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The end of The Matrix was not left open for a sequel.

The special effects are no longer innovative, or even that, um, special.

Don't waste your time, please. The first Matrix was a solid, stand-alone film, and this ruined it for me, to the point that I can't watch it anymore.

Not all movies warrant sequels. Hollywood needs to get a grip on this.

Disappointing Attempt to Trilogize a Great Movie
The Matrix is a great movie. It was received poorly in the theaters and by critics who boo anything they don't immediately understand or relate to. Over the last few years, The Matrix developed such a cult following that not one but two sequels were demanded of the Wachowski brothers. Thus, this trilogy was not so much born as created. It would have been more creatively honest of the Wachowskis to have demurred simply because its obvious they were not prepared to carry the battle past the first movie and develope any of the ideas raised within. Understandably, they put all their ideas into the first movie because, at the time, they had no reason to expect any demand for a sequel, much less two. If The Matrix is philosophy 101, then The Matrix Reloaded is remedial philosophy with occasional lame attempts at cleverness. Not coincidentally, the eye popping freeway action scene is the only really rousing part of the movie. The Wachowski's impulse is to have their cake and eat it too by physically expanding on both the matrix and the real worlds and keep most of the ideas intact. Instead of better or new, we get more. More places & more characters. Added to this, they tend to overplay Morpheus as a cross between Moses & John the Baptist & Neo as a Christ figure. The unconvincing romance between Neo & Trinity, several unnecessary minor characters (mostly militaristic macho hotheads & cool bad guy computer programs) and a city council that seems to consist mostly of rather relaxed rastafarians are all is just smokescreen. The Matrix benefited tremendously by not overplaying its impressive but not spectacular hand. Matrix Reloaded bets the house on the same exact hand.

no sequel intended
The second installment to the matrix proves that there was never meant to be a second installment, The first movie finished quite properly and pretty much left enough room for a sequel but this isn't it, this just ruins the first movies aspects and is a shameless showcase of "cutting-edge" movie graphic technology. The philosophies, that some claim make this movie incredible, are the most useless, and cryptic ideas ever....the whole point of this movie is to trick you into believing you have seen some miracle of modern cinema but really it is nothing more than a pseudo-intelletual attempt science-fiction.