It's interesting you should bring this up because I posted a comment about it earlier. Agent Smith is now a virus. I have my own ideas about it, but I suspect the why/how will be answered in the next movie.
Agent Smith is a virus! Think about it, that's classic virus behaviour: he copies himself onto everyone he comes into contact with, jumps to a new "host/environment" (i.e. the outside world) when he gets the chance I think this generally fits in line with the essentially correct analogies that the movie makes with computing today.
Of course this brings up the excellent question of how an agent was "infected" in the first place, which leads to questions of the nature of Neo and his powers which leads right back to Agent Smith's monologue, while interogating Morpheus, about how humans behave like a virus. I don't know if this is a stretch on my part or an intentional reference by the writers to the first movie.
I came out of the movie somewhat dissapointed, but the more I think about it, the more I think about:-)
and the more I appreciate the subtle undercurrents interwoven througout the movie.
Having said that, the action to substance ratio of this movie was not as well balanced as in the first Matrix.
I loved the way the love scene was interleaved with shots of the celebration, but I really would have prefered to see Carie-Ann Moss' ass in the final shot instead of Reeves'.
Two scenes that were out of place:
1. The fight with the oriental guy: "You don't know someone untill you have fought them."
Awww coooooooome on, give me a break! Cheeeeeeeezy!
2. "Yeah, sure I'll take you to the key maker, but only if you kiss me like you mean it."
Can anyone say "writer's block?" Ugh. what a lame-ass scene.
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It's interesting you should bring this up because I posted a comment about it earlier. Agent Smith is now a virus. I have my own ideas about it, but I suspect the why/how will be answered in the next movie.
Agent Smith is a virus! Think about it, that's classic virus behaviour: he copies himself onto everyone he comes into contact with, jumps to a new "host/environment" (i.e. the outside world) when he gets the chance I think this generally fits in line with the essentially correct analogies that the movie makes with computing today. Of course this brings up the excellent question of how an agent was "infected" in the first place, which leads to questions of the nature of Neo and his powers which leads right back to Agent Smith's monologue, while interogating Morpheus, about how humans behave like a virus. I don't know if this is a stretch on my part or an intentional reference by the writers to the first movie. I came out of the movie somewhat dissapointed, but the more I think about it, the more I think about :-)
and the more I appreciate the subtle undercurrents interwoven througout the movie.
Having said that, the action to substance ratio of this movie was not as well balanced as in the first Matrix.
I loved the way the love scene was interleaved with shots of the celebration, but I really would have prefered to see Carie-Ann Moss' ass in the final shot instead of Reeves'.
Two scenes that were out of place:
1. The fight with the oriental guy: "You don't know someone untill you have fought them."
Awww coooooooome on, give me a break! Cheeeeeeeezy!
2. "Yeah, sure I'll take you to the key maker, but only if you kiss me like you mean it."
Can anyone say "writer's block?" Ugh. what a lame-ass scene.