Review of The Matrix Reloaded (2003) by Saban E — 23 Apr 2013

I will admit that this movie is not as good as the first (it is not as original and so forth), but I do not understand the hatred for this movie. People act like it is a bad, or worse, than Star Wars Episode I: Phantom Menace. I think the reason why people hate it so much is because The Matrix Reloaded could never live up to The Matrix (the hype was astronomical), and it could not live up to imaginary perfection that people dreamed up for it. I think the people who saw it when it first released should rewatch it with an open mind, because it is a good sequel to an excellent movie.This movie is worth seeing just for Agent Smith, and if it is worth anything, there is no Jar Jar in these movies!And now for Something completely different...an explanation of the ending.

SPOILER:

Here's a theory that improves The Matrix sequels:

A theory that explains why Neo has his powers in the real world is because the Matrix we know and love is actually a the second level of the machines illusion - "the real world" is level two and "the Matrix" is level one. This idea is based on a few line in the movie, one of which is from The Architect:

"As I was saying, she [The Oracle] stumbled upon a solution whereby nearly ninety-nine percent of the test subjects accepted the program provided they were given a choice - even if they were only aware of it at a near-unconscious level. While this solution worked, it was fundamentally flawed, creating the otherwise contradictory systemic anomaly, that, if left unchecked, might threaten the system itself. Ergo, those who refused the program, while a minority, would constitute an escalating probability of disaster." Neo then responds, "This is about Zion." (The first matrix was a failure because there was no choice.).

To keep the Matrix operational, the machines have made two levels of the Matrix - "the real world" and "the Matrix". This would allow them to have control over 100% of the the machines' batteries. (Even the "free" humans would still be connected to the matrix and they had the choice to break free from the Matrix.).

This would explain why the machines want to destroy Zion, and how Neo gains his new powers:

First, what do the machines care if they have to start Zion over (remember when Morpheus said, "...endless fields were human beings are no longer born, we are grown...watch them liquefy the dead so they could be fed intravenously to the livng..."), the machines have endless clones. As long as the illusion of Zion and "the real world" is kept in place, the machines don't have to make another version of the Matrix, which we can assume is a huge under taking. (If the choice does not happen, the Matrix crashes.).

Second, the reason why Neo has powers in "the real world" is that when he stepped through the wrong door, he was freed from "the real world" and could now bend the rule, like he could in the other Matrix, but the reason why he is not a god in "the real world" is because still believes "the real world" is real place, thus he can not free himself completely from the rules of this level of the matrix - AKA "the real world".

As a side note, we can assume that the real world outside any form of the Matrix is very similar to the "the real world" that Morpheus explains in the first film...minus Zion and all the freed humans.