Yeah, right (spoilers)

Rating: 7/10 (27 March 2004)

The Matrix: Nice action movie, but not original as most people wanted us to believe. Rip everything from ancient mythology, commercial film making (the bullet time), anime and add a bit of publicity. Voila, the sleeper hit of 1999. The sequels were highly anticipated and while backpacking in Australia last year I even bothered and went to the opening at midnight in Brisbane. Reloaded was a big disappointment and I didn't even bother watching Revolutions in cinema. But I saw it on DVD last night and rented it.
Whoever hailed the Wachowskis as talents should be laughed and mocked at for the rest of their mortal lives. Looking back it might be very well that Bound (an excellent thriller) is their best. They can do something decent, but with the Matrix Trilogy they have overplayed their hands. Instead of directing the franchise to a really cool direction they keep doing every single thing wrong. What if they killed Neo off in the first one instead of the third one and let the story be taken over by Seraph and Persephone. Now, there are two interesting characters that get way too little screentime. These two facing Smith (Weaving is always good).
Unfortunately we are stuck with Neo (yawn), Morpheus (who lost all credit during his speech before the rave in Reloaded) and that cliche story of The Kid. O, and the rest of that Zion sequence. All characters dragged by their hairs. Anyone who has seen more than one film could've guessed the outcome of that scene. Trinity could've been one of the best characters (as she was in The Matrix), but she gets too little to do but walking after Neo.
2003: The Year Of The Matrix, or what was it? Ha ha ha. Wachowskis, pay attention: great trilogies are made of quality, not publicity. Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones, the original Star Wars trilogy, the Godfather, Back to the Future, Alien (forget the fourth one), etc.
By the way, didn't they mention they 'intended' this to be a trilogy from the start? Why not more clues in the first one. As said before Seraph and Persephone should've been main characters. They should've carried the torch.
The W-Bros. (not Warner) should do interviews to apologize! Clues to mythology and philosophy don't make a good movie!