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Best Sci fi action movie ever
Critics know absolutly nothing. The entire matrix trilogy is a landmark in the action movie genre. The story cant be beat, the action will never be beat, the f/x are amazing, the perfomances are good, overall the matrix trilogy are the best 3 sci fi action movies ever. This one is probably the best, but the action in reloaded is a little better, except for the last fight between neo and smith which is the best fight in the trilogy. Worth owning all of them, 10 out of a 10. Action meets perfection in these movies.

Spectacular conclusion
A spectacular finale to the Matrix trilogy. The humans in Zion mount their final defense against the machines while Neo (Keanu Reeves) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) travel to the city of the machines to broker peace and deal with the increasing menace of Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving). The power of this movie lies in its incredible visuals. The story and mythology of the Matrix has become quite convoluted and I never really was clear about the ultimate nature of Neo, the Matrix, or the final brief conversation between the Oracle (Mary Alice) and the Architect (Helmut Bakaitis). Oh well, that leaves something for the next time I see these films. If youfre watching these movies to glean some sort of coherent philosophy about the nature of reality, as many of the filmsf detractors seem to have been doing, then I suppose you may be setting yourself up for disappointment. If youfre content to be treated to eye-popping effects and non-stop energy, you should have a good time.

The Power of the Oracle
The first Matrix film was overpraised and this last film, the Matrix Revolution, has been unfairly panned. Now that we're used to the novelty of the special effects, we can put them aside and look at the underlying story. Certainly one of the trilogy's most striking features is its racially mixed cast. Some might say that the racial aspect of Zion is not really the point of the film; but Zion's marginalized population, doomed to exist and rebel in perpetuity certainly reflects a global reality. America and Western Europe have their own internal Zions; the marginalized underclasses whose cultural identities have been forced to go underground and whose needs erupt into violence.

There are some interesting mythic forces at work in the film. The Christ-like Neo sacrifices himself to save the diversity of Zion from the white, male hegemony of the Machine. Neo is helped (and even brought into being) by the Oracle, a black woman who is an archetypal figure of female power. The Oracle is reminiscent of the Black Madonna in Christianity and the earth goddess Kali in Hinduism. She could also represent the Ethiopian Queen of Sheba who guards the Ark of the Covenant. Her energy is amplified by being underground; she represents something missing and not acknowledged in the larger culture.

The rise of the Oracle and her power is inevitable; she balances out the sterility and dysfunction that the Architect and Smith represent. Because her power has been forced underground, it's all the more potent-she's become shrewd and wily in a way the men aren't. This makes her the only person who can summon up the supernatural energy to rescue Zion. The Oracle does her work and in the end, she and Sati (a little Oracle-in-training) turn the Machine City into the City on the Hill. It's a feminized, tolerant city. But it's also a city with an uncertain future.

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