It's OK, we don't need a story

Rating: 8/10 (8 November 2003)

Bottom line - I liked it. The soft belly of every movie, in my opinion, is the story. A good story diverts the audience's attention from the technicalities that make the film (photography, editting, soundtrack...). An OK story can still show you a good time, while revealing some of the backstage stuff. The Matrix trilogy is all about making you pay attention to the background. When I saw the 1st movie I was completely blown away. I mean, weren't we all? Then came Reloaded and Revolutions and showed me that the Wachowski brothers did not, actually, have some hidden philosophical meaning to share with the world... they scraped the story of this trilogy too thin, over too much bread. eventually, the holes in the story are too obvious, which leaves the filmmaking too obvious as well. Now that the story is out of the way... Disconnected from meanings, the movie is a spactacular piece of art. It is beautifully made, shot, editted, etc. And for this alone, this movie deserves a vote of 8/10, at least from me. See this film in a good theatre, because that's the only place where you'll enjoy it.