[Buffalo Tom]

What has happened to the Wachowski Brothers? They seemed to have gotten a bad case of George Lucas-itis. The parallel narrative threads of the attack on Zion and of Neo's journey to the final confrontation with Smith was so 'Return of the Jedi' I was half expecting the Oracle, Seraph and that irritating Indian kid to break out in that maddening Ewok ditty in the final scene. The dialogue was as corny as my popcorn, and just as fluffy.

The only things that made the experience worthwhile were the CG battle scenes in Zion, and Hugo Weaving's portrayal as Agent Smith (though, near the end, his performance was so near over-the-top, I was surprised that he didn't have a fake moustache to twirl between his fingers in a Snidely Whiplash-like gesture).