The Matrix Reloaded

MickeyMoose15

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I just thought I would get this posted right away before other people posted a thread. I am so excited about this film but I thought The Matrix (the original) was okay. Then again, I saw the film a year or two after it came out and by that time, the stunts had been parodied so much that I just looked at the film and said, "Okay, so what?". But I am going to rent the film on DVD from Blockbuster this weekend and give it another chance before I see The Matrix Reloaded.

I am looking more forward to seeing this film because of who I am seeing with. I couldn't get tickets for May 14th but May 17th is just as good, I guess. Anyway ... There is friend of mine, Mary, who is part of a project group for Combined (Advanced American Literature/U.S. History). A week before Easter, I began to notice her a little more and we talked a lot more together. I had thought about this over Easter break and I finally got the nerve to ask her out and she was sure. We have been talking a lot online (Yahoo! Instant Messanger), at school and at project group meetings. So we are seeing the movie together on the 17th, which is great. Do any of you out there go to a movie every once in awhile by yourself and see this couples and feel pretty alone. That was me for awhile. Not that going to the movies by yourself is bad but it does get lonely every once in awhile.

Hope you all are looking as forward to this film as I am. I will post any updates to the film here as they come to me.

Enjoy!!!
 

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MajinBuu

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I've been looking forward to the sequels since before i even knew about WDWMagic!!!

The Twins (see avatar if you dont know about them yet.) and Agent Smith (i was hoping he would be back!!!) are gonna kick ...!!!!
 
DMC-12

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I am geeked about the movie to (see my avatar) :lol:

(I read the script treatment about a year and a half ago... but that just made me wanna see it more)

The thing I really wanna see is the chase scene on the expressway with the Caddy CTS. :D

So, Revolutions will be out in August then right...? I remember hearing August or around this Thanksgiving. :confused:
 
MajinBuu

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Originally posted by DMC-12
I am geeked about the movie to (see my avatar) :lol:

(I read the script treatment about a year and a half ago... but that just made me wanna see it more)

The thing I really wanna see is the chase scene on the expressway with the Caddy CTS. :D

So, Revolutions will be out in August then right...? I remember hearing August or around this Thanksgiving. :confused:
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I've heard November.

I've heard that Revolutions will have a 15 minute helicopter scene in which Sydney, Austrailia had to be shut down completly (in real life!!!!) in case anything went wrong while filming. Thats what I'm waiting for!!!!

Oh, and I just got home from buying the soundtrack. I'm listening to it RIGHT NOW!!! All I have to say is: if the soundtrack is set to the events in the movie... THIS WILL BE ONE HELL OF A MOVIE!!!!!!!
 
MKCustodial

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You know, Julia also saw the original a long time after it was out, so she didn't feel anything for it because, as she said it, "she had seen all of that everywhere else". For the new one, she saw the preview before X2, and now she's totally psyched! :lol:

Anyways, it certainly looks great, and I don't think many people will be able to parody it any time soon. It only opens down here one week after you (23rd), so we still have a little wait...

On the other hand, we get to see Halloween: Resurrection next week! Talk about hot out of the oven, huh? :rolleyes: :brick:
 
MickeyMoose15

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The Matrix Revolutions opens on November 5th. Disney's Brother Bear opens two days later but it should still do well because they appeal to totally different demographics.

The Matrix Reloaded is expected to appear on DVD some time in October, so look for news about that soon.
 
MickeyMoose15

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How an R rating might hurt the Matrix box office

HOLLYWOOD -- The Matrix Reloaded may ultimately win the war but it's going to lose the battle of opening weekends, producer Joel Silver says bitterly.

The first sequel to The Matrix, which hits North American theatres a week from Thursday, is saddled with an R (restricted) rating in the United States. This will slash its box-office potential, Silver says.



The "R" rating in America is similar to Ontario's former Adult Accompaniment or "AA" rating, and it means that no one younger than 17 in America is allowed to see The Matrix Reloaded unless accompanied by an adult.

Even though The Matrix Reloaded is the most hotly anticipated movie of the spring and early summer, Silver says it is "silly" for him to even dream that his movie might beat the all-time opening-weekend record of $115 million, set by Spider-Man last year. Silver indicated that his movie cannot even hope to match the stunning $85.6 million generated by X2: X-Men United this past weekend. The take for X2 -- which has a "PG-13" rating in the U.S., thus allowing teenagers to go on their own -- is the fourth-highest opening weekend ever.

"That's silly because this is an 'R' movie," Silver says of earlier hopes that Matrix Reloaded could vault past Spider-Man. "I mean, whether it should be 'R' or not is another discussion. But it is an 'R' movie and it's not 'PG-13', so it's troubling because the largest 'R' movie of all time is far less, about less than half."

The best opening weekend by a movie rated "R" in the U.S. is the $58 million racked up by Hannibal in 2001. "Whatever we do over the $58 million of Hannibal is huge, a legendary figure or whatever," Silver says. "It will be record-breaking, but people are looking for it to be much more than that and it may not be possible."

The "R" rating from the U.S. ratings board, which issues its edicts nationally, is unlikely to be changed before the opening.

"I guess they said, 'Science fiction violence'," Silver says of the board's objections.

"I don't even know what that is!"

The Matrix Reloaded is incredibly intense and sometimes violent. There is also a love-making scene between two major characters. No naughty bits can be seen, even though the actors appear to be nude. There is also a mass dance sequence in the underground city of Zion during which female bare can be seen in the distance. But there is no explicit nudity anywhere, and there is little blood-letting, even in the many fight sequences.

"It's really weird," says Silver, who cites less restrictive ratings in other countries as proof. In Ontario, the movie got a "14-A" rating. In Scandinavia and Germany, teens are free to go on their own. The German system allows anyone 15 or older to go, he says, "which is pretty much what we would have loved (in the U.S.)."

Despite the ratings and according to surveys, The Matrix Reloaded may have staying power that would eventually generate a huge box office, Silver says. That's because surveys show it appeals to all four demographic "quadrants," namely young male, older male, young female and older female.

As is the norm in Hollywood, opening-weekend box-office figures combine U.S. and Canada receipts and are quoted in Yankee dollars.

From Toronto Sun
 
Sir Hiss527

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This is going to be an awesome movie. I can't wait the special effects, and computerized effects. Only 3 days away :sohappy: :sohappy: :sohappy:
 
NowInc

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Originally posted by cac2889
How are you seeing it so soon!?
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Here in aventura it opens up on wed night (at 10 pm) instead of thursday..

5 prints arrive tuesday night..and i pulled a LOT of strings to get my butt into one of the screenings :D
 
RozFan

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The trailer was krazy! I am foaming at the mouth to see this sequel plus a added bonus is the third comes out six months later, gotta love that! :D

Now if only Return of the King would hurry up...
 
MickeyMoose15

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Originally posted by NowInc
Here in aventura it opens up on wed night (at 10 pm) instead of thursday..

5 prints arrive tuesday night..and i pulled a LOT of strings to get my butt into one of the screenings :D
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Almost every theater in the state of Wisconsin is getting a 10pm showing of The Matrix Reloaded on Wednesday night.
 
CrashNet

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Originally posted by NowInc
Here in aventura it opens up on wed night (at 10 pm) instead of thursday..

5 prints arrive tuesday night..and i pulled a LOT of strings to get my butt into one of the screenings :D
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You know I hate you right... :mad:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

I have to wait two more days later that you! AAAAAAAAA! :lol:
 

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