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Summary: The Matrix has you....r MONEY!
Review: .....So I was one of those geeky people who bought their tickets for the first day, 2nd showing of Matrix Revolutions. I had also done the same with the Reloaded sequel. The 2nd film....I thought was actually horrible AND boring! I wanted my $$ back, but most importantly, I wanted my 2+ hours back!!! Same with this third installment. Take ALL of the horrible cliches from EVERY war movie you've ever seen, and put it in this one! The young kid, not really old enough to be in 'the army', the spouse who thinks their partner is dead, so sarifices themselves for the greater good, the 'hardened' old army guy who fights 'til his last breath. UG! The first 20 minutes of the film made me have hope that THIS sequel would finally redeem the entire series! BUT NO! To top it all off...the ending isn't really an ending...please hope there isn't a 4th one! A word of advice to people out there...pretend like this is the Highlander movie franchise...the first one is the REAL movie and the rest were just bad dreams! I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THE FIRST MATRIX FILM, don't get me wrong!! PLEASE RENT IT WHEN IT COMES OUT ON DVD -- That way you can turn it off!!
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Summary: You say you want some "Revolutions"...
Review: First off, let me just say that this was a fun, popcorn-crunching, action movie. If I just let my mind sort of shut off, I loved watching all the big explosions, and lots (I mean really lots) of machine gun fire. I had fun. Now, I find myself wondering: is that really what I wanted to see? The charm of the original Matrix movie was that it held up to all levels of scrutiny. If you wanted to go see people getting kicked and shooting other people, it was that. If you wanted to go and think about the nature of reality and whether ignorance is really bliss, it was that too. This second movie felt like if you wanted just fun action, you'd have to rent it on DVD and use the scene jump feature to go to the cool fight scenes (like the one in the temple with all the weapons...). "Revolutions" is almost the opposite--if you actually think about the plot, it makes no sense. For instance, (PLOT SPOILER COMING UP NEXT) the battle against Smith is won because the machine that is hooking Neo up to the matrix sends an electric shock into his body, causing all six billion or whatever Agent Smiths to explode and turn back into their original selves. Then the rain stops, and the little girl makes the sun rise. And Neo is carried off by a giant machine, maybe dead, maybe not. If anyone can explain that to me, I'd love to hear them. Overall:Plot: 3
Special Effects: 5
Acting: 3 (everyone but the main actors were great)
Overall: 3
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Summary: Clever, well done, fun (in that order) - no spoilers
Review: First than anything, Matrix is a show. Just a show. You go to the cinema and watch it to have fun. It is not the Bible, it is not the Quram. I went to see Matrix Revolutions almost in a forceful way (since i saw Reloaded, i had to see revolutions). I was very dissapointed with Reloaded, so i went with no hope. However it was a nice surprise to see the characters becoming more human and real. Even the programs (the indian character, Smith, the Architect) show a lot of complex emotions and feelings, sometimes humorous, sometimes heart-touching. Neo is no longer all powerful, and that brings life again to the movie, since you don't know what's going on next. That will keep you at the edge of your seat most of the time. It was easy to recognize elements taken from many other sci fi movies (Aliens, Star Wars, even Dragon Ball and other Anime in general). And the fun thing is that it makes you think. Not a lot, of course (this is a blockbuster movie), but it will keep going in your head for a while. It was worth to see Reloaded just to understand Revolutions (as it was worth to see the awful The Phantom Menace to understand the Attack of The Clones). Should you watch this movie ? If you saw Matrix 1, and you liked it, then you'll have a great time with Revolutions, since it closes many circles that opened in the first movie. If you didn't enjoy Matrix 1, there's no point in watching Revolutions (and don't even bother with Reloaded).
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Summary: Good Job...Excellent entertainment!
