Well, it seems that maybe I got a little too patronising about Revolutions. Sorry if I insulted anyone...I seem to get my own opinions confused with facts about the movie that are wrong.
So, after this initial apology, on to the second half of my previous statement: some people are saying Revolutions sucks because of plot events that don't actually happen in the movie. Someone mentioned that Agents are based on rules like in the first one. Why is Smith able to combat Neo and not get his ass kicked then? Because Smith isn't an Agent anymore. This was firmly established in Reloaded. Smith is a virus now who is beyond the rules of agents.
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The function of the One is now to return to the source, allowing a temporary dissemination of the code you carry, reinserting the prime program. After which you will be required to select from the matrix 23 individuals, 16 female, 7 male, to rebuild Zion. Failure to comply with this process will result in a cataclysmic system crash killing everyone connected to the matrix, which coupled with the extermination of Zion will ultimately result in the extinction of the entire human race.
Pretty big news. In "Revolutions" barely a word is spoken about any of this. In the end, "Revolutions" settles down to a fairly explicit Christian allegory, but even here the Wachowski brothers are confused: Neo is a warrior and if you strip out the symbols, he resembles Muhammad as much as Christ.
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The Architect did explain this in Reloaded, and it is how the past Matrices have worked. But at the end of Reloaded, Neo made the decision that no other anomaly has made: the right hand door that saved Trinity. Taking the left door is what leads to the 23 individuals rebuilding Zion. This was explained in Reloaded as well...taking the right hand door makes things different. Trinity was saved and Zion has only one option: to defend. No individuals will be chosen to rebuild Zion. At the end of Revolutions, the Matrix is built again, but things are different: the machines enlisted Neo's help to stop Smith from taking over both worlds. That's why it ended different than the rest of the previous Matrices.
Like I said earlier, sorry if I degraded anyone else's opinion...I tend to get caught up in things that I believe in.
Your opinion matters as much as mine does. I simply feel obligated to correct information that is presented falsely, especially when it's the basis of why someone says a movie sucks.
-Lasereth