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Summary: Too much
Review: Too much describes several aspects to the finale of the overrated Matrix trilogy. Too much hype. Too much philosophy. Too many special effects. Too much money spent to go see the movie- as the Wachowski brothers were way over their heads with this one. "The Matrix Revolutions" solved perhaps 5% of the questions brought forth from the previous movies. The problem arose after the first movie- they should have just stopped right there. The second movie contained too many new characters, theories, and philosophical/theological topics and references. In doing this, they raised the bar of expectations for the final movie to a level that the brothers could not hope to reach. Several key characters make brief appearances at best, and the new ones introduced have no major purpose after the scene in which they first appear. On the plus side, the fight scenes (which were few and far between) were phenomenal, and the special effects were unbelievable. Unfortunately, the positive factors end there. No closure was brought forth when the credits started to roll, and everyone in the theater breathed a sigh of relief when the doors opened. The bottom line is, don't waste your money on this one, and if you haven't seen "Matrix Reloaded" don't bother to, just enjoy the breakthrough film that was the first Matrix.
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Summary: Plan 9 from the Wachowski Brothers
Review: This review contains spoilers but it's nothing you couldn't figure out from the first 20 minutes of the movie anyway. A student of mine told me that his friend at Warner Bros. said that this was terrible so I can't say that I wasn't warned. Oh boy, where to begin. First off, I should mention the good stuff. The battle between the machines and the humans, who are using other machines to fight the invading machines, is loads of fun. If only the attack had occurred during the pointless orgy scene in "Reloaded".better yet, but I digress. Suffice to say that any movie made by Bros. W., Spielberg or Lucas will always look great. The action is good, now, does it really matter? Also, Hugo Weaving is acting circles around the rest of the cast. Unfortunately, there are just too many scenes in this movie from other movies as well as the first two installments of this one. Let's see here: Bullets in slo-mo? Check. Dance/orgy scene? Check. Resurrection of a major character at the climax? Check. Signature John Woo scene of all the characters in a room pointing guns at each other? Check. Dudes in military exoskeletons a la "Robotech?" Check. Monica Bellucci's breasts squeezed in a so-tight-it-just-can't-be-good-for-her-circulation bustier? Check. The plot (which I will not discuss here) is pretty much pro-forma, not only can you see the story coming a mile away you even know what the characters are going to say before they say anything. (But you knew I was going to type that didn't you?) The dialogue is laughably bad for most of the first (as well as the second and last) portions of the film. The scene in the train station with Neo and a family is unintentionally hilarious. The writers seem to have reduced Neo's intelligence just below that of Homer Simpson, and for a character played by Keanu Reeves that's saying something. The scene in the ship where an Agent Smith possessed character is talking to Neo was laughable. (Hint to Neo: Only the bad guys greet you with "Hel-lo Mis-ter An-derson). As much as I derided "Reloaded" I was mildly surprised by the scene with the architect, unfortunately, there are really no surprises here. Some scenes are so bad I'm amazed that they made it into the film. There is a shoot out that is a direct rip off of the first movie. The scene in the gay bar/dance club/S&M hangout is actually WORSE than the Zion scene in "Reloaded." Why the Merovingian would open a gay bar when he's married to Monica Bellucci is a question well worth pondering. Also, seeing men in latex pointing guns at Trinity and Morpheus isn't threatening, it's funny. The Merovingian must now join Jar-Jar Binks in the ranks of the