matrix
i just ate a ton of frankberry crunch, and i feel sick. who ever thought something could have too much marshmellows?

i thought revolutions was rather disappointing. so was reloaded. i remember liking reloaded when i left the theater. minus the neo-smiths fight, rave scene, and bajillion slo mo trumpet fanfare jumping shots. then i read some reviews, agreed with what they said, and realized it was pretty crappy. i did enjoy the mathematical concepts the movie played with. when i started at the CFR office this summer, i checked matrixessays.blogspot.com regularly to see what new symbolisms people had uncovered in reloaded. i got tired of reading puffed-up windbags with greatly exaggerated opinions of their own intelligence spout off about "matrix within a matrix" theories pretty quickly though.

revolutions was... all right. the ending was crap. i don't want to give it away, but it's weak. i could've written that. to people who say, you don't like their movie? write a better one! i say, shut the fuck up, jackass. there's a reason i'm paying to see this movie. it's someone else's job to make this movie. their livelihood depends on its success. i should be feeling satisfied when i walk out; i should be thinking, that was money well spent.

the zion scene was incredible. all those APUs fighting even more sentinels. the music, and the heroism got me really pumped. but that could have been in any two-bit action movie. nothing special there.

i read online about all these freaks that say the matrix changed their lives. they swallowed the red pill and are no longer in wonderland like the rest of us. what?? what's wrong with you people? reality's reality. we're here. if your life sucks and you're alone and sad, you really ought to change that. you believe this movie has changed your life because you're desperate to believe that. sitting in front of your computer telling people that they don't "get it" won't make you happy.

and liking a movie that is not widely accepted by the general population does not make you part of an elite cadre. it's a goddamn movie. you are not smarter than the rest of the world because you enjoy a movie. you are not more learned because you bought and watched through the animatrix dvd however many times.

if you want to feel intelligent, go to a library. read a book! stop wasting your life rotting in front of a screen.

i feel like i had more to say. i sort of ran out of steam, though. if i remember any other good points i'll update this post.

they gave me more stuff to do at work, instead of the same old filing business. now i can look up information on the various prospects we ask for money. yay! maybe i should get over there, then... and i was awake at 8:30 today.