Matrix: Revolutions

[Melody]

Still on my Matrix high, and wanting to see it again on Monday...
(Monday because I hate full theatres when I go alone)


Annemehr:
>Oh, thanks a *lot,* Melody!
>I foolishly procrastinated watching the first Matrix on DVD, so that
>I missed Matrix Reloaded in the theaters. Now I have to rent *two*
>DVDs and somehow find the time to go to the movies...

See, at first I did not like the first Matrix, but my brother and
boyfriend were very persistant in showing me how it was so great.  I
then went to see Matrix: Reloaded and *loved it*.  LOVED IT.  I saw it
four times in the first week it was out.  It just arched so well, and
Trinity kicks so intense ass.  Plus I like the the script.  But
underneath it all, there was a crafty plan in action, and I am a
sucker for a crafty, unshown at first plan.  ::whistling innocently::

So first: you must watch the first two before seeing this one.  Only
way you will knwo what the hell is going on.  

Second: Do except to have to think a lot to follow it all.  It does
get very philosophical, and I think most of the fun, for me, was
trying to follow it as quickly as it came.  


Nox wrote:
><lol!> All I could say after the second one was "Huh?" I *loved* the
>first Matirx movie, but the second just kind of went *whoosh!* right
>over my head.  I hope I 'get' this last one...

Errr...well.  It is not quite as complicated, but I understood the
second one.  And what parts I had questions, I asked those that knew
all the techno stuff.  This time I did not need an explanation for
that, so it might be easier to follow.  But it does seem as thick as
Reloaded.  Which is why I liked it acutally.


Annemehr wrote:
>Wait! Sobered? Melancholy? Harry Potter?
>
>Oh, I hope not. I agree with you on the non-cheesy part (and I do
>have high hopes), but I was sort of hoping for something more like --
>Peace. Balm for the spirit. Ummm...

-and-
 
> Jen: 
> You can't leave us hanging!! Are you going to post your imagined HP 
> ending later, for those of us who aren't following the Matrix 
> movies? (Yes, I know hard to believe there's someone out there who 
> doesn't care <grin>). I'm having a hard time imagining any HP ending 
> that will satisfy me at the moment.

Well....it is kind of hard to draw this parallel without giving away
major spoilers.  

See what I meant is that it is not a hero/bad guy story.  You identify
the hero at point A in the plot.  YOu identify the crisis at point B.
 Conflict C and D happens, then finally battle E happens with hero
defeating bad guy and saving the world.  Yes, those movies have thier
place, and I do enjoy then when I am in the mood for the need of faith
that good triumphs over evil because it is good...

-BUT-

What made this ending reflect in me how I want Harry Potter to end is
that I do not want a typical ending with Harry Potter.  I want
something that does saving the world, but deep down twists the mind
into seeing that there are ways to get things that are not typical,
and sacrifices made that are beyond just doing good.  Everything is
not done because their choices are good and the others are bad. 
Sometimes you must work around things to make other things happen.  

Oh dear, I am confusing myself.

Just.  Sometimes when you think something is some way, and you are
taught some things should be that way and thus good, it actually does
not make it good nor does the opposite view mean it is bad.  Sometimes
the fact war ends just makes life good no matter the conclusion.

Now, honestly I did not give anthing away there.  I promise, but I
want Harry Potter to end with a nice solid conclusion but with my
heart and mind still turning and pondering how it all was
accomplished.  Where each step happened.  How each decision could have
changed everything and yet happened perfectly.  Choices are a *big*
part of the Matrix, and I firmly belive that in Harry Potter as well.
 I think that is why MDDT emphasizes that Harry is not a puppet.  It
is our choices that make us human and creates good plots with
possibility  and debate after.

Ok, I need to get off my wondering down a path box.  But, I hope I
explained a bit better here without revealing too much.


Melody