Yo-Yo Ma Revolutions
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Well, I did it, and that can only mean one thing - I got Yo-Yo Ma's Obrigado Brazil. I saw him interviewed on CNN and had a gift card for Borders, so I decided to check his newest album out. It has completely blown me away. Yo-Yo Ma's on this curiosity kick, exploring different cultures and doing his cello thing. He pairs himself up with the best musicians of each country and composes pieces with them. The result is something different, surprising, deep, and cool. There are elements of classical music, but everything remains fairly accessible. I've been bringing my headphones to school and rocking it as background music while I work. That's right, you read it correctly - I just said that I'm rocking Yo-Yo Ma.
I saw The Matrix Revolutions last night and was disappointed. It answers most of your questions, has the trademark fight scenes, throws in a surprise or two and displays some incredible special effects. But the coolness of the first movie has dissipated into what seems to only serve the purpose of a final chapter. Don't get me wrong - I was entertained and on the edge of my seat for a good portion of the movie. In the end, however, I left unsatisfied. I feel that Revolutions didn't expand the Matrix universe and philosophies as much as the first two. The first movie influenced our culture and became the reason to buy DVD technology. The second pushed the ideas and gave us more - more fights, more weapons, more special effects - and the architect scene, which completely turned everything you thought you knew upside-down. Revolutions just ends the story. It was a period to end the trilogy when I wished it was an exclamation mark.
Thursday, November 6 at 4:29 PM
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