Oh my lord. Oh my lord. Oh my lord. It was everything I thought it would be and more. (And by more I mean nausea.)

First of all, let's just forget the fact that Keanu SUCKED turbo hardcore hot monkey ass in movies such as "Sweet November" and the utterly forgettable "A Walk Through the Clouds." This man deserves an Oscar just for kicking so much ass. Or rather, 50 million copies of the same ass. I have no idea whether or not they used stunt doubles for all the fight scenes, but Keanu was sooo on top of things.

Secondly, Morpheus is the man. Enough said.

Third of all, it's quite obvious that this movie was a lot more expensive than the first one. You know when they start using more orchestral scores and less Rob Zombie that the studio upped their budget. I kind of missed that small, intimate feel the first movie had. You know, fight scenes that involved less than 30 people. "Reloaded" was yes, more complex, and yes, definitely more impressive, but oh yes yes, more frustratingly open-ended. The visual complexity of it all (the director deserves an Oscar just for dreaming up all that shit) was only matched by the unravelling of the plot at the movie's well-placed and well-thought out climax. Trust me, you'll want to see it again just to understand what "the Source" reveals to Neo, the TRUTH about the Matrix.

"Reloaded" was totally worth my $10. You will kick yourself in the ass as you stand next to the water cooler next morning if you don't see it right now, trust me. Excellent fight scenes. Excellent visuals. I am honestly speechless. And I'm a girl. I'm all about art. But man, the ass-kicking was just unbelievably beautiful.

Even if the car chase scene was too long and induced a little bit of nausea and the fast motion/slow motion effects got a bit trite after a while, "Reloaded" was good enough to make me want to see it 3 or 5 more times not only to understand the new intricacies of the trilogy, but also just to take in the sheer explosiveness and brilliance of it all.

The Wachowski brothers are my idols.