Matrix reviews
STLtoday: "The Matrix Revolutions" is awful. It's not merely hapless or disappointing - it's a total catastrophe, an apocalyptic waste of money and talent that obliterates its very purpose, which was to resolve the cosmological questions that were posed by that misbegotten middle child, "The Matrix Reloaded."
Daily Trojan: "by the time the long awaited denouement is delivered, which reveals the power behind the Machine World, the "Deus Ex Machina," most viewers will already be looking at their watches."
Tri-City Herald: "If this is what big-budget freedom does to filmmakers, they should be kept in chains. Louder, longer, more expensive and dumber than its predecessors, "Revolutions" is a mediocrity that will provide escapism only to those who head for the theater exits."
CBS News: "Revolutions" eats all of the goodwill built up by "The Matrix," and then some. It isn't just bad moviemaking -- it's a bizarrely self-destructive film."
BBC NEWS: "No-one really expects sequels to be better than the original, but Matrix Revolutions is a crushing disappointment in almost every way."
Now that your expectations have been sufficiently lowered, feel free to go see it. I certainly will.
On a related note, yesterday I went to see The Returner. It is billed as "better action than the matrix", but that's really not true. Great movie though - sci-fi, but with a heart, and a very Japanese touch.
