One benefit to being unemployed. If, while bouncing around the ‘net, you happen to stumble across a reminder that today is the opening day for Matrix: Revolutions, the third and final chapter in the Matrix saga, you can immediately buy a ticket online for a show that starts in 20 minutes, walk to the theater, and see the film without having to think twice about it.
End result: While neither Matrix: Reloaded nor Matrix: Revolutions are the tour-de-force that The Matrix was, taken as a whole, I think they’re a very solid trilogy, and sure to be some of the most talked-about movies for quite a while as people work their way through all the various philosophical, religious, and symbolic threads throughout all three films. That in itself is something of a coup — love them or hate them, they’re sure to get people thinking.
The Wachowski brothers definitely took some chances in Matrix: Revolutions, making a few decisions that I was quite pleasantly surprised to see as they unfolded in the latter half of the film. Some of those choices might not sit too pleasantly with people used to the more “traditional” endings of most of today’s fare, but I was quite happy to see that the Wachowski’s recognize that even a happy ending doesn’t necessarily mean one without consequence or sacrifice.
I’m going to stop there for now, for a couple reasons. Firstly, I’d like to see the movie again when I have a chance, and let it percolate in my brain a bit longer before diving into more of the events and explanations behind the events. Secondly, though, as this is opening day, I’d like to give people who haven’t seen it yet some chance to go in spoiler free!
I really enjoyed the movie… also want to see it again tho :)
Here is a link to an article I wrote about a power message in the final installment of The Matrix triology:
http://www.americanswami.com/main/2003/11/the_power_of_ch.html
I like how Trinity died in the end…. I thought it was interesting.