The Matrix Phenomenon?

Rating: 7/10 (7 November 2003)

All throughout the movie I felt like the Oracle, except I didn't understand the Wachowski's choices but could still see past them. The movie was pretty much predictable (odd, since the first two didn't seem that way). My complaint is that instead of focusing on plot, story, and dialouge, we're rushed through everything by only seeing the fights and battles (and lots of guys yelling "AAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!"). I think what attracted people to The Matrix was the same thing that attracted them to Alien. The fact that the audience hardly ever saw the machines was what added to the experience. Seeing a screen full of machines gets boring quickly, and suddenly you think "Why did the series digress to this?" The first film was about plot and character development. The second and third felt like a sprinter racing to the finish, knowing full well he would win long before it happened. It just became boring. Not to mention the lack of suprises that kept us on our toes like the first two movies. The concept of The Matrix series is great... it's just too bad the filmmakers chose to concentrate on special effects and large battles instead of the plot and characters emphasis present in the first film.