movie characters with hilariously, annoying accents. Why he is even in this movie is a question well worth pondering. (To the fan boys who are screaming that "He's really Hades!" I know but Hades is god of the dead, not the god of Purgatory.) The death scene with Trinity was FUNNY! I mean, she's having this conversation with Neo and the camera suspiciously does not show her torso so you can figure that she's become "Trinity-ka-bob," but NO, when the camera finally does show her torso she's been skewered six ways from Sunday and yet still has enough life left in her to hold for a scene that goes on WAY too long. (Second hint to Neo: Kissing dying "Trinity-ka-bobs" only hastens the inevitable.) Now that she's out of the way, Neo goes on to meet Big Giant Head (or the leader of the machines who/whatever that is.) So, Neo now needs to "jack-in" (I sure hope that William Gibson is getting some kind of kick-back for all the raping the Bros. W. have done of his work) one last time to fight guess who? If you've seen the first two parts, you know. Needless to say, that their fight scene is a replay of their fight scene in part one except without the suspense. Neo dies YET AGAIN and THIS time he's brought back by Big Giant Head. Again, him dying MIGHT have meant something if not for the fact that nobody important stays dead in these movies. This might have meant something if we felt more for the characters but we don't. I think that Morpheus was the most interesting part of the first film but he is literally wasted in the sequels. I didn't think that he was any closer to Neo than he was in the first film. Indeed, they had more scenes together in the first installment. Ditto for Neo's relationship with Trinity, they love each other. So what? I felt no sadness at her passing for the mere reason that their relationship never seemed to grow nor matter. "Lord of the Rings" is a great story not only for the action but because it's easy to CARE about the characters. Tolkein was a philologist and he knew that words meant more than their everyday, common usages. Words have histories, so did his characters. Finally, the score manages to rip-off BOTH "Mars" from Holst's The Planets as well as Orff's "Carmina Burana." If you're up for some nice fight scenes and don't give a rip about character development, go ahead and see "Revolotions," but I'd recommend a couple of Coronas first.
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Summary: Horrible End To What Could Have Been An Amazing Trilogy
Review: Revolutions is a horrible end to what could have been a great trilogy of movies. If you were hoping Reloaded was a set up movie for revolutions it was not. All the new villians you see in reloaded have about 10 mins of screen time in revolutions. That makes reloaded a horribly pointless and stupid movie because all the character development and plots are left out in revolutions. More questions are left then answers, there are many plot holes, and if you were expecting this to anything like the original matrix it is not. Neo, Morpheus, and Trinity are guest stars in their own movie. Morpheus is completely forgotton in this movie and the rest of the cast is thrown inbetween the CGI zion battle. People who claim to like this are just in denial and really just want that same feeling they got watching the original matrix. That does not happen. The Wachowski bros bit off more then they could chew. They are relatively new directors and after the matrix, took on the responsibility of directing the two sequels together, writing both scripts along with script for the game, directing scenes for the game, working on the animatrix, and helping out with choreography for the fighting scenes. This proved to be too much for them to handle and you end up with two horrible sequels that make money based upon the first movie's success and a horrible game. Even if there is any part of you that liked reloaded or has seen revolutions and liked part of that you have to admit, that you like these movies "eventhough they have many problems" that you disregard, and that it could have been done much, much better. Truly a disappointment.
