"Greatest movie ever" said Mr. Blind

Rating: Null/10 (20 January 2004)

I saw this movie for 50 cents and after watching this half-assed piece of cinema, I walked back out to the front window and demanded a refund. This is just another useless hour of action that could've been tacked on to the last installment. Absolutely nothing from the second movie was even touched upon. The frenchman was in the movie for all of two minutes, when it seemed in the second movie he would be an important part of the finale. Monica Bellucci's character did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AT ALL. The architect was essentially non-existent. Agent Smith was gone for almost 3/4 of the damn film as well. Most of the secondary stories from the last film basically got the ax, probably because they needed more time for the action sequence. It was just a big excuse to have an hour long CGI fight sequence that was "really cool" and "Spectacular. The oracle was one of the most puzzling and ignored characters in the finale. The excuse she had for changing her apperance was so underdeveloped that if this was chicken, the entire audience would come down with a bad case of salmonella. She talks about "doing what she did" and it never goes beyond that. Absolutely useless. I know the other actor playing The Oracle died, but come on, make up a better reason that "doing that thing."
*SPOILER*
The ending to this movie was the worst part of the whole shtick. It summarized what the entire series was about in five minutes: vague, useless answers that are basically questions in themselves. Having the Oracle sit down on a bench and tell the little girl sitting by her and telling the little girl about Neo's fate was painful to watch. It reeked of pending sequel. "Oh, I'm sure he's out there somewhere." More vague answers to a question that was a response to another question asked earlier and so on and so on. It just keeps heaping on the B.S. and it never stops. You can just see the director going through the story and coming to the conclusion that "Yep, this story is complete nonsense. Let's screw it and put in a bunch of crap that blows up because that's what makes money." This whole movie was one giant vague question that never gets answered. Every point made in the movie had a half-baked explanation that you would think would get resolved, seeing as how this is the supposed "final chapter" of the trilogy. Looks like we can expect part 4 in the near future that will drag on longer and put off answering the questions yet again. The movie resembles a third-grader at a spelling bee who just got a word they can't spell trying to delay the inevitable from happening by stalling and asking the judges twenty ways to define and pronounce the stupid word. Just answer the damn thing already!! What a waste of money this movie was, even at 50 cents. Do yourself a favor and use your money to buy a soda or better yet, give it to the homeless guy on your street corner. You'll be making the world a better place. *1/2 out of 4