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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Technik4" data-source="post: 1209135" data-attributes="member: 7211">DissapointmentMy thoughts and broad strokes, potentially contains spoilers if you consider any knowledge of the movie a spoiler.Disappointment rushed through me as I sat and watched. The movie is just over 2 hours but easily less than half is focused on Frodo, I mean Neo, on his path to destiny. We focus very long on some irritating heroes like Zee who with her bald female friend (name even mentioned?) ends up scoring some big points for the resistance. Then there is the kid, who predictably also saves the day. Someone mentioned people talking after death too much, I totally agree. Jason, commander of the resistance is still irritated, all-the-time, and the council's purpose is only to ask some redundant questions now and then. And of course there is time for long, drawn-out conversations with Indian programs, which is a little amusing and informative, but otherwise feels out of place. 'The last exile' isn't even mentioned in the other movies (although it is in the game) and for the role to be so pivotal (apparantly) seems off.And the machines, the bad guys, just dont seem too bad-ass anymore. In the first movie Sentinels had lasers, in the second there were Sentinel-bombs (waiting outside of EMP range then flinging themselves at hoverships). In this movie Sentinels have "battery" power and other than that are only good because of their sheer numbers. Remember in Matrix when the Nebuchanezzar (sp?) is fleeing from like 6 sentinels? Seems to me that they could have taken em out with some guns. There is a new character though, with the apt name Train-Man (least inspired name *ever*) who is 1) Crazy and 2) has bad teeth and hair and dresses like a bum. Great. We also find out that the Merovingian is almost as powerful as he is made out to be, what with the bondage club, controlling critical characters like Keymaker and Trainman and all. Not. We question how the heck he even got control of such characters because he is so inept in his home (typically where you are strongest, right Train-man?).And as for the heroes, the stars? Well the true stars get almost equal billing with the lowly resistance fighters (see paragraph 1) with Neo getting more than anyone (but still less than either previous movie). Trinity kicked a little ass, Morpheus kicked almost none - even Seraph had more action. Sad. Neo's journey I don't have too much trouble with and despite the outcome of his fight with Smith being really obvious, I enjoyed it. However, Neo was pretty oblivious to some things I think wouldve been obvious (Bane IS Smith). Disbelief is an ok vindication for his oversight, but really he IS the one, he HAS the sight, and he is pretty much breaking a bunch of rules too, is it such a stretch to think that someone else can too?Overall I felt it was the weakest of the trilogy and am debating whether or not to wait for some sort of 'trilogy pack' (as I had planned) or just buy the first and be done. I am a huge matrix fan, despite not owning it, and have played the video game, watched the anime, and been in numerous discussions about the overall plot and defending Matrix: Reloaded. I wasn't a 'hater', but my underwhelment was noticeable on my face. I think it still makes for a good sci-fi action movie (always a rarity) but hardly does the previous 2 justice.Technik</blockquote>

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