Rating: 
Summary: Satisfying ending, yet far from being a masterpiece
Review: Here we are again, overwhelmed by the most distinct critiques. For me it is good thing for any movie. Because it shows that people to take time to praise or hate it.
In the case of Matrix Revolutions it could not be more obvious than this. I believe that the Wachowski Brothers have created a very impressive and conclusive ending of the Trilogy. Certainly, there is always room for some improvement, but one cannot get everything. From the moment I saw Matrix 1, I ever asked whether that ending was actually the ending of the first film. Now after watching the third one, I am sure that the Trilogy ends with the ending of the first part.
Neo does not die in Matrix Revolutions; he becomes, maybe, the Oracle in the following (seventh) Matrix. I have very often seen that people do not understand the ending, at least not during the first viewing. The clue to understand the ending is to understand why Smith breaks into a paroxysm of laughter, after having converted the Oracle. In that very moment, he begins to get the message. He understands what is going on. (Certainly, that is a rather simple answer, but I could go on writing page after page, just on this idea) With this I believe all other blurriness in the plotline should resolve on its own.
Sure, but what about all the other seemingly innocuous parts of the film. What can I say more, than that they are as they should be. The battle between Neo and Smith is utterly the best action sequence on the big screen. It may give the impression of not getting the story anywhere. However, in those 3 minutes a lot happens. Especially the brief speech Smith holds toward the end of that scene. "...a feeble huamn intellect just quickly trying to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose...Only a human mind could invent something as incipit as love." It is sentences like this one, which give the Trilogy the mythic appearance it bears. And that, of course, demands something of the audience too - thinking, if possible at all.
Anyway, I am getting this DVD, the first day it is available. It is no milestone of filmmaking, but one of the best sci-fi of the last 20 years. Even the plotline is quite complex, not because of the characters, but because of the themes raised. Yet some themes are beyond some people. It seems to me that audiences nowadays fail to use but the muscle that matters. Of course, then only an idiotic farce, with pseudo-philosophic ideas, stays behind. And the Matrix Trilogy is most certainly not that.
Rating: 
Summary: Boring as hell
Review: Firstly let me dimiss any premonitions that i own this film as i certainly do not. One viewing at the cinema is quite enough.
I could discuss the techno-babble all day as have other viewers but let me be brief. The reason why this is one star or only 3/10 is because its as boring as paint drying, and despite the enormous spectacle and careful effort the film lacks feeling and emotions to such an extent that it is totally vapid. One word - avoid. As Neo himself might (or not) say, disappointment is inevitable.
Rating: 
Summary: Great graphics, crapppy ending
Review: OK, the action is awesome, fight scene with Neo and Smith is a little short, but the story line gets screwed up! You have no clue whats going on and you don't know how it ended! It also has the worst last scene ever. But it has a GREAT soundtrack. If you want to watch it and skip the last 10 minutes
Rating: 
Summary: DA Bomb
Review: This movie was the best out of the matrix series a liked how it all tied into the series, awesome
Rating:
Summary: keanu....uhhhg
Review: This movie was absolutly horrible. The first was good, second ok, and the third just plain sucked. This trilogy could have gone up against the greats if they had stuck to the consistancy of the first movie. I think the thing that really killed this series was the awful acting of Reanu Reeves my god can he show any emotions at all. His horrible acting drove me crazy. Every line he had was said in the same monotone voice and i just wanted it all to end. Thanks alot you *#@!er keanu, you ruined everything.
Rating:
Summary: Not a big eye opener but not too bad.