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Summary: Anything that has a good beginning should have a good end
Review: The apocalyptic finale of the Matrix epic--it is exactly what I had expected it to be. Though it does not set a CGI benchmark like the original Matrix, it is much better than Reloaded and brings the story to a satisfactory conclusion. Dont get me wrong--the CGI is mindblowing yet you do get a sense of deja vu when you see the movie--unlike the original Matrix theres nothing new here which you havent seen before. Also I felt there were quite a few elements from the Star Wars and the Lord of the Rings in the main structure of the movie--I dont want to give away any plot details so I dont get into the parallels--if you have seen the movie you know what I am talking about. But the plus point is the story--it is a beautiful, thoughtprovoking ending which true to the Matrix tradition remains bound to mystical Eastern(predominantly Hindu) ideas of the "end" and "beginning". It was also nice to see the Matrix pay tribute to the Hindu ideas of "maya", "karma" "trinayan(mind's eye)" and "srishti" (creation) by introducing a Hindu girl in a pivotal "oracle" role. Matrix needed to end on a bang and yes I can say that it did. Yes the movie will be criticized. People expect new standards of CGI with each matrix and these viewers may feel let down. But for guys like me who want to look upon Revolutions as a movie and as a finale to an epic rather than as a showcase for the latest graphics tricks, there is nothing to complain.The movie can also be criticized for not closing some of the big debates of the role of the Architect and such---but I am sure the geeks will have some gigantic interpretation out soon. In any case Reloaded went too heavy on the metaphysical stuff and lost the audience somewhere down the road. Revolutions restores balance--they keep it mystically heavy but dont slam your head with conundrums--after all this is a movie not an algebra test ! My greatest criticism is that the movie gets too maudlin at times with protracted death scenes and mushy dialogue. And there were too many love stories inserted as side plots which detracts from the main stream of the story. But at least we didnt have anything like the ecstacy-induced group sex thing we sat through in Reloaded---thank the Architect for small mercies ! Performancewise the Matrix series has never been one to write home about. Keanu Reeves pulls out his stock expressions which run the gamut from a to b while the rest of the cast performs in a standard fashion. Only exception is the scene-stealing Hugo Weaving as Mr Smith----now he kicks some bigtime butt--crackling the screen with his deadpan expression and knuckle-gnashing dialogue delivery. In conclusion, Matrix Revolutions is a more-than satisfactory conclusion to the Matrix story---maybe it lacks that sparkle that elevates a movie to motion picture greatness but it satisfies and gives you your moneys worth ! Now for how many movies can you say that ?
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Summary: The biggest dissapoinment in motion picture history!
Review: To tell you the truth, I thought that the first matrix was and still is, one of the best sci-fi films of the last 15 years!!! it was unique, original and incredibly creative. for the second one, i have variated choices, it wasn't great, but it captures the story and gave it a few new twists that were just amazing. But revolutions is simply, one of the worst conclusion of a trilogy ever!!!! the story got so dumb and uninspired that the couldn't manage to keep it firm and it went way out of hand. the first hour and a half of the film, there's hardly any action, but stupid dialogue that was so repetituos that leaded nowhere!!! And it wasn't just me, even my very best matrix die hard friends were deeply frustated!! The oracle was so bad this time that first I thought it was ajoke...how can she be so mystirious and still couldn't help neo in anything...then the film goes into a animated battle so cheesy it was dumb!!!!! and the ending could be easyly the worst ever!!!! After this film, I think is going to be very hard for reaves to find a job....because he has proven in this one that he really can't act!!! the movie was plain awfull!!!!!! in every aspect!
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Summary: Stunning
Review: I have to admit that ive spent waaaay too much time with my buddies and bros after Reloaded trying to guess what this movie would hold....man, were we off!!! (although I did dig my theory that Neo could lock into the Matrix wirelessly, kinda like WI-FI) I will also admit I was a bit worried whether the brothers could wrap this up in two hours, and yet leave us with enough eye candy.....WELL THEY DID IT....im so impressed with this movie on so many levels....
As far as my take, It has to be when the Oracle tells Neo that he and Agent Smith are one and the same, exact opposites of each other. I think that the reason Agent Smith dies at the end is because in order to keep the balance of both of their existence, Neo's sacrifice of himself to save the people (no need to tell you about the religious undertones here) ultimatley kills Agent Smith as well, because Neo's existence had to balance out Agent Smiths existence. (Im gonna have to watch this again...and again, and again) The War scence in Zion was magnificent...and had the whole theater cheering at its close(I remember the frustration I felt was so real when the second wave of machines made theyre way through...not to mention the end fight scene between Agent Smith and Neo was absolutely brilliant... There are many religious undertones to the conclusion of this movie, mainly dealing with faith(Oracle's belief in Neo,
christianity/judaism/islam (Ressurection of Neo and his sacrifice for his people) and even some Hinduism (the belief of reincarnation, much like the recreation of the Matrix six times) and lets throw some good old Kharma into the mix for good measure. Absolutely fantastic.
