Kinda... pretentious

Rating: 5/10 (5 November 2003)

I loved the first movie, i kinda liked the second but the third instalment of the series kinda... ahem,... nearly sucks?
I believe the first movie set a standard for intellectually satisfying fantasy cinema. Unfortunately, for the two next movie, the writers/directors seem to want to become messiahs... In french, we have a word that i can try to translate as "pontifiyng". In about 10 occasions in the movie, you nearly hear a background voice saying: "listen well, the Wachowski brothers are gonna tell you a great truth of life"...
I gotta say that special effects are incredible while the set design suffers from the same pretentious flaws as the scenario. Two questions for the people in charge of the visual design of the movie: 1) what the hell is wrong with EVERY surface in this world? Every surface is covered with grime, rust and dust... Furthermore, how come people wear white clothes in a world where everything is dirty and yet, they manage to stay clean?? 2) If a society can manufacture sophiticated robots and computers, why is it that everybody wears sweaters that are falling apart?
In summary, this movie would have been way better if the producers would have done their jobs and reminded the directors of what made the success of the first movie. The world has enough of one pope, having two more is definitely an excess.