Matrix:Revolutions
Nov. 6th, 2003 10:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
psocopteraOkay, one comment I am *not* going to spoiler-protect, and that's that I felt the "gore" level was increased a notch. All of the fighting was bloodier and a lot less fun than in the previous two movies, and there are a couple of upsetting graphic depictions of injury and violence. (Heck, I'm going to name names: Sofer, think twice about this one.)
Other comments (ripped off from email) behind here.
My verdict? Disappointed.
Did it have satisfying plot resolution? No.
Did it have gleefully kick-ass combat sequences with novel and exciting choreography? No.
Did it have good funny parts? Well, maybe not intentionally...
As far as I can tell, the stunning conclusion of the Matrix trilogy is that as long as some guy dies with his arms sticking out, *everything is fine*. You can *hypothesize* that maybe some whole series of events takes place to resolve the basic conflicts that have been set up and driving events for three movies, but it's basically fanfiction. That story is left to the reader to tell. What we see is that things are magically Okay Now. Look, everybody's happy! Yay!
Even within the movie, there are too many dangling threads. Primarily, what the heck is the significance of Sati? Why is she even in the movie - what role does she serve? What about the Trainman - it's like first the "getting Neo out" thing is a major plot conflict, and then it's no bigdeal. More generally, why *do* the machines agree to end the war? What *is* the Source of Neo's mystical powers?
There are some nice touches - the Oracle's yin-yang earrings, the Bane actor does a wonderful job with the Agent Smith role - but also some aesthetic missteps (slow-mo running? there's almost never an excuse for slow-mo running, and there definitely wasn't here), and a ridiculously long death sequence. Overall, it just wasn't that *interesting*, and the bloody, grim violence was no fun at all, unlike the great fight scenes in the first two. At least the rave is short this time.
Other comments (ripped off from email) behind here.
My verdict? Disappointed.
Did it have satisfying plot resolution? No.
Did it have gleefully kick-ass combat sequences with novel and exciting choreography? No.
Did it have good funny parts? Well, maybe not intentionally...
As far as I can tell, the stunning conclusion of the Matrix trilogy is that as long as some guy dies with his arms sticking out, *everything is fine*. You can *hypothesize* that maybe some whole series of events takes place to resolve the basic conflicts that have been set up and driving events for three movies, but it's basically fanfiction. That story is left to the reader to tell. What we see is that things are magically Okay Now. Look, everybody's happy! Yay!
Even within the movie, there are too many dangling threads. Primarily, what the heck is the significance of Sati? Why is she even in the movie - what role does she serve? What about the Trainman - it's like first the "getting Neo out" thing is a major plot conflict, and then it's no bigdeal. More generally, why *do* the machines agree to end the war? What *is* the Source of Neo's mystical powers?
There are some nice touches - the Oracle's yin-yang earrings, the Bane actor does a wonderful job with the Agent Smith role - but also some aesthetic missteps (slow-mo running? there's almost never an excuse for slow-mo running, and there definitely wasn't here), and a ridiculously long death sequence. Overall, it just wasn't that *interesting*, and the bloody, grim violence was no fun at all, unlike the great fight scenes in the first two. At least the rave is short this time.
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Date: 2003-11-07 11:32 am (UTC)