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Summary: really good but needs a sequel
Review: I loved the first 2 Matrix movies so much that I couldn't wait to see the third. When I heard "Revolutions" sucked I decided to wait and watch the DVD rather than deal with a packed movie theater. Well, dumb choice! The third installment was really good, but it does need a final chapter. I didn't turn the movie off feeling as though the series had closed. There were still questions as to how the machines and humans would live together, no resolution for Morpheus and whats-her-name (Jaida Pinkett's character), we don't really know what becomes of Neo, and...well we don't really know a lot. Everything feels unresolved.Other than the fact it direly needs a final chapter in the series, my only other complaint is that the directors seem to suffer from "too much or too little". In part 2, for instance, there were so many fight scenes as to become a bit dull after a while. (I'm sure we all recall that scene between Neo and a zillion Agent Smiths that dragged on long enough to call a few friends and read the daily paper before it ended.) Well in part 3, there are almost no fight scenes at all...and let's face it...part of the lure of The Matrix is in the out-of-this-world fighting scenes. Another thing there was too little of in part 3 was Morpheus. His John-the-Baptist to Neo's Christ in parts 1 & 2 was beyond great. In part 3, however, Morpheus is little more than wallpaper. For that matter, even Neo felt like wallpaper. The only one who really had me on the edge of my seat was Jaida Pinkett's character. All those criticisms aside, I liked part 3 a lot more than part 2. Nothing, of course, can beat part 1. (But I'd sure like to put that theory to the test with a part 4 - and a Morpheus who is back to his old dynamic self.)
Rating: 
Summary: Not as bad as many people think
Review: Before I saw the movie, many of my friends tried to covinse me that this movie was the worst of the 3, and the the ending "both sucked and blowed." Thankfully, they were wrong. I think that the movie was horribly hyped, and through word of mouth became, supposedly, more disappointing than the Star Wars prequels(thank God the original trilogy is being released on DVD). This final battle for the human race follows the story of Neo as he finds that his arch-enemy, Smith, has taken control of the Matrix and even poses a threat to the real world. In a desparete act to save the world, he must travel to the very center of the machines' city. Meanwhile, Morpheaus and crew try desperatly to reach the dock of Zion before the entire city is flooded with Sentinals. The reason people didn't except the movie as anticipated was because the ending wasn't nessesarily the 'hero rides off into the sunset' type of ending. If people went in with a more open mind, it would have gotten many more good reviews that it got. In my opinion, this was a very deep and philisophical ending, and should be apriciated much more than it is.
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Summary: Fitting end to a deep and intriguing story
Review: I really enjoyed this movie the first time I saw it and even more the second time through. Revolutions takes place right after Reloaded so to many it would seem like the 3rd is more of a sequel to the 2nd, than the 2nd is to the 1st. The movie starts of with Neo and whom everyone perceives to be Bane lying in a coma. (If you paid attention in Reloaded, you will know, or at least have an idea that Bane's mind is actually Agent Smith's "mind") After attempts to get Neo out of his coma Morpheus and others search the Matrix to see if his mind somehow got into the Matrix without being jacked in but do not find him. They later find out from the Oracle that Neo is actually trapped between the Matrix and the real world. Neo is eventually rescued and so begins the final chapter of the Matrix trilogy. The machines have almost reached Zion and in the meantime Smith has taken over the entire Matrix. THe humans must prepare for the final battle, while Neo discovers what he must do to save the human race. Every scene in this movie was done almost perfectly. Everything fit into place and Revolutions answered a lot of questions that we may have had at the end of Reloaded. The storyline was excellent and well thought out. I particularily enjoyed "last stand" of the humans versus the Sentinals at Zion. Like nearly everyone else who saw this movie, I agree that the final fight scene between Neo and Agent Smith was spectacular. As far as the acting goes, Hugo Weaving stole the show again portraying his role as Agent Smith. In addition, Bane's character (played by Ian Bliss) absolutely nailed his role as the human form of Smith. Eventhough it made a lot of sense when I thought about it, the fact that Smith actually came into the real world was jaw dropping in itself, but the acting from Bliss made this entire concept completely mind blowing. From his demeanor to the way he expressed and emphasized his words, it really seemed like Hugo Weaving was in his body. Without really giving away what happened in the end of the movie, all I can say is that it is a fitting and nessecary end to the Matrix trilogy. If it ended any other way, then it wouldn't have seemed "real"
