Ending was a bit naff, but the rest was wicked!!!

Rating: Null/10 (14 November 2003)

***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** And you know the best thing about it? I was in the cinema on my own!!!! :D Probably shows something about the popularity of the movie but it was only half 5 and I'm not complaining! £5 for my own private screening! Not bad eh?!
So, anyway.....
I'd read bad reveiws and a few of my matyes had seen it and said that it didn't make much sense but I understood it completely! The Matrix is one of those movies that if you understand it, it's brilliant, and if you don't it's just a load of fightinh and cool CGI (Which was very cool, btw!) People have been moaning about the acting as well but I thought it was pretty good. Action films aren't the best genre if you wanna show of peoples acting but I thought the actors were great. I'm not usually a fan of Keanu Reeves, I find him a bit flat but the role of Neo fitted him well.
I loved The Matrix and Reloaded because they were obviously sci fi (Not that Revolutions wasn't, but hear me out!) They were unique, different, interesting. Despite my imense enjoyment of Rev, I found myself resenting the fact that they had turned it into a cliched war movie. I was comparing all the characters to characters in Pearl Harbour and I didn't like it. ( The kid as that chef guy played by Cuba Gooding jnr for example.)
It made me cry when Trinity died. Lots. IT was obvious she would when they flew above the clouds. And Even though it was cliched (I found myself second guessing what they were going to say and the dialogue in places was a bit predictable I found the human side of it quite interesting.
Curiously though, I didn't find Neo's death at all upsetting!! It's been painfully obvious from the word go that he was going to die, so I wasn't at all suprised. I as longing for more good old fashioned kung fu, there wasn't enough going on in the actual Matrix. The bits I enjoyed most were all inside the matrix. I lkied the bit when they went to see that frnch guy (name escapes me) and they were fighting those guards. Not really that great a scene but I liked it for the simle fact that it reminded me of the original.
The highlight by far was the face off between Neo and Smith. Loved it. Action Junkie here, it rules!!!!!! Niobe kicked ass too! hehe! I liked the fact that Morpheous was just human. No all knowing, all seeing general, but human. Plus i tire of his speeches, talking bores me!
Think I've babbled enough, don't you? One tip: This movie makes a whole lot more sense if you've seen the Animatrix. I'd recommend it to anyone. It's not as good as the 1st one but about par with Reloaded (I know loads of you didn't like it. But I did! So there!!! :P)
I just hope to God they don't try and make more! (Loved Star Wars, then they went and ruined it.)
7/10