Thursday, November 06, 2003
So, Matrix Revolutions then.... tricky one.I love the Matrix series, have done ever since a friend told me I had to watch it, and wasn't allowed to see Star Wars instead. Good call Penny.
Now everyone knows the first film was seriously ground breaking stuff, it kicked arse, and all the more so for managing it without any major media hype. So when Reloaded came out, it had a lot to live up to, and though it's not perfect, it did pretty well. It didn't break any new ground, and probably created a lot more questions than it answered, but that's what the second film in a trilogy always does... leaves you with an uncomfortable edgy feeling.
Revolutions though... that's what you want to know about.
Is it amazing? Does it answer all of the questions brought up by Reloaded? Does it do justice to the legend that The Matrix has become, or do they get it all wrong?
Well......
The battle for Zion against the Sentinals is the single most breathtaking piece of movie footage I have ever seen.... EVER!
But..... yes, I said but, and it's a truly huge B U T ....
Everything else about this film is wrong. Absolutely everything.
This film is like a rock star who has come to believe his own hype and as such, has lost the magic that made him special in the first place. It's pompous, overblown and not nearly as good as it thinks it is.
I frequently found myself impatient for the actors to get off the screen so I could watch more sentinals doing their thing, and that's just not right.
So many scenes were obviously tacked on, their only purpose being as devices to move us on to the next big set piece. There's no flow... it's like "Okay, we have the big fight between so and so and so and so... how can we get to that point?"
And the questions we've been waiting for the answers to since Reloaded... do we get answers? Do we hell!
In the first two movies, there was a certain logic that worked, that explained the bizarre things that happened... in Revolutions, that logic appears to have been thrown out of the window.
At the end of the day, they got it wrong, and for me at least, have spoiled what was a fascinating series of movies.
Should you avoid seeing it?
Well... no, and for one reason alone... the battle for Zion. Your eyes will burst out of your head, your jaw will hit the floor, and you WILL utter the words "Holy Shit!"
Just ignore the rest of the film, 'cause though it pains me greatly to say it, it's bullshit.
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Steve 8:14 PM [+]
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