I watched the Matrix, it was good times. But, I seemed to be one of the few that really enjoyed it. The movie struck me as very similar to the first two, in that you would have to see in at least twice before you really understand it all. Which seems to be why the first one didn't do good in theaters, and nobody really liked the second one when they first saw it.

Here's a more in depth analysis from me, WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD

Going in, I had a sick feeling in my stomach that the movie just might suck, everybody else had already told me they hated it. Alas, now I understand why. The movie was the perfect ending chapter to the story, it just fits neither the masses yearning for a wonderfully happy ending, nor the critics desire to see the futility of man. The Movie was dark, dreary, and straight up about dying.

The movie, as well as the whole trilogy, is so chock full of layers upon layers of religious symbolism that I don't even see the end of it. There were a few parts I expected.

I never bought into the "matrix within a matrix" argument. I figured Neo went through a similar experience that Agent Smith went through between the first and second movies. Something copied from Neo onto the Matrix code, or visa versa, which from my understanding is similar what happened. I also went in knowing either Morpheus or Trinity had to die, because Neo had to experience real pain before he could understand the essence of humanity and demonstrate it to the machines.

The Battle for Zion: It could have used a little more demonstration of human desperation, and they conveniently neglected the barrel melting effects of firing 9 thousand rounds per minute for 15 straight minutes. Other than that...Damn!!!!!! That was awesome, that you sir, may I have another?

Neo v Smith, Round 3: those water concussion ball were one of the greatest special effects...EVER, no doubt. I'm glad they didn't go Godzilla style and destroy the entire city during their fight. You know that feeling you get when you first see something that makes you excited, like your first view of the tree on Christmas? Or the tingly feeling you get the split second after your wickedly hot significant other kisses you for the first time? Where you instantly take a huge breath, your shoulders shrug up to your ears, and the muscles throughout your entire body tense like you've been doused with Ice cold water? Yea? You know what I'm talking about? Well, I had that feeling for the entire first 5-minutes of the Neo/Smith fight scene. No movie had given me those goose bumps since Shawshank.

The Ending: This is where everybody else seems to drop off the Bandwagon. Not I, I couldn't think of any better way to end it. It works well for the bible; it works well for me. I think I even understand the method Neo used to defeat Smith, and it's akin to enlightenment. He finally used his brain and defeated Smith by destroying the "meat" of his code, not fighting the personification. To those of you familiar with website design, it's akin to finding the backend of a website and deleting it from there, as opposed to just trying to overload it with D.O.S. attacks and the like.

I could be wrong on any of this stuff...no wait, I'm not.