Matrix DeZIONized, The

Without going into it too much let me just say I was never a Matrix fan. #1 was a sweet movie but I wasn’t crazy about it. 2 & 3 sucked hard and every time I watch them I promptly forget everything I saw.The only other Matrix fanedit I’ve watched is Geminigod’s and I thought it was pretty damn good (although I do have a bit of amnesia on that one as well, I just can’t retain memories of Matrix sequels). This edit wasn’t near as good as I hoped it would be, these movies are still painful as hell and full of dumbassery. The 2-in-1 approach didn’t work, it felt like 2 shortened movies. Quality was fine, editing-wise there were some bad transitions and whatever.

A/V Quality - 9
Editing - 9 visual, 8 audio
Narrative - 6
Enjoyment - 6 (originals are 5)

Recommended drink: Hpnotiq and 7-Up

I liked it. I thought the approach worked very well overall. It got rid of A LOT of the crap. I would actually liked to have seen it cut down quite a bit more actually, but the crap that remains is still less objectionable than the fully stuffed pieces of crap released in the theaters. I actually followed the whole plot this time around (mostly). There were a few moments where it seemed like there was a little something missing, mainly with the little Indian Girl and the machines’ progress (or lack of) with drilling towards Zion. And the fights are still way over the top repeats of themselves. But again, still way superior to the originals IMO.

Technically I was a bit shocked to see three or four rather inelegant video/audio transitions- being that I have only watched Boon’s more recent edits which have not had such issues. Interesting to compare some of the earlier work.

An intriguing concept, fairly well executed. Could have been tighter in spots but mainly achieves its intent. It definitely shows just how dreadful the Zion scenes were. I always felt they were the worst parts of the movies and Boon has reinforced that for sure. The Matrix is much better when “De-Zionized”.

Review by jokersmailbag — March 28, 2009 @ 7:12 PM

Kevinicus June 8, 2010 @ 1:40 am

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kerr March 23, 2011 @ 7:41 pm

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It works very, very good. There was some little ugly transitions but difficult ones to void due to the soundtrack/score. Anyway, thanks for providing this different point of view. It makes me think about some kind of “Zion Chronicles” recycling the erased zion shots Have you ever thought about this, CBB?

Best regards,
Master Kenobeat

Review by kenobeat — November 28, 2008 @ 10:04 PM