I took off that stupid "No Spoilers" portion of the thread title. If the thread is for those who HAVE seen it, then those who have not have no place being here if they are looking for impressions not containing spoilers. Just pointless.
One quick comment: ooseven, please watch the film when it comes out in your region so you can discuss it with us with your own opinions of the happenings in the film. It\'s not interesting reading the regurgitated accumulative opinions of others translated with your interpretation. I\'d much rather have your own personal beliefs on the subject after experiencing it. If I want P-A\'s opinion, I\'ll browse their boards.
As for the film, I have mixed feelings about it. I loved the introduced philosophy presented by the architect at the end and how the Oracle hits you with the fact that the Matrix is nothing more then a series of sentient programs no matter what happens to them when faced with nullification or with their daily "Task" as in maintaining the sun and the gravity, etc etc. within the Matrix system. Although the system itself is referred to repeatedly as a control mechanism, I have trouble imagining it as such when it fails in its design on purpose or so the architect would make you believe.
I definitely appreciate the explanation at the end of the film though with the televisions displaying the previous opinions of the other "one\'s" before Neo. Quite hilarious hearing that dialogue overlapped, but a very believeable human response as the architect made note of. Here\'s a question to pine over which I\'m sure a lot of you don\'t really have a quick answer for:
If the Matrix is control and the coming of the One was something prophesized by the Oracle happening on purpose to cater to the needs of those unwilling to be plugged into the Matrix, then why give Neo the choice to destroy the Matrix and all those plugged into it in the first place?
I ask this question because, not only did the Oracle prophesize the arrival of the one, as she did six times before, but she also told Trinity that she and the One would fall in love. Making note of that, it opened the door to the choice at the end of the film that Neo hastily made. If the Oracle had designed the system to restart every hundred years, then why not just give him the one choice to restart the system? I realize the machines are ready to cope with the loss of such an abundant energy source, but why risk it? Confusing. Unless of course, the new realized power Neo has in the "real" is actually a manifesting power in another Matrix. Trippy sh*t either way.
I am tending to believe that the "Real" is just another Matrix-like simulation however. How can you tell if it\'s not? "How do you define real? If you are talking about what you can smell or touch or see or taste, then real is simply electrical impulses interpreted by your brain." That\'s one reason why I believe the second Matrix theory, but the other, a much more glaring fact, is when Neo recieved a spoon from the orphan boy from the first film. Why did he have that delivered? Just a symbolic gesture that his mind is now free? Doubtful. If the Matrix films have taught us anything, there are very deep meanings even to the most common elements. I think the spoon is a reference to the first film saying simply "There is still no spoon" further confirming the ideas of this paragraph.
Well, whatever the case, I hope some of you thought about the film and it\'s concepts as deeply as I have and have come up with some conclusions refuting or agreeing with my opinions above.
