Reloaded didn't quite lower my expectations enough for Revolutions

Rating: 3/10 (5 November 2003)

I had hoped that after the smashing success of the Matrix that the Wachowski brothers realised that expectations for the following films would be impossible to fulfill. With this in mind, I thought, maybe they lowered their standards for Reloaded in order to bring our expectations for the 3rd volume to something remotely attainable. Reloaded wasn't awful, mind you, but it certainly could've used a couple more dancing lessons and a weight trainer.
Given the relative limpness of Reloaded, I didn't really expect the brothers to be able to return to glory in the final act... ..but I didn't expect such a bomb either. If you thought Morpheous' speech in Reloaded was a cruel bit of unusual torture on an audience, wait until you suffer through the goodies in this one. The dialogue in general borders on the moronic, but then you're used to that by now.
I had hoped that the layers of threads in the first two would be woven into a ending with some interesting subtleties, but the ending, whatever it may be, is anything but subtle. Hacked, hurried, yes, subtle, no. Oh well.

I know this is something of a tirade, but I really wanted this movie to be something interesting, something to mull over for a few days.
Sorry all, but this sucked.