do NOT bash this film!

Rating: 10/10 (9 November 2003)

I believe that the random bashings of this film are uncalled for....People need to realize the greatness of this film. Sure, the fight scenes may be a bit longer than anyone would have hoped for, but one must realize the reason this is so. The Wachowski brothers created an epic trilogy, in my opinion, possibly even rivaling the great Star Wars, but then again, what do I know, I'm only 19 right? The thing is, the brothers invented/created so many new things in the world of technology just for this trilogy. Not only did they successfully pull off the 360 degree angle camera shot, but the massive car chase in Reloaded had NUMEROUS camera riggings that were created and used by the producers and cameramen/women. After seeing the original Matrix when it first came out, I wished it had not ended, and to my great anticipation, the brothers introduced their 2nd and 3rd films within a year of eachother. I have read several commentaries on this movie and Reloaded and neither of them do it justice. The great thing about this movie and how it focused on the attack on Zion for the majority of the movie is the fact that you spend so much time hoping that the inhabitants of Zion can defeat the Squiddies and at the same time, forget that Neo, the ONE, is still out there and trying to end the war all together. Once you think the city of Zion has been saved to an extent, it starts all over again, but leaves you hanging by switching to Neo in the Machine world. I only found 2 things in this entire movie to be somewhat disappointing. When Neo talks to "Deus Ex Machina" (the machine face made of tiny machines) seems a bit out of the ordinary. I understand that at this point anything can happen, but it just seemed kind of goofy. The other thing was the fight scene between Smith and Neo at the end. It simply went back and forth and you got a bit sick of it, but when the final part of that scene took place, it ended everything, in fact, it ended the reign of Smith all together, but it took its sweet time. THESE, are the only two faults I find with any of the movies. Granted Trinity, the greatest character besides Neo himself (oh and that hot chick that was with Zee and the Bazooka), died and made even the biggest Matrix buffs cry, that only made the movie better, the fact that Neo continued on without her and gave the movie just enough romance, so as not to disappoint the movie buffs. All in all, If I were Ebert and Roepert, I would have given this movie and the trilogy itself, 2 thumbs WAY WAY up plus my big toes too. The ending only made the movies greater.......