After the Highway Scene, It Was Downhill All The Way From There

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I found this fascinating quote today:

9. Matrix 2/3: Sometimes, when a good movie is made, recognized as being good, and the filmmakers are given the money and creative freedom to expand their vision, you get greatness.  Not this time.  Where the first Matrix movie had been a lean, mind-twisting tale with groundbreaking special effects, the second and third were muddled, self-indulgent philosophical drivel with gaping plot holes.  Alas for what could have been.10 Geeky Movies That Should Have Been Great, but Weren't, Aug 2008

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