MPAA/Matrix: Revolutions

I went to see the Matrix: Revolutions on Saturday. While there, waiting through the obnoxiosnous that is “The Twenty” now playing at Regal Cinemas, I saw an anti-piracy add by the MPAA. OK, that’s about as related as these two topics are going to get in this post.

MPAA: I think this is the first campaign that has gotten the message right, first and foremost by getting Jack Valenti out of the way of all this nonsense. Really, the simple message that not all Hollywood insiders are godzillionaires and that yes, real people get affected by piracy, both of these things are great to get across to the public. That, and it’s done in such a professional manner that you can’t help but tear up just a little bit as the music swells. Damn music. This is the sentiment that has completely eluded the tough-guy approach that the RIAA has taken; this could, of course, be thanks to the fact that there are no real people to profile in the music studios.

The Matrix. I don’t know if I’ll actually review the thing. I think I need to see it again. But I will say this: I liked it. As a matter of fact, I liked it a lot. I liked both the others in the trilogy and I felt that this was a great send-off. I’m not entirely sure that this third piece in the series was an end to the story that began in the first piece of the series, so I have some homework to do there. But other than that, it was big and fast and fantastic.