U all need to lighten up!

Rating: 9/10 (22 June 2009)

For all of u who hate anything about any of the Matrix movies, I would like to suggest changing your perspective. I feel that u should view the Matrix movies as one story (like Star Wars). With that perspective, things make sense and is logical (movie logic though). If u knit-pick and add up all of the inconsistencies and plot-holes, of course u're gonna be annoyed and critical. But first of all it's A MOVIE! A sci-fi/action movie. And what's the main purpose of movies? To entertain! Second of all, this particular movie was part spiritual and part sci-fi/action. This means the Wachowski bros. had the challenge of balancing the two. If it had been all sci-fi, then u all would've been like "it was just a special fx movie with no depth". But if it had've been all spiritual, u would've been like "this might as well been the Passion or something". So it had to balance both. Of course there were things that were inconsistent and illogical but in the movie-world, who cares! As long as u are first entertained and second, mentally stimulated, the job of the movie is done. I didn't think Trinity's last words were too long or boring or unnecessary. I thought what she said was justified. I'm fine with Neo sacrificing himself at the end (that went in-line with the story). He had to die. His whole purpose was served and to keep him alive wouldn't have made since. Trinity's whole purpose was to support Neo and she did, so her death was in-line with the story also. Neo and Smith was the same but with polar opposites, so Neo was the only way to destroy Smith, that too was in-line with the story. I personally think the fight scenes with Neo and Smith should have been shorter and way more visually stimulating. For example, Neo (and Smith) can dodge bullets, fly, resuscitate hearts, pull bullets out of people, make bullets freeze in mid-air, and throw punches at mind-blowing speeds. So to me their fight should've taken advantage of these abilities instead of just water explosions. But that's my only gripe. At the end of the day, I'm pleased with the whole trilogy and I think it's imperfectly perfect and one of my favorite movie trilogies of all time!