Maybe Why People Hate This Movie is because it's not typical

Rating: Null/10 (11 November 2003)

I just Matrix Revolutions today for the second time. I admit that the first time, I agreed with a lot of people and I too said the movie was boring, pointless and featured A LOT of uninspired dialogue. "Neo... I believe" and such. However, I went to see it again today and I loved it. The difference this time around? I watched Matrix 1 and 2 right before I went to see it. I recommend this to anyone before going to see Revolutions. It's completely clear to me now that Larry and Andy planned these movies exactly the way they appear onscreen. Unfortunately I was unable to see the footage for Enter the Matrix, but that game explains so much, it's almost criminal to force people to play a mediocre game to get at that aspect of the story. The story- which is brilliant in my opinion. There are two reasons I think most people don't really like Revolutions. 1- it does not stand on its own at all. Reloaded and Revolutions are pretty much one movie. Period. You need to see Reloaded right before Revolutions. It's as simple as that. 2- Revolutions goes against traditional American fare. It is very inspired by Japanese culture and anime, and because of that it does not have a traditional American ending. It does not hand us all the answers on a silver platter. It expects us to put some of the story elements together on our own. It expects more of its audience that most movies. But any question you have can be answered. Why did the architect say what he said in part 2? Answer's there. Why was this time different that the other "The One"s encountered? Answer's there. I urge everyone who goes to see this movie to see Reloaded first. I wish movie theaters would just play them back to back. Bane's story is fascinating. Smith is enthralling. The Oracle is simply genius. I love these three movies and they represent to me the very essence of why sequals should be made for some movies. This is what people should try to do with movies. This is why movies are different from any other form of story telling. This IS movie-making.