Everything must come to an end...bend...trend?

Rating: Null/10 (17 November 2003)

ALERT - SPOILER WARNING - ALERT
The short of it:
The Matrix - a Classic (at least for our time) The Matrix: Reloaded - what Reloaded? Did I miss a movie? The Matrix: Revolutions - Superb special effects and kickass fight scenes.

I am going to try not to compare the three films (this way lies madness). Revolutions was not a bad ending to the trilogy. I expected much worse. There were questions raised that were never answered and many loose ends. However, that said, it was enjoyable entertainment. I did not cringe once.. honest!
I have certain questions that I have to ask.
1) When Smith was deleted - all of the Smiths were deleted and since he took over the entire populace and anyone taken over dies - does this mean that the machines now have no power? Does it mean all humans, except Zion, are not still energizer bunnies?
2) I think Sati was an illustration that machines are as deserving of life as humans. See - they have babies too. Was it necessary to have Sati in so many scenes to make that point?
3) Why did they make Carrie-Anne-Moss go out with a whimper instead of a bang?!!
4) I know the Merovingian is the master control program (think Tron), but is he also the godlike presence in the machine city? Or shall we just think of him as Squidface The All Powerful. Does he get pimples?
5) Was the Oracle Smith's mother? If so, that's..that's just not right.
6) One reviewer asked why the machines did not build a tower above the clouds to get power from the sun and not need people/batteries. Some contractor somewhere must be salivating over that job. Now let me think - the tallest building on the planet is....and the cloud layer resided at how any thousands of feet?
7) The train station I understood very well - it is midnight on the G line after a renovation. Does that much bleach exist in the world? The MTA conductors look just like that.
8) If Smith saw the future - why did he not see himself die after killing Neo - short attention span?
Just think, if everything had tied-up neatly we could start our own Matrix religion. Communion would be a choice between the red pill body of the creator or the blue pill body of the creator. Everyone would be required to have total recall and master bullet-time kata. Did anyone notice how deftly the issue of cyborgs was ignored. It would not do to have people confuse The Matrix with The Terminator.
The bottom line - Go - Enjoy - Lament.