Matrix Reloaded Review
*****OBVIOUS SPOILERS****
I really didn't have any thoughts right after the film, but after I was driving home it kinda hit me. It all came down to choice.
As we all know Neo is part of the source code, because he's the anamoly. For ever reincarnation of the Matrix, it was always resetted by the previous "Ones" choice in saving Zion *and* the machine world by taking the right door, instead of the left door. As we all know, the architect is there to balance out the equation of the Matrix...hence he's there to keep order.
It seems pretty interesting because every single time, no matter how hard the Oracle tries to "un-balance" the Matrix, the point always come down the same choice of "The One" having to make a "choice". To return to the source, or to re-enter the Matrix, thereby sealing it's doom.
I think it might be safe to say the re-incarnation of each 'Doom of the Matrix' could be different or could be the same; this incarnation of the Matrix was the Virus Smith. When I saw the trailer with all the Agent. Smith's, I wonder...what if Smith was going to destroy both the humans and the machine world? What if that was the doom that the Architect was forseeing?
*Note: I think why Smith could trancend the Matrix and be in the real world is due to him also posessing part of the "Source Code" that is part of Neo. But perhaps it just could be if he takes over a code/human he can just go into the real world. I think the former holds more sense, but I've always thought the latter was usable too.
Anyway back to the point at hand. I think the architect's role is to always to most efficiently convince the "Ones" that they must re-enter the source in order to save the human race, it's like prevention of doom rather than causing doom. Another form of control.
However despite that, it has always been the Architect who gets the last word in for "The One" before they choose whether or not to re-enter the source code or re-enter the Matrix, not the Oracle. Because the Oracle is there to un-balance the equation, she can only do so much, except for this time. I think that she has always been there to guide people in certain ways...manipulating them in order to further her goals. Which apparently is to end the war.
The thing is, I don't think that she was there to "end the war" but more to "end the war for the sake of unbalancing the equation". So what does that mean? It's the resetting of the Matrix, but through her method. The chaotic method. You at the end Neo most likely get's return to the Matrix, and the Matrix is resetted, and the Architect says "You played a dangerous game there".
That leads me to believe that she didn't really care for the humans, but more the idea of "switching the status quo" and she did. She has indeed switched the status quo, not so much saying that Zion will prevail, but the fact that Zion still exists.
I mean really, fuck Zion would need decades to rebuild everything and sure the Machines might keep the peace. But seriously "THE WAR IS OVER?" EVEN WHEN THOUSANDS OF SENTINALS ARE HOVERING ABOVE YOUR ASSES? WHAT THE FUCK? I bet that they will attack again, and around that time 'The One' will appear again, producing the entire cycle again.
How did the source reset? Well take a look at it. They might indicate that Neo and Smith are opposite codes and they balanced out when they got together, but remember what "Merv" said:
"It is a gift that cannot be taken but given, the Oracle's eyes"
So we have Smith with the Oracle's powers but entirely seperate from the Matrix. We know the Oracle is the most powerful (and perhaps the mother but reloaded contradicts it) of the Matrix. In fact I think she might be the "Intuitive Program" of the Matrix due to the fact that she plays on people's intuition. She throws them off course giving them just enough to manipulate them.
Anyway back on course. So we have the Oracle assimilated by Smith, who has both the source code of Neo, the Oracle's power *and* being seperated from the Matrix, aka. a rogue program. The Matrix has no way of controlling it and it threatens the system because it wants the end the system.
So who do we have? We have Neo directly connected with the Matrix not through the transmission of the ships, but right back with the machines again. I can only assume that even though the Matrix can control people, they cannot seperatly control the source program embedded in "The Ones" (hence the idea of choice) and Agent Smith with the source program (since he is serperated from the Matrix).
The machines prolly could only watch their toys being used by Smith. But when Smith assimilates Neo, the machines finally have a human, connected directly to the Matrix, with source code *and* access to the Oracle's power which was given to them by Smith assimilating Neo. Hence the light coming from Agent Neo Smith's eyes.
*EDIT: Of course we can speculate it was the Oracle who started the chain reaction, not the Machines.
So now instead watching of Smith playing with the Matrix's toys, they can walk up and bitch-slap him. They resetted him possibly using the Orcale's power (which is still pretty much unknown but still powerful) and thus resetted the Matrix once again, this time with a living Zion and peace...for now.
Overall I felt the movie was still as lukewarm as Reloaded, if not a bit more for the dialogue. Smith fucking rocked, I loved when he tossed that dish aside and spewed out so much crap like that. But after this revelation once again it makes the movie so much enjoyable. I think once you "get it" it makes the movie kinda fun even though it sucked. I loved the final battle because Rob said the right thing...it's a superhuman battle. A lot of people thought DBZ apparently, but I sure the hell didn't. I thought superhuman battle.
I don't know it just seemed much more better perhaps the rain helped greatly to blur and make it more real. I loved how they did the "bubble" effect, and it was the right length. The sentinal swarm was just amazing. Just when it seemed they were winning, they just flood out...fuck that freaked me.
Like I said before, this was once again like Reloaded, a movie that was executed well, but had shitty content. The fact that Neo was more dense that he usually was, "Bane calling him Mr. Anderson"...geez. Anyways it deserves a 3.5 really...nothing great, but great only in the big picture.
