|
Reloaded
is somewhat of a holding station, cleverly expanding and expounding upon
the ideas and themes of the first movie but still contains some amazing
sequences (witness Neo’s fight with a 100 evil agent smiths – all
played by Hugo Weaving.) Revolutions cuts down on the exposition and
wisely sticks to what the Matrix series does best, huge action scenes
and special effects galore, most notably with the machines attack on
human kinds last stranglehold Zion.
ANY
SPECIAL FEATURES?
Without
question one of the biggest box sets yet released, this humongous 10
disc set from Warners contains not just all three movies each with a
separate disc of extras but the Animatrix series of short anime movies
that fully reference all three Matrix movies and are considered part of
the canon by The Wachowski brothers, you also get hours upon hours of
extra material and quite literally thousands of images and artwork from
the movies.
To
break it down here is what the box set contains.
DISC
ONE this is obviously The Matrix but presented in a very good, sharp
and somewhat brighter remastered version.
Each of the three movies also feature two audio commentaries, one
philosophical in nature from Cornel West and Todd McCarthy (actual
philosophers both) and one from film critics Todd McCarthy, John Powers
and David Thomson (these commentaries are actually refreshingly honest)
DISC
TWO is The Matrix Revisited – this is the previously released 90
minute very indepth documentary dissecting the original movie. There are
also stacks of bonus featurettes on this disc, best of them being a look
at the music that inspired the Wachowski brothers whilst they were
making the movies.
DISC
THREE is The Matrix Reloaded and two further audio commentaries.
DISC
FOUR is The Matrix Reloaded Revisited which instead of being a
single documentary is made up of lots of individual featurettes.
DISC
FIVE is The Matrix Revolutions and commentaries.
DISC
SIX is The Matrix Revolutions Revisited which features an amazing 29
short features (you can choose to watch these either separately or all
together).
DISC
SEVEN is The Animatrix collection, 9 short anime flavoured films
that look into (and act as a bridge between movies) the world of the
Matrix. This disc also contains a 55 minute documentary examining the
shorts.
DISC
EIGHT is The Roots of the Matrix which features two long
documentaries going deep inside the philosophical world of the matrix
Return to Source: Philosophy & The Matrix examines all the spiritual
and philosophical concepts which influenced the Wachowskis in making the
movies whilst The Hard Problem: The Science Behind the Fiction is a
fascinating and somewhat disturbing look at how machines are already
taking over our everyday lives.
DISC
NINE is The Burly Man Chronicles is a 90 minute doco that follows
the shooting of the final two movies from conception to release.
DISC
TEN is The Zion Archive, a huge wealth of production materials
including concept artwork, storyboards, drawings, music videos, photo
galleries, TV spots and trailers.
Comprehensive and amazing.
|
