What else could we expect?(Spoilers)

Rating: 7/10 (6 November 2003)

Upon walking out of the first Matrix...my thoughts were overwhelmed with joy...the joy of having seen a great film, a classic sci-fi. Watching it over the years, the great philosophy behind the movie still stands strong. But, the first film was really pretty simple...and I think fooled a lot of people into believing they had seen something else...The basic summary, here,...Neo is freed, believed to be the one, trained, tested, and well...the whole concept is just getting back out of the Matrix, once visiting the Oracle. But, the story was set for us. The reason the ONE was important, was because Humans are the "batteries" for the machines...and the ONE will help free us from the machines. Neo proves to be the ONE and he flys at the end...we liked it then but,......
......The infamous Reloaded....Everyone hated it....why? Granted, I walked out the first time more dissapointed then ever...but, in hindsight I realized that it only continued as it could. The REAL world is at threat from the machines because, ZION(mentioned, and slightly shown, in the first)is the REAL world for REAL humans. That's the real plot of the first movie....it's just told through NEO's life....He's the ONE (born as the one, if you will, in the first). Reloaded, he continues as the one...spreading hope to everyone in ZION...and Neo's journey of understanding what he has to do with his new responsibility...hence, all the dialouge in the second movie. In the meantime, you have Zion still being threatened by the loads of sentinels on their way to the walls of Zion. What do you expect to happen next? Upon viewing the film for the third or fourth time...I really began to understand that the ideas of all three films, basically, is that ZION is at stake and NEO is the ONE to save them all....maybe....maybe...I really liked this film, it requires extra viewings.
....REVOLUTIONS...sure, lots of war...it took up most of the film but, although I'd rather have seen less CGI fighting....What else should I have expected? The sentinels were already at the walls of Zion at the end of the second film....ships were already destroyed....Neo found a strange new power....and Smith had entered the REAL world. The movie begins EXACTLY where it left off. Sentinels breaching the walls of ZION...it explains what's wrong with NEO....the ship's captains make decisions....NEO goes his way(what else is supposed to happen?I can't think of anything else)...the other ship goes back to aid a near destroyed ZION....and NEO does what he thinks is best to save ZION. But, the major plot here...is ZION IS AT WAR, THE REAL WORLD IS REALLY AT STAKE HERE! NOT, NEO was soooo cooool in the first film but, NEO IS THE ONLY HOPE, WE ARE SUFFERING. Sure, Neo doesn't show up a lot in this film but, he shows up for what he's needed for. Overall I believe that the Wachowski's did what had to be done...and revolved the film around lots of intelligent and emotional themes....what is the matrix?, do we exist, why?, cause and effect, love, emotion, computer programs...etc. The first film ended with an opening for such a story...it could not have been told any other way...the film is years ahead of it's time in animation, stunts, action, philosophy, thematic plot...(although the dialouge writing is very weak)...I give this movie...I'm judging all three as one...a 8.0 out of 10.0. Maybe, we loved the first film soooo much, we expect too much....maybe people were too confused with the second film....maybe we really don't like sci-fi movies....but, I can't think of many movies that surpass this movie...sure there are some but, not many. That puts this trilogy high on the list. I'm not going to bash it because it didn't meet MY PERSONAL expectations.