Bloated, not as intellectual as it tries to sound. (Great battle scene though).

Rating: 1/10 (6 November 2003)

This had to be one of the most painful movies I have ever sat through since "Q & A". I have never seen so many useless scenes and dialogues in I don't know how long. The convoluted story gets even worse than the second movie. There were more holes in the plot than in a colander. Even the one good part of the movie, and so typically it was the battle scene, had so many flaws it was ridiculous. Even movie patrons dressed in Matrix garb looked like they didn't want to be seen after the movie. I have always been respectful of the money people pay to see a movie... always considerate of people who might be enjoying what I think of as garbage.... yet, it was all I could do to not cry out like other people were doing during one particular scene in the movie, "Dammit, just die already". (I won't say who, and no, it wasn't Neo.)
Some people probably have speculated that the story ends with Neo (Mr. Anderson) waking up in the real world and realizing that the whole story was all just a dream. Well, I'll tell you right now, that's not how it ends. But believe me, nay, see for yourself, it would have probably been ten times more preferably to the ending it had.
And for everybody who says they don't understand what the characters are talking about in the movie, that the dialogue goes over their heads, listen to me... there is nothing to understand! There is a DISTINCT DIFFERANCE between genuine intellectual dialogue, and trying to sound smarter and more impressive than you really are.
Was it worth the price of the ticket? No! Will it be worth the price of the DVD? No! Will it be worth the price of the rental? Maybe. (The action scene at Zion was impressive.)
I would probably wait until the commercial television release, where hopefully it will be the "fat" of the movie that will be cut out and replaced by commercials. At least the commercials would be more entertaining.