'The Matrix Revolutions' story often doesn't draw one in enough, with a very dull first half that makes one tempted to bail. The pacing is even more problematic here than in 'Reloaded' with the first half especially being so inert the slower and talkier parts feel stillborn.ĭialogue was not a strong suit in 'Reloaded' but it's amplified here, its endlessly and annoyingly cryptic conversations, over-wordiness, over-complicated long sentences and wallowing self-importance add to its increasingly cheesy and stilted feel. On the other hand, 'The Matrix Revolutions' is particularly crippled by its pacing and dialogue. Keanu Reeves and Carrie Anne Moss are cool, Hugo Weaving is deliciously wicked and Laurence Fishburne is imposing and charismatic and doesn't take it too seriously this time even with less to do. The final battle between Neo and Smith have garnered a mixed reaction, to me it was thrilling stuff and spectacular in mood even if ending on an anti-climactic note. They benefit from looking great, breathless stunts, a great sense of paranoia, energy and tension. While not as astonishing as previously and there is a slight overload of them (with a couple overlong), the action scenes are still very impressive and the awe factor is still there. There is an epic eeriness to the music score.
The production design is still audacious, the special effects dazzling and uber-cool, very slick editing and cinematography that's both clever and imaginative. Starting with 'The Matrix Revolutions' good things, the film while not as imaginative as the previous film or as ground-breaking as the original still looks great. Generally it is a shame that after such a great first instalment that 'The Matrix Revolutions' feels largely unsatisfying. Hard to say which is the better of the two sequels, they both have similar strengths but also similar flaws with a couple of things done better or worse in the other. At the same time, neither are travesties, there are notable good points. To me, both are vastly inferior and have major problems. In 2003, 'The Matrix' boasted two sequels, 'The Matrix Reloaded' and 'The Matrix Revolutions', generally considered critically and to audience not a patch in quality (though more mixed reviews than negatively received). 'The Matrix' is a genre and film milestone, while it is not one of my all-time favourite films it is still a great, impeccably made and awe-inspiring film and ground-breaking in its visuals and sound that broke boundaries in a way rarely if ever done before. Reviewed by TheLittleSongbird 5 / 10 After getting off to such a great film, 'The Matrix' trilogy finishes on a fizzling whimper
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