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Summary: Not As Good as the First Two, But Still Quite Entertaining
Review: The Matrix: Revolutions picks up right where The Matrix: Reloaded left off, so everyone is trying to figure out what happened to Neo (Keanu Reeves) and how to save him. But when Neo finally gets out of the Matrix, he comes back changed and he has discovered some disturbing information that will force him to make some difficult decisions. Neo finds that he can't even confide in Trinity (Carrie-Ann Moss) and that, although he is still The One, he doesn't quite believe that he can make a difference anymore. After spending a lot of time alone, Neo comes to the conclusion that he must go up to the surface and fight the machines on the old battleground, not just through the matrix. His other teammates try and dissuade him, but with Trinity by his side, Neo heads for the surface. Little does he know that Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) has a few surprises in store for him along the way... Meanwhile, the rest of the crew heads back to Zion, all too aware that the fate of humankind may rest on their shoulders. For while they are trying to avoid the machines on their way home, the machines are attacking Zion and are programmed to destroy every living thing that remains. The inhabitants of Zion are not about to let their city go without a fight, however, and they use all of their old machinery and ammunition to try and keep the machines at bay. The Council will do just about anything to buy Neo more time, because in these last desperate hours all they have is hope... I thought that this movie was wonderful in some ways and a disappointment in others. First off, I have to admit that I hated the ending. I can't quite figure out if the directors were trying to leave the Matrix open for future sequels or if they just wanted to stay all mystical and let people draw their own conclusions. I disagree with others, however, in that they say that the directors never answered any of their questions - the directors never made any plans to answer questions and from the outset it was obvious that the Matrix was always going to be a kind of shadowland that kept its own secrets. Most of the special effects were still amazing, but I expected this and almost expected them to be even better because this was the third and final movie in the trilogy and it should have just knocked my socks off. If anyone else had done the special effects, I probably would have been a lot more impressed, but the directors raised the bar so high with the first film that they were their own worst enemies. I was also a bit disappointed that they relied so heavily on CGI instead of on stunt work because that was what made all of the fight scenes so cool. This movie was also quite a bit drabber than the others because there was hardly any time spent in the Matrix and I have to admit that I missed all of the sweet outfits they used to wear there. On the positive side, there were some great scenes in Zion as individuals fought hard to withstand the machines and one of my favorite characters was the Kid (Clayton Watson) who worshipped Neo and turned out to be a hero. There were some touching moments between Link and his wife and Hugo Weaving, playing Agent Smith, was a great villain. The sets were still incredibly imaginative and there were some fun one-liners as well, so there are some good parts to the movie. All in all, I must admit that I enjoyed myself in the theatre and felt that it was money well spent, but it wasn't the spectacular finish that I had envisioned...
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Summary: Dissapointed (Spoiler warning)
Review: What happened to all of the the ideals of the first movie's quest for freedom? The ending of this movie just felt like all of the elements of the story simultaneously crashing down. Morpheus' role was reduced to being passenger in a long chase. Neo was inexplicably sent to the trainman's domain. Bane(Real world Smith) blinds Neo. Trinity is killed in a depressing scene, then Neo drudges on to finish (albeit in the awesome super burly brawl) his christ metaphor, which only leads to the half assed ending where humans are still in slavery, the only difference being zion will no longer be persecuted. I just walked away from this dissapointed, and after watching it again I still felt the same way... 6/10 I loved the first matrix movie for its incredible ideas, story, visual effects, and perfect dialog. This was a damn near perfect movie. 10/10 The Reloaded introduced very interesting characters (the programs, not so much the humans), AWESOME special effects, good dialog from Morpheus and Smith. It had a somewhat convoluted, but decent plot. 8/10
Rating: 
Summary: One of the Worst Movies Ever
Review: I hope nobody wastes their time watching this movie. It is nearly as bad "Dreamcatcher." If you are a fan of movies that have a sense of honesty without being sappy or predictably cheesy, do not watch this movie. You will sit and wish for a respite from your agony.
