Post by The Candyman on Aug 5, 2005 15:23:38 GMT -5
Quote: "It ends tonight."
Starring: Keanu Reeve, Carrie Anne-Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving
Director: The Wachowski Brothers
Rating: R
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This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for: the conclusion to one of the best science fiction trilogies ever filmed. Is it better than the first? No. Is it still a good movie? Definitely.
Let me begin by talking about the beginning of this film: it sucks. That’s really all I can say about it. The first part involves Trinity, Morpheus and Seraph making a trip to a nightclub in order to meet the Merovingian. Whereas the other two movies in the series opened with awesome action scenes, this one does not. Instead, we wait a few minutes until we get a pathetic attempt to make an awesome action scene. It has people walking on the ceilings – how much more potential can you get? – and yet still manages to seem like what we’ve all seen before. Basically, the good guys just stand in one place and fire away, while Trinity moves long enough to do an exact move from the first movie. Blegh. Give us something original!
The meeting with the Merovingian was horrible – this guy can seriously get on your nerves. Monica Belluchi was present once again as Persephone, but her main purpose seemed only to reveal massive amounts of cleavage. Woohoo, great development here guys (no pun intended).
After the first twenty minutes to half hour, though, things start getting much better. We get a lot of surprising plot twists, which I won’t give away. Agent Smith has now become a virus spreading throughout the entire Matrix, and he is now so powerful he threatens to destroy both the machines and mankind. Neo is the only one who can stop him. Meanwhile, the machines begin their final assault on Zion.
This climactic battle for Zion is the most entertaining part of the movie. It’s perfect. Just perfect. About half of the film takes place in the real world, and this scene was enough to make me forget whatever qualms I had about the rest of humanity (namely, that they had a huge orgy in the second sequel) and want to cheer for them out loud. The visual effects are amazing.
The final fight between Neo and his nemesis Smith is unfortunately not as good as it could be. However, it’s still really cool. We get them fighting in the rain and an abandoned skyscraper (I wish they had spent more time in these two places), the air (oh yeah) and finally concluding the battle in a crater they themselves made. It could have been a lot longer and faster – they moved a bit too slow for me – but there still are some incredible visuals going on here. As to who wins, I won’t give that away. Let’s just say that it ends the only way it can possibly end. Really.
The acting is the same as usual: not bad but not good either. Though Keanu Reeves actually shows some emotion this time around! Good for you, Mr. Anderson. Morpheus’ role is now so incredibly minor it’s a wonder they didn’t just kill him off, and everything having to do with the Merovingian is just dumb. There’s a part where he says, “Bring me the eyes of the Oracle” which immediately caused me to sit up in interest. Unfortunately, this plot idea is never explored, because Trinity ruins it. Argh.
Perhaps the biggest flaw is that I felt there needed to be around one more action scene. As it it, this film gave me the distinct feeling that something was missing. I’m not sure exactly what it was. Perhaps a final showdown between Morpheus and the Twins? It turns out they were killed in Reloaded. That to me is just really irritating, since they were really cool and it looked to me like they survived.
One thing people will not like about this movie is that it does not answer all the questions. And sometimes, when it does answer a question it does so inadequately. An example of this would be the explanation for Neo’s new power. A monkey could have thought up a more creative explanation than this. The ending will probably leave some tremendously confused as to what happened, and what will happen next. It ended in the only way it could end (see below) but the Wachowskis really should have explained a lot more.
Speaking of the Brothers, the directing deserves to be mentioned. The Neo vs. Smith fight is stunning, with the two foes running towards each other in slow motion while fat rain falls from the sky and splashes off the ground. Very nice work here. And the Zion battle scene has some amazing tecnique in it as well (the shot of all the sentinels pouring in comes to mind is an incredible HG moment – I could only gape in astonishment). I’d say the directing here is a tad better than in the others. Plus, unlike in Reloaded, they don’t use the “bullet-time” effect in completely useless situations (such as the freeway).
To sum up, this is a good movie. It has a lot of flaws (mainly found in the beginning) but it is still a great conclusion to a really great trilogy. The final battle scene will leave you speechless in admiration, but the ending may leave you with more questions unanswered than answered. I give it an 8/10.
The Bottom Line: A stunning conclusion to the trilogy.