More later
*****OBVIOUS SPOILERS****
I really didn't have any thoughts right after the film, but after I was driving home it kinda hit me. It all came down to choice.
As we all know Neo is part of the source code, because he's the anamoly. For ever reincarnation of the Matrix, it was always resetted by the previous "Ones" choice in saving Zion *and* the machine world by taking the right door, instead of the left door. As we all know, the architect is there to balance out the equation of the Matrix...hence he's there to keep order.
It seems pretty interesting because every single time, no matter how hard the Oracle tries to "un-balance" the Matrix, the point always come down the same choice of "The One" having to make a "choice". To return to the source, or to re-enter the Matrix, thereby sealing it's doom.
I think it might be safe to say the re-incarnation of each 'Doom of the Matrix' could be different or could be the same; this incarnation of the Matrix was the Virus Smith. When I saw the trailer with all the Agent. Smith's, I wonder...what if Smith was going to destroy both the humans and the machine world? What if that was the doom that the Architect was forseeing?
*Note: I think why Smith could trancend the Matrix and be in the real world is due to him also posessing part of the "Source Code" that is part of Neo. But perhaps it just could be if he takes over a code/human he can just go into the real world. I think the former holds more sense, but I've always thought the latter was usable too.
Anyway back to the point at hand. I think the architect's role is to always to most efficiently convince the "Ones" that they must re-enter the source in order to save the human race, it's like prevention of doom rather than causing doom. Another form of control.
However despite that, it has always been the Architect who gets the last word in for "The One" before they choose whether or not to re-enter the source code or re-enter the Matrix, not the Oracle. Because the Oracle is there to un-balance the equation, she can only do so much, except for this time. I think that she has always been there to guide people in certain ways...manipulating them in order to further her goals. Which apparently is to end the war.
The thing is, I don't think that she was there to "end the war" but more to "end the war for the sake of unbalancing the equation". So what does that mean? It's the resetting of the Matrix, but through her method. The chaotic method. You at the end Neo most likely get's return to the Matrix, and the Matrix is resetted, and the Architect says "You played a dangerous game there".
That leads me to believe that she didn't really care for the humans, but more the idea of "switching the status quo" and she did. She has indeed switched the status quo, not so much saying that Zion will prevail, but the fact that Zion still exists.
I mean really, fuck Zion would need decades to rebuild everything and sure the Machines might keep the peace. But seriously "THE WAR IS OVER?" EVEN WHEN THOUSANDS OF SENTINALS ARE HOVERING ABOVE YOUR ASSES? WHAT THE FUCK? I bet that they will attack again, and around that time 'The One' will appear again, producing the entire cycle again.
How did the source reset? Well take a look at it. They might indicate that Neo and Smith are opposite codes and they balanced out when they got together, but remember what "Merv" said:
"It is a gift that cannot be taken but given, the Oracle's eyes"
So we have Smith with the Oracle's powers but entirely seperate from the Matrix. We know the Oracle is the most powerful (and perhaps the mother but reloaded contradicts it) of the Matrix. In fact I think she might be the "Intuitive Program" of the Matrix due to the fact that she plays on people's intuition. She throws them off course giving them just enough to manipulate them.
Anyway back on course. So we have the Oracle assimilated by Smith, who has both the source code of Neo, the Oracle's power *and* being seperated from the Matrix, aka. a rogue program. The Matrix has no way of controlling it and it threatens the system because it wants the end the system.
So who do we have? We have Neo directly connected with the Matrix not through the transmission of the ships, but right back with the machines again. I can only assume that even though the Matrix can control people, they cannot seperatly control the source program embedded in "The Ones" (hence the idea of choice) and Agent Smith with the source program (since he is serperated from the Matrix).
The machines prolly could only watch their toys being used by Smith. But when Smith assimilates Neo, the machines finally have a human, connected directly to the Matrix, with source code *and* access to the Oracle's power which was given to them by Smith assimilating Neo. Hence the light coming from Agent Neo Smith's eyes.
*EDIT: Of course we can speculate it was the Oracle who started the chain reaction, not the Machines.
So now instead watching of Smith playing with the Matrix's toys, they can walk up and bitch-slap him. They resetted him possibly using the Orcale's power (which is still pretty much unknown but still powerful) and thus resetted the Matrix once again, this time with a living Zion and peace...for now.
Overall I felt the movie was still as lukewarm as Reloaded, if not a bit more for the dialogue. Smith fucking rocked, I loved when he tossed that dish aside and spewed out so much crap like that. But after this revelation once again it makes the movie so much enjoyable. I think once you "get it" it makes the movie kinda fun even though it sucked. I loved the final battle because Rob said the right thing...it's a superhuman battle. A lot of people thought DBZ apparently, but I sure the hell didn't. I thought superhuman battle.
I don't know it just seemed much more better perhaps the rain helped greatly to blur and make it more real. I loved how they did the "bubble" effect, and it was the right length. The sentinal swarm was just amazing. Just when it seemed they were winning, they just flood out...fuck that freaked me.
Like I said before, this was once again like Reloaded, a movie that was executed well, but had shitty content. The fact that Neo was more dense that he usually was, "Bane calling him Mr. Anderson"...geez. Anyways it deserves a 3.5 really...nothing great, but great only in the big picture.
More later
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