A great big trilogy ends with a great big "huh?" *spoilers herein*

Rating: Null/10 (7 November 2003)

The Matrix Revolutions is a very, very detailed and fast moving movie. Only the most attentive and observant movie watchers will come out of this movie with a positive opinion. And I'm guessing that since most of the general public can't rise above the Architect speech at the end of Reloaded, that would explain Revolutions's low imdb score.....
When I came out of the theatre after Revolutions was finished, I was a bit confused. Sure, Revolutions has some great action set ups I admit. The Smith/Neo fight and the "battle for zion" were all astounding and really make this movie worth watching even if you don't know what's going on. If you closely look at the mechs you can actually make out individual scratches on the metal as they fight. Now THAT'S some good CGI. Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith turns in his best performance out of the 3 movies, and (gasp) we even see Keanu Reeves express some emotions in this movie.

However, despite all this, Revolutions will disappoint most because it leaves too many things up in the air for the audience to "assume". Things aren't spelled out for us like in the first 2 movies. Or, at the very least, spelled out so enough for us to understand the current scene.

In the first matrix movie, we had Morpheus explain the nature of the matrix and the real world very effectively. In reloaded, we had the Oracle expand the ideas and purposes of the matrix before the burly brawl which was all followed by the stupefying Architect explanation towards the end.
In revolutions, there was nothing. Most of the plot is left to assumption, which is bad because not everyone may assume the same thing.

When the Architect met up with the Oracle in the park at the end, I instantly thought: "Yes, finally some answers. This should be good." Instead I got nothing. A vague peace treaty and that was it. In the end, Revolutions feels like it cheats you. You want more answers, you want closure.....but you don't get it. You get and ending which explains a couple of things, and then leaves the rest in the air. That's not how you end a trilogy.
Now before everyone comes out and starts screaming at me because "I didn't get Revolutions" let me say this. I had a lot of theories about the movie and I came here and browsed the boards and sure enough, 95% of my theories were correct. Neo's wireless connection to the source, Neo's death, the details of the machine/human treaty....I understood it all. You want more answers, you want closure.....but you don't get it. You get and ending which explains a couple of things, and then leaves the rest in the air. That's not how you end a trilogy or a movie.
Bottom line is, if you liked the first 2 matrix movies, see this. If you didn't like the second, this one is likely to disappoint.
As an individual movie----6/10
As an entry to the matrix series----9/10
As an ending to the matrix series----7/10