Part 3 of of a Great Big Letdown

Rating: Null/10 (8 November 2003)

What a piece of crap that was! I mean, Reloaded sucked but I thought for sure Revolutions would fill in the gaps. I think the Wachowski brothers just wanted to make a few more million, they certainly weren't in it to finish the story. Revolutions had some really cool fight scenes, but the story just wasn't there. I won't say anything that might "spoil" it for anyone who hasn't seen it yet. It's always hard to live up to a movie that pretty much benchmarked the genre it is in, which the first Matrix definately did, but look at the "Back to the Future" trilogy, "Star Wars" trilogy or the "Indiana Jones" trilogy. They were all very strong thoughout, but the Matrix trilogy started out very strong and fizzled out very quickly. It had an intriguing storyline that made you think, and had badass action to boot. I'd say all three movies had great action, and despite that the rest of the film industry played out the cinematography that was pioneered in the first film, it's still amazing for the other two movies. But, the story really went downhill. At least Reloaded had you wondering where the plot was going to go and strongly hinted at something big to come in Revolutions, despite that in and of itself, the storyline of the movie wasn't as strong as in the first, but in Revolutions it just fell flat on it's face. The ending was VERY anticlimactic to say the least. I mean, there was no emotional build up at all. Questions still remained unanswered from Reloaded, and what the hell happened to the Oracle? I don't remember much about Reloaded, but if she was in it, I don't recall that she was a different actress from the Oracle that was in the first one. I mean, if you can't get the same actress for whatever reason, then you do something to reflect that change, she's a pivotal character, you can't just stick someone in her place and expect people not to go, "WTF?". Additionally, it's almost like, if you didn't see the Animatrix that was released, you're not going to understand Revolutions, and I didn't see it. I thought for sure that it would have turned out that what they thought was real life, also turned out to be part of the matrix, hence why neo was able to stop the sentinels at the end of Reloaded. Or at least something similarly intriguing. Anyway, I'm thoroughly disappointed. There was so much potential for the story and it simply was never realized. What's sad is that there are people who were so into the first movie that they probably view Reloaded and Revolutions with rose colored glasses. I was one of the biggest matrix fans you'd meet, but I'm not going to whitewash the rest of the trilogy to make it something it's not. It's a BIG let down, plain and simple. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who feels this way, and having 24 hours of philosophy courses under my belt, I don't think anything went over my head, there was no subtance, nothing to be missed.