Review: The Wachowski Brothers have done a superb job concluding their epic MATRIX trilogy with a T.S. Eliot-APOCALYPSE NOW bang. Those who whimper about small stuff (the few phrases of meta-bogus, metaphysical cant; some CGI plot "cliches")need to recall a more damning cliche about carpers "not good enough to play, but too good to applaud". And this sci-fi, Post-Modernist myth--often cinematically rendering The Book of REVOLUTIONs the way St.John might have PM rendered his famous telling of ARMAGEDDON--has much to applaud. Acting by Keanu Reeves; Carrie-Anne Moss and Laurence Fishburne remains dramatically solid(without hints of ironic condescension when dialogue occasionally falters). Hugo Weaving is even more spectacularly DEMONIC as life-hating Primo Deconstructionist, AGENT SMITH.As reviewers note,there is wealth of Judaeo-Christian; Eastern; and Gnostic; mythology,dogma and speculation to plumb, ponder,chew-on and otherwise regard. The incredible HARROWING OF HELL sequence alone is jaw-droppingly accomplished enough to earn the film SFX nominations that will only be matched by Peter Jackson's LORD extravaganza. MATRIX: Revolutions may not be a great movie but it's certainly ...as a Ted ["Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure"] might have said..."most excellent!"entertainment. Technical virtuosity is beyond criticism. Sirs Wachowski deserve recognition as continuing to challenge wondrous standards of PM/SFX they themselves created. Good job for gentlemen who might,indeed,be capable of filming DANTE's INFERNO;PURGATORIO and PARADISO...if they haven't already...(4 & 6/7 Stars)
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Summary: Better than I expected!
Review: After hearing the many reviews complaining about Revolutions, and after disliking most of Reloaded, I went in not expecting it to be a very good movie. I absolutely loved the first matrix, but I found the second one to be less than desireable as a sequel, so I'm not really a die-hard Matrix fan or a Matrix hater, but somewhere in between.
It seemed to have a much more sophisticated plot than Reloaded, which I look forward to figuring out as much as possible with further veiwings of the film, but also left much unexplained, which bothered me because in some cased they were major aspects of the film. For example, what actually happened to Neo when he was trapped between the real world and the machine world, and how he is able to see the machines around him after he has been blinded by Bane, the real-world Smith? Also, there seemed to be some aspects of the film that don't seem to be planned out very well. As Ebert pointed out, if the machines want to destroy Zion, why not just nuke it, since it would be much more efficient for them. Also, I didn't really like the way that the end seemed to leave the movie open to a sequel, since there almost certainly won't be one. Nevertheless, the majority of the plot seems to make sense and to flow smoothly throughout the movie, as long as you paid attention to the previous films and were willing to think a little bit.
As with the previous Matrix films, the acting wasn't great, though some of it is obviously attributable to the characters that the actors were portaying. One of the few exceptions to this, though, is Agent Smith, who seems more human than anyone else around him, making jokes about various things, and then seeming angry or sad later. One of the worse acting jobs was that of the new oracle, who doesn't seem to change her expression anytime in the film, whether making cookies with a child or when apparently about to die. On the other hand, her voice sounds about the same as the previous actress (Gloria Foster was the previous oracle, and died before she had finished filming her scenes for Revolutions) which is useful to give continuity to the character.
Lastly, the special effects were abolutely awesome, though most of them took place in the real world, not in the matrix. One of the things that I disliked about Reloaded was how obvious the CGI was in places, especially in the "Burly Brawl," where Neo fights several hundered Agent Smith clones. Especially in the large theater, it seemed to me that Neo and Smith's faces didn't look quite right in places (for example sometimes they looked completely smooth and uniform), and they didn't seem to move very realistically some of the time. Revolutions, on the other hand, looks photo-realistic most of the time, especially when the human army is fighting the machines. I didn't particularly like the flying fight scene with Neo and Smith (by the way, when did Smith learn to fly?) but at least the effects were a lot more realistic.
Overall, I thought that this was a pretty good movie, if not as good as the original. Though the trilogy seems to have become much more action-oriented, the movie still had a reasonably good plot, and was interesting to think about (at least for a little while). Though the acting was not great, the special effects more than made up for it. And they got rid of most of the annoying bad techno in the fight scenes! I think that anyone who liked the original Matrix should see this, even if they had second thoughts after seeing Reloaded.
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Summary: not perfect, but utterly forgiven for its faults
Review: I found Matrix Reloaded to be thoroughly engrossing. The feeling the movie generates (albeit a little heavy on the cliche war movie side) is so deep, so impactful, that I found myself dealing with the largest disappointment only upon leaving the theatre and realizing it was over. The imagery of the movie is breathtaking, and while the acting is far from oscar material (Keanu, I love ya as Neo, but you could be out-acted by a inanimate carbon rod), it nevertheless pulls the movie through. I especially liked the far more artistic and impactful manner the final neo-smith battle is executed in (I'm not ruining anything here... you KNEW they were going to fight) as "wire-fu" can only go so far before it plateaus on the excitement-meter. While the movie does leave many questions unanswered, it ends the trilogy in an oddly satisfying and permanent manner. I only hope that if there are ever any more matrix movies, they think hard about the idea before going forwards... the pure magic of this trilogy is a special thing, and I'd hate to see it go the way of batman (we ALL know what I'm talking about). This movie, in my opinion, is utterly forgiven for its faults. Watch it for the art, immerse yourself in the story... and enjoy what it has to offer. It offers quite a lot.
