Somewhere between positive and negative

Rating: 9/10 (5 November 2003)

It's awesome to watch, a visual treat. Has everything we've come to expect from the Matrix, and more. It delves deeper philosophically, taking its lead from Reloaded, but in a more satisfying way. The first third of the movie tends to get most of the philosophy out of the way which leaves the greasy goodness of the action, which is what most of the fans would want anyway. We talk of the implications and the possibilities of the ending to this trilogy, and while the storyline didn't live up to all the possibilities I had envisioned, I still felt happy. The battle scenes were so mind numbingly expansive, the visuals intriguing, that I just ended up soaking it all in and not really thinking about it too much. If this film is going to fail with the fans anywhere, it will probably be in the ending. But then it's not really that bad an ending. What can I say? I liked it. 8/10