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Summary: matrix trilogy fizzles out
Review: very disapointing. after an amazing buildup with the first two movies revolutions just leaves you flat. no wonderful plot twists, no answers, and an ending that feels like it was made up at the last seccond and slaped onto the end of an otherwise amazing trilogy. The movie itself was not horrible, the action and final battle was amazing, but you, whoever you happen to be reading this, could have come up with a better way to end this trilogy. unfortunately, and very unlike parts 1 and 2, revolutions will not blow your mind.
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Summary: SO CLOSE!!
Review: Oh my god u guys!! You came so close to making the best Matrix movie in the series, but kinda blew it on the ending. The movie was going perfectly until the ending, other than that, I loved it.The other part I didn't like was how the sentinels just kept coming and coming, it kinda got annoying after a while. My favorite part of the movie,(and probably my favorite fight of the trilogy), is the final fight in the rain between Neo and Smith. Came so close guys, beautiful visuals, and I really liked the story,and the action scenes were amazing, until the end. That's why I can only give it four stars instead of five.
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Summary: the greatest movie ever
Review: i love this movie so much. this is the greatest movie of 2003 and the best of the matrix trilogy. the story goes like this ( warning spoilers ahead)neo lives in the matrix but he wants to lead humanity to a better place so he has to battle these machines that look like people. the fight scenes were so exciting that i was on the edge of my seat. the special effects are absolutly breathtaking. the wachowski brothers are officialy geniouses. I cant wait for part 4. make sure to buy matrix pt2 ( its out on dvd right now!) and watch it first so that you can follow the story because it is very deep then Do yourself a favor and GO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!
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Summary: The best Matrix movie there is.
Review: Quite simply, films do not get better than this. As a die-hard fan of the Matrix trilogy, it was of course my prerogative to enjoy this film. However, my father, whom I saw Revolutions with, also enjoyed this film.
First off, the acting. While many say that Keanu Reeves is not, despite the incredible movies he stars in, a good actor. Lies! He gives a performance of a lifetime in Revolutions. His acting abilities alone would make me want to see this movie more that five times. Coupling that with the enchanting performances given by Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Jada Pinkett-Smith, you have an acting combination that would make any film wonderful.
But that is not all, no! that is not all. The soundtrack adds a depth and flavor to the film that ties everything together and makes the drama so much more, well, dramatic. This film would not have been complete without the angelic voices singing in the background while Neo (Keanu Reeves) and Smith (Hugo Weaving) battle it out in their final confrontation.
Finally, the plot provided the perfect finisher to an incredible series. I don't wish to reveal anything to anyone who has yet to see the movie, but suffice to say that everything is tied up perfectly with just enough doubt to let the moviegoer use their own imagination.
This film will be wonderful for romantics and sci-fi geeks alike. So bring the kids! Bring the neighbors! Bring your aunt Sally! Whoever you take with you, they are bound to enjoy the final chapter of the Matrix saga: Matrix Revolutions.
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Summary: Matrix Revolutions: The Greatest Story Over-Told! (SPOILER!)
