The Matrix Revolutions

The Matrix Revolutions (2003) Official Trailer #1 - Keanu Reeves Movie HD
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Much better than The Matrix Reloaded, but still not nearly as good as the original. This one moves right along with a decent amount of suspense. A lot of it seemed like a good old fashioned war movie, a hopeless battle fought against an implacable foe, desperation in every move they make.

In a way, it gives us a much better depiction of what mechanized warfare is like, better than the WW2 movies we have. Our war movies tend to focus on a few people and a few machines. Intellectually we might understand that there were thousands of ships and airplanes involved, but you don't really get a feel for it. But here in The Matrix Revolutions, you get to see what mechanized warfare is really like with zillions, literally zillions of enemy combatants on the screen. That's what our military-industrial complex has been building ever since 1940. While we might have let off the throttle a bit, many more countries are joining the arms race. I doubt we will see another conflagration like WW2, but conflict is part of our nature so there will continue to be firefights scattered across the planet.

This movie seems much more prophetic, nearly 20 years later,  now that we are seeing just how much more computers can do. Much of the stuff in the show seems like things that we are developing now, or will be in a few short years. Back then the amount of suspension of disbelief required was much greater. Now it it doesn't take nearly as much. Okay, we don't have the repulsars they use to lift their hovercraft, but ask me again next week and I may have a different answer.

HBO, 2 hours+