Just Right.

Rating: 9/10 (9 November 2003)

This movie was just right. If you consider what this trilogy is about, you couldn't ask for much more.
Considering most triquels of decent triologies: Return of the Jedi, Godfather 3, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade we need be greatful. The machines don't turn out to be fuzzy teddy bears, nor does Zion seek out the warm fuzzies to rally around. Keanu didn't return when he was 50 to finish the roll, and it's not a series of short stories.
Revolutions successfully answers all questions without being a gambit simply for profit. The Wac brothers cannot introduce concepts as large as the Matrix in the triquel. It took 3 movies just for the original concept. So awe inspiring Matrix epiphanies are not the order of the day. The only mission Revolutions can accomplish is to answer the questions, settle the debts and yet still try to be as hypnotizing as the first two.
It does this excellently. There are no short cuts. It's shot and paced with the same respect as the first two. It perfectly caps off the pyramid of the triology. My favorite character is the Oracle's bodyguard, Seraph. Only his third flick apparently. Good for him.
It's as visually mesmerizing as the first two. I didn't give it a 10 because there's some items that flashbacked to other movies and thus distracting from the movie. At one point theres a scene where you swear John Williams (Star Wars) was composing the movie and it appears the Star Wars theme is playing. Parallel to Princess Leia and Luke/Han on the Ewok bridge talking about sibling relations. Even the lighting/hues are similar. The fight scene on the end made me think of Superman (1978) and the battle at the end with the villains in leather. Of course this is shot 25 years later and is incredibly done. You can't help but think of the Millennium Falcon and Lando in the Death Star exit of Return of the Jedi. And actually both are done equally well. Kudos to ILM (1983).
So I liked it and look forward to seeing it again. I saw nerds on the way out tell me they were discussing the philosophical revelations of Revolutions. I don't think you'll be able to go this deep. It couldn't introduce anything heavy and solve it in the same movie with all the other items to wrap up.
Like the first two, I believe it is intertwined. You can look forward to rewatching the first two yet again and drawing out more revelations. I think in time this will become the 21st century Star Wars, or even perhaps, the original Star Wars may be known as the 20th century Matrix?