Pepperdine sounds off on the final chapter of ‘The Matrix’
By Peter Celauro
A&E Editor
To some, the impending release of “The Matrix: Revolutions” is the most exciting thing to happen since … well, the release of “The Matrix: Reloaded.” Others are so fed up with Matrix commercials, posters and lunchboxes, all they want is for the saga to end.
As is usually the case at Pepperdine, sentiments are mixed.
“The first two movies were tight,” said Sergio Valderrama, a junior organizational communication major. “The effects were great. I probably won’t see the third on opening night, but I’ll definitely see it shortly thereafter.”
Assistant professor of management Dr. J Goosby Smith agreed.
“I’m really looking forward to the third (Matrix film),” Goosby Smith said. “I like movies, but my husband is a movie maniac. So we’ll see it opening night.”
Not everyone shared her enthusiasm.
“I think they’re creative, but it’s becoming an overdose,” said Elizabeth Nauman, a junior telecommunication major. “It’s all the same, just a drawn-out story.”
That won’t stop her from seeing the third installment, however.
“You have to see it. It’s ‘The Matrix,’ you have to find out what happens,” she said of “Revolutions.” “I don’t have a great amount of enthusiasm for it, but I’ll see it.”
Expectations about “Revolutions” are varied as well.
“I think they’re releasing the third movie too early,” said junior theater/television major Anaka Shockley. “It seems sort of anti-climactic. People need to wait and build up some anticipation. If they release it right away, people have a better chance of being disappointed.”
Those who did care agreed upon one thing: “Revolutions” is going to be quite a show.
“I think they’ll find out that the real world is actually another matrix,” Valderrama predicted. “Neo had his powers in the real world in the last one. I’m sure that means something.”
Shockley had a simpler prediction.
“Maybe the world will end. But probably, lots of people will die.”
October 30, 2003