My first impression of the movie was that it was really really good. I'd tried to not hype myself up like alot of you seemed to be otherwise I would think I'd be reading a lot less "I've been let down" posts in here. Sure it does seem pretty impossible to match the magic of the first Matrix movie because the audience cannot relate to it as easily, Neo is no longer your average Joe realizing his destiny and saving the day, hes a practical god among ants while inside the Matrix and the audience can't really relate to that as much.
Taking that into consideration I decided to relax a bit as I watched the movie, try to enjoy the fight scenes to the fullest extent and I pity those who don't like them just because they look to CGI of which they don't because I bet you couldn't tell a CGI Smith next to the real smith in the fight scene with 100 smiths. the only reason it looked fake was because there were so many Smiths that looked completely identical and Neo was doing impossible feats, put those two together and our mind cannot relate such a thing as being completely possible. Had they made 99.9% perfect clones of Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith) and had all 100 fight right infront of you you wouldn't think that it looked real either, especially if they were moving faster and jumping higher than humanly possible.
Reloaded was better in the sense that instead of all rising action with a conclusion towards the end that Neo actually had a chance and there was one particuarly decent fight after the Morpheous vs Neo duel, Reloaded had a lot more action that was pretty damn intense. Although the first Matrix was a little bit better because while Neo was incredibly good before he became god-like, the fight scenes were much more intense in that we didn't know if Neo would be able to pull it off. In Reloaded you almost become dissapointed when you realize that the guys he is fighting have no chance of winning, there is hardly any suspence, although the scene where he blocked that huge blade with his hand, THAT was hilarious. Having such a powerful hero is not bad, but they didn't have him do the "impossible" enough to not take his abilities for granted.
My opinion on the matter? I believe there is one Matrix and when Smith was able to take the phone back to the "real world" was when I first started to really think. Did he just seriously F that guy up or did he completely reprogram the guy's mind? Finally towards the end of the movie when Neo first realized that something was different and he was able to stop the sentinals was when I'd first truly toyed with the idea that the "real world" and Zion was all still part of the Matrix and that Smith was able to go into the "real world" because of that just as Neo was able to stop the Sentinals. As far as Neo going into a coma I'm not quite sure what happened, perhaps the shock that everyone may infact still be plugged into the Matrix and that noone is free could have been too much for him to contemplate at the time or perhaps because he realized that both "worlds" are of the same he went back into the "Matrix" without having to "plug into it" because they are already in it.
If anything Revolutions has potential to be a major doozie and no matter what I think it will at very least be a successfully entertaining movie. The movies make me think too much, and for that the Wachowskis are evil That and they make us wait, even if 6 months isn't all that long of a time I want to see Revolutions now!