Matrix Revolutions

[liptonrm_backup]

So, just got back from seeing the third Matrix movie. It was, well...not what I expected. If you're interested in hearing my reaction and don't mind significant spoilers please read my



The first Matrix movie had such potential. The movie introduced some interesting ideas that hadn't yet been explored in film. Sure, many of the ideas we had seen before, especially if you had read or seen a lot of sci-fi, but the culmination of ideas with special effects with great action with good actors hadn't been assembled before. It was great, I loved it. Matrix Reloaded wasn't as exciting. Frankly, while I didn't hate it, I certainly didn't love it as much as the first movie. I was hoping Revolutions would provide the payoff that the first movie had promised.

Well, it didn't. Let's just list out some of the more glaring bad points: some instances of tremendously horrible dialogue. I mean horribly cheesy and it was almost painful to see the actors have to try and plough through it. It also felt like I was missing something. Even with all of the exposition we all had to sit through during Reloaded (which I saw at least three times) there were still parts of the plot that were completely opaque. I saw how everything ended but I still didn't understand the reasons for everything, things happened because they happened and I didn't quite know why.

The most aggravating problem, however, was the sense of disappointment I felt as the movie ended. In the end, the basic storyline was the same as so many other quest stories. In the first movie everyone's actions were important, in this movie the only actions that truly mattered were Neo's. Poor Trinity, it's almost as if she died for nothing. (Aaah! They killed Trinity, those bastards!)

Is the movie completely worthless? No, it actually isn't. There are interesting and even exciting parts. The soundtrack was very good, it had a true epic feel to it. When Trinity threatens the Merovingian? Absolutely priceless. The resistance in Zion was very exhilirating and Agent Smith absolutely stole the film. I would only see it again to revel in the coolness that is Hugo Weaving. He is the super-fiend of arch-enemies.

After all of this, the end still leaves me with an extreme feeling of disappointment, and not in a good, "Well, I'm back" sort of way. I'm afraid I'm still breathlessly waiting for Return of the King to bring me a culmination I can sink my teeth into. I'm beginning to think directors shouldn't write their own scripts or film their own stories. That, however, is a rant for another time.

Comments

[drunken-buzzard.livejournal.com]

We watched it last night and both liked it. I loved all three movies, mainly because I didn't think any was like another. It could have been the same tiresome effects over and over, but I felt each movie played it's role in the trilogy. I liked

[liptonrm.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you and Danielle were so satisfied with it. It certainly wasn't a bad movie, by any stretch of the imagination. My disappointment probably says more about my expectations then about any sin the directors may or may not have commited.

I think I'll still have a hard time forgiving them for killing off Trinity, though;-).