The Revolution and the Wars



Watched "Matrix Revolutions" last Saturday. I'm thankful I decided not to watch it during the Matrix Philippines event or else I really would have slept through it, which would have been terrible.

Honestly, I did not know what to expect when I went into the theater to watch the last installment in the Matrix trilogy. But I came out... happy about it. It was a great movie, and if it didn't answer most of my questions from "Reloaded", at least it didn't add more.

The final battle between Neo and Smith was... earth-shattering. I was truly impressed. The W Brothers (both Wachowski and Warner) have outdone themselves this time.

But in the end... for some reason I have yet been able to find, the euphoria brought about by watching the movie did not last long. It was like leaving the theater was leaving the Matrix behind.

Bring on the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.

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Is that Vader I see before me? --- A screenshot from Chapter 1 of the Clone Wars cartoon before Anakin whips off his cloak.

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"Star Wars: Clone Wars" debuted today at 6:30 pm. I declared a personal Clone Wars holiday and decided I wouldn't go to work. (heheh, don't tell the Emperor)

Chapter 1 (Assault on Muunilist, Part 1) basically appraised us of the current situation in the Wars, and introduced most of the characters. We see Master Yoda strategizing with Obi-Wan and Chancellor Palpatine. And we see more of Palpy's obvious favoring of Anakin, praising him, and virtually manipulating the situation so that he gets sent off into battle in command of a unit. We also see Anakin waving goodbye to Padme, surprise surprise, to the tune of the Love Theme From Attack of the Clones. The sound WAS Star Wars, even if it's animated.

We see almost all of the Jedi we know from Attack of the Clones. and it was fabulous to see Kit Fisto with an ignited lightsaber underwater! Pretty cool stuff.

One of the surprises in the story was Obi-Wan saying that his Master Qui-Gon couldn't have prepared him for the Wars. It somehow ties the character to the movies and grounds it more and makes it familiar.

There was a cute almost 1 second cameo of Artoo and Threepio, when Anakin was boarding his starfighter and his cloak gets whipped away, and ends up getting in Threepio's face. :))

I like the way they were able to bring out Lucas-like shots in there like the scene where Padme looks out the window with the droids. It was like the end of The Empire Strikes Back where Luke and Leia and the droids were looking out the big window too.

The chapter was too short for me, but it was all I expected it to be. Genndy Tartakovsky's approach is unique, and I'm hoping the next chapters will just get better. I can't wait to see Asajj Ventress!

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Looks like Hayden is impressing some people with his performance in Shattered Glass. Here's a sample from TVGuide:

"If Christensen's wooden turn in STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES was one of that movie's biggest disappointments, his extraordinary performance here comes as a revelation. With his male-model looks hidden behind a pair of geeky glasses and a bad haircut, Christensen is Stephen Glass, and a very good actor indeed."

He's gone a long way from his TV days. Last night, we saw him in an episode of "Are You Afraid of the Dark" on Disney entitled "The Tale of Bigfoot Ridge". It was the only time I've seen Aids actually excited about watching Hayden. Heheheh.



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