Give me 45 minutes and I'll give you a good movie..

Rating: Null/10 (7 November 2003)

Like many others I was extremely disappointed and sad because I am a huge fan...dang, I even loved Reloaded. Some spoiler's won't spoil much.
I honestly feel that the Wachowski brother's got lazy with the plot. Simplicity would have served this movie so well. I personally think that with GOOD editing and one major flaw taken out, this very bad movie could have been at least a passible addition to my DVD collection.
Cut out half of the "train man" scenes. Cut to the father program taking girl on train, Neo being denied and running after train. A lot of dialog and new concepts being introduced (ie: computer programs love one another) that aren't backed up with a touch point later in the movie (a common flaw in this movie) I'd probably even cut out the dance club scene because it serves no purpose except for Persephone's chest.
Cut out the whole possessed crewman scenes. Although his imitation of Agen t Smith was intriguing, again, the script/plot did not expand on this concept. So were the agents going to start on humans when they finished with the machines? No reason or purpose. But of course, how would we mutilate Neo? That is the biggest flaw in the movie and should have never been included. The Wachowski's read Dune...that's for sure.
What I call the "God bless us everyone" scene where the 16 year old announces to Zion that Neo did it and the war is won. Cut that whole damn thing out. Morpheus watches the sentinels swim away and says "Neo" And has anything in any of the movies led us to believe that Morpheus would go to Zion instead of with Neo? Less is more, especially in movies.
Cut the "I can see the true nature of the universe but not the rebar sticking out of you" scene. I was literally making yak yak motions with my hands during a climatic scene. Matrix is stylized...not corny. Big difference.
Literally 20 mins of the dock scene could have been cut out. Yeah, we get it. You are fighting overwhelming odds ala: Stormtroopers. "It's a good day to die" has been there and done that.
Stick with the story. Stick with the characters we know and not expect us to feel for strangers. Tie up loose ends, if you bring up a variable, answer it later. These are all basic scriptwriting principles that needed to followed, especially when you are taking 3 movies to do it.
The Wachowski brothers have such talent & vision...what happened? This last movie reeked with self importance and was full of sound and fury signifying nothing. It is all in the script. All the choreography and CGI and stunts in the world won't make up for bad story telling. Matrix I & II succeeded because of the storytelling.