Very interesting. CONTAINS SPOILERS

Rating: Null/10 (1 June 2004)

Does anybody remember, that show? I think that it was Laugh In with the Little German guy who would pop up occasionally and say "Veeerry intereshting . . . but schtoopid." I had that same feeling when watching the latest, and God willing final, installment of the Matrix series. I was of course curious to know how the series would resolve itself but found myself more than a little disappointed in the film's outcome. But it was interesting.
I think that's why I'm so disappointed. Instead of fulfilling the promises made by the hype of the films. The story, which itself is a retread of the tired old dream sequence, props to the filmmakers for giving it a unique twist though, is predictable, second rate and by the end of the film has degenerated into action clichés. Instead of delving into what the Matrix really is, instead of exploring ways to build a new life from the rubble of the old, we get to see a lot of things get blowed up.
But all of that pales in comparison to the finale when Neo daces Smith for the last time. I found myself praying, "Please, Lord, don't let them resolve this entire thing with a *fistfight*!" But then I saw the ending, and I thought that even a fistfight would have been preferable to the deus ex machinas that was . . . well, quite literally that.
It doesn't surprise me that Trinity would sacrifice herself for Neo (told ya there were spoilers), and i didn't really surprise me, though I did roll my eyes at the absurdness of it, when Neo died all stretched out ala crucifixion.
My only hope is that he stays dead and this film series can never rise again.