DON'T BELIEVE THE 'HATE'!!!

Rating: 9/10 (11 November 2003)

***SPOILERS INCLUDED!!*** When I came onto IMDb to see how its members rated Matrix Revoutions, I was shocked. 6.6/10? Could a franchise so promising fall by the wayside so quickly? Then I read some external reviews. Many other critics were bashing it as well. After seeing it a couple days ago, now that it all sunk in, all I have to say is 'Don't Believe The Hate!!!'
The Matrix trilogy will be forever tainted, because it was ahead of its time. The masses weren't ready. When the original was released in 1999, it was a sleeper hit; a new phenomenon was born, new grounds were broken in film. It was the perfect combination of astounding visuals and an intellectually challenging story. Matrix Reloaded was "The Matrix times 2". More characters, more story, more action, more questions. Quite frankly, it went over many people's heads. It took too much brain power for the masses. The problem with people is that they can't look at things objectively. Once Reloaded was released, everyone had an opinion as to what happened, and what was going to happen. That's okay, that was why it was left open, to anticipate how it will end. But as ignorant and foolish as people are, they took themselves too seriously and thought that their opinion was SUPPOSED to happen. So when Revolutions finally came, if the story didn't go or end the way they thought it would, or the way they thought it SHOULD end, they were quick to bash the film. WHAT IGNORANCE! Is this YOUR story? NO! Did anyone really expect the other 2 films to be as 'fresh' as the original? Everyone loves the original because, more than anything else, it was new and fresh. There's NO WAY that feeling could ever be duplicated....GET OFF IT!! Now onto Revolutions....

This trilogy couldn't have ended any other way, and it was done very well. Sure there was some corny dialogue, but all 3 films have corny dialogue. People forget that there wasn't much action in the original; Reloaded and Revolutions have much more. I've heard people complain about the lack of characters in Revolutions as compared to Reloaded....uh those characters are all based in the MATRIX....this film is about ZION, hence you won't see them much, if at all. People say 'they didn't explain 'Persephone's kiss'. What about it? She kissed everyone, including Niobe and Ghost....so what? Since when was that an integral part to the story? The story in this is just as good as in the other two. The visual effects are simply AMAZING; the Zion battle will go down in history as one of the most amazing achievements EVER in film. I think they've topped themselves with each film. Sure, there's questions still not answered/to be asked, but for God's sake, use your brain a little! Go watch something like that so-called remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre or Scary Movie 3 if you want everything handed to you like babies. The action also was on the same level as the last two if not better; its definitely better than the original. The acting was better, Keanu Reeves was very good, Laurence Fishburne came back to form and Hugo Weaving again steals the show. I'm sure many people were fooled by how the original caught on like wildfire. After seeing the complete story, and seeing the response, its even more apparent that The Matrix trilogy is NOT FOR EVERYONE! If you didn't like it, then it wasn't for you. But don't just hate on it because of your thoughts on how the story should've gone; that's not fair and is very ignorant. The Wachowski brothers are telling the story, remember? This is the best trilogy of our time definitely. Lord of the Rings? PLEASE! I laugh at the ludicrous thought! I thank the Wachowski's for giving us their vision, it was a GREAT ride.
*** out of **** stars.
P.S. PLEASE end the trilogy here! It's fine just how it is! Don't do a 4th film! PLEASE!