Levels

Rating: 9/10 (20 November 2003)

Matrix: Revolutions has taken the series to a stunning conclusion, a final act with so many implications and so many layers that it is no wonder that so many dismiss it as a failure, I mean you have to be a philosophy major to understand it, and there is alot to understand.
First I must add that I was underwhelmed by the first Matrix, I found it to be original in its delivery but quite basic in its theme, kind of Philosophy 101, Then Reloaded got me pretty excited because I could not believe the path that the Wachawski began to direct the series down. Truly taking it somewhere I though was dangerous because most people would be let down, well that is exactly what happened, these guys are too smart for their own good.
The Matrix series as a whole works on so many levels of consciousness that you can get dizzy trying to connect the dots but overall its about coevolution, the coexistence of Man and Machine, with western and eastern religous parables thrown in the mix. The majority of people that have a negative reaction to it, point their finger at the lack of answers, well in my eyes there are more than enough answers to a plethora of questions but there is alot unanswered because just as in life, not all is known. At the end of Revolutions the viewer is left with what they percieve as a stalemate in the war for humanity. It is more than that, it is the beginning of a process that took a century to reach, the understanding that Man and Machine are the same, that our destiny is to merge, to become one, to evolve together. To fight it is futile. These are issues we face today in the realm of biomechanics, we are mechanizing nature as technology is becoming more human. It makes sense, we have created machines naturally as an extension of ourselves, and as we both evolve we must learn to accept the connection and not fear it.
Anyway, you can look at the film from that perspective, or you can look at the Religous symbolism, or you can just enjoy it as a manic Sci Fi action flick, its all relevant. I myself am just amazed at where the creators of this film chose to go with it because ultimately it is not material that lends itself to big budget action films. I am glad that so many people are disappointed, especially when these same people have been spending a lot of time discussing how much it sucked. That means that it has pushed some buttons, opened some minds and flashed the mirror in our direction, its art.