Published November 6th, 2003 by Jim O'Halloran
Matrix Revolutions
My wife and I plus a few friends went along to our local Megaplex last night to see the final Matrix movie. We opted for the 8 1/2 hour marathon, seeing The Matrix, then Matrix Reloaded before the first screening of Matrix Revolutions at 12:30pm. I’ve been a huge fan of the Matrix films ever since the first one was released, this would have been the 4th or 5th time I’ve seen each of the first two at the cinemas… There was a fair crowd of prople like us who were seeing all three, but it looked like some of us would have to move into a different cinema for the last one, which meant joining the lineup and loosing the seats we’d had for the previous few hours.
Fortunately the cinema managers decided that everyone who was seeing all three could stay where they were, and everyone who was seeing just the last one was shuffled of into a differnet theatre. So all the hard core fans got to see the last one without having to line up, and without ending up in a crowded cinema full of people! Cool!
I think in the end Greater Union had 6 screenings of Revolutions at 12:30 last night, which is pretty incredible for just 1 cinema in little old Adelaide.
Although the tockets obviously sold well, its a pitty the film itself was so ordinary. Now, lets see if we can do this spoiler free.. They spent the first fiml introducing us to this “alternative reality” where every rule can be broken. Then delving deeper into its “back doors” and “keys” in the second, the third takes place almost entirely in the “real” world! The Reloaded left us thinking of Matrix-within-a-Matrix scenarios, and all sorts of possibilities. Revolutions decided to skip all of the philosophy, and abandon much of the Matrix itself and instead plays out as a pretty conventional, and in many respects stereotypical battle. Huh?? No great dialog, and even the camera work which was so unique in The Matrix was pretty boring.
I was a bit disappointed by Reloaded when I first saw it, but I was disappointed all the more by Revolutions. Reloaded grew on me after I saw it a couple of times. So I’ll probably see Revolutions again just to see if it improves, but first impressions aren’t good.
Greater Union Marion: 10/10 for the way they looked after the fans.
Matric Revolutions: 4/10 maybe