I wanted to like this movie. I like Keanu Reeves. I liked the first *Matrix* movie a lot ... not quite so much numbers 2 and 3. And this new movie is not really a bad movie. It's just ... weak. It doesn't have the same creative look that the first *Matrix* movie has, the steam-punk noir look. It doesn't have the same tension, the same power, the same focus of ideas. The writing is just ... weak. The direction is weak. The sets, costumes and lighting is weak. You know what I was thinking as I watched this movie? I was thinking that it looks like it was made by someone who directs television commercials for a living. It is so slick and so shallow, so devoid of real moments of crisis, of transformation. Also, I have to say, I missed the original Morpheus, and the original Smith. I'm not sorry I watched the movie, but it left me feeling empty. The final scene where -- well, I won't spoil it for those who haven't yet seen it -- should have been powerful and uplifting, but it wasn't. The build-up to it was ... you guessed it, weak. Johnny Carson used to have a saying, "If you buy the premise, you buy the bit." What that means is that if something is set up properly, it will be powerful, but if the set-up is weak, it will be a disappointment. I was disappointed. I didn't really entirely buy the premise.