Gee, thank you DS6, because here I thought two anime-obsessed directors held the meaning of life in their palms. That clears everything up.
No, actually I don't agree or disagree with this idea. The problem is that it doesn't gel with the themes in the rest of the series. If purpose is the only governor of reality, what was all that @#%$ in the first two movies (particularly the first) about choice and choosing to disobey? Weren't all of the rebels free from the Matrix because they chose to be? Wasn't the problem with the Matrix choice? Granted the Architect found a way around this by creating another level of "control" (the One and Zion), but one would think the movie would offer a more satisfying answer.
After all, the final conclusion was supposed to be upbeat and optimistic, in a way. Yet in theory, it actually noted that the humans were wrong all along and are simply pawns in a game of chess much larger than their ignorant minds can comprehend.
No, I don't think they did, and that's my entire point. Your perception may be that it was an earnest answer; my perception is that it wasn't. The whole thing feels rushed and half-done. The opposite numbers are reconciled and there's peace. Way to go kids, you just abandoned half of your themes by pulling one out of your ass.
Well, I'm sure if you caught this at the end, but because of the peace, the people in the Matrix that want to be free (subconciously, that is) are released from the Matrix. Doesn't that solve the dilemma?
"They sold more tickets than they expected and earnt more money (of course) while selling them"
Wrong, Revolutions only made 48m in the USA, coming in well behing the 90m+ opening of Reloaded. Expect it to fall about 65% at the box office next weekend. It probably won't even clear 200m in the USA and won't make it back 550M world wide
