I went to see Matrix Revolutions last night, and I have to say that I liked it a lot. I don’t know what all of the criticism is about. Put together (because they are really a single movie just cut it half) Reloaded and Revolutions worked quite well. I liked the “mythology” and I actually enjoyed the fact that many things were still left unexplained – I thought it added to the mystique of the world. In point of fact, I suspect that things are supposed to be left unexplained. That’s what the theme of the series of movies is all about – that things are never what they seem to be, and that there’s always something else going on. (I find this way of thinking more natural than just assuming that the Wachowski brothers didn’t know how to wrap things up.) We’re able to “voyeuristically” catch glimpses of the lives of the people in the world, but I don’t think that we’re supposed to have the plot hit us on the head so that everything happens in a straight-forward and unquestioned manner.

So, rather than being disappointed with either of the sequels, I’m actually impressed. While the first in the trilogy is still the best, the second and third are still worthy follow-ups and, as a whole, make the franchise better for having them.