Loved it... with one exception

Rating: 8/10 (17 November 2003)

WARNING: SPOILERS
I had debated seeing Revolutions for about a week and a half after it's release. The reason is this: I had been hearing so many reviews by film critics and friends of mine stating that they left "disappointed" and "unsatisfied". On the day I went to see it, I tried to keep a balanced opinion.
I left the theater wow-ed. It had everything I wanted to see. My questions were answered (for the most part), and the final Smith/Neo fight gave me chills the whole way through. After seeing the Lobby Gunfight in the first installment, I was convinced that nothing could beat it. And once I saw Neo talk to the Source, and get plugged in to fight Smith, I thought "This is it." When Smith confronted the Oracle and cloned himself into her, I realized he could be one of the greatest villains in cinema ever. Excellent acting on Weaving's part.
After Trinity's death and fourteen minutes of Man versus Machine in Zion, I was completely satisfied. However, there is one drawback to what I think is one of the best third installments in any trilogy, the ending. After Neo is cloned into a Smith, causes all of the other Smiths to explode, and afterwards dies, the movie is concluded with a bright sunrise over a city within the Matrix(which is not destroyed). I just felt that the ending was a little too happy for me. All and all I thought it was a very fitting third chapter to the Matrix Trilogy.
I felt that Revolutions had a lot of potential to be better than the original. Not in it's originality, but in it's very climactic feel. It was really a film that you really loved or really didn't like. I left the theater very pleased, and I'm glad I kept an open mind.
Grade: A