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Graphically Rich Painfully Boring Dramatic Mess
Epic in scale with a major thumbs up for the visual effects. But in the final analysis - eye candy cannot overcome the awful plot and characters. The original Matrix film was kick butt comic book stuff that the Wachowski Bros nailed cold and amazingly pegged the paradox of our anxiety about technology versus our desire to control it and enhance ourselves.

This film and RELOADED both offered plenty of "Matrix" continuity for the scifi squirrels - but REVOLUTIONS; more than its predecessors, quickly sours dramatically and becomes boring, looking like a bad music video by the end with 'Battlestar Galatica' type plot elements. Combine that with the philosophical, allegorical pretensions and it simply implodes into an embarrassing mess. Completionists will buy the movie for their collections but others should steer clear.

The Matrix Convoluted
This final film in the Matrix trilogy left me with too many unanswered questions. How can Neo physically influence the machines in the real world? Exactly what happened with Neo and Smith at the culmination of their fight? What will the relationship be between the humans and machines from now on?

Even if such issues were explained I would still have some gripes. When Smith was possessing that human's body he didn't show enough signs of hurt from the damage done to it. I would think an AI which isn't used to enduring physical discomfort would be overwhelmed by such painful sensations. Also, I found the emotions of the human characters to be unconvincing. Their reactions to the story's events didn't fill me with a sense of believability.

With that being said, I still enjoyed the movie, overall. The action and visuals are what save this film from being mediocre. The Zion assault scene is amazing. Neo's climatic fight with Smith is less impressive but still pretty neat. The Matrix Revolutions probably has the greatest effects of any movie thus far.

I rather liked the message the story conveyed at the end. Faith is an underused yet heartening element in modern TV and cinema.

There's a bit of info in the special features that mentions why a new actor was used for the character of the Oracle. The original died. I'm glad they explained that because I thought the Oracle's change of appearance was illogical.

I think we'll all agree that the first movie deserved better. The Matrix Revolutions will be known as the last chapter in a good trilogy that should've been great.

Absolute rubbish, don't waste your time or money!
I can't believe that this film was made by the same Wachowski brothers who made the (excellent) first Matrix. It plays as if they handed a big wad of money to someone who specialises in brainless action flicks (e.g. starring Van Damm or Vin Diesel or Arnie) and said "here, go and spend this stringing together some cool action sequences, don't worry about logic or continuity at all".

Okay, sure the characters are the same, but the whole style is different. There are far too many repetitive action sequences, e.g. at least 20 closeup shots of Temuera shouting "AAaaaargh!" as he fires round after round of ammo into the sentinels - by the 20th time, I felt like shouting "AAaaaargh!" as well. There was oodles of supposed Matrix "philosophy", but unlike the first two Matrices, none of it actually made sense, or continued from the structure established by the earlier films!

I could attack every minute of this shockingly bad film (every minute was flawed), but here's just one example: In the end, Neo offers peace to the machines, and they accept, letting him back into the matrix to defeat Smith. WHAT?! Did we forget that the machines NEED to keep humanity enslaved as their only source of energy? What the hell is this supposed to mean?

Could go on and on, but won't. Matrix Revolutions is crap.

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