a wonderful conclusion to the trilogy

Rating: 8/10 (6 November 2003)

i first saw the matrix when it came off of pay-per view, and was absolutely blown away, not only by the special effects, and the action, but by the fascinating story that was woven into it. after its release, we were all told how there were going to make it into a trilogy and everyone who loved the matrix COULD NOT WAIT until they were released. we all had to know how it was going to end. and i don't know if anyone predicted from the first one how exactly it was going to end, but we all had our thoughts. once reloaded came out, i believe that a lot of people were disappointed with it because the storyline altered so far from what they had made up in their own minds. i personally didn't like it as much for a few reasons. keanu reeves, may have the acting capacity to play a bland calm super hero, but he does not have the capacity to show love or serious emotion. another was that every time that neo could get into a fight, he did. reloaded was simply about showing neo in the most jaw dropping fight scenes ever and as much as possible; it left the wonderful story telling of the first one behind. the 10 minute rave/sex scene didn't really do much for me either. i can see the theme of life they were trying to portray but they took it a little too far. overall a decent action movie, with some (maybe overdone) fighting/chase scenes though. with reloaded still recently in a lot of peoples minds, and everyone anxious to see whether or not they were right about the ending, we all rushed to see revolutions on Wednesday. from the first 10 minutes i at least saw that his one was going to return to the intellectual story as the first. throughout the movie, there weren't as many useless fight scenes or love scenes past a mere kiss or hug. the story flowed and suspense was issued throughout. the plot didn't revolve around neo kicking ass, but more around the salvation of zion, and the men and women in charge of it. now the ending, the final showdown with smith and the aftereffects, i understand that a lot of people didn't like, and thats fine because its your opinion, but let my give you mine. i believe that people were disappointed because the ending was not what they had predicted and analyzed four years ago. i personally tried as hard as i could not to form any preconceptions about the ending. and it is for this reason that the ending was much better than i could have anticipated. the fact that the ending was open to multiple interpretations was awesome. this way everyone can make up what really happened in their minds instead of directly being told. overall a wonderful conclusion to the trilogy.