Zionite motto must be "Make Love Not War!"

Rating: 5/10 (3 June 2003)

This movie was just OK. It didn't rock my world or turn me into a fanatic, though I did enjoy the first Matrix.
However, several things unveiled in this flick sort of ruined it for me. WARNING! SPOILERS!
1) The 'deep, meaningful' speeches told me absolutely nothing. These pretentious, pompous, pseudo-philosophical philanderings which permeated this flick in profusion are utterly butt-numbing. My vote for 'most sleep-induced orating' goes to... Morpheus and That French Guy's Chocolate Cake!
2) People who gave this movie a 10 just because of "The Really Cool C.G.I Fights and C.G.I Car Chase Scenes". If you C.G.I me I can do all that Neo does and More! I don't even have to know how to *do* Karate! Or even how to throw a convincing punch! And how come everybody insists on wearing sun glasses in dark rooms and caves?
3) Every single Zion scene. These were totally worthless! The best of the worst had to be the "Zion Zoo-Dance-Rave-Sex-Fest with Jungle-Drum-Beats and Sweaty-Stomping-Feet". How come they didn't set up their defenses, or prepare themselves for the war? (Zionite motto must be "Make Love Not War!") There was no feeling that they were in actual danger. All we see is another day in the life of the average New-Age Hippy Zionite. Go Machines!!
4) Extended Suck-Face scene between our hero and girlfriend. We did not have to endure a useless and un-erotic sex scene to remind us that Neo truly, deeply loves Trinity. No further explanation is required!
5) We see almost nothing of the danger about to wipe out Zion. Instead we just hear more long-winded speeches proclaiming the danger that is *The Machines*. All say and no see really starts to grate on your nerves after two hours of watching this flick.
6)As for 'deep and meaningful', the only thing deep and meaningful I received was a sore butt from sitting for so long...
It felt like I was simply watching my home PC, infected with a virus because I (the user) opened a virus-infected email attachment (Agent Smith). We have the unsuccessful virus protection program (Neo) trying to eradicate it. Then we have our useless free roaming programs (oracle, key maker, architect, French dude) taking up the rest of the hard drive space. Since this computer doesn't contain enough memory for all this junk it eventually causes the hard drive to crash (Zion's six-timed destruction). And what is the Matrix? The Internet
Sigh! I hope I'm wrong and this isn't what *The Trilogy* is about!
CONCLUSION? What the heck is this "To Be Continued"?? In the old 60's TV series Batman and Robin, yes! In the Matrix Reloaded 2003, NO!!

5/10