s a world of possibilities is out there. Stop whinning, you know?

I don’t say any of this because most people think that way or anything. It’s a genuine opinion.

I really enjoyed living through the journey of Raven Locks Smith. I just can’t find the right words to say about this game… it is just.. wonderful.
Thank you again, and good luck for your future projects.

Congratulations Jonas, congratulations Verena on a much deserved (and much delayed) victory!

Excellent news, just excellent.

Thank you.

Your games have touched me in many ways over the years, and I’m glad to have been there to see so much of this happen.

Congratulations, man. Keep it up.