Rating: 
Summary: Liked it
Review: While the storyline ended up somewhat disappointing and strangely obvious, the matrix revolutions still has a lot of incredible action to watch. I personally thought that keanu and his on-screen girlfriend came off as dull and almost lifeless throughout the trilogy, but the W brothers created such lush visuals that I don't mind the shortcomings. The Zion battle is the most intense fight sequence I've ever seen at a theater. CGI's come a long way hasn't it.
Rating: 
Summary: Pure dog poo
Review: C'mon already!!! Mindless psycho-babble, painfully predictable fight scenes, and equally pathetic acting by "The One". Don't waste your money. I felt like yelling out "This is crap!" 5 minutes into it.
Rating: 
Summary: A starting point for transcendance
Review: A few minutes after the movie had ended and as the credits were rolling on the screen, it became apparent to me that this would be one of the most misunderstood and less satisfying movie story endings of all time. Yes, the fight scenes between Smith and Neo are worthy of Dragonball. Yes, the inevitable Bumbling Boy Saves World cliche had to be revisited. And yes, I am sure many other formulaic choices were made.
It does not really matter/
In my view, every event that happens in the movie is justified by the fact that its objective is not that of presenting a staisfying conclusion to the story, but of making this story reach a higher level of importance. Of making it into a myth rather than just another action-adventure piece of entertainment. It seems sad to me that making people happy be SO easy for any filmmaker. If they just saturate the movie with visual effects, deliver a ton of fight sequences from interesting angles and provide a sex xcene or two, most moviegoers are delighted. It would have been SO simple to do that for this film. Instead, the writer-directors did not compromise their vision and ended the story in an elegant fashion, with a complex message reminiscent of the best aspects of Arthurian Mythos (The barge in which Neo is carried off, maybe dead, maybe sleeping, to a realm of twilight, neither physical nor virtual, presumably both, to be available as the Oracle says, when he is needed again) the Norse sagas (Neo loses BOTH eyes, going one better over Wotan-Odin in order to see into the realm of the invisible and acquire the wisdom that only comes from coexisting in both worlds) and Buddhist philosophy, as he proves that there are no pairs of opposites and that divisions reside only in the mind of those beings who place self over all. THat is the meaning behind his resolution of the Smith dilemma, the way Smith is drawn into him so that a new synthesis, resulting of the union of both opposed proposals can be managed. The Machines are compelled into accepting a new order by his actions, one that is neither of dominance nor of servitude. A new Matrix is restarted in which the Choice that every being in it must face is made clearer and in which cooperating with the machines is more voluntary. THat is the reason behind the dawn of course. The Matrix is a false world and everything is possible in it if one chooses to order that something becomes so. Neo is the Chosen One because he BELIEVES he is the chosen one. He has faith in it. And just like the first movie is determined by that word, belief, and the second by choice, this third one is determined by the word hope: To trust in something that lies beyond the ken of senses, and act in confident security of its being favourable. This goes hand to hand with faith. THe ultimate human strength and most sublime of weaknesses, just as the Architect points out. All programs, being desirous of getting to be more and more human-like, seek only the basest of human emotions to be their guides. Ambition is seen as the end-all motive of their existence. But in order to defeat them, they must be shown an alternate truth that Neo must learn as the story progresses: THat living or dying is meaningless if it is not done for others instead of for one's self. And it is to me apparent that humans in the movies are shown to learn this at some point or another, making Neo a Chosen One only insofar as he is the one delivering the message that has been learned by these survivours through hardship and death. This makes the story of the Bumbling Boy Hero relevant and meaningful. This tints the scenes of battle at the Docks with a light of importance beyond that of hardware and flesh colliding in terrible conflict (And no one can fault these sequences from any viewpoint, I believe. The mechanisms, systems, combat tactics, etc. employed, make perfect sense. The ONE concession to movie goers is that of the terminal operator who is looking at the machines repairing their giant drill asking what they are doing. Anyone in his position would know, being as he is accustomed to fighting this enemy. He merely asks it so that audiences can center their attention in that fact. Unrealistic, but... Helpful to some, I suppose).
The Matrix is made into a cycle in this movie. A cycle that begins, suffers revolutions that involve pain and sacrifice, but eventually ends, giving birht to a new dawning world that will continue the journey, having advanced at least one more step in the direction of unity. One can only hope our world were thus ensured of improvement after every mishap.
