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Summary: More action than reality-bending sci-fi
Review: Let's get one thing straight: "The Matrix Revolutions" has none of the reality-bending plot twists nor the eye-opening originality of the first. The final chapter in the trilogy is an altogether different type of movie. Although it cannot compete against the original, it competes strongly against other entries in the action/adventure genre. With the requisite battle scenes that pit the underdog against a superpower, "The Matrix Revolutions" is a fast-paced, adrenalin-packed movie that owes its entertainment to action and special effects. Despite this, the viewer must listen and watch carefully, as in the other two, to understand why events unfold as they do.The plot is difficult to detail without spoilers since many of the most shocking revelations come at the beginning, before the high-stakes battle scenes begin. Let it suffice to say that Neo has become something more than we thought, and as a result, he is much more of a threat to the nefarious virus Agent Smith. When the Oracle indicates (or does she?) that Neo is Zion's only hope, he and Trinity break off from the others who are hunkering down for an all-out assault of Zion. This is the strongest indicator that the third of the trilogy has stepped away from philosophical sci-fi and into pure action, as Neo and Trinity disappear from the screen for long stretches. Their onscreen time is limited, as is their plot; this will disappoint many diehard fans. Still, the action sequences are breathless (although eventually overdone) and the special effects are first-rate. The resolution of the trilogy is both surprising and inevitable, the hallmark of a well-prepared story. If you've been paying attention, it will make complete sense. I recommend you approach this film without high expectations. Comparing it to the first will only disappoint you. Expect instead something along the lines of the "Terminator" movies, and you'll enjoy every minute.
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Summary: Requires more than 3 functional neurons for understanding
Review: This movie completes this trilogy very well. The 3 movies are a metaphor of life. The first question you should ask yourself is what is the matrix? and the second one should be what is Zion? The first one represents the exterior world while the second represents our innerself. The movie describes the struggles of a human being that is looking for something else from life than just to eat, to sleep, to work, etc. What is great about it is how such important ideas is presented with sophistication of form and an imaginative storyline. This third movie finally clarifies many of the ideas already presented in the previous movies. If you are happy to be part of the matrix than don't bother watching it. Just stay at home and watch some reality show.
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Summary: Seriously, 5 stars? your just in denial
Review: Okay, now to put in my two cents, for those people who gave this movie 5 stars have got to be 13 and new to movies, for anyone who actually isnt living in japan and isnt 13 would agree with me here, this movie reaks. We've been flooded with so many bad movies where blind to what actual good movies are. people with common sense and taste are a dying breed and its sad, just like this movie (heh). They shouldve just kept it with one movie and no sequals, alas joel silver needed more money.
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Summary: Good, But Not Great!
Review: I Liked this movie it just was a little dull! It starts off where Reloaded ended. I dont have to say much about this movie its pretty much the same thing as the second one: they try to stop the machines and let there city have peace. The audio is good in a 5.1 dolby digital sourround sound mode. There is a Dual-layer format.The Edition I have is in a 2.35:1 Widescreen aspect ratio but there is also a Fullsceen Edition. The Special Features are cool coming with Trailers, Making Of Featurettes, and a making of the new Online Matrix game. As you can see its a pretty average DVD but its a good movie. Enjoy!
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Summary: Another reviewer put it best - it's an autopsy
Review: Being a rabid fan of the original 'Matrix' film, I suffered through the second in anticipation of the Big Finish - and was wholeheartedly disappointed. My S/O and I were both laughing by the second hour. Cliched rah-rah/love-you-baby speeches that a ten-year old would write; philosophical hoo-hah so esoteric and amorphous that you start to wonder if even the Wachowskis have any idea what it means; too many repetitive CGI battle scenes. Squids, machine guns, squids, machine guns, repeat, repeat, repeat. Even the Machine City looked pathetic. I saw the first one and was inspired; I saw the second one and was confused. I saw the third installment and, as another reviewer put it so aptly, it was an autopsy. I wish they'd stopped after the first one.
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Summary: sorry folks, but this was a waste of time
Review: talk about a series that went downhill in a free-fall... there is nothing to recommend this movie, not even the always-justifiable "i wanted to see how it ends". nothing was resolved, the characters were so flat that i found myself rooting for agent smith most of the movie, and it was entirely too long. talk about style over substance - this was a riot of noise and CGI effects with absolutely no story line. the wachowski bros. should be embarrassed to have their name associated with this movie, let alone lessening the name "the matrix" by associating it with two terrible follow-ups. more bad news kiddies - can anyone say matrix 4: reformulated???
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Summary: better than #2
Review: (Not like this movie needs another review, but we're all here because we like the sound of our own words, right?) I am not a huge Matrix-head, and not really an action-movie fan, either. I particularly have no patience for action sequences, CGI or otherwise, that just show off someone's moves without advancing the plot. (Example: I thought the freeway chase scene in "Reloaded" was an excellent time to go get some more Junior Mints.) For that reason it did not bother me at all that the grand climax fight scene in the rain was preposterous -- who cares? And for that reason I actually liked the battle in the dock of Zion -- it felt more like a good war movie of a city under attack, less like a gratuitous display of action. On the whole I found Revolutions much more enjoyable than Reloaded. I agree with all those who said that the entire fabulous, original concept was pretty well worked through in the first movie, but at least this one was fairly straightforward, didn't trouble itself too much with philosophy, and had a nice sense of appropriate resolution. I even found pleasure in the obviously derivative elements, if only because they helped me keep track of what was going on. For example, during the battle at the dock it occurred to me that this was the equivalent of the battle of Minas Tirith -- trying to keep the enemy at bay while Frodo/Neo is invading the enemy's territory, doing the real saving of the world. But I still don't get what that Merovingian dude is all about.
