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Navigate to Film Reviews by Alpha Navigate to Film Reviews by date posted The Matrix Revolutions
This third film in the trilogy is packed with familiar fight style and with the most impressive sequence of special effects as the city of Zion is attacked. But other filmic essentials, such as characterisation, plot and theme have been largely side-stepped. On the plus side, Trinity is back in her Diana Rigg role, especially in the excellent scene with the splendidly bountiful Persephone, and Neo seems less self-doubting. The Oracle is fun and the Mr Smiths are crazier than ever, but somehow less menacing as the movie proceeds. Maniacal laughter with reverb isn't all that meaningful.
I was left with the distinct feeling that the first film is much stronger without the other two; the answers to the questions are hopelessly incomplete and intellectually unsatisfying. Belief isn't enough. You have to have faith in something - yourself, your God, even in some daft motto, such as 'love means never having to say you're sorry'. I could have coped with a silly ending, but to leave me dangling in mid-air with what the author feels is a solid conclusion is just annoying. Having said that, the motorbike chase sequence was (I'll say it again) thrilling, and made the 2nd film worthwhile. But even with $40million looking well-spent on the battle scene, I wondered how this was answering the philosophical questions posed in the first movie. Coen Brothers? Unfunny Marx Brothers more like! Navigate to Film Reviews by Alpha Navigate to Film Reviews by date posted
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