The Matrix Revolutions (Widescreen Edition)

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Summary: Fun, Enjoyable, and an Excellent watch
Review: I think the key, as is the case with most movies touted as ground breaking, to enjoy this film, is to have no pre-conceptions. It does seem that the hard core fans have a really overly self conscious view of what the MATRIX material is supposed to be ( hence the Multipack of all films with over 30 hours of extras), so I just took to the DVD as something I wanted to see, since the second film was fun but had no resolution, and I watched, enjoyed the sound on a 5.1 system, and took the dialogue as part of a pretentious film: at the end of the film, I found that I had enjoyed myself immensely.
The Railway station scene is a legitimate point of contention, but I found it to be very similar to the idea behind the film THE 13th FLOOR, where realities were not what they seemed.

The fight scenes were just great: overblown in places, heroic in places, but just a total fun set piece.
I had read so much trash about the film, and the previous ones, that it seemed like it was going to be set up more like some sort of pseudo-Buddhist sermon of the nature of existence. Well, I fail to see how it works as that sort of piece; if you really want to learn what some enlightened souls teach about that, then learn Sanskrit, and read some quite good poetic works in the Buddhist canons.

These films are a blast as fun, escapist material, but as anything beyond that they are not quite there, and if you expect that, then I think you will be more than a little disappointed. But , as fun films, they Deliver, and Keanu works his cinematic magic again, and I suspect he will with CONSTANTINE this upcoming weekend.

This is entertainment people, not the sabbath sermonette; Good fun film, I hope you enjot it as much as I did.

Rating:
Summary: This is the real s**t
Review: Man this movie was the bomb! It was the greatest movie ever! Whats up with this one and two star (...). I gotta give it some props. This is the TRUE (...)! My mom wants to (...) Trelond Woodson (Big T).

Rating:
Summary: WHAT IS UP WITH THESE ONE AND TWO STARS
Review: This movie was awesome. If you people really liked the matrix series. You will love this. This is how it should have been. Why are people saying it was disappointing. I loved it. I was thrilled when the dvd came out. I saw it in theaters and I loved it. This movie also has awesome opera music at the end. The last fight is really cool to. IT ended how it should. Neo and Smith are both the high powers. so they both should die. THIS IS THE BEST SERIES OF MOVIES EVER AND DON'T BELIEVE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY, BECAUSE IT IS A ILLOSION. "THE MATRIX HAS YOU.

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Summary: a much disappointment...could of been a hell of a lot better
Review: it seems like The Wachowski Brothers forced us an ending in which we are not very satisfyed but it is still pretty damn entertaining. Keanu Reeves (upcoming Constantine, The Watcher) once again returns as Neo who is stuck in a train station...kinda the Wachowski brothers version of limbo I guess in which he is trapped and cant get out. Trinity, Carrie Ann-Moss (Red Planet, Chocolat) and Laurence Fishburne (Assault Of Precinct 13, Mystic River) return as Trinity and Morpheus as they race to rescue Neo. They accomplish their missing but Neo must go on his own to machine city where he must fight his final battle with Agent Smith, Hugh Weaving (Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, Priscilla Queen Of The Desert), so he wont take over the matrix and get out into zion. Trinity goes along for the ride but things soon happen as someone is already on the ship and he is possessed by Agent Smith...so Neo gets his eyes burnt off but he kills the intruder. Meanwhile, Morpheus and his crew....includes Link, played by Harold Perrineau Jr (Tv's OZ, Tv's Lost) and Niaobi, Jada Pinkett Smith (Collateral, Demon Knight) who race back to zion because the sentinels have breached and are inside while the inside are trying to fight them off as best as they can. Action galore with a weak story following the grande of what Reloaded was. it seriously could of been a lot better. the climatic fight battle with Neo and Agent Smith would be the highlight. Marcy Alice plays the oracle replacing Gloria Foster who passed away while these films were in project. Also starring Lambert Wilson (Timeline), Harry Lennix (RAY, The Human Stain, Since You've Been Gone) and Gina Torres (Tv's Angel, Tv's Firefly).

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Summary: Fooled by Fools
Review: The Wachowski brothers didn't write a movie in the series, But I thought that movie was Revolutions. Low and behold it was the original. The evidence is unmistakable. 2 and 3 don't even sound like the original.

This movie tries so hard to be highly intelligent that it obliterates itself and the whole mythology of the original, with all of this overuse of philosophy, and special effects and nonsense. Take the subway station scene for example, How did he seperate his mind from his body. The Wachowski brothers have ideas how it is possible but they don't have a clear answer, and beside the story their direction needs serious help. Although after this movie I doubt anyone will be flocking to see a Wachowski Brother film. So they should probally spend their future doing something else.



Rating:
Summary: Final Verdict
Review: My mouth was agape, not as I watched this movie, but as I read all the reviews of people who praised it. I am astonished. Although, thankfully, there were a few reviewers who think as I do: the first movie was awsome, and the next two totally sucked. It's that simple. This trilogy wins first place, in my humble opinion, for the largest discrepancy in quality between the original film and its sequels. I will always love the first film, and try to forget the fact that the next two even exist. Some sequels (e.g., Aliens, Terminator II, The Two Towers)have actually managed to out-do the original. I would have been happy if the last two Matrix movies were half as good as the first. Two thumbs way down.