Matrix Revolutions

[baumer]

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[75Live]

Possibly the "worst" of the 3. I go back and forth about it.

I take the sequels for what they are but overall, while fun, they came up short for me.

B-

[narniadis]

MehC

[baumer]

This review may contain spoilers ***The Matrix Trilogy draws to a close and the final battle between man and machine and between Neo and Agent Smith approaches. Set immediately after the events of 'The Matrix Reloaded' the people of Zion prepare for the attack of the machines while Neo appears to be in a coma back on one of the two ships to have survived the recent conflict. He is in fact trapped somewhere between the real world and the Matrix; in a location that looks like an underground station. If he is to get away he must confront 'The Train Man' and Morpheus and Trinity must re-enter the Matrix and visit The Merovingian once again. Once he is out there problems are far from over; Neo has a feeling that he must head to the City of the Machines, something nobody has successfully done before, and the others must head back to Zion with the last remaining pulse weapon. When the attack begins swarms of Sentinels enter the city dock; they must not be allowed to advance any further or Zion will be lost.There is plenty of action in this film... too much in fact; the plot lacks the depth of the original leaving us to watch a variety of spectacular fight scenes. These scenes are exciting and look great but go on for too long; while the fighting is going on the plot doesn't advance. At the end there is another Neo vs. Agent Smith fight but after the previous films this has a feeling of inevitability about it. The core cast do well enough although for much of the film they aren't really doing much as everything is focused on the battle for Zion. The military types are all gravel voiced and gung-ho in a way that is almost comical and you just know that the kid who has talked his way into the fight is going to play a key role in the end. It isn't a terrible film; it passes the time well enough and looks good; it is just a bit of a disappointment that the series had to end this way... to be honest I would have liked this film a lot more if it would have a better job of explaining WTF the architect was talking about in Reloaded. And that is the problem with this film. There are still too many unanswered questions.7/10

[A Marvel Fanboy]

A-

[The Toymaker]

The best Matrix movie of them all. It ties it up so well and the epicness is just too much to handle (which is a good thing).A+

[John Marston]

The Smith Neo battle was awesome. I don't even really remember the rest. The sequels were definitely not what the original deserved

[Lordmandeep]

I went to Australia in 2004 and this was the only movie on ...

 

I watched it like 4-5 times on the 17 hour flight to Sydney... 

 

 

I was like "Hold your breath and wish for death" in the end lol 

Edited May 1, 2013 by Lordmandeep

[John Marston]

Damn this movie dropped 66% second weekend with a Wednesday release. WOM must have been really bad

[RobinHood26]

Just watched this, WTF!? Can someone explain this movie to me. 

[Dementeleus]

Just watched this, WTF!? Can someone explain this movie to me. 

 

Huh? It's not that complicated, is it?

[RobinHood26]

Huh? It's not that complicated, is it?

 

Its not that complicated, but i'm confused on the very end. So what architect said in Reloaded didn't come true? And then what do they mean by people can choose? Does that mean everyone in the Matrix will now be given a chance to wake up or be oblivious?

Edited September 4, 2013 by Jay Salahi

[vc2002]

Its not that complicated, but i'm confused on the very end. So what architect said in Reloaded didn't come true? And then what do they mean by people can choose? Does that mean everyone in the Matrix will now be given a chance to wake up or be oblivious?

 

These were some of the things that made the sequels a letdown for a lot of people.

[Hatebox]

The Matirx sequels fundamentally don't work because Neo is no longer the audience surrogate. The first film was perfectly written to make us experience things at the same time as the lead - we felt all his confusion, his surprise at the answer, his enjoyment at his new powers, and the satisfaction of him realising himself at the end.

 

In Reloaded and Revolutions Neo is just some boring, obtuse guy who does things for reasons we have no idea about. If we don't know why characters act the way they do, sooner or later we stop caring.

[Goffe]

The Matrix trilogy biggest asset is also its biggest disadvantage. The Wachowski and their sublime directorial style saves theses films from total catastrophe, and yet as they gained more freedom, the worse the films came to be. Basically, Matrix & sequels works best when the brothers are in their most restrained.

 

Matrix 75/100

Reloaded 65/100

Revolutions 50/100

Edited October 2, 2016 by Goffe