Actually, that was part of the problem with at least Reloaded. While there are some unique plot twists in the whole prophecy twist, it doubled down on trying to act and sound smart and use all these words and terms that don't mean anything and add nothing to the script. The sequels have this problem acting like they were reinventing the wheel, at least with their action, and it was just more of the same to me. There were some impressive stunt feats, don't get me wrong, but I just know I got kind of bored by the latter half of the second film. The third film I barely remember watching. I didn't see it in theaters, but I did not see it until it reach DVD during my first year in college. There are definitely plenty of moments in the second movie where they're trying to do some of the same stuff as in the first film, but less impressive. The whole Neo stopping a whole bunch of bullets thing. To me The Animatrix did the most different. Reloaded and Revolutions were things that had already been done the first film, for the most part. In addition, I found a lot of the war sequences hard to watch in the third movie. I don't know what it is, but they hurt my eyes. The dirt brown apocalypse filter does not help for the machine battles, nor does all the green rain against the multiple Smiths.
Like I said before, with me at least, there had been so many movies before the sequels that either copied or parodying The Matrix. So anything that comes next seems less impressive if they're not at the top of their game, nor if the pieces and elements fit right. Give me The One any day over the Matrix sequels in terms of action sequences. Story, character, and plot wise, give me the director's cut of Dark City.
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