You like both? Then yes. I thought Reloaded was pretty freaking awful. I thought it really took stuff to a whole new level of stupid. Revolutions stepped back into reality and I think it had much better action and special effects. I felt everything was downgraded with Reloaded. The story got less interesting, the action got cheesier and less entertaining, the film had some poor dialogue and abandoned all of the cool cinematography shown in the original. I even thought the special effects dropped a notch. The first film had outstanding camera work, but I felt that detail was certainly missing in Reloaded. I hated the Burly Brawl, and how over the top it was. I thought the fight in Merovingian's place was rather lame and shockingly lacking in violence. The film was rated R. For all that was happening there, you'd think you would see more than a drop of blood in the movie. I hated the way Neo revived Trinity, and thought the shot of her falling was pretty crappy looking, which they showed about 4 times in the film. The freeway part had it's moments, but all in all, the movie was missing most of what made the first film special. It did have the added bonus of Monica Bellucci, though, which was nice. That's a sure-fire way to improve any movie. Though her screen time was certainly limited.
I think Revolutions went closer to the roots of the series, and there's actually a lot of subtle gestures and things that make reference to the first movie, which I enjoyed. Like Neo does a very similar fighting taunt before the final battle with Agent Smith, which is the same as he did in the original. You also see the close-up of Neo's shoe walking in the puddles from the rain, which was clearly done to resemble that shot in the first film. Those are just small things, though. Revolution took them back to reality. I thought the special effects in it were outstanding. It was visually great watching Zion fall. Watching all those squidy things (I can't completely remember the name, but I think that's what they called them) as they're pouring into the room. Just when you think there couldn't be more, the number of them totally multiplies. It was a sight to behold. Neo's journey into the machine city was a nice, thrilling rollercoast ride, escalated by that beautiful shot of them breaching the surface and seeing the sky. I think the dialogue and acting improved rather significantly in this final film. There was a darker tone to the film, and I liked the fact that the good guys weren't doing so hot overall. Neo getting blinded, Trinity dying. Morpheus being shown reduced as just a human when all is said in done because in the real world he is unable to bend the rules. That's all cool with me. That's not to say the film doesn't have some problems, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. After seeing it a few times, I think some of the action in Zion can be kind of silly, and some of it is no longer as cool to me as it was upon the first viewing, but I don't think Revolutions gets nearly as much respect as it deserves. I think it definitely got the series back on track and concluded quite nicely.
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