This post may be old, but hey, I’m watching as fast as I can!
Originally posted by FZ+
Ok... just watched the film, but was pretty confused…
Me too.
1. Why did Neo have to return to the source?
First, I think this film had too many flaws and liked the first one more. They didn’t explain enough in Reloaded but if I try to apply some real-world logic to it maybe Neo had to return owing to the relationship between software and hardware.
For instance, if you kicked the machines (hardware) ‘ass over teakettle’ in the real world, they would still control the matrix world (software and hardware).
In Reloaded, more emphasis was put on the protection of Zion (the real world), and this I can understand because that’s where your physical butt is located, but the first film gave the impression that if you could defeat the ‘Software’ (Agents) inside the matrix that somehow you might then become free to prep people for the great awakening. But short of pulling the plugs all at once and waking everyone up, which according to some of the statements made wouldn’t be a good thing to do, you would have to rely on the matrix being operational for a certain amount of time even after eliminating the Agents. Could that be it then; Neo had to take control on the software side in a way that would keep the system operational long enough to wake people up in an orderly fashion (yeah right, as if most people would have wanted to leave).
So the battle is two-tiered, but there are also priorities. The robotic units capable of killing humans in the real world need to be destroyed, but not the machinery keeping all those bodies (and minds) alive. But a huge part of what is keeping those people alive is software, and a lot of that software isn’t very friendly towards the idea of awakening everyone. So, to save the bulk of the human population which resides in the matrix, Neo must take control of the system from the inside to keep it running and preserving the people. That means throwing some of the nasty programs in the recycle bin and then emptying it. Defeating the machines in the real world would be a hollow victory if the Agents ran amuck killing everyone inside the matrix because they were bitter about being defeated.
So you could take that for a guess I suppose, but I feel like too much of it came from my imagination rather than good filmmaking.
I don’t know why I should bother to make sense of this film as it raised more questions than it answered, imo. I suspect someone was thinking too much about making money. At any rate, I prefer an esoteric interpretation to this film rather than having to deal with a plot (or lack thereof).
2. How did he do that thing with the sentinels at the end of the film?
I’ve already forgotten what happened, haha.
3. Why did the agents try to kill the keymaker, if he was part of the architect's plan?
Because he helped rouge programs to survive?
4. How does the new Smith fit into all this?
To me, Smith just dilutes the plot and makes the film all the more nonsensical.
5. What do you think is going to happen in Revolutions?
I liked the response made by Mistress Lilith and think that’s a plausible scenario to look for in Matrix 3.
My questions I’d like someone to answer for me are;
Why go to so much trouble to create the Matrix in the first place?
Is all that complexity actually needed just to get some power generated?
Why not a bunch of vegetables being harnessed for their power instead?
Can a little trickle of electricity applied to the correct spot on the brain yield as much power output from a body as going to all the trouble of making everyone able to experience consciousness
and interact together?
