Final chapter

Rating: 8/10 (5 November 2003)

Spoilers ahead. Yes, I am that kind of guy.
The Matrix revolutions picks up immediately after The Matrix Reloaded. Neo is caught in a world between the matrix and the real. A trainstation largely run by the Merovingian. After some... persuation by the lovely Trinity (Well until she pulls a gun to your temple), Neo is set free, and our heros now home to defend Zion, a city under threat of annihalation by the machines.
Neo, getting advise from the, now changed oracle (due to the tragic death of actress Gloria Foster) ... (Morten you twit, when is a death NOT tragic!?), sets out for the Machine city with Trinity (and that's one heck of a city, if you don't mind my saying so folks!!), and Morpheus, captain Niobe our videogame friend Ghost, and others set home, to defend the city.
Meanwhile Agent (or should I say former agent?) Smith is taking over the Matrix, assimilating everyone (and -thing) in his way. (A true yet extreme communist).
And then the battle begins. Everything that has a beginning has an end.
I have mixed feelings about this film. On one hand I feel that the Wachowski Brothers have done right in this trilogy. Rules apply and they are following them to perfection. A trilogy must expand. Number one has the advantage of surprisal. Number two is must be bigger, faster, harder, still expanding the universe (Something forgotten in most trilogies. Like Jurassic Park, who cares if there's a bigger lizard?) Number three is the hardest, because you are concluding the story. Sacrifices have been made, and it is time to show what they have been made for.
The Matrix was the most surprising, and therefor the best. It dealt with discovering what is real and not, and accepting this.
The Matrix Reloaded was an expansion of the universe, and the ideas within the story are drawn out. This movie concerns itself with the next logical step. You have found out who and what you are. Now you must make choices.
The Matrix Revolutions deals with love and death. The choices have been made, it is time to find out what you are fighting for, and carry out what you must do.
The trouble with The Matrix Revolutions is that too many loose ends remain when you have watched the film. You are disorientated, thinking: Who was Neo? Who was agent Smith? Who was who? Who am I? (This you don't really think, I just made that question up).
The brothers leave behind too many questions, and too many loose ends. They fall back on too many "old tricks of the industry", thus making the story of some of the characters predictable. There are some scenes in the film, that are just there for no reason.
The Merovingian is threatened by Trinity to hand over Neo. This happens with a gun to his temple. Trinity shows that she really loves Neo, which is fine. Just... we already knew that, now didn't we? So why do we have to watch Trinity, Morpheus and Seraph fight themselves all her way there?
The ending just becomes too gritty. What I always hated about StarTrek is that they always seemed to get saved in the last minute, by some technical gimmimanot, and using fancy words they explained themselves out of everything. This exact problem is what Revolutions suffers from. It get's TOO fantastic and TOO amazing, thus losing the audience completely. By the end fight, between Mr. Anderson and agent (or is that... former agent?) (Shut up, Morten you're repeating yourself) Smith, you know that something fantastic is going to happen. You just haven't a clue who is who and why.
On the other hand the effects are gorgeous. The Wachowski Brothers delivers what they promished, when they said they would do something new every time. Trust me. They did. The battle of Zion is one that I personally think makes the dreadfully boring Battle of Helms Deep look like a Jerry Springer stage fight (or whatever - I just liked this battle better, ok?!!)
They keep the philosophy in the mix between sophisticated and simple, so everyone can follow, and they stay as much away from the Matrix as they can. Everything can now be done in the Matrix, as long as Neo is doing it, so why watch, right? Right.
I think the ending to The MATRIX trilogy is decent. Some storypoints pull it down, while every single effect raises it to a level, where other films just seem to never get. My judgment is 8/10. Everything that has a beginning has an end... and you've never seen an ending like this.