Review: Personally I think that when it came to the The Matrix Revolutions and Reloaded, they hyped them up so much that we expected a lot from these movies. Since the Matrix movies were so hyped up that increased the expectations. I myself had high standards and the movie didn't live up the way it could have.Whether you liked the Matrix Reloaded or not doesn't seem to play a role in whether or not some saw this one. The Matrix Reloaded wasn't a bad movie and neither was this one really, but the first Matrix movie was so superior that you couldn't possibly expect the other two to live up to it. The Matrix Revolutions takes up from where Reloaded left off with Neo in a coma. He remains trapped between the real world and the Matrix and so Trinity and Morpheus need to find him. To be truthful the movie gets off to a slow start and doesn't exactly begin to move faster. It's clear that The Matrix Reloaded was only a bridge to this movie since the characters that played a small role in the second one are forgotten about and you can pretty much forget everything you absorbed in the second one with the exception of what the architect said. Nothing else besides that is really important. The acting in Revolutions is subpar. They managed to find a replacement for Gloria Foster but to be truthful, no one plays a better oracle than Gloria Foster. But aside from that, its the characters themselves. This isn't like "Star Wars" or "The Lord of the Rings" where you'll grow to love these characters. With Neo being so emotionless (curtosy of Keanu Reeves) and Trinity being so wooden and the corny dialogue between the two of them admitting their love for each other, you'll find yourself annoyed with them. However, Hugo Weaving still does an excellent job as Agent Smith. Hugo Weaving more than makes up for the wooden acting and lackluster dialogue. Don't expect to see much of Laurence Fishburne either. Unless you're really into the Matrix trilogy sitting through this movie a second time isn't worth it. Since Revolutions answeres all the questions it needs to (and it isn't hard to understand it until the end) you shouldn't feel obligated to. Secondly, a second time the movie is disturbingly boring. Top that off with the fact that this movie is called "The Matrix" when your characters don't even go into the Matrix. This is mostly a war movie with a shallow and imperfect love story. The Matrix Revolutions isn't a bad movie but it certainly isn't a good movie. This is most definately for the sci-fi fan I can say but after the first Matrix movie it seems like you can't do any better.
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Summary: Loved the trilogy!
Review: All I can say is that people who love the trilogy are people with an open mind. The first film wasnt even for all audiences to like, but since the action was amazing they liked it for that and not the story or concept and the work put into the film. i love revolutions for what it is and how it let me answer the questions from reloaded by myself. You create theories on what is happening and theres just something fun not to know the real truth...
Rating:
Summary: Awesome
Review: Really good movie.Has lots of action in it. Mostly fighting this movie. Shows you what happens at the end .But leaves you to think about if neo is okay like the matrix reloaded. Wicked awesome movie.
Rating:
Summary: Good for Matrix fans
Review: I would have to say that I wished Revolutions had as much or more of the awesome 'in the Matrix' action of the first two movies, but I gotta say that you can't judge these movies individually, you have to look at them as one. The first one was obviously the more mind-blowing since it was so new, the second was filler, and the third would be the end of the story AS TOLD by the Wachowski brothers. If you're not a Matrix fan, then just relax and go back to X-Men or something. These movies, and the video game, require you to think about the whole story. I'm going to buy Revolutions when it comes out to complete my set. I know that sounds tright, but hey, works of art like this don't come along very often...
Rating:
Summary: Common and Typical - the opposite of the first two films.
Review: IMHO, the Matrix was a sleeper hit; it got recommended to me by some woman working with me in Miami whose opinion I never trusted; in promoting The Matrix to me she earned a modicum of trust and respect. The finest "sleeper" film, in sci-fi, I've ever had the privledge of being knocked over by... Reloaded, IMHO< kept up the energy by taking it to the next level, and doing what no other sci-fi blockbuster sequel has EVER done for me...it made me think...it was DENSE, slick, and ultimately watchable over and OVER again. Reloaded is my favorite, w/o question...the first one set the stage, the second one had the perfect cliffhanger(s), with Bane and Neo on the gurneys, and Neo disvocering powers in the Real World, and the Machines coming...those two movies were as perfect as big-budget blockbuster sci-fi, with every studio suit in your bsiness, can be. Then we get to Revolutions, and crap the bed. Just horrible. Simply terrible. The worst ending to two great films there ever will be. What were they thinking? I cannot recommend this movie any less; I'm still waiting for the third film; this so-called "film" the Brothers put out there; that was a JOKE, right? I await a real ending to the trilogy, and inspired one, not this typical and common action trash... it was horrible. If you liked the first two films, you'll HATE the third one. If you hated the first two films, you'll like this garbage. To the Brothers: We are still waiting. Seriously.
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