Matrix > Reloaded > Revolutions

Rating: 5/10 (9 November 2003)

like a computer virus, it just gets worse and worse.
lets relive matrix 1 again for a minute. this film was perfect in every sense. it spawned a whole new way movies were made. some films tried to rehash what the matrix had, but fell short. in part 1, you had a very sixties-esque, kung fu, sci-fi, action thriller. to every guy, that is a dream come true. you looked at the real world a little differently. you started to wonder if you were in the matrix yourself. scenes were more realistic and less fantasy which made it a different type of movie. the story had more twists and turns that made you sit at the edge of your seat wondering what was going to happen next. and what i liked the best about it...there were less scenes in zion.
i've watched matrix a countless amount of times which is why i give matrix 1 a 20/10
reloaded was, ehh, good. awesome action sequences, but it was more fantasy. you had a skyrocketting neo and an incredible highway chase scene. but what i didnt really care about this film was, the matrix didnt seem like a normal everyday world as it did in part 1. it seemed as if the only people in the matrix were agents or ones unplugged. there was less dialogue and explanation in part 2 until the very end when the architect drops a boatload of information on us. it lacked a good story like the first one and it lost that sixties-esque feel to it. sort of like batman 3 and 4 losing what tim burton perfected in batman 1.
matrix reloaded gets a 9/10 because i still think its an awesome action film. it would have gotten a 10 out of 10, but the scenes with zion in it had to be penalized.
as for revolutions...this movie was a complete waste of my time until the very last scene with agent smith. too much time was spent in zion and nearly any time spent in the matrix. and can you really call it the matrix anymore? it just seemed like a place for neo and agent smith to have a showdown. what happened to staying incognito around these all powerful agents? they seemed to lose there luster after each film. its like, you werent even nervous about neo facing these guys anymore. so the thriller factor of this film went out of the window. now neo is controller of his own and everyone elses destiny. great. so wouldnt you think most of the movie would focus on what neo has to do to destory the matrix (SPOILER!!!!!! which he doesnt)? no. instead you get to watch that dipsh*t from part 2 reload these machines that resemble the dockloaders from aliens a couple of times. the scenes with zion took up about 70% of the film. sorry, but i am no fan of zion. it sucks. but it does get better. there is a pretty cool duel with agent smith and neo at the end. pretty amazing and climatic. oh yea, the end sucks too. why? well, b/c everything neo was originally set out to do, doesnt happen. matrix is still in full effect and zion is in a bigger sh*t heave then it was before he showed up. aweful ending to a great movie and a satisfactory second film.
revolutions gets a 3/10. only reason i give this any points is b/c that fight with agent smith really was quite awesome.