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DVD The Matrix Revolutions (Widescreen Edition)
Despite the inevitable law of diminishing returns, The Matrix Revolutions is quite satisfying as an adrenalized action epic, marking yet another milestone in the exponential evolution of computer-generated special effects. That may not be enough to satisfy hardcore Matrix fans who turned the Wachowski Brothers' hacker mythology into a quasi-religious pop-cultural phenomenon, but there's no denying that the trilogy goes out with a cosmic bang instead of the whimper that many expected. Picking up precisely where The Matrix Reloaded left off, this 130-minute finale finds Neo (Keanu Reeves) at a virtual junction, defending the besieged human enclave of Zion by confronting the attacking machines on their home turf, while humans combat swarms of tentacled mechanical sentinels as Zion's fate lies in the balance. It all amounts to a blaze of CGI glory, devoid of all but the shallowest emotions, and so full of metaphysical hokum that the trilogy's detractors can gloat with I-told-you-so sarcasm. And yet, Revolutions still succeeds as a slick, exciting hybrid of cinema and video game, operating by its own internal logic with enough forward momentum to make the whole trilogy seem like a thrilling, magnificent dream. -- Jeff Shannon
Review(s): DVD The Matrix Revolutions (Widescreen Edition)
Revolution
I sort of shook my head as I read some of the reviews of the conclusion of the series.
I had read early after the first movie that the W brothers intended all along to have 3 levels to the saga. The action part of it was to appeal to a certain segment of the movie public. Matrix 1 certainly captured the attention of the game playing segment of the population but there was an undercurrent to all the movies that wasn't about the special effects.
I was so surprised that more people didn't catch the King Author references in the movie. There were so many but particularly the ending when the "boat" took the dying king to Avalon.
The shinning promise of Camelot was no more but the world was left with the hope that should Arthur be needed for the final battle that he would return .
The other element was that in the end it wasn't the war that mattered. It was what Neo was willing to give that mattered. That in the end that Neo made it possible that those who came after would be able to enjoy another sunrise.
That all of us have the potential to be the one. I think a lot of people wanted to feel the the hero kicked butt and won and came back the conquering hero.
But real life isn't like that. In this country during this particular time we have come through a period where we have glorified war and claimed the heroes were the ones willing to fight for glory and gore. The reality is that many of them come back in body bags and a lot come back as amputees-- Their real fight just beginning. Now they have to find a reason for a future after they have given everything they had. They were heroes when they left for war and every one applauded them for going but very few people want to look at them when they come back in pieces.
Neo gave everything he had and lost everything he cared except his belief that there should be a future. I left the movie feeling inspired and wanting to rise to the potential of being "the One".
The spirit of Neo lives! YOU BE THE ONE!!!
Everything as an end
The machine army continues to drill towards Zion. Within hours, they will overrun the population of the Zionites and lay extinction to human kind. Meanwhile, Neo is held captive by the Merovingian at a train station. Trinity & Morpheus set out on a journey to release him from a mysterious train operator. Also, Smith resumes his quest to kill "Mr. Anderson" as he reveals his identity into the real world and resumes to replicate his program inside the system of The Matrix, causing it to decay. All hope is placed in the freed Neo, who must travel to the city of the machines in the Logos ship with Trinity and bargain to save each kingdom from destruction by finishing Smith once and for all. But even with his new powers over the sentinels, will he be able to fight them off?
It is a dark time for the world. Neo is trapped in the "Train Station", between the Matrix and the Source. Zion is doomed to be crushed under an unstoppable army of countless Sentinels. But it is not only the human race that is in peril. The machines press ever onward against the humans, unaware that one force within the Matrix has slowly been growing, and has taken over that world completely: Smith. There is only one hope for both races, the one force that can stop Smith, and that is Neo. One final battle must ensue. And the outcome of this battle will decide the fate and future of both races
Matrix: No purpose, so delete
After four hours, I am finally done watching the rest of the Matrix trilogy (being I saw the sequel yesterday and the original many years back).
The original was allright, with some interesting views.
The sequel pretty well sunk to the bottom and the third one even lower.
What is with these "predictable and very common films"?
The third is sloppy, something I believe I left out in the review on the sequel. I can't even count how many horrible things were done in this film.
They enter a club, but first have to shoot off people. Nothing graceful. No thinking, just reaction. The old Star Wars films had some graceful moments. Imagine if Luke Skywalker used his saber on Jabas door, broke it open, killed off the guards and rushed into kill Jaba and the others? Sound smart? NO! But in this film, that's all you get. Reactions. There is no thinking, no planning ahead. It's all shooting and fighting, and mindless ideas.
But anyway, entering the club, they had their guns out. Why? Couldn't they "gracefully" walk up to see that one guy, can't remember who, Melv something maybe?
As for the beginning, confusing. Why is Neo in this center world, or whatever it's called? How did he get there? Well, it doesn't matter actually.
As others pointed out, and I didn't catch it right away, but some guy kills the "med"? lady with a knife, pretty well dies right away. Trinity gets stabbed all over, and she lives long enough to pour out her heart long enough to tell Neo something. I can't remember.
So we have sloppy. We also have drama/tear jerker/dramatic scenes
Why? Why is this in films? Everything is so dramtic, and overly done. Every step of the way, it's like we have to hear how powerful this love is between Neo and Trinity, or other people/things/places. We have to "stop" the film to hear more garbage that can be explained a lot sooner or not explained at all.
We know that Han and Leia loved each other in Star Wars, but did they stop the film every few minutes to spill out their feelings? NO! So why in here?
And what's up with pointless information in such dramatic tones?
Why can't one thing be explained and move on? Why go on about "control" and "choice", "purpose"? Why the candy bit in the sequel? Why go on and on and on about "choice" being good or evil, or I can't even remember. All I know was that it was mentioned way too often, and in such a "meaningful; you-better-pay-attention-to-this" sort of tone.
What was the story? I can't even remember that. I must have lost my mind. No movie has ever gotten me this confused in so long. I'm serious, what happened? Neo was in a trainstation, got help, some went off to defend the docks, some went out for something else, pizza maybe, and Neo ends up fighting Smith.
This is NOT a movie to watch. It's very painful and horrible to even see half of it.
And did Neo die? I don't think so, but it doesn't matter.
The only slight bit of interest was the attack on those "machines". I wouldn't watch it again, way below my intellectual level.
I need to see Columbo, or Match Point, Hogans Heroes, something to get the mind working again.
Like they saw in the film, "Whatever does not have a purpose, get's deleted". This film has no purpose, so you get deleted *bleep*
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