THis is not a movie that makes sense by itself. It is part of a story and must be seen as such. It is not meant to be liked, it is meant to give a message. It is a honest attempt at communicating ideas that the writer-directors have, which are a compillation of others, none new. It is an effort very similar to that of George Lucas with his Star Wars saga, and of course to that of Tolkien in LOTR. And to that of any author who intends to link the audience with the symbols and ideas that make up our collective unconscious. Nothing more formulaic OR relevant than to accomplish that.
My apologies for the length of this post and my gratitude to the patience of those who finish reading it.
Rating:
Summary: Don't be cruel
Review: For those saying that if you don't like the movie it is because you don't understand it. I understand that neo was genetically altered by the machines to be sensetive to electronic currents. (...) Complex stories no matter how intrecate don't give a movie a pass just because how deep in nature they are. The pacing is very bad, the action scenes except for maybe the upside down fighting scene are not that impressive. It is a nice story but a very bad movie. I gave the movie one star because they spelled the title correct.
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Summary: REVOLUTIONS
Review: THIS IS FILM IS PROBABLY NOT EVERYONES FAVOURITE OUT OF THE TRILOGY BUT I LOVE IT. A MUST FOR ALL TRUE FANS OF THE MATRIX.
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Summary: this wasn't a movie
Review: By far the worst out of the trilogy. The first one was a classic, the second was pushing it, and the third, well it was just horrible. Complements to the CGI guys, but if there was ever a movie that proved that special effects don't make a movie, this is it.We spend the first movie really caring about the main characters, Neo's journey, Morpheous' faith, Smith's joyous evil...then for the grand finale, we're forced into a position where we no longer know who these people are, and could care less what happens to them. It felt like Neo/Reves had a handful of lines, and poor Morpheous--once the grand character in Matrix I, is relegated to a a couple scenes and a few lines. This isn't a movie, it's a show piece for your HDTV set. Regardless, I have successfully convinced myself that Reloaded and Revolutions never existed, there was never a Matrix trilogy. Just the first one.
Rating:
Summary: yes
Review: awsome movie people who are not fans of series may not be intirested stunning visual effects very pshycological plot you gota watch it lots of times to fully understand
Rating:
Summary: I'm going to pretend it didn't happen.
Review: This movie nearly ruined the whole series for me. The first movie was truly an excellent film. The second was not as great, but I could still bare it. The third one sucked. Flat out. In fact, I think it made the second one worse knowing what it was setting up. I'm thinking I'm probably going to sell my Reloaded DVD and forget Reloaded and Revolutions ever happened. I think the only thing that I really enjoyed about this movie was the fight for Zion. The rest...well, it just makes me shake my head. The Mr. Smith story line ended badly, and the movie ended with a freaking sunrise. Great.
Rating:
Summary: I dont know what to think anymore.
Review: I cant really give a review of this movie. So many things happened at once. I want to give it a good score, but so many ppl will say it sucked, and why is that? Is it the ending? My solution, create another ending for the DVD. If u want to see the original put it on there too, but seriously that makes a lot of ppl disappointed, including me. I was stunned while it finished in the theater, not able to realize why I came and have that 'wave crash down on me'. Freakin sunrise...If we want to get technical about it, couldnt wachowski 1 and wachowski 2 write better dialogue for the one who usually plays a dude. I cringed when the audience laughed at that. I then knew something wasnt right. Maybe the theater put something in the drinks, mine was flat, screwed me starting there. I enjoyed the battle scenes in Zion, ppl complain cause theres nothing spectactular about bullets in the real world, well tough. I also enjoyed the scenes with the machine city (but somebody explain why he still has powers here?) They could have added a little extra to the club hell scene, kinda ended suddenly. And something was strange about the Neo/Smith fight scene. Flying thru the air almost seemed like a episode of DBZ, not that I watch that. Why did Gloria Foster(Oracle from 1 and 2) have to die, that would have saved some confusion. And this subway station with Indian ppl? The point is...idk maybe there is no point now. I got everything built up for it, and I expect more than a stupid sunrise.
Rating:
Summary: Big Disappointment
Review: I saw this movie at the theatre. It was the biggest disapointment I have had since Highlander 2. Despite the nonstop action I was bored. It seems hard to believe that the amazingly new and fresh Matrix could have devolved into this tired waste of time. Better editing on the second film could have made this movie unecessary, instead it is mostly special effects filler for about 15 minutes of substance.
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