Comments on: The Matrix Evolutions http://fanedit.org/7661/ The wonderful world of movies - edited by fans for fans Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:32:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: geminigod http://fanedit.org/7661/comment-page-1/#comment-11050 geminigod Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:42:40 +0000 http://fanedit.org/?p=7661#comment-11050 Let me slightly amend my last review, which was rather critical and brief. The technical aspects to the movie are not atrocious by any means. JasonN is an experienced editor and the movie is by no means unwatchable. I would probably rate the technical aspects to the movie as average or slightly above average, so a 5 or 6/10. The DVD menu is also very nicely done. My main beef with this is the story. While the added footage was interesting to see added, I felt it made the story worse. Issues were further compounded by the arrangement of scenes and choices made it what to keep and what to delete in the movie. This edit removes some scenes I like and keeps every single thing that I take issue with in the Matrix movies, but then goes further in the re-arrangement of those issues in a way that I find to be less satisfying than the original. Unfortunately I don't have more specifics to give without re-watching the movie. If you were not too disappointed with the 3rd movie you might like this edit. If you were extremely disappointed as I was, I think this will be disappointing. Let me slightly amend my last review, which was rather critical and brief. The technical aspects to the movie are not atrocious by any means. JasonN is an experienced editor and the movie is by no means unwatchable. I would probably rate the technical aspects to the movie as average or slightly above average, so a 5 or 6/10. The DVD menu is also very nicely done.

My main beef with this is the story. While the added footage was interesting to see added, I felt it made the story worse. Issues were further compounded by the arrangement of scenes and choices made it what to keep and what to delete in the movie. This edit removes some scenes I like and keeps every single thing that I take issue with in the Matrix movies, but then goes further in the re-arrangement of those issues in a way that I find to be less satisfying than the original. Unfortunately I don’t have more specifics to give without re-watching the movie.

If you were not too disappointed with the 3rd movie you might like this edit. If you were extremely disappointed as I was, I think this will be disappointing.

]]> By: geminigod http://fanedit.org/7661/comment-page-1/#comment-11033 geminigod Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:40:43 +0000 http://fanedit.org/?p=7661#comment-11033 Yeah, sorry JasonN. This just didn't work for me much at all. I couldn't follow the story as you laid it out very well, the editing choices were questionable, and the technical quality of the edit is poor. Lots of sound problems, hard cuts, and poor visual quality, granted I think this was made back in 2007 so it is a few years old. Yeah, sorry JasonN. This just didn’t work for me much at all. I couldn’t follow the story as you laid it out very well, the editing choices were questionable, and the technical quality of the edit is poor. Lots of sound problems, hard cuts, and poor visual quality, granted I think this was made back in 2007 so it is a few years old.

]]> By: Rock Savage http://fanedit.org/7661/comment-page-1/#comment-10696 Rock Savage Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:02:42 +0000 http://fanedit.org/?p=7661#comment-10696 This FanEdit does not work for me. I found it more confusing than the original sequels and the ending in the style of Pamela's dream really negates the preceding 2 plus hours. THE MATRIX DEZIONIZED with all its faults is much better than this. That said the editing is very good and the audio is pretty seamless. The overall error is in the construction of a coherent narrative. Disappointing! This FanEdit does not work for me. I found it more confusing than the original sequels and the ending in the style of Pamela’s dream really negates the preceding 2 plus hours. THE MATRIX DEZIONIZED with all its faults is much better than this.

That said the editing is very good and the audio is pretty seamless. The overall error is in the construction of a coherent narrative. Disappointing!

]]> By: flyboy707 http://fanedit.org/7661/comment-page-1/#comment-10564 flyboy707 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:03:34 +0000 http://fanedit.org/?p=7661#comment-10564 Great edit of a very bad film. If you are a Matrix fan, then this is worth your time. Great edit of a very bad film. If you are a Matrix fan, then this is worth your time.

]]> By: ShotgunSaint http://fanedit.org/7661/comment-page-1/#comment-10419 ShotgunSaint Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:11:51 +0000 http://fanedit.org/?p=7661#comment-10419 Amazing fanedit! Finally, the Matrix sequels are a watchable film and not a mashup of CGI fight scenes. Jasonn has brought these two films into meaningful, thought and emotion-provoking thrill-ride. Original films: 2/5 Technical: 5/5 Entertainment: 5/5 Overall: 5/5 Amazing fanedit! Finally, the Matrix sequels are a watchable film and not a mashup of CGI fight scenes. Jasonn has brought these two films into meaningful, thought and emotion-provoking thrill-ride.

Original films: 2/5
Technical: 5/5
Entertainment: 5/5
Overall: 5/5

]]> By: JasonN http://fanedit.org/7661/comment-page-1/#comment-10385 JasonN Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:46:19 +0000 http://fanedit.org/?p=7661#comment-10385 "THEN making the sequels would have made even less sense than it did in the first place...." Some people take things way too literally. :P If all you care about is the action scenes in the Matrix sequels, then yes, my fanedit is going to disappoint you... but bear in mind that the action of the original cut had very poor pacing, over-redundant "Bullet Time" slow-motion, incoherent logic that served no purpose, and went on for way, WAY too long. “THEN making the sequels would have made even less sense than it did in the first place….”
Some people take things way too literally. :P

If all you care about is the action scenes in the Matrix sequels, then yes, my fanedit is going to disappoint you… but bear in mind that the action of the original cut had very poor pacing, over-redundant “Bullet Time” slow-motion, incoherent logic that served no purpose, and went on for way, WAY too long.

]]> By: matrixfan http://fanedit.org/7661/comment-page-1/#comment-10329 matrixfan Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:31:14 +0000 http://fanedit.org/?p=7661#comment-10329 “What if the Neo that we saw in Reloaded and Revolutions… wasn’t the true ONE after all?” THEN making the sequels would have made even less sense than it did in the first place. This was the most frustrating of all Matrix fanedits that I have ever watched. Cuts, video quality and audio quality of the avi were good, but this version cut about anything that made me enjoy the weak originals at least for a bit. Burly Brawl in less than 5 minutes, the cool highway scene over 7 minutes shorter and what a disappointing ending. Overall the entire plot was so much weaker and boring, resulting in a truly disappointing finale. Not at all my cup of tea, sorry. “What if the Neo that we saw in Reloaded and Revolutions… wasn’t the true ONE after all?”
THEN making the sequels would have made even less sense than it did in the first place. This was the most frustrating of all Matrix fanedits that I have ever watched. Cuts, video quality and audio quality of the avi were good, but this version cut about anything that made me enjoy the weak originals at least for a bit. Burly Brawl in less than 5 minutes, the cool highway scene over 7 minutes shorter and what a disappointing ending. Overall the entire plot was so much weaker and boring, resulting in a truly disappointing finale. Not at all my cup of tea, sorry.

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