Review: For anyone who doesn't know, a "SPOLIER" is a review that gives away some of the secrets of the media reviewed. if you don't want that, don't read this...REVIEW STARTS HERE I must admit, I was intrigued when the Wachowski brothers released the animated matrix prequel "The Animatrix." It clearly reversed roles and cast the humans as the original aggressors against the machine intelligences and the architects of their own destruction. This appealed to my leftist instincts and left me actively wondering why they had made this moral twist. Alas, the end of the third and final film, Matrix: Revolutions, makes it painfully obvious. Stretched out in cross-position, the finale of this story is Neo goes back into the matrix to face his evil-opposite the now virus-like Agent Smith. And how does he defeat him? By allowing Smith to win, thus, in his death, opening a path for the great machine intelligence into which he is also connected to come into the world and wipe away all the evil. Just in case we MISSED it, the Mouse character (always a "true believer" in "the one"), on seeing that the war is over and the machines have turned around and are going home announces for all to hear "He's SAVED us!" Oh and incase you missed THAT, we get to see Neo's body carted off on a suspiciously altar-like by the great Machine Intelligence and a holy electronic glow surrounding him to let us know he is ascending. COME ON!!! I've only see this story about 3600 times. By reducing their man v. machine epic to yet another twisted Gospel the Wachowski brothers have reduced their story to the most trivally mundane and left me feeling I wasted 6 hours of my life getting to this point :( And the Animatrix? In case it wasn't obvious, thats the Original Sin. Can't be saved without an Original Sin you know. **sigh** I really think they just ran out of story material after the first film and so stole the most obvious story they could. They should have quit with the first film which, while far from perfect, at least wasn't mundane. In the words of my to-be-preisted wife: "Lame!" In its defense the movie does have lots of beautiful 3D animation and other digital effects. Its somewhat ironic that the commercial my movie theater showed before the picture featured a stunt-driver because, if this movie has any long term significance, its to signal the death of the stunt man as a profession. It has become so cheap and so easy to do it all on computers that its not worth risking a human for. Maybe thats the ultimate man v. machine story that the Wachowski brothers missed.
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Summary: You want a revolution? Not this one.
Review: Being a huge fan of the Matrix trilogy, I saw the Matrix Revolutions, the final chapter in the trilogy, opening day. One word can describe it: disappointment. The hype must have gotten to me, because what I anticipated to be a "whoa" turned out to be a "uh". This movie was very confusing in many area's. Picking up where Reloaded, the second in the series, left off, we find our heroes aboard a ship with Neo and Agent Smith as a human in a coma. This is where it starts to get confusing. Without giving too much of the plot away, Neo is trapped in a world between the human world and the Matrix. It makes no sense, and there is no explanation as to just where and what this is, and how he is there without being plugged into anything. From there it's pretty straight forward. This would be fine if it had an engaging original story. No, not even close. Where Reloaded gained strength from it's weak story was the awesome visual effects which were no less than jaw dropping. However, Revolutions does not contain much action, it's mostly talk. The action it does have is awesome, I'll give it that. When the machines finally do burrow through to Zion the human resistance, mainly robots, fight them off, and this brings amazing special effects. That scene was almost 15 minutes long, and exciting every minute. However, there are only two really good action scenes in the movie. The final fight with Agent Smith was pretty good, but a bit on the short side. So Revolutions has no story nor an abundance of eye candy, so what will make people want to see it? Well, it's the conclusion to the Matrix. This alone should bring in hordes of people anxious to see Neo's fate. The conclusion to the Matrix was a decent one, if not a little cliché. However, they just don't know when to stop. The end was fine, leave it at that. The last 5 minutes open it for a sequel and in my opinion, ruin the whole movie. Now, it doesn't imply a sequel, or tell you like Reloaded did, it just leaves on open, instead of closing the trilogy for good. As big of a fan of the Matrix as I am, I would have liked to see it closed here. It is done, over, finished. So basically the Matrix Revolutions is a mindless story without a lot of visual effects. The story it does attempt to have is confusing at best, and it leaves alot of questions unanswered. Matrix fans should definitely see this as it does end it to an extent, but anyone who hasn't seen Reloaded should steer clear, it was confusing enough for us who knew.
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Summary: Awesome!!!
Review: This was the best trilogy that ive seen in my life. I loved the 1st movie and I thought reloaded was even 3 times better. The third movie is still great in a different way. I would recommend this trilogy to anyone who loves action and mixed with mind twisting.
