Too much

Rating: 6/10 (5 November 2003)

I don't normally do this, but I was so disappointed in this movie that I had to. With Reloaded, I read the reviews, and they were mostly negative, but that wasn't
going to stop me from seein this movie. I went and thought it was awesome,
action-packed, and what a second movie in a trilogy should be, action, lots of plots and characters, and successfully set up the third movie. So reviews that were actually luke-warm wasn't going to stop me from seein Revolutions. I
couldn't wait as a matter of fact. The movie started off a lot better than I expected. I was liking it a lot. Then the Zion war started, granted it was a big deal, but too much time was spent fighting the squiddies. There wasn't enough dialogue to
fulfill all of the questions that were left by the first two installments. Many of the great characters from the second movie were left with no closure or anything, time was used up on the Zion war. As for the ending, don't worry there aren't any spoilers, but could it be more obvious? I mean I thought of this ending after Reloaded but figured that it was too simple to be used, but there it was in front of my face. And as for the subtle hints that were thrown in at the end as to what Neo was supposed to be were so obvious. They tired to make the movie deep
and philosophical as the first one and even the second one, but it ended up with a simple, obvious, very un Matrix-like ending. For a trilogy that reinvented so many ideas mentally and physically on screen, to end with the most obvious
and easy ending seemed wrong and it was. Sorry I have to spoil it right here: The last thing I wanted was Neo to be like Christ and sacrifice himself for
everyone, but there he was sprawled out like he was on a crucifix (ala Cool
Hand Luke), seeing "the light", "saving" the people of Zion by giving up his life, and even a freakin GLOWING CROSS coming out from him at one point. It was
just too much and too ridiculous for me to handle. Give me Trinity, Morpheus, Neo, and a cast of others strolling down a street in the real world that has been saved and rid of the Matrix and I'm happy. I know that sounds trite, but for me this whole Christ thing was THE most obvious possible ending. Such a shame,
I'm a heartbroken Matrix fan. I still love the first two, and I will view the 3rd many more times as well as own it, but it just didn't figure itself out the way it should have.