In the end, when the Oracle asks the little girl if she did “that,” referring to the sunrise. Maybe I missed something (which is possible since the theatre I saw it in was sold out and I was stuck in the front row with an aching neck most of the time), but when did the little girl get the power to control the Matrix? Can everyone in the Matrix now do whatever they want? If so, I would imagine life would be next to impossible for most of the people in the Matrix. I also thought that the agreement the Machines made with Neo was too easy. Most of the machines we have seen outside of the Matrix do not appear to have any kind of emotions or ethics tied to them. Why, when they were so bent on destroying every free human on the planet, would they keep thier part of the deal once Smith was defeated? The humans are still obviously not going to give up. They aren’t going to just sit in the ground and not bother the machines. Since the Matrix was still there, and people were still jacked into it, the freed humans would continue to try and free them which would in turn upset the machines and we would be right back to square one again, which means that this story doesn’t really have an ending.

I do agree with you in that it is still possible that the “real” world is just another Matrix, though if the writers intended for that I think that they would have worked that at least a little more into the story. I thought a cooler ending would have been if Neo and Smith were caught in an eternal fight. Since they were so evenly matched, and the machines were waiting to see if Neo could defeat Smith, there would be a form of “peace” until the fight was over, but since Neo and Smith couldn’t beat each other they would be caught in a never ending battle.

Overall I did really enjoy it, though. The special effects were amazing and I loved the scene when the machines invaded the dock. That was really cool. But, in my opinion, neither Revolutions or Reloaded were able to match the first film.

The architect said that all humans that wish to leave the matrix would be allowed. This would mean there is no reason for Zion to free others as the machines will comply. The Oracle questioned his honesty though. Don’t know how they will co-exist, I guess some political negotiations need to be made.

Man I hate sitting in the front row. I remember when we saw the re-release of Star Wars in the theater and we were stuck in the front row far left corner.

Anyways, as far as the little girl is concerned I was under the impression she was born (created?) with no specific purpose thus she had free will like a human. It is kind of implied that she has power to change things in the matrix – much like the individual discussed in the first movie who freed the first humans from the matrix.

As far as the peace goes I agree that seemed a bit off – why would either side give up? What bothered me more was the fact that the sky was OK above the clouds (eerily like Highlander 2). Couldn’t the machines simply build towers and user solar power if they truly needed a power source? This would seem much more logical than going to all the effort of growing and maintaining and controlling human batteries. I guess that wouldn’t make for much of a story though