i liked reloaded better, and the first one even more, but still a relatively smart and great movie

Rating: 8/10 (1 July 2013)

the matrix trilogy for me is one of the greatest trilogies ever. however, i do think they should have worked on the follow ups to the 1999 matrix more slowly to increase the quality. nevertheless, relative to other movies, this is still close to the top.
i didn't enjoy the action as much in this movie as i did in the first 2 matrix films. but then it occurred to me: the action in revolutions is mostly in the real world, and throughout the trilogy we've been told that the dream world is fun (in a way), and the real world is hard and painful. so in that sense it made sense and then i thought it was really smart in a way. but ill take the beauty of flying to different planets in star wars any day over the gloominess of zion and the real world. the action was groundbreaking for its time regardless.
wat was not cool was the rehashing of old action ideas like the lobby shootout from the first. i expect better from the wachowskis.
it was also sortve annoying hearing the characters say some things over again which have already been said in the other matrix movies. its a bit of a dread but then again u can kinda tell thats wat the directors were going for. perhaps they ran out of ideas, but i doubt it.
another thing i did was add up the amount of time dedicated to action, and revolutions has the most. this is a bad thing! action is obviously easier to do then trying to tell an original story.
there wasn't too much character development for some of the players in this flick. however, if you contrast some of the characters from the first movies, they've really changed!
there's definitely lots of cool, original moments in this movie, and i even cried at one point! i enjoyed the last part of this movie, but i wish they wouldve had a longer ending. if your going to fully understand this movie, u need to read lots of books, or do lots of research into this movie. the directors included lots of stuff on purpose. even if ur an average person, you'll still get the basic story to one level or another. when i became an activist the matrix took on a different meaning for me, and i do not believe a lot of wat the wachoskis included in it was by accident. i think it has a great meaning for our world. all u gotta do is swap some characters with different classes of people in real life and all of a sudden there's not too much difference. but at the same time, if your not an intellectual, u will be scratching your head wondering wats the importance of some of the things in this film.
the cinematography is top notch. some of the music is great, and the rest is good. actually the music was ahead of its time (for north Americans anyways). some of the music is clearly a mix of computer and traditional instruments so even that adds to the theme of man and machine. the sound is great but not star wars quality. the acting is average or above average.
so go watch this movie. watch it over and over again, and think about it when your not watching it. cuz its deep and its a lot better than most other stuff out of Hollywood. it was ahead of its time in many ways. don't expect it to be better than the original matrix tho.