I am undoubtedly quite alone in being pleased with the entire
series. Before seeing the 3rd again, I decided to watch the first two on
DVD to get the story. It really makes sense to me now. Before I was
disappointed with the big Smith fight, but I see it's place, there really
didn't need to be a big fight scene but they probably figured audiences
would really be pissed if there wasn't some action at the end.

While it certainly creates more questions than it answers, it is still a
revelation in that you at least now know the questions to ask. The story
itself is complete. We can understand how there was a One in the first
place to leave a prophecy and that Neo is a creation of the human and
machine worlds, etc.

Jungians explain enduring myths as a tale of human consciousness that each
society embraces. Our current enduring myth is the Arthurian
legends. Stories that began in paganism such as Gawain and the Green Night
but have been overwhelmed into Christian themes by encompassing them all
with The Grail and The Fisher King. These themes show a society's
consciousness painfully embracing Christian concepts and eventually healing
itself. We will either accomplish this or kill ourselves in the
process. We are at the end of this age. We are looking for a new myth.

Maybe I'll live long enough to see a new mythos, maybe not. I think a lot
of us in some way had some sort of hope in Star Wars. But then Lucas shot
it in the foot with Return of the Jedi, then shot it in the face with the
prequels. I don't think The Matrix is it, but I think we're getting closer.

DanP
Quantum Mechanics: The dream stuff is made of.