Should I see it? Yes. Yes. Yes. And did I mention, yes?
Starring: Keanu Reeve, Carrie Anne-Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving
Director: The Wachowski Brothers
Rating: R
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This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for: the conclusion to one of the best science fiction trilogies ever filmed. Is it better than the first? No. Is it still a good movie? Definitely.
Let me begin by talking about the beginning of this film: it sucks. That’s really all I can say about it. The first part involves Trinity, Morpheus and Seraph making a trip to a nightclub in order to meet the Merovingian. Whereas the other two movies in the series opened with awesome action scenes, this one does not. Instead, we wait a few minutes until we get a pathetic attempt to make an awesome action scene. It has people walking on the ceilings – how much more potential can you get? – and yet still manages to seem like what we’ve all seen before. Basically, the good guys just stand in one place and fire away, while Trinity moves long enough to do an exact move from the first movie. Blegh. Give us something original!
The meeting with the Merovingian was horrible – this guy can seriously get on your nerves. Monica Belluchi was present once again as Persephone, but her main purpose seemed only to reveal massive amounts of cleavage. Woohoo, great development here guys (no pun intended).
After the first twenty minutes to half hour, though, things start getting much better. We get a lot of surprising plot twists, which I won’t give away. Agent Smith has now become a virus spreading throughout the entire Matrix, and he is now so powerful he threatens to destroy both the machines and mankind. Neo is the only one who can stop him. Meanwhile, the machines begin their final assault on Zion.
This climactic battle for Zion is the most entertaining part of the movie. It’s perfect. Just perfect. About half of the film takes place in the real world, and this scene was enough to make me forget whatever qualms I had about the rest of humanity (namely, that they had a huge orgy in the second sequel) and want to cheer for them out loud. The visual effects are amazing.
The final fight between Neo and his nemesis Smith is unfortunately not as good as it could be. However, it’s still really cool. We get them fighting in the rain and an abandoned skyscraper (I wish they had spent more time in these two places), the air (oh yeah) and finally concluding the battle in a crater they themselves made. It could have been a lot longer and faster – they moved a bit too slow for me – but there still are some incredible visuals going on here. As to who wins, I won’t give that away. Let’s just say that it ends the only way it can possibly end. Really.
The acting is the same as usual: not bad but not good either. Though Keanu Reeves actually shows some emotion this time around! Good for you, Mr. Anderson. Morpheus’ role is now so incredibly minor it’s a wonder they didn’t just kill him off, and everything having to do with the Merovingian is just dumb. There’s a part where he says, “Bring me the eyes of the Oracle” which immediately caused me to sit up in interest. Unfortunately, this plot idea is never explored, because Trinity ruins it. Argh.
Perhaps the biggest flaw is that I felt there needed to be around one more action scene. As it it, this film gave me the distinct feeling that something was missing. I’m not sure exactly what it was. Perhaps a final showdown between Morpheus and the Twins? It turns out they were killed in Reloaded. That to me is just really irritating, since they were really cool and it looked to me like they survived.
One thing people will not like about this movie is that it does not answer all the questions. And sometimes, when it does answer a question it does so inadequately. An example of this would be the explanation for Neo’s new power. A monkey could have thought up a more creative explanation than this. The ending will probably leave some tremendously confused as to what happened, and what will happen next. It ended in the only way it could end (see below) but the Wachowskis really should have explained a lot more.
Speaking of the Brothers, the directing deserves to be mentioned. The Neo vs. Smith fight is stunning, with the two foes running towards each other in slow motion while fat rain falls from the sky and splashes off the ground. Very nice work here. And the Zion battle scene has some amazing tecnique in it as well (the shot of all the sentinels pouring in comes to mind is an incredible HG moment – I could only gape in astonishment). I’d say the directing here is a tad better than in the others. Plus, unlike in Reloaded, they don’t use the “bullet-time” effect in completely useless situations (such as the freeway).
To sum up, this is a good movie. It has a lot of flaws (mainly found in the beginning) but it is still a great conclusion to a really great trilogy. The final battle scene will leave you speechless in admiration, but the ending may leave you with more questions unanswered than answered. I give it an 8/10.
The Bottom Line: A stunning conclusion to the trilogy.
Should I see it? Yes. Yes. Yes. And did I mention, yes?