Better than Reloaded

Rating: Null/10 (5 November 2003)

If I had to stick to a one sentence explanation to this movie, it would definitely mention that this film is much better than its predecessor, The Matrix Reloaded. Whereas for some reason, I left Reloaded feeling cheated, Revolutions made up for it, serving a sound finale to a great story.
The original movie will always be the original movie, there is no doubt. However, Revolutions tries hard to honor The Matrix where Reloaded...I'm sorry- what was the point of Reloaded?
This movie has quite a few throwbacks to the original and carries the themes of the first movie along. No more confusing Architect speeches, and very little of the Merovingian. The emphasis is on the human characters here, and the human emotions. Corny? Yes. Cheezy? Definitely. But where it could be the cold, detached atmosphere of the first film, it instead opts to bring in something odd and new to the sci-fi genre. Warm, fuzzy love. Go on gag, but it works. It works very well. The film still carries the malignancies of the genre (writing, acting), so don't go looking for Shakespeare because it's not there.
All in all, it was an enjoyable movie and a fitting end to a memorable Trilogy. And come on, did you really think they could've ended it any other way?