Why were the Brothers expected to top perfection?

Rating: 8/10 (18 April 2013)

The first matrix was a complete masterpiece, it had a subtle villain, a well fleshed out plot that, while simple was kept right on the verge of complexity, well, it had a lot of film making philosophy in it.
The second movie in this series, Reloaded, has earned a bad reputation among Red Pills, that's because the movie was more focused on a action, computer effects, and other things. I think it's a good film, and it should be looked at a few times through.
Keanu Reaves once again is mind blowing as Neo, his subtle speech pattern, his, emotionless gaze, makes the character more believable. Cause really if he had a grin like he was going to win all the time, then, the film would fall really, really short.
So, where does this film begin? Well, at the end. Yeah the film starts off where it ends, which is confusing at first but makes sense later.
6 months after the Nebuchadnezzar crew fend off the sentinels from the first film, Neo wakes up from his dream of Trinity getting Shot, and goes off to do,something else. Morpheus, now the pilot of a new ship is flying his way through the endless tunnels of the now barren earth to broadcast their signal. Once inside the Matrix they attend a meeting to discuss the impending doom. A swarm of machines, as many as there are human resistance, is on it's way to Zion. Outside the meeting, we see a black sedan open it's doors as a man walks out and knocks on the door. He tells the doorman he's looking for Neo, saying that Neo set him free, he slips an envelope through the slit in the door and leaves. Neo heads up to the door to figure what's bugging him, and coincidentally, is the same time when the strange man leaves the envelope behind. In the envelope is and ear piece. Then, Neo makes the connection that they are under attack. After the first of many great fights, the crew returns to Zion for the anniversary of the survival of the human resistance.
On the way, they run into Kid, a pod born who freed his mind without the aid of any red or blue pill, he begs Morpheus a spot on the crew with Neo, Trinity, Link,-Link? Whose he? Well, I gather that the wounds that Tank suffered in the first film killed him so they replaced him.
Once past the insane levels of security (the likes of which would make the TSA jealous) they make it the great hall, Morpheus gives an astounding speech, and everyone commences in a Rave. Neo and Trinity sneak off to... well i'm not going to fill you in on what you already figured out. Once back inside the Matrix, we see two Resistance members trying to answer the phone, being Chased down by the now rogue program Smith. One makes it past the phone, the other, Bane, gets stabbed in the stomach and turned into Smith, then exits the matrix in Bane's body.
After some time, Smith get's used to the human body he now has, he attempts several times to kill Neo, cutting himself each time he misses his opportunity. Later Neo heads off to see the Oracle, unfortunately, he is confronted by her body guard, Seraph. After a brief fight, he takes him off through some back doors. They meet the Oracle in a park and have a brief talk about being the One and someone called the KeyMaker. Smith interrupts the party, having already assimilating thousands of people. After a fight scene that from my understanding, was a bit too long, Neo heads off to the real world.
After some planning, they head back in the Matrix to find the KeyMaker, leading into probably the mind-funkiest of multi-layered fight scenes, we run into the Twins, two former Agents who have been exiled. The Twins begin to chase down Morpheus, the KeyMaker, and Seraph. Once the Twins are killed, they go into hiding withing the Matrix to find the Architect. After a series of faults, they get to the main back door system. There, Smith confronts them with his clones, as well as several other agents.
Within all of the fighting, Neo finds the Architect, essentially the ex- husband of the Oracle. He informs Neo that the One prophecy was created to recycle the Matrix when the virtual reality draws too close to the beginning of the Human-Machine civil war. Neo is given two choices, save his friends, or save the resistance. Neo being the sucker for love, saves his friends. We come back to the dream Neo was having at the beginning, Trinity throws herself out of a window, and gets shot by an Agent. Neo goes all super-man (fwappa-woosh!) and rescues her. He dislodges the bullet in her and saves the day.
Back in the real world, the ship is under attack from sentinels. Neo Emerges from the Matrix just in time. He even discovers he has a super power. He lifts his hands towards the sentinels, and they shut down completely, however, the strain on Neo's mind puts him into a comatose state. they put his body back into the matrix to ensure that he is alive somewhere.
So that was the Matrix Reloaded, and you know what, I think it is an excellent film, surely, not the best, but still worth viewing, and really, who could ask more of the Wachoski brothers?