This was a good ending to a very creative and fun trilogy. 9/10 rating.

Rating: Null/10 (9 November 2003)

I was apprehensive when I went in to see Matrix Revolutions. I think I liked Reloaded more than most people did, but it wasn't without its problems and I was hoping those problems had been solved in Revolutions. I was not disappointed. This review is going to focus on addressing some of the criticism that this movie has received, so be prepared.
I don't really need to talk about the special effects or the fight scenes because I presume that every one here will have already realized that the Matrix trilogy has set new standards in both areas, so I'll skip that aspect of the review. The acting (yes, even by Keanu Reeves) was very good. I know that many people can't separate Keanu from Ted from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, but that's their failing, not Keanu's and certainly not the failing of Revolutions.
One thing that people HAVE to realize/remember is that Reloaded and Revolutions are one movie. Rather than have people sit in the theatre for four hours, the Wachoski brothers decided to split it up. The effect this had on the audience was a feeling of emptiness at the end of Reloaded. Characters that had been introduced weren't expanded upon in the normal way of most other movies. But, the Matrix trilogy is somewhat unique, so it breaks out of the traditional mold of the typical movie experience. For that, I'm grateful. Too many action and sci-fi movies nowadays are meant to only visually dazzle the audience. As a result, you have poop like Star Wars: Episode One. Critics tore episode one apart on that very point. "No plot, only eye candy which gets old very fast." So, the Wachoski brothers decided to put some thought into their story. What has happened now is that the critics and the audience are used to seeing eye candy with no substance. So, what were the critics complaining about in Reloaded? Too much talk, not enough action to hold their attention.
Now I know, this is supposed to be a review about Revolutions. So, here it is. Revolutions is meant to finally fill out all the characters from the other two films, give the audience some semblance of finality and leave a few questions unanswered so the audience would still have something to speculate about after the movie was over. Since most of the characters were already known in the beginning of Revolutions, there was no need for character introduction. This lended more time to flesh out the story, which was done superbly. George Lucas should take some advice from the Wachoski brothers on how to wrap up Episode III.
Maybe some people like having the ENTIRE story spelled out for them, but in my experience, the talk and speculation between people on the ideas of the matrix was half the fun of the trilogy. So, if everything was spelled out, there wouldn't be the fun of speculating and formulating your own opinions concerning the Matrix.
More than that, I feel that this movie provided more closure for the trilogy than most other on-going movie series such as Star Wars, Star Trek, Indiana Jones and the like.
When all is said and done, I thought that Revolutions had much of the same wonderment as the first movie, the action of the second movie, and more story than either of its predecessors while answering several questions from the first two movies. Revolutions demands more of its audience than the usual empty, mass produced, cookie cutter action/sci-fi movie that Hollywood usually puts out. That's why the Matrix Trilogy will most certainly stand the test of time and delight audiences years from now. This movie wasn't without its problems, but if you're going to go into this movie expecting it to follow the usual hollywood, cookie-cutter "third film", you'll hopefully be pleasantly surprised. Revolutions transcends the confines of the mass-produced hollywood movie. It provides the eye candy while getting your brain involved.