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Summary: The end has arrived
Review: At 9 am today I saw Revolutions and I left the theater knowing I like what I had witnessed, but that certain things bothered me about it. I could have used a bit more character development from certain people, more topics raised, and the ending... I ended up seeing it again around 4 pm with my friend and when I left I realized that I am satisfied by the ending. I've gotten mixed reviews from people today, but people either loved it or hated it. I think those who hate it do so because it wasn't your typical Hollywood ending where everyone lives "happily ever after". Zion might get to see salvation...but at a price. Major events happen in this film that will definitely kill the moods of diehard fans that grew to love certain characters, but eventually you'll come to terms and accept it. The action sequences are epic in Revolutions, the Zion battle is amazing, with sentinals swarming everywhere and the Smith - Neo battle? Perfectly executed. It reminds me of something like Fist Of The Northstar and Akira. The ending reminds me of the ending in Evangelion in one aspect. While Earth is still destroyed, there is still hope for humanity. Go see this film, I'm going again on Friday. The Matrix certainly has me.
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Summary: Every Beginning has a...well, ANOTHER beginning.
Review: I just walked out of Matrix Revolutions half an hour ago. one word: DISAPPOINTING. and not just a "waking up on cristmas day and only finding underwear" disappointing. i mean, as i walked out of the theater, i wanted to cry, but there just weren't enough tears. look, i'm a huge Matrix fan, ask anyone. i own the other two movies, the Animatrix, the game, and the soundtracks for each of these. even with the majority of people saying the game and Reloaded were terrible, i defended them, and i will to my grave. BUT, this last one will forever taint whatever fond memories i had of these things. i gave this movie an extra star just for the action scenes. the epic battle between Zion and the machines was awesome, the fight between Neo and Smith was awesome, and the fight in the Merovingian's place was awesome. i even liked the whole "world between the two worlds" thing and the extra stuff about the oracle. but what was up with the philosophy speeches. look, i don't mind a little philosophy in my movies (in fact i encourage it), but come on, repeating the same lines over and over in a pointless effort to make them understandable is just annoying. and the ending, if you could call it that, killed it all. we were promised all our questions would be answered, and, i have to admit, the Wachowski brothers delivered. but they tricked us. they just gave us more questions without answers, and then they crammed them into the last ten minutes. it wasn't even a real ending. it left everything open...AGAIN. this whole series of movies, short films, and a game brought us right back to where we were at the beginning of the first film: not knowing what happens next. i personally felt cheated and used. it was all a gigantic, well-marketed tease. and with absolutely no talk of another film, it seems the questions will never be answered. i'm going to go lie down now and try to forget that a third movie was ever made.
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Summary: Shocked W/ So Called Fans.
Review: I'm shocked that this movie hasnt been out a full day and already most people are giving up on it calling it awful and saying theres no answers. For one the matrix has and always will be a series of movies that need to be viewed more than once and thought about more than a day to fully understand. The answers are all there, however there not in black in white there more in code. Everything told to Neo is meant for the viewer as well. I thought it was brilliant. It has action, Drama, Sadness, Suspense and everything else you can imagine, it has it all. I'd say its much better then reloaded, but not quite up to par with the first one.
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Summary: Well...
Review: If this movie was a high-budget Saturday Night Live sketch, or possibly under the direction of Mel Brooks, I wouldn't have felt as guilty laughing. Not that it wasn't worth the money I paid. I would gladly see it again; it's a good ab workout. But I'm being mean. To their credit they did use Reeves to the best of his dramatic ability and managed to give the audience a wonderful exploration of what CGI can do - even when it's rushed, overused, and doesn't have the dramatic framework to make it believable. And who would've guessed you could have such a prolonged monologue with a metal spike through both your kidneys? Ah, the wonders of cinema. Still, I suggest you see it. If for nothing else than such classic lines as: "you did it" - "no ... *we* did it." The Wachowski brothers certainly left me as they did with the first Matrix movie ... speechless.
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