You are not alone, Ken. I, too, am a geek infatuated with the world of the MATRIX.

Most of the things you pointed out I noticed, too - for instance, that Revolutions IS better than Reloaded. Anyway, after seeing all three movies and being very disappointed with the ending (I won't spoil it...) I thought "Matrix" would have worked as a single movie just fine. Reloaded and Revolutions did nothing for the philosophy behind Matrix and the surely didn't answer any questions for me. "Matrix" said it all, the rest - I'm afraid - was just pretty big and expensive sequels.

I have to disagree. For the most part the main theme I received from the sequels was purpose. The major theme in the first Matrix was reality (or lack there of).

Neo did not believe in fate in The Matrix (predetermined purpose) but by the end of Revolutions he accepted what he had to do in order to defend Zion ( I won't spoil it either). He accepted that he did have as much control as he had previously thought but he always had choioce. Smith questioned how could you have choice if there exists fate. I could go on and on but I believe the Sequels were necessary and very well done.

I disagree as well. there was purpose to the sequels. the ending to the first movie was a blatant cliffhanger, the ending to the second was even more of a blatant cliffhanger. and the third movie cleans things up in a nice package. i do not think The Matrix as a whole would be as successful if it were not for the two sequels.

I don't really see the first movie as ending with a cliffhanger. Or: I don't consider this "cliffhanger" a cliffhanger. The Matrix ending was clear about everything. It said the Neo was the one, it implied that he would therefore save the world, it showed that he got the girl. I like that ending better than the one of Revolutions.

The Matrix was a masterpiece. Reloaded was a super film and Revolutions blew my mind! This trilogy is by far the best ever created. I challege anyone to come up with a more orginal, thought provoking film. The first film left me with hundreds of philosophical questions that just had to be answerd. Reloaded and Revolutions did that.

Revolutions in my mind was just the ending the trilogy was looking for. The answerd all of the questions, had no lose ends and if they wanted to the brothers could easily make another film.

This film challenges you not to think about the philosophical and ethical issues given in the first two films and you leave the cinema feeling enlightend, integued and excited.

An excellent music score by Don Davis, super special effects and wonderful acting make this the best made film of all time.

Sean - I would have to agree with you 100%

Was i the only one that realised that the references to Christianity were more based on references than actually leading anyone any closer to the spiritual truths mentioned in the Matrix movies..?

For example,

"Maya" - Illusion.
"Karma" - Cause/Effect.
"Dharma" - Duty.
"Sati" - Sacrifice.
"Matrix reload" - Re-incarnation.
"Cosmology" - Quantam mechanics & Human mind.
"Yoga" - Meditation.

are fundamental tenets of Hinduism, a 5000 year old Indian philosophy (from which Buddhism evolved from.)

truth