why this movie wasn't as bad as you thought.

Rating: Null/10 (28 January 2005)

I liked this thoughtful and challenging trilogy. But I initially left the cinema disappointed, and after reading some of the comments on IMDb, so did a lot of other people. BUT... 2 days later I realised that this was a blockbuster where no one "got the girl"; the Hero dies and does NOT save the day. And yes I am talking about matrix:revolutions. This movie, and the whole trilogy, is brilliantly narcissistic.
Consider the plot of the trilogy for a moment. The machines have a problem: they can't keep the people in the pods, they keep trying to make a matrix that satisfies and controls the pod people. All we are watching is one of many 'development' cycles of the biggest bit of software EVER - bigger than Gates can ever imagine. CRITIC:"Ah, but the Zionists.." There are a million ways the machines control the Zionists; they rely on a machine (the Zion mainframe) for their very survival, for one.
I liked this movie even though I left the cinema disappointed. OK, its drawn out and panders to a 'die hard' audience. But it manages to be intellectual at the same time (don't get me wrong - I love die hard).
watch it again and root for the machines this time and you'll see a better movie!