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Summary: Popular Philosophy 101
Review: The action sequences and graphic effects in The Matrix Revolutions were good but not path-breaking - among others, the previous Matrixes, Lord of the Rings, and The Star Wars prequels have already done it. Other movie formula ingredients - comedy, romance, tragedy, drama (also know as inter-personnel relationships) - are all present to various extents. Like any commercial movie, many questions are left deliberately unanswered, leaving open the possibility for sequels and prequels. Down one star. Humor is certainly present in Revolutions, though not very much and not often obvious. For one that is (or should be) obvious, watch when Neo's punch to Agent Smith is caught close-up in slow motion, Rocky fashion. In Rocky (and Raging Bull), you see one boxer's glove smashing into the other's chin in slow motion, the jaw distorting, sweat and blood flying. You get the adrenalin rush as you feel the impact on your own fist (or your jaw, depending on your imagination). In Revolutions, Smith's face contorts in slow motion - itself a funny sight. Then Smith's head moves away from Neo's fist, revealing four knuckles briefly imprinted on the cheek from the impact. Hilarious. But it is in philosophy where, in my opinion, Revolutions really scores. I collect pop philosophy in short pithy sentences. Ancient Vedic philosophy from India is great at this: "I am the Ultimate Reality," "You are That (Ultimate Reality)," "There's one Truth, but the wise call it by different names" and so on. The Matrix Revolutions, which shows the influence of the Vedas in many places, has a few gems of its own to add (though not necessarily original), like "Everything that has a beginning has an end" and "Cookies, like everything else, need a lot of love and affection." It explains the ancient Vedic concept of Karma - the law of actions and results - in two short dialogues: "Cause-Effect and Action-Consequences as opposed to Chance or Coincidence" and "What Love and Karma mean to a Computer Program." The meaning of life and purpose of existence is hinted at by statements that are obviously supposed to be the opposite, because they are made by Agent Smith - an obvious villain - and by good people sunk in despair or hopelessness. Mercifully, none of the philosophizing was as long as some of the painful discourses in the previous movie, The Matrix Reloaded. As a suitable finale, the lyrics of the song that played during the credits are in Sanskrit:
"Asato maa sad gamaya. Tamaso maa jyotir gamaya. Mrityor maa amritan gamaya"
They are from the Vedas, and mean "Take me from falsehood (or unreal) to the truth (or reality), from darkness to light, from death to immortality." As they say in Hindi to the whole concept of the universe, "Sab Maya Hai" - Everything is an Illusion - like the Matrix.
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Summary: Elite, stylisitic special effects, but an upsetting ending
Review: I'm a devoted fan of the Matrix and I was very exicited for the release of the concluding Revolutions sequel. The movie brings together the entire cast and utilizes teamwork in the epic battle to save Xion and its people from complete destruction from the machines. The plot is once again in full throttle with new twists and turns and eye-boggling special effects. Certain disappointments such as the death of one of the main characters (I won't mention the name so it doesn't spoil the movie) is used for emotional relief, similar to the approach used in Star Trek: Nemesis when Data died. Much goes un-answered throughout the film such as who this large orb with spikes coming out of it is, and if Neo actually survives all remains an enigma. I feel obligated to reveal a primary part of the plot to people pondering on whether it's worth to see it in the theater. Instead of giving the audience what they expected- the end of the war and the end of the machines' rule over humans, we get a lame "Peace" status to be maintained between the machines and humans. The ending is an insult to the devoted fans that anticipated the final defeat of the machines and for humans to take back control of Earth. One might cite from the Anti-matrix that we in fact struck first on the machines and never gave them a chance to have even when they wanted peace. However, AI was a mistake and the machines went too far and striking back was only logical. It's ironic that peace was finally obtained after so many had to die/be enslaved and the Earth had to be scorched. In conclusion, the film is definitely worth seeing, but beware you may feel distraught after viewing the ending.
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Summary: WOW. an astounding finale to a trilogy of great films.
Review: I walked into the theatre kind of scared of this movie. So many people were giving it negative reviews online, but i watched it b/c i had to. I was numb at the end. I felt it was so well done, so philisophical and action - packed with a purpose, because people's lives are at stake in this movie. People die, and this movie was such a well made and emotionally elevating movie i just completely fell for it (even some scenes in the beginning were forgivable). Over all this movie is an astounding acheivement as a parralel to our world today. I recommend it to all, but be warned, i went with several people to see this movie, and i was the only one there to truly understand the final 10 minutes. See it not to be given answers, but to go and form your own. That's what the Matrix movies have always been about.
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