i really really wanted to like it

Rating: 7/10 (7 November 2003)

i really really wanted to like it, it had real promise at the start....but......i thought it was crap.
All the philosophical and mythological aspects of the first 2 were completely scrapped and i felt like i was watching a standard shoot-em-up sci fi film. Sure the effects were great and the Wachowskis are extremely deft and precise with the cinematography but lost is the aura, mystery and the emotional intensity.
I can't believe i'm saying this but i was actually bored watching it. Less is more guys and somebody gave the Wachowskis a little too much money and they went completely overboard. We were lost in a slew of peripheral characters. Both Neo and Trinity, who I believe are the fulcrum of the trilogy are left on the wayside. With little time to conclude their story, i felt detached.
No specific scenes were memorable, the Zion fight was way too long and Trinity's death was treated with such irrelevance. There was no lingering lament, just a heartwrenched sob from Neo and we were back to unneccessary loudness of projectiles in Zion. I felt nothing, no tinge of sadness and this is the death of a major character. WTF? I had the same reaction to the ending. Beautiful shots but no emotional impact. The humanity that was present in both the original and in some parts of reloaded just disappeared under the dust of CGI and industrial noise.
The only good parts were possibly in the first 3rd of the film. With the rescue of Neo and Seraph in the mix (Colin Chou marry me!).
This isn't a rant out of high expectations in fact i'd read nothing, no reviews/spoilers for revolutions before seeing it. I'm so saddened by such a disappointing end to what could have been a magnificent trilogy.
2.5 red pills out of 5