What happened in the editing room ?

Rating: Null/10 (5 November 2003)

Matrix Reloaded left plenty of open possibilities for the third part. Monica Bellucci character or the Twins, plus the long discourse of the Architect. Well not much of these are in the third part. Monica has one scene, the Twins are nowhere to be seen and the Architect; well things are not exactly as he said.
Is Matrix Revolution a good or a bad movie ?. In action terms, combat in ZION is a spectacular FX long sequence; but the lack of humans in it, reduces the emotion. The dead of one of the main characters with no FX, is too long and not particularly emotive so people started to laugh and whistle. The end of the movie it is so open that I do not think anybody will be satisfied, plus is far from happy.
Matrix is a comic; with all the darkness we are used on them. The end of the movie (and of the trilogy) is as dark as you might expect from a comic (were you have to wait for the next issue). However, even if the end could (and for sure will) disappoint you like it did to me; I feel that it was the proper and logical ending.
I came to understand, that Matrix was never intended as the blockbuster it became. The optimistic beginning has nothing to do with the outcome of the rest; it was as the Architect pointed, just an illusion.
However, I believe there were a lot more on this movie than we see in the screen. I wont be surprised if many story lines were left in the cutting room to keep the movie within the two hours commercial duration. I only wish the Wachosky release the `Directors Cut' someday. In the meantime, if you saw the second, do not loose the third, but if you did not see the second, please do not go and keep the first one with your good memories.