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Summary: Dull with potential
Review: This story could be great if the W- brothers condensed it into one or maybe two movies. Two and Three may be condensed maybe not one. The first movie was fresh and innovative. Two and three dragged on and on. The whole concept and the theories were very interesting. I had to force myself to stay awake during the last two movies. The movie moved too slow at the beginning and too much special effects in the second part. What this movie missed was balance and a decent pace. Too bad because the concepts were really interesting and worthy to explore. I had to step out for a couple minutes during the fighting scene for personal reasons and did not to miss anythig...and that says something about how overdone something is. Wait until this comes out in DVD and then skip the long drawn out battle scenes unless this is what you like most about the movie.
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Summary: matrix revolting crap
Review: I will make it short and sweet, this movie absolutely sucked.I mean compared to the 1st movie which was awesome,and reloaded was fair,but this had no point ,no story and the ending,what the hell was that?
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Summary: The Matrix Deflated
Review: Now I have seen the entire trilogy, and I can successfully render my opinion of it- "The Matrix" did not need any sequels. The trilogy doesn't exactly end with a whimper for "Matrix Revolutions", but let's just say I was not sad to see it end. The film looks great, there are some terrificly tense scenes, and not too many loose threads are left hanging, but the thrill is leaving. There's just not as much sense of awe anymore. It's time to call it quits for "The Matrix" series. There are some great things about "Revolutions". The siege of Zion was one of the most impressive sights I've ever seen in a film. The action throughout is very competently done. Every frame of the screen is filled with detail, every texture is vividly rich. There are some very tense moments, such as the aforementioned Zion battle and when Neo and Trinity take on the Machine City. Seraph and Niobe are given some nicely extended roles. Hugo Weaving is still terrific as Agent Smith. And even the Oracle's replacement actress- Mary Alice for the late great Gloria Foster- is charismatic and mysterious. These are all the things I liked about "Revolutions", and these moments hint at the just how great the first film was. However, I couldn't help but be disappointed with it all. One of the main problems was that I was honestly indifferent to almost everything- there's little emotional core to "Revolutions". The supposedly emotional and sad moments are not handled well by the directors- they had just a slightly higher impact on me than George Lucas' dialogue in "Attack of the Clones". This was not one of the movie's strong areas. I was not a fan of "The Matrix Reloaded", but I cared more about what happened to the characters in that film than I do this one. I mentioned in my review of "Reloaded" that I wanted to know more about the Merovingian and his role in the whole thing. I take it back- he returns in this film, and this time he's downright irritating. The Architect only has a cameo and we learn little else about him. And those omnipresent Agents that were so sinister in the first film? Sorry, they don't even show up this time outside of Smith. And the ending? Let's just say they could not have been less obvious in the symbolism- I almost giggled at some points. Unfortunately, this doesn't really add to the emotional impact and sometimes makes the whole thing seem downright ridiculous. Most things are resolved and explained (albeit in a contrived way), but just enough is left hanging to leave the door open for more sequels. I honestly hope this does not happen. With the coming of "Revolutions", it's becoming obvious that the Matrix's time is passing. "Revolutions" will not send the franchise out on a high note, but at least it will save it from the doom of becoming boring and repetitive, which is what "Matrix IV" may do to it.
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Summary: The Matrix Repulsions
Review: They may as well give that title to the fourth in the series - if they dare to make one. Lets hope this is it folks, because what started out as an awesomely creative and original premise in the first film has degenerated into one of the most boring, pretentious, cliche-ridden, overhyped pieces of Hollywood trash that I have ever seen. The final entry is nothing more than an emptyheaded plop in a sea of nonsensical McDonalds mysticism, mixed up with a lot of overlong battle scenes that are obviously nothing more than an attempt to titillate the enormous mass of "gee-whiz" folk who will marvel at any and all explosions, kicks, and what-have-you. I had hoped that this film would be an improvement over Reloaded (that wouldn't have been hard to pull off), but they topped themselves and made a last-ditch cookie-cutter attempt to maximize profits and jump ship. I don't blame the Oracle (Gloria Foster) for passing on to the next world after Reloaded - maybe she had enough real life clairvoyance to bail before they could snag her into making this third stinker. A great shame since the first film was so genuinely brilliant. Luckily, the first film stands on its own - as it always will on my shelf! Adios Wachowski brothers (lets hope!)
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