a single tear

Rating: 6/10 (6 November 2003)

This movie is definitely worth seeing, but it is one of the most disappointing sequels to ever be made. It made a single tear run down my cheek after seeing and thinking about how great it could have been. If every beginning has an end it is a travesty that this had to end in such a manner.
This movie is full of untied loose ends and piles of dead time that should have found its way to the cutting room floor. This series began as being a sci-fi influenced action movie that blew audiences away with its innovative special effects and imagery. With the 2 part next installment its creators decided that with their prior mega-success of the first matrix movie that they were distinguished, artistic, and highly intellectual filmmakers. This surfaced in Reloaded, but there was still a large portion of the amazing action sequences that made the franchise loved in the first place. Revolutions although made at the same time as reloaded has a whole different approach.
This film is loaded with long drawn out deeply pseudo-intellectual dialogues that bring the aggressive and fun nature of the previous Matrix movies to a screeching halt. There is just enough action in this film to keep the audience remotely interested.
I just don't understand how such a visually stunning enterprise could evolve into something far from its original intentions. As a deep and `heady' type of film this fails miserably, and as a blockbuster big action high energy film it falls short as well.
This film could have been cut to about an hour and 45 minutes and would have been much more enjoyable. Instead the in depth dialogues and explanations to nowhere along with a ridiculously long goodbye to Trinity remind me of the bizarre orgy scene from Reloaded which still perplexes me.
The creators could have made much better use of the time by tying up many of the loose ends left at the end of the movie. As far as that goes all I can hope for is an Animatrix 2. All I can do is voice how disappointed I am in this movie. I was really stoked for the last installment and was let down greatly. I just would have liked to have seen the movie stick with the style of the original. It was just a fun movie that can't help but be loved.
Anyway like Kevin Costner this film took itself way to seriously and was disappointing. I have a strange feeling that unless they go back to what worked best in the first Matrix movie The Wachowski brothers won't have another big hit. But then again they can cry all the way to the bank because they are rich MFR's now and I can only wish it was me. I realize I'm not changing the face of modern cinema with this comment but I just wanted to voice my opinion.
Is it just me or does anyone else agree?