“Not impossible. Inevitable.”

**Warning: MATRIX:REVOLUTIONS spoilers herein** (neat trick I learned from IMDB

Agent Smith says it best. Matrix critics have been loud and all over the place, tossing this movie around. What did they expect? “Bullet-time” (space-time) motion was invented in the first one, they nag… so every movie that doesn’t invent a new cinematography technique is a flunk? No story… well, the story is the same as the first, developed and widened…but not at all as lame as everyone says… Actually, I found it pretty interesting. The religious parallelism was obvious to every one probabely, things like resurrection, sacrifice, the oracle, Neo, the architect, Morpheus, Smith… hell, the name “Trinity” should be enough! But more than that, what I really like, as a programmer, is how the programs thought. Smith’s line of analysis was exactly what I would have expected of a program. The linear development of the plot is also very much similar to actual program development…

All in all, the movie left me with more than a few interesting ideas. The action scenes on the other hand were also interesting in their own way. The bruteness and continuity of the fights emphasized the fact that this was an all-out battle for survival, the scene when Neo and Trinity see the sky was very impressive, and a real breathing moment before diving back again into the action…

One thing I agree with to a certain extent, there were a whole lot of useless lines, and cliches throughout the film. Personally, I think that they shouldn’t have said a single one of those, but I also believe that, was it neccesary to speak, those lines were the most appropriate things to say.

I think the problem with the Matrix series is that it would have been an even greater hit if it was an action flick with a loose story, or an indie type film, with an emphasis on the story and no real significance for action. The problem was that fans of movies with deep plots came out dissatisfied, and fans of action films didn’t really understand it…hence the criticism.

So… I tend to think that the series is, bottom line, aimed at one genre of people: those who like nice plots with loose endings that make you think (lots of free space for imagination) and at the same time like action films with nice choreography, and it wouldn’t hurt if those people were also interested in philosophy, theological criticism… and were computer programmers…..

wait a minute… “That’s ME!!”