Sound of Music II: Maria von Trapp was really a Nazi spy!

Rating: 3/10 (27 May 2003)

No, I'm not writing any spoilers about who Neo really is and what the Matrix really is. The point I'm making is that any emotional investment I might have made into believing that "The Matrix" was a fantastic movie (and I still believe that it was) would be wasted if I were to completely buy into the plotline of its sequel.
Supposing you were to watch "The Sound of Music" and you really cared about all the characters because you got the warm fuzzies. Then four years later Robert Wise decides to tell you the REAL story behind Maria von Trapp and exposes her for being a Nazi spy. Wouldn't that ruin your conception of the character as originally depicted if you ever decided to watch the original movie again? Wouldn't you decide to forget the sequel and just take the original for what it was, regardless of how the filmmakers continued the storyline?
That's pretty much my reaction to "The Matrix Reloaded." Accept "The Matrix." Reject "Reloaded."
"The Matrix" was a succulent cheesecake whose every morsel was to be savored. "Reloaded" is the stinking turd that came out afterwards.