The action scenes either had stilted fights with aging actors, or had so much action that they lacked any real sense of danger (there were scenes with throngs of people attacking the main characters with bullets never seeming to hit anyone important).
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The movie had a decent environment and art direction, but it got ruined by overuse of CGI and green screen. Neil Patrick Harris is also better suited for a comedic role rather than a dramatic one, and his character failed at both in this movie. The bated, deliberate delivery that provided weight to the characters was replaced by trite, pithy lines that don’t do the original characters any justice. The younger actors lacked the gravitas that the original duo brought to the screen. The characters lacked depth, and I was particularly disappointed in the new incarnations of Agent Smith and Morpheus. It basically ends as a…love story? The deeper philosophical elements of the trilogy were eschewed for predictable tropes and artificial suspense. The second half seemed to lose the thread and the plot got rambled through to the point that you forget what the whole point of the movie was supposed to be. While the callbacks were good fan service, it felt uninspired and something I would expect from a Disney franchise. The first hour felt like a rehash of the first Matrix. I was pleasantly surprised that it didn’t end up a kaleidoscope of colors either, since the promotional material seemed to insinuate it might take after some of the other Wachowski’s works. I came in not expecting much because, to be honest, the trilogy didn’t end as good as it started. Just finished watching it, and while I’m sure I need to process and reflect a little more on it, I can at least give my initial impression: meh.
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