Better then part 2 and should get cut some slack !

Rating: 8/10 (20 October 2007)

Is this another worthy sequel ? Yes.
Is it liked and hated by fans ? Yes.
It it better then other Part 3's like Blade: Trinity and PotC: World's End ? Heck Yes.
Is it both liked and hated by fans ? Yes.
Should it be re-watched and appreciated ? Yes. Yes. Yes.
This film is actually pretty good and has just as many Action sequences as the first two. The Wachowski Brothers once again don't bother going into the basics due to the fact that there is already a ton of conflicts between all our protagonists and antagonists that are both old and new ( there even the cool addition of The Trainman ! ).
The first couple of minutes are focused with the disappointing "cliffhanger" that happened in Part 2 and is weird, but necessary for closure and, plus, it involves our main protagonists.
Meanwhile, the other characters that don't have as much closure, but are also a huge 1/3 of the plot have finished debating from last movie and are literally preparing for "War and Freedom."
The antagonists ( bad guys ) are ready to crush them, but also interested in the other conflict that involves our main hero, from the last two films, Neo. The film is mainly focused on his quest to end the war while providing info. on all the other sub-plots. The film generally does what both the other two big epics "Star Wars" and Lord of the Rings" do, they show constantly what everyone is doing on both sides "back-and-forth." The last two films are no stranger to this story-telling technique, but it's a lot more noticeable here because it's constantly intense then the last two films.
As for the movie's final conflict, which involves Neo and Smith finally meeting "face-to-face," it is simply one of the best fights between both the good and bad guy that I have ever seen ! Why no one thinks that is crazy because this is the most epic point in the entire series, which is to finally determine the faith of the movie's universe and characters.
The questions from last film are not given enough thought nor are they explained clearly, but no one should blame this film because they never had real significance to the overall film anyway and, plus, Part 2 is guilty for even conjuring the ideas in the first place. I personally believe that the Wachowski Brothers just wanted to get their audience thinking while they were in awe at the entire massive-scale battles and impressive visual imagery expressed in all films combined.
As for the ending, I thought it was pretty tight, but everyone just criticized the film just for that one thing and I betcha they were enjoying the film just up until that pint, but yet did not understand the significant to the Wachowski's wisdom and "tongue-in cheek" humor. What the brothers were conjuring up was an unpredictable ending and they succeeded successfully because, in interviews, they have stated how tired they are of the "same old ending," so they decided to do something out the usual, which was what was expressed in this film.
Even if you fans have been spoiled about the particular ending, don't cheat yourself like all the other fans are, see this film and appreciate it like the previous two unless you're not a fan of this series/genre to begin with, which I would then scold you for not being "open-minded" enough.
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