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Summary: One of the best movies ever made?
Review: Anyone who would write a negative review about revolutions only does so in an attempt to seem like an intelectual or a purist. It's really quite pathetic when you read them. It's a lot like the people that bitched and complained about return of the jedi when it first came out. With time everyone will look back at the two matrix sequels favorably, except maybe for the few simpsons comic book store guy people out there. Grow up people.
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Summary: The DVD is great...the movie sucks
Review: Am I the only one who watched Revolutions 30 times and still has no idea what happened at the end? I know trinity is dead, and that there was a big fight. However, there is no closure to anything. There is nothing to let the viewer know the fate that awaits Neo, other than a lot of light. Furthermore, how did Neo beat Agent Smith. Smith was beating Neo up, but then Smith basically explodes...how did that happen? The first two movies were great, this movie is fun to watch as well until the end. You are left knowing less than when the movies started.
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Summary: Fine video game - not much else however
Review: I had been looking forward to the release of Matrix Revolutions having missed it in the theater. I enjoyed the first Matrix with its intriguing "what if" style plot and non-stop action. Matrix reloaded departed a bit from that formula tending towards the metaphysical, psuedo-philosophical, "greater mystery" and profound trutch model, yet still keeping the style and mystery of the original. Revolutions however trumped both in the action arena. It was in many ways the ultimate man-versus-machine scenario. What ruined it for me was the all nonsense masquerading as deep philosophy and all that shallow meaning of life crap. The movie took itself way too seriously and I found it pretensious and not a little tedious. It looks to me like it played with intention of being difficult to understand as a substitute for depth. In reality if it was hard for some people to fathom it was because none of it made much sense. If you filter out all the nonsense though and perhaps cut 30-40 minutes of claptrap out of it the movie would have been much better. Like when some fans cut many of the Jar-Jar Binks scenes from Star Wars I and made it a better tighter film. If more of the Matrix had been left on the cutting room floor I think this movie would have been much better.
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Summary: A Dismal Finish
Review: I don't really like science fiction, but I loved the first MATRIX. The concept was wonderful and had versions two and three been even half as good as the original they would have been great. As it is, they failed miserably and THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS was the worst of all. It was all "style over substance." The special effects were good, I will grant the makers that, but a movie needs more than special effects to be "good." It also needs a good script and that's something THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS simply didn't have. There were so many special effects that they got to be silly. And characters. We need characters we can care about. We had those characters in the original MATRIX, but they spend far too much time off-screen in THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS. I "got" the point and I understand why, but I don't agree with the concept that you can take your lead actors off-screen and still have most viewers care about the minor characters who are left on-screen to carry the action. And what's this about more time spent with Oracle? I have to wonder if people who bring that up even watched the films. In the original MATRIX and MATRIX RELOADED, Oracle had one scene in each, lasting about four minutes. In MATRIX REVOLUTIONS, Oracle had two scenes, lasting about eight minutes. Technically, yes, more time, but hey, nothing significant. To sum up, THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS is like a video game. Put in the disk, kill the bad guys in pixel-splattering, action-packed, over-the-top scenes, remove the disk. It's too bad because, as I said, before, the concept was terrific. I would definitely recommend the original MATRIX to anyone who likes action or science fiction. I would not recommend RELOADED or REVOLUTIONS to anyone over the age of twelve or to anyone who's not a total, dyed-in-the-wool video game addict.
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