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“Deus ex machina not only erases all meaning and emotion, it's an insult to the audience. Each of us knows we must choose and act, for better or worse, to determine the meaning of our lives...Deus ex machina is an insult because it is a lie.”
Robert McKee, Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
This isn't going to be an easy review. One of the best concepts ever has been oversatured and has lost it's relevance, even though there're people like me who believe in it. This is what you get when you get cocky and money becomes your main interest. This is how the art of film making dies, by the creation awful scripts which are insult to every screenwriter who wants to be acknowleged for his works. This is how this movie has been conceived, with good intentions and bad ideas. Only because this story needed to be a trilogy. Sometimes we have to stop and find something else to do. New stimuli to evolve and become better person.
Evolution is so hard when your ego is bigger than your brain.
Just.
F$%k.
PLOT
"The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith" or "Now it's just about Good, Evil and Jesus".
SCRIPT
Every character is unuseful because Neo, alias Jesus, saves everyone. Trinity, Morpheus and the battle of Zion seem like blur and it's hard to feel something for the last one. I think that this script is in contradiction with the previous chapter, where is clear that choice has a role in the Matrix, even though is all a simulation. So, what's the point of this movie, where everything is explained by the concept of fate and inevitability. I'm also extremely upset for the treatment reserved for Agent Smith, who is reduced to another one dimensional villain. Most, almost all of them, of the movie's characters are passive. Paradoxically the minor ones are more interesting. Also I don't understand why Link has to be reduced to having only 2-3 minutes of screen time. There's also the fact that the symbolism here isn't subtle as the first one and seems dumb, even though in one scene is clever. Time is also another issue of this flick, where it's hard to understand how Smith was able to rot our world in such a short amount of time, to the point of changing the weather as he wants. The Oracle and the Merovingian are other characters which are unuseful and seems more like plot props. There's only one salvageable thing here: the concept of love for programs and generally for people without a purpose.
I sincerely think that this chapter is just a self indulgent ego trip of the Wachowskis, who tried to give another ending to a series which should've stopped after the first or second movie.
Script: 4/10
ACTING
Only Hugo Weaving seems interested about this movie, because he's the only one who poures all of himself in his characters. The others, they seem to be bored to death, especially Jada Pinkett Smith, Carrie Ann Moss ad Lawrence Fishburne. Paradoxically minor actors seem to be more competent. I can say with certainty that this is one of the corniest and cringily acted ever. It makes this chapter a bit cartoonish and it doesn't help the audience to get the relevance of the things happening on the screen. Why? Why such a movie is screwed up by that I don't understand. I'm very disappointed.
Acting: 5/10
PHOTOGRAPHY
White, green, blue and black have a relevant symbolic role. But it isn't just about that. Lights and shadows dance in an alternation which is beautiful to look at and elevates this movie from a simple sci-fi movie to a masterpiece. There're some shots which are genuinly wonderful to look at and just a few which I find uninteresting.
Photography: 8/10
EDITING
This is marvellous. The Wachowsky's trademarks is noticeable in every scene. Slow Motion increase the strength of every punch, the dynamism of every bullet and the nimbleness of every movement. Moving shots increase the impact of every action scene and some scenes, where we can see only the outline of every character is just delightful.
Editing: 8/10
SPECIAL EFFECTS
It's the one with the best cgi and effects. Fortunately the directors have learnt by the previous movie and has worked their ass off to give us competent VFX which doesn't seem like a videogame. Sure, there's better today, but for its times this is outstanding. It retains also the innovative models introduced by the previous movies and it build on them.
Special Effects: 7/10
SOUNDTRACK
It has the usual high quality but I can say that the best tracks are in the climax, especially the one below. It's pretty epic. I like how the theme grows in this one, marking a valuable step up from the previous ones. It still isn't the best I've ever heard but it stands up for itself masterfully.
Soundtrack: 7/10
COSTUMES
Same leather punk and suit's style as the previous movies. In the second one it was already redundant. Here it's stale. Sure, it defines the saga but afterward it's a bit corny.
Costumes: 5/10
CONCLUSION
Script: 4/10
Acting: 5/10
Photography: 8/10
Editing: 8/10
Special Effects: 7/10
Soundtrack: 7/10
Costumes: 5/10
AVERAGE: 6,28
It's an enjoyable movie ruined by a bad, pretty bad, script and tasteless acting. I think that you should skip it because it can ruin your opinion about the saga and quit The Wachowskis. You can still see it but you should turn your brain off to appreciate it. Watch it to finish the saga but lower your expectations. A lot.
Director: The Wachowskis
Screenplay: The Wachowskis
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Jada Pinkett Smith
Soundtrack: Don Davis
Cinematography: Bill Pope
Running Time: 129 minutes
Budget: $130 million
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