Did anyone else leave feeling empty, angry?

Rating: Null/10 (21 May 2003)

(contains spoilers)
The special effects were obviously astounding and surpassed those of the original, and the plot was nice and twisty and had all the makings of a good movie, but I had trouble keeping up when a scene would play out in a B-movie fashion, proving to be irrelevant or seemingly wrong.
For example, how about the scene where the frenchy guy sends the attractive woman a piece of cake containing a program that made awful things happen within her loins? Did that really have to happen? You can say what you want about symbolism, but it just didn't seem to fall in line with the plot.
Another was the scene where Neo was forced to kiss Persephone. Now I realize that it was symbolic and necessary, but the way it played out had a hint of cheeziness on it - i was not impressed.
All in all, a fair movie, definitely had quite a few "off" scenes which threw me off; i was often left saying "why?" or "what the eff?" This is why I cannot appreciate this one as much as the original.