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Originally Posted by Rawled Demha  in what way does the matrix fall short in your view ana? |
Where do I start?
The original movie was spectacular in my humble opinion. I loved it, and I loved the fact that it didn't tell us everything - it left some room for imagination and speculation.
However, they brought out the first sequel and we were hopeful, against hope, that it might be almost as good. It wasn't awful. It just wasn't that good. It created a lot of unanswered questions: who was the Architect? Who was the Oracle? How could Neo produce electricity bolts in the 'real world' as well as in the Matrix? Who were the Merivingions and why? There was too much stuff to go into now, but a lot of the plot was a mystery (and not in a good way).
So we fans waited for the final movie and hurried along to the cinema when it came out, hoping that all these loose ends would be tied off and there would be some kind of over-arching explanation to justify all the mysteries of the second movie. I can tell you, I have read so many wonderful fan-fics and speculations which would tie up everything, following the second movie, but sadly none of these fans were employed as script-writers.
Unfortunately, the plot of the third movie, such as it was (repetitive, non-sensical, largely pointless) didn't even attempt to answer the questions or come up with cunning solutions. It just ignored anything that was inconvenient, and replaced it with spectacular CGIs and interesting stunts.
I'm sorry, but you can stick your CGIs and stunts if the story sucks, and the story did suck (unlike the story of the first Matrix). The problem with Hollywood these days is that no one tells a great story any more - with a good, strong beginning, middle and end. And a point. What was the point of the two sequels? What story was left to tell? Or was it a cynical attempt to milk more money out of
Matrix fans?