Review: Matrix Revolutions, The (2003)

I'm a Matrix Fan and the first two films were superb

But...

The Third film has failed to score high with the critics and I'd have to
agree.

In fact I believe that this final Chapter was worked purely for the
guaranteed box office takings, rather than as a genuine attempt to conclude
the story and truly two films would have worked better than three.

The first forty five minutes were completely unnecessary as part of the
storyline, appearing only to have been worked to bring the Merovingian back
for a brief appearance and of course Persephone and her beautiful
cleavage... however it is nothing more than an interlude or packing to fill
the film out more. You are left wondering why the Merovingian didn't see
Smith as a Threat and team up with the Neo.... this would have made the film
much more interesting and exciting.

The dialogue was poor and could have been borrowed straight from George
Lucas' recent Star Wars efforts, especially in the battle sequences; gone is
the coolness, replaced by mushy exchanges between the lead characters.

This time we have obvious loop holes.

Why battle the sentinels with bullets and rocket launchers at Zion, when all
you need is Electro-Magnetic pulses.... a slim excuse is that it wipes out
all the electrical devices at Zion too but if so, why did the ships have no
such problems... (Shielding maybe ... okay shield your vital systems at
Zion, or just switch them off, prior to the pulse). Why was the machine war
never won in the first place ???

Smith was undoubtedly the most interesting character in the film (again) but
again we are left disappointed with only one line describing why Smith
Evolved and in truth, it appeared like the screenwriter couldn't think of a
better idea... again it just wasn't an interesting enough answer.

I had always thought that the answer was in Neo being the One; in machine
code One is significant due to binary... Zeros and Ones, Smith evolved into
Neo's opposite, hence he could have been the Zero... this would have fitted
better with the Matrix philosophy of the earlier films.

Ironically... I think Matrix Revolutions will be remembered as the Zero.

Expectations not lived up to.

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