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Summary: Not terrible. But a failure nonetheless. (spoilers)
Review: Its hard to formulate the words to describe the many ways this movie was a letdown. First and foremost the film wasted a great deal of the viewers time with the first thirty minutes as the main character is literally stuck in a sort of purgatory. And during that thirty minutes we are there with him, sitting through the bizarre and pointless shootouts that open the movie; (which in no way are as good as any of the action scenes from the previous films) indeed we to are sitting in purgatory with Neo just waiting for the movie to start already.
From that point on the film kicks into gear and rapidly becomes an endless series of clichés, until it hits the point where Neo and Trinity reenact the death scene from Reloaded and one becomes convinced that the writers had no clue how get rid of Moss's character and thus recycled from the earlier film. It doesn't help that there isn't much soul to the movie. Most of the characters are devoid of background, excepting the ones I couldn't care less about. And the most interesting characters from previous films are shown so briefly that their roles are practically cameos (Merrovingian, Persephone, the Oracle, Agent Smith, are all pushed aside for most of the film)
The whole movie ends up suffering from the disease only usually seen in disaster films and ensemble romantic comedies: Toomanycharatersitis. Thus, the film and its busload of characters whimpers off into the sunset without even resolving all that much. Instead of machines getting defeated, a cease fire is arranged. Instead of a happy ending, we are given a bizarre sermon on tolerance and compulsive selflessness. I liked it better when it was called Final Fantasy: The Spirits Whithin. No, wait, I didn't like that either. This isn't a horrible movie. Its completely mediocre. But, if you're looking for a suitable climax to the trilogy, look elsewhere.
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Summary: Part 3: It was Inevitable...
Review: Neither Part-2 or Part-3 matched the brilliance of the original "Matrix". It was inevitable - the Wachowski brothers simply couldn't do it. With that said, "Revolutions" was better than "Reloaded"... but that's not saying much. It was better as a movie overall, but it didn't have a truly memorable action scene that left you sitting on the edge of your seat (i.e. the freeway chase scene in "Reloaded", or the top of building helicopter crash scene in the original "Matrix"). There were times in "Revolutions" where Neo just disappeared - at one time it was for over 30 minutes. Trinity disappeared numerous times and I often wondered where these main characters had gone. Too much time was spent with characters in Zion that I didn't care about (like Link & Zee... what did they bring to the movie?). "Revolutions" needed more Neo, more Morpheus, more Trinity, and more Agent Smith. Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne. Carrie-Anne Moss, and Hugo Weaving are all wonderful actors... and they simply were not on the screen enough. The computer-generated special effects were great, but the story-line, action, and dialogue (monotone and so very emotionless) was simply sub-par. The final battle scene between Neo and Agent Smith flying around in the rain between tall buildings was down-right comical. I loved Trinity in the first "Matrix", but that lessened in Part-2 and in I found myself in Part-3 thinking her death scene just dragged on way too long. The entire ending to the movie was pure cheese. The success of the great trilogies like "Lord Of The Rings", "Indiana Jones" and the original "Star Wars" is so hard to come by these days in Hollywood. The original "Matrix" will forever be the best of the series (should they have stopped at this one?). Replay value = Next to none.
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Summary: Fabulous Finale of the Matrix Trilogy
Review: THIS IS THE GREATEST FILM EVER and A FANTASTIC END to the Matrix Trilogy. The action is non-stop and there is far more of the Oracle, and more scripting hinting at the blurring between virtual (cyber) and real fleshly reality. Really! Neo is stuck somehow between the real world, the world of Zion and the world of sweaters that obviously don't make it through even one laundering, and the world of the Matrix, with the cool sunglasses and raincoats. Now, Neo is able to move between them, somehow, and this is exactly where Part Deux left off. We find Neo in a very wonderfully-designed subway stop, chatting with an Indian family and their adorable daughter, who is being sent away in order to save her. But Neo needs saving, himself, and Trinity and Morpheus go to plead for his life with the Frenchman, Mergovingian (remember Mergovingian? He has a girlfriend with red lipstick and a chest like the Albuquerque Balloon Festival.) Meanwhile, back on the ship, Niobe (Jada Pinkett) is killing the screen softly every time she is in front of the camera, and Morpheus is reduced to gazing in awe every time someone mentions Neo, or else being bitch-slapped by Niobe or anyone else who happens to be around. There is also a perfectly superfluous other captain who goes around swearing a lot and has the job of dissing any plan anyone else comes up with. He seems to have a brother in Zion, the General, who does pretty much the same thing. Things in Zion-land, by the way, are none too good, either. The machines are determined to wipe out this bastion of humanity, possibly because they are sick and tired of the whimps on the Council. I know I would be glad to see them replaced by a squiddy or two. The CGI here is employing about two-thirds the animators in Korea and probably all one or two of them from Oz. It's all about a lot of electro-Squids flying around and doing very gory damage to some humans, who've rented the walking war machines from the Star Wars set. They are not as effective as the Imperial Storm Troopers at using them. Maybe they needed some extra practice time. And what's with that Frenchman, Merv? What's up with that? Neo makes a pact with the Devil, or Dirt-Devil, anyway, we get to see him take a flying fight at a rolling Agent Smith again, and the end is, though not predicable, somehow not satisfying. And what's the deal with that Frenchman? This is a better film than Number Two, which was, really, Number Two. But that's about all I can say in its favor.
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