Gave this movie another watch a few days ago. I recall the first time I watched it, soon after it came out, I was completely blown away by the CGI animation for the first segment. That segment still holds up really well until today, despite the amazing advances in computer animation since then.
As for the whole movie... Hmm. How shall I review it? It is a completely animated movie, made up of several segments which are all inspired by or expands upon the Matrix universe. Each segment is animated differently, so the quality is radically different from one segment to another. That itself isn't a bad thing, as each style of animation was interesting in its own way. But each story, on the other hand, was also all over the place... I think I might have enjoyed this movie a lot more if all the segments were better interconnected. Some segments were really interesting, and gives meaningful background to the Matrix universe. Some other segments, however, seemed rather pointless - with storylines that were neither interesting or properly linked to the Matrix universe.
Overall, I guess I can rate this a 6.5/10. The first half is relatively better structured, but as the later segments kick in, I was rapidly losing interest.
As for the whole movie... Hmm. How shall I review it? It is a completely animated movie, made up of several segments which are all inspired by or expands upon the Matrix universe. Each segment is animated differently, so the quality is radically different from one segment to another. That itself isn't a bad thing, as each style of animation was interesting in its own way. But each story, on the other hand, was also all over the place... I think I might have enjoyed this movie a lot more if all the segments were better interconnected. Some segments were really interesting, and gives meaningful background to the Matrix universe. Some other segments, however, seemed rather pointless - with storylines that were neither interesting or properly linked to the Matrix universe.
Overall, I guess I can rate this a 6.5/10. The first half is relatively better structured, but as the later segments kick in, I was rapidly losing interest.