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Originally Posted by Anastasia  However, they brought out the first sequel and we were hopeful, against hope, that it might be almost as good. It wasn't awful. It just wasn't that good. It created a lot of unanswered questions: who was the Architect? Who was the Oracle? How could Neo produce electricity bolts in the 'real world' as well as in the Matrix? Who were the Merivingions and why? There was too much stuff to go into now, but a lot of the plot was a mystery (and not in a good way).
So we fans waited for the final movie and hurried along to the cinema when it came out, hoping that all these loose ends would be tied off and there would be some kind of over-arching explanation to justify all the mysteries of the second movie. I can tell you, I have read so many wonderful fan-fics and speculations which would tie up everything, following the second movie, but sadly none of these fans were employed as script-writers.
Unfortunately, the plot of the third movie, such as it was (repetitive, non-sensical, largely pointless) didn't even attempt to answer the questions or come up with cunning solutions. It just ignored anything that was inconvenient, and replaced it with spectacular CGIs and interesting stunts.
I'm sorry, but you can stick your CGIs and stunts if the story sucks, and the story did suck (unlike the story of the first Matrix). The problem with Hollywood these days is that no one tells a great story any more - with a good, strong beginning, middle and end. And a point. What was the point of the two sequels? What story was left to tell? Or was it a cynical attempt to milk more money out of Matrix fans? |
i never thought of it that way, i waited till i could get all three on dvd (good copies
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i can see how it left a lot of questions unanswered and just reading your post from way back when, has actually aroused some anger in me, in that i overlooked these factors.
but you seem to be saying that you're unhappy with the third because it didnt tell you what you want to know. if you approach a film (especially films in series) with this kind of mentality, you will invariably be disappointed. you have to look at what they film-makers wanted you to know, and then you start to appreciate it better.
we have answers to you questions, but they are admittedly very brief. the merovingian (one person) was an old program that did something else. he ( i assume) was an exile who gathered other exiles and forged his own empire in the matrix. likewise the oracle and the architect were programs.
neo shot lightning, because "the power of the one extends beyond this world" a quote from the oracle whilst in the matrix.