On Matrix failed expectations...

Rating: 8/10 (8 November 2003)

There's nothing disastrous about Matrix Revolutions. I'm a big time science fiction nutt and if it has to do with space or the future and its a movie, then i'm going to see it. It's that freaking simple.
When the Matrix came out, a lot of us scifi geeks went out to see it right away, and of course we loved it. As it turned out, a lot of people who don't consider themselves to be fans of scifi went to see it after hearing the good reviews and *gasp* THEY liked it too. Word of mouth helped the original Matrix become a blockbuster... more than just a cult classic.
The result? Matrix is a franchise and sequels II & III get released to an inaugural audience that is no longer predominantly made up of scifi geeks.
Speaking as a scifi geek, I feel that all three of these Matrix movies are independently better than 90% of the scifi movies that have ever been made. As far as i'm concerned, each Matrix movie is better than all three of the Next Gen cast Star Trek movies, and better than the Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones.
In many respects, what has happened with Revolutions is similar to what has happened to Kill Bill. Kill Bill wound up attracting a lot of people who wanted to see another "Pulp Fiction." Naturally those people were going to be disappointed. If you go to every movie made by your "favorite" director irrespective of the theme and subject matter of the film, there's no possible way that you can expect to enjoy every movie he cranks out. If you don't like martial arts flicks, then the fact that its a movie made by Tarentino isn't likely to change your mind.