Matrix Revolutions: An Eyelid-Flipping Good Time
Posted on November 10, 2003 @ 2:03 pm
If we’re to believe this cartoon from the campus newspaper, The Matrix Revolutions is so good/bad/long/confusing/whatever that it will in fact TURN YOUR EYELIDS UPSIDE DOWN!
Spoiler-free thoughts on the final film in the Matrix trilogy follow.
I caught a showing of Revolutions last week, and I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised considering the critical shellacking the film has received–after I got over the fact that my personal theories about the series proved completely wrong, that is. In fact, the ending the Wachowskis crafted to their series was significantly more subtle than I ever expected. On the whole, I felt that Revolutions was a notable improvement over Reloaded–tighter, more focused, and better paced. For instance, unlike the utterly dispensable playground brawl between Smith and Neo in Reloaded, the action sequences in Revolutions actually felt like they meant something to the overall narrative. Plus, speaking of Agent Smith, it was great to see Hugo Weaving chewing even more scenery in the role, bringing his character’s absolute loathing of humanity back to the forefront throughout the film.
Nevertheless, Revolutions is not without its own failings. Once again, the dialogue is atrocious at times–especially in scenes prominently featuring Trinity and Neo. Moreover, whereas Morpheus seems like little more than an afterthought in terms of the story’s ultimate resolution, the film perhaps dwells a bit too much on such relatively minor characters as the Kid, the Merovingian, and Private Vasquez from Aliens.
That being said, Revolutions remains an enjoyable enough movie. The original Matrix still remains my favorite in the series, but Reloaded and Revolutions don’t go so far as to make me wish the Wachowskis had stopped after the first go-around. In the world of big-budget blockbusters, I guess that’s all you can ask.
Meanwhile, Jay Pinkerton and David Wong offer a thoroughly hilarious round-up of the various fan theories on how the series would conclude after Reloaded entitled The Matrix Resolutions. Or, if you’re really feeling daring, you can check out Galvatron’s Matrix theories.
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