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The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
Rate:
2
Viewed:
8/04, 11/25
11/25:
Hallelujah...the pretentious bullshit is finally over.
The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions are
completely unnecessary sequels. There's no story...it's all CGI masturbation plus fortune cookie talk.
Thousands of machines come out in the air to take over Zion, and a couple of dozen people fight
them. Huh? There have been times I was watching a cheap remake of
The Terminator or Aliens.
After seeing the whole trilogy, nothing makes sense. What's the connection of Zion or the Matrix to the real
world? What does it mean for the real people if Zion is destroyed? What's the significance of Merovingian,
the Architect, the Oracle, the Trainman, Sati, and so on if they are all equally useless and have nothing
concrete to offer? How can anyone not see the resemblance of Bane to Mr. Smith? I wasn't sure if they were
being played by the same actor; it turns out to be not. Ditto for the Oracle.
Why so much attention on Neo and Morpheus in the first two films and then switched to a lot of nobodies in
the third part? I never bought into Neo and Trinity's love for each other; they had no chemistry to begin
with. When she died, it's like, "Okay...bye." I'll love to meet Jada Pinkett Smith one day and tell her
she's absolutely ridiculous in everything. How is that Neo can see differently and stop machines with his
hand if he's still a human being in Zion?
All in all, The Matrix trilogy belongs in the garbage can.