More thoughts on Matrix 3...

[arib]

The billboard in the subway advertizing Tastee Wheat was a nice touch, it shows a level of continuity and internal consistancy.

Other than a bit at the beginning, then again at the end, there's very little time spent in the Matrix, most of the film takes place in the "Real World." This is good in that it explores a largely ignored aspect of the movie-universe, but fans are used to seeing everyone in the Matrix, not running around in their grungies. (Does anyone on those hovercrafts do their laundry?)

Erika pointed out that the real-world violence is much gorier than the Matrix violence, probably to drive home how "real" it is.

I think some nudity snuck by the editors during the Merovingian's nightclub scene. Well, not so much the nudity as what was going on with the nudity. But I digress.

Okay, after this line come the big spoiler points:

Trinity's death was a) unneccessary and b) far too drawn out. You've been impaled by five or six metal rods after a hundreds-of-miles-an-hour power dive into the machine city. We know you love him, but you should be dead already, stop solliloquizing.

(That was me being detached, the emotional part of me was saying "She's dead, wah! and Neo's blindeded! wah!")

Yeah, Neo's fight with Smith!Bane was impressive, and gory. The final showdown with Smith was also fantastic. The Matrix fight scenes tend to be more superhero-esque than the fight scenes in any of the actual superhero movies.

Still processing the ending, more later.