Is Zion falling? Or is that just "Revolutions" falling? (short of expectations)

Rating: 8/10 (6 November 2003)

After seeing Reloaded, and seeing it fall just a bit short of the first film, I had expectations of better things for the trilogy's finale. Alas, I should have known better than to expect this film to break any more molds than it already had. In all fairness, the effects were as awesome as ever, but on the flip side, begin to feel a bit 'pre-canned' when seeing them for the third time.
Overall the movie was, in my humble opinion, good. Unfortunately, I think that there could have been a bit more character development in the final installment and perhaps a little less of the action. The end was fitting, if not fairly predictable, but I don't want to offer up any spoilers this early in the game.
On to the praises.
More astounding performances by the main characters! Keanu actually managed to NOT fall flat at critical moments (as he did in the first Matrix, as well as The Devil's Advocate and Johnny Mnemonic) , Carrie-Anne Moss was as superb as ever, and of course Fishburne again caught the essence of Morpheus as no other actor could have. Then there's Hugo Weaving... this guy has got to be exhausted! He's in the two biggest trilogies to ever hit the silver screen and does the most AMAZING job. Agent Smith was superbly crafted and is exonerated, of course, from character flatness because, well, he's a computer program! The character HAS to be pretty flat!
And there it is in a nutshell. It's probably about all I can say without giving away anything. I'll give it a month or so to give everyone a good chance to see it and then give a more in depth review and analysis.
"...there is no spoon."