I guess all I can say is “There is no arguing taste.” (A thougth so old the romans had a phrase for it.)
I was looking/hoping for something more original and less heavy-handed. If it worked for you, thats great. I’d honestly rather you be happy then unhappy. Feelign let-down isn’t nearly as much fun. 
P.S. And for all the talk of “sunrises” lets face it Chris, it had big guns and big explosions, which is enough for you 
Unfortunately that not true for me 
So what is your kinda movie (using examples)
Endolf
Just saw it.
I completely, possibly more so agree, with Jeff.
Revolutions completely RUINS the Matrix mythology, but really in the last moment of Reloaded when Neo gets his “real world” super-powers, that just lit the fuse that Revolutions exploded on.
It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing.
Okay,
Since I was asked, some films I consider Great Films, with directors …
The Stuntman – Richard Rush
The Godfather – Francis Ford Coppola
2001 – Stanley Kubrik (Flawed but brilliant)
Blade Runner – Ridley Scott
The Conversation – Francis Ford Coppola
Some films I consider very very good films:
Memento - Christopher Nolan
Fight Club - David Fincher
Planet of the Apes (original) – Franklin J Schaffner
The Usual Suspects (raised above “B” status by an unusually good and literate script.)
Some films I consider extremely well constructed “B” movies:
Alien – Ridley Scott
Aliens – James Cameron
Highlander – Ray Austin
The Matrix – Wachowskis (flawed but with much that redeems it)
Ladyhawke – Richard Donner (No Donner party jokes please)
[quote]It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing.
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lol I was gonna use that quote but it didn’t work well into the rest of the review
100% agreed in return.
JK
Just seen it, loved it.
I really wasn’t expecting a huge plot, and there wasn’t one! The fact is that while many scriptwriters can handle an original and interesting plot enough to fill one film, very few can cover three - that takes a real genius. The Matrix had the interesting plot, the philosophical theory, and spawned all the debates. Reloaded and Revolutions were purely there for the entertainment, in my opinion.
Action in abundance! The battle for the Dock was one of the best action scenes I’ve seen in a long time. There were lots of good “oshit” moments as yet another wave came in, each bigger than the last.
Excellent special effects
I love the way that with all that technology the best way of reloading the mechs was a wheelbarrow filled with ammo crates, and a guy content to run very fast… Or that while an EMP would end the battle, they didn’t think to install one in the Dock… Or that they have EMP technology but neither the machines nor the humans worked out how to harden a system against it… Or “Sentinel”, aka “killer-mari” 
Good fun and an enjoyable couple of hours. But yes, bring on RotK! ;D
The Matrix trilogy made me realize how good the original Star Wars trilogy really is. Compare the horrible ending of Matrix: Reloaded to that of The Empire Strikes Back. Compare the drawn-out boring action-stopping expressions of love in Matrix: Revolutions to those of both A New Hope, where Luke’s interest in Leia comes through as Han Solo jokingly wonders if Leia would be interested in a simple smuggler like him, or Return of a Jedi, where Solo feels down because he thinks Leia loves Luke and Leia turns the scene by revealing that Luke is her brother.
Star Wars also left its demographics-widening prostitution to its recent prequels while Revolutions seemed to have several scenes whose only purpose appears to be to include a wider demographic in the movie. The scene where mouse saves the day by jumping into the robot suit feels very cliche (his whole maturation subplot could have been cut, and probably would have been, if they had a teenage protagonist with a meaningful role in the story). Also, the scenes where the women fire rockets on the attacking robots has no connection to the story whatsoever and would probably have been cut if it wasn’t for marketing.
Another thing, wasn’t the plug in the back of Neo’s head missing when he fought Bane? I looked for it, but couldn’t see it. I assumed that the fight would be revealed to be some kind of matrix-illusion and that Neo really didn’t get his eyes burnt out. If it was a mistake, this is really the wrong movie for it.
ANother continuity issue I noticed.
In The MAtrix they removed everything but his head plug.
But in Revolutions A couple times we see people with more thenone plug down their backs (I notcied it because it seemed odd.)
And at the end Neo plugs back in for his crucixion across his entire body.
Yes the IMO third star Wars film was better then the third Matrix film but in myc ase thats faint praise. I liekd the first half of the third SW fil, but it wasn’t Star Wars, it was Koozbane (the Muppet Show’s alien planet). I happen to be a big muppet fan so i enjoyed it but it didnt really fit. I found the second half of that movie anti-climactic (oh lets go destroy ANOTHER Death Star) and terrilby constucted (they kept intercutting the boring footage of luke and the emporer-- whichw as suppsoed to be tension building-- with comic relief in the damn Teddy Bears with Seige Engines scene.)
I actually think the middle movie (Empire) was weaker then Reloaded, but thats just IMO.
The 1st half of The Matrix got me intrigued, the 2nd half left me disappointed. I think Reloaded was noisy, over pretentious crap disguised using lots of stunts and visual effects.
That’s why I won’t bother with Revolutions.
Well, maybe I’ll rent it someday when I’m extremely bored ;D
[quote]The 1st half of The Matrix got me intrigued, the 2nd half left me disappointed. I think Reloaded was noisy, over pretentious crap disguised using lots of stunts and visual effects.
That’s why I won’t bother with Revolutions.
Well, maybe I’ll rent it someday when I’m extremely bored ;D
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Well Revolutions was just as noisy and just as crappy, but they can’t even manage to keep up the pretensions