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"The Matrix: Revolutions"

Well, it's out and I shall be buying it. "Why?!?" I hear you cry ... well, partly because I have the first two and I like closure and partly because I have the missus' nephews and nieces staying with us most weekends and holidays and a certain amount of my DVD purchases have them in mind.

The nephews (who are both 10) love The Matrix and Reloaded so they'll no doubt want to watch it, much the missus' annoyance.

I loved the Burly Brawl, that was fantastic. Only the bit when Neo punched Smith's cheek and was in slo-mo.. verr clever.

Spoilers

I disliked the cliche within Revolutions: "that annoying kid" wants to fight but the leader won't let him as the kid's a klutz, then later on the kid says something "moving" and the leader lets him help out. Then lo and behold the leader needs help and only one person can help him: the kid. Oh and even better the kid is now the only person who can save the day.

This is intercut with Link's girlfriend saving the day and Morpheus' ex saving the day. No one else gets a look in.

I thought all three films were bloody good. I will be getting Revolutions at some point.

I could tell I enjoyed them all because I actually felt quite sad when the credits of Revolutons 'cos I knew there wouldn't be any more....

SPOILERS BELOW

i didnt know that
'We cant see past the choices we do not understand'

was a law of the universe... perhaps im being petty but why didnt the characters question what the Oracle said more...

oh right the all knowingness!!

I enjoyed the end fight more as an allegory for good versus evil, rather than for the actual action... as neo and smith flew around eachother in perfect, but opposite alignment i couldnt help but only see it as good and evil, neither one can survive with the other, and the resolution only coming when they are 'joined' when smith infects neo..

MoJoJoJo wrote:
> leads up to a fight that we KNOW Neo cannot possibly lose since he
> has defeated Smith x100.

Were you paying attention for the first half of the film?

Smith copied himself into the Oracle. He had the sight. He was as, if not more powerful than Neo. We had no idea what would happen.

MoJoJoJo wrote:
> Yeah, the Zion stuff was good. But I hated Dragon Ball Z fanboys
> screaming "u didn't get the end fight coz you dont understand
> DBZ!!!111"
>
> I did "get" the fight, it was just crap.

Yeah I thought the final confrontation between Neo and the ultimate Agent Smith was a bit of an anti-climax, it was simply reduced to the pair flying through the air and taking it in turns to punch each other in the face. Maybe if they had put the fight scene before the Zion siege I might have been more impressed, but it still didn't compare to the excellent showdown in the subway of the original Matrix.

I didn't dislike Revolutions as such, but was a bit disappointed by it.

Saying that, I felt the same about Reloaded but seem to like it more each time I watch it.

Yeah, the Zion stuff was good. But I hated Dragon Ball Z fanboys screaming "u didn't get the end fight coz you dont understand DBZ!!!111"

I did "get" the fight, it was just crap. I dunno, like I said I might watch it again and be amazed, but the entire trilogy leads up to a fight that we KNOW Neo cannot possibly lose since he has defeated Smith x100. Compare it to Luke vs Vader in Jedi and tell me the end fight was good.

I didn't really take to Revolutions as I did with Reloaded (which I actually liked) but I still enjoyed it, for the speciel effects and action scenes if nothing else, and I loved the seige of Zion which for me was the highlight of all the three films.

MoJoJoJo wrote:
> With all the action in Reloaded, Revolutions was a let down,
> especially with the craptacular Neo/Smith fight they had at the end
> (even the burly brawl was better than that crap)

I found that to be by far the best sequence in the entire film.