This first posting and every other posting (hopefully) will live up to the name of the weblog. I will strive to ensure that very little meaning can be made out of this blog.

Review of Matrix Reloaded
Keanu Reeves (Neo alias The One) and cyberbabe Carrie Anne Moss (Trinity) are back for more ass-kicking accompanied by Laurence Fishburne's Morpheus who has lost some of his supercool aura from the first movie. Maybe got to do with the fact that he is not sure whether Reeves' Neo is really the one. Or is that he is as confused as the directors on what to do with Jada Pinkett Smith's Niobe character? One problem with the sequel is that none of the new characters make an impression (except for Persephone but that is due to to other reasons!) Admittedly both Reeves and Moss look old and a bit jaded in the sequel. The Wachowski brothers should have followed (or guessed?) Peter Jackson's example and shot all three movies in one go. While the sequel does not manage to outdo the first movie in special effects, the dance party in Xion interspersed with the lovemaking of Neo and Trinity is the highlight of the movie. What saves the movie also is the fact that the directors have been bold enough to include lengthy dialogues in between the action. And the conversation between Neo and the Architect at the end of the movie is so like the Matrix saga - lot of multisyllabic nonsense conveying very little. Don't get me wrong - I am a fan of the Matrix series for its ability to make pop culture sound profound. Which other movie will have characters named as Merovingian and Persephone (while on the topic, I am all agog to see more of Monica Bellucci - in movies I mean; in fact she is one more reason to see the third movie) and throw in loads of allusions? Anyway, that much abused (on the net that is) conversation between Neo and Architect has kept my interest alive for Matrix Revolutions. I am keen to know more about the Architect as well as whether Neo survives at the end of the saga. If the brothers are true to the religious allusions so far, Neo should die. And be resurrected for another series!