Saw X2 and The Matrix Reloaded back to back wednsday night. I must say the reviews of both were pretty dead on. X2 was excellent and in most ways even better than the original. The Matrix Reloaded was good eye candy but kinda fell into the Lucas trap, and the story seemed like it was cobbled together 10 minutes at a time.

Don't miss the Cornell West cameo though...

And this paragraph from a salon review is priceless:

In "The Matrix Reloaded," with its affectionate but faintly satirical portrait of the ruling council of Zion -- a collection of robe-wearing crones and stately older men and nattily attired people of color that reminded me of a school board meeting in Berkeley, Calif., where I grew up -- the Wachowskis come ever closer to outing themselves as lefties.