Don't waste your time

Rating: 2/10 (6 November 2003)

After such a brilliant start, The Matrix trilogy has descended into nonsense. So much for the promise of exploring dualism, or AI (or any sort of intelligence). The only thing that could possibly be worse would be the John Connor turning up at the end to lead humanity to freedom.
The only saving act was Jada Pinkett. It was sad to see Morpheus rendered impotent.
If we look at it from the point of the story, these remain unanswered.
* What was the Oracle's goal?
* What happened to the Oracle anyway?
* What was the Oracle's relationship with the Architect?
* If the Oracle didn't create the Matrix, who did?
* How come Smith defeated Neo but lost anyway?
* What happened to Neo, after all, he still needs to eat.
* Why is Neo always smooching Trinity when she's dying?
* How come the sentinels can't hear a 50 ton hovercraft, but can hear a single piece of metal fall?
* Now the humans are to be released from the Matrix, how will the machines survive?
And then there is a whole other set of questions like:
* What's up with the useless minders who fight from the ceiling?
The list is in fact endless but should probably end with:
* What was going thru their minds when they made this movie?