Could have done without Reloaded

Rating: Null/10 (9 November 2003)

Having just seen the final part of the trilogy, I am quite convinced that it could have been a two-logy or whatever it is called. Even better, it could have been much better if The Matrix remained just one film.
Anyways, out of all three, Reloaded sucked the most. Not that Revolutions got any nearer to The Matrix, but it was much closer to it. It had almost the same atmosphere as the first part. Ironically, just now they are showing The Matrix on one of the TV channels and I, of course, am watching it. So I couldn't help but confirming my impression that Revolutions is the sequel to The Matrix. Reloaded wasn't.
What I liked the most about Revolutions was that it was leading somewhere - to the logical end of it all. Maybe that's what it was meant to be after all. In Revolutions there was much less talk and fighting without purpose, while it appered that in Reloaded it was an end in itself. What I didn't like the most was the ending. I mean, WHAT THE HELL?! Are we to sit tight and wait for some more sequels or what?! I understand that maybe someday the Wachowski brothers might run out of money and decide to use the good old recipe, but this would really suck. Just look at what happened to the Star Wars - it was a cult until Lucas decided to make some more money out of it. As a friend put it after the movie: "I know you are a huge fan of The Matrix, but would you like to see it spoiled?" I guess she's right. So I suggest, leave it like this or you'll spoil it for us.
AT leas it was not totally "and lived happily ever after..."