Does not Disappoint

Rating: 6/10 (6 November 2003)

Basically, this movie is better than `Reloaded', but certainly not better than the original `Matrix' or '96. When I think back to `the Matrix', I remember that at the end of the movie, I could make my own conclusions as to whether or not Neo saves people of the Matrix and the real world. If he does save the world, I could also imagine my own scenario of Neo saving everyone. With `Revolutions', all that is taken away from me.

With that said, I think that maybe a downer ending would've suited this franchise much better. But hey, I'm just an idiot who's writing down thoughts about the movie. I didn't make em. A happier ending may appeal to some (perhaps wider) audiences, and I'm fine with that. The ending to `Revolutions' isn't what I thought it would be, but it certainly is not a let down.
Whereas `Reloaded' felt rather redundant; as the audience was almost 100% sure that Neo would live to see another movie, `Revolutions' makes the audience fear for him, especially since most of the time in the movie, he is in the real world. He has special powers, but he is also human.

The battle scenes inside Zion's walls obviously look a tad on the virtual side. But come on now, we're talking about a bunch of flying machines invading an underground city, protected by giant machine-gun capable robots, controlled by humans. Do you have the stock footage of this in your vault? I didn't think so.
I thought these scenes were very thrilling because I'm usually the one that really puts myself into the shoes of the characters on screen. When the machines breach the wall, I hope to God that they are stopped. I couldn't imagine what it would be like to lose a battle like that.
There are other chill scenes besides the one I just described, but I don't think any one raised the hair on the back of my neck than when Trinity and Neo fly above the dark skies of the real world, and finally see the sky the way it was meant to be seen. I can't really describe it well enough; it was just a great moment as far as this story goes.
Thankfully, in this movie, there isn't much in the line of monotonous line reading by the architect. For the average movie going herb chuck, that was a monumental detraction of `Reloaded'.
I don't care if there is a message hidden beneath all the blabbing of the Architect, the greatest movies work on both the entertaining and intellectual levels.
But, while also getting back to my original problem with this movie, there was almost no sign of an original, intelligent idea in this movie. Sure, there are moments that will make audiences go `Huh'? But they're easily figured out when thought about for a second.
I am no way endorsing, deep, thought-provoking, intellectual, philosophical dreck that usually occupies the `Best Picture' category, I'm just saying that all action isn't that great outside of a Sly Stallone flic (No, not Over the Top').
Overall, I think the only thing I can say about this movie is that it was ok. I don't think it was a landmark feature like `The Matrix', not by a long shot. This movie was just a detailed description of how Neo does in fact save the real world. To some, it will be a let down, others it'll be a little exciting. For even others, it will be a little of both. But what `The Matrix: Revolutions' will not be, is as great as the first movie in the series was.