I am sure most everyone has already thought this but since I have not read anything, anywhere that mentions this little tidbit I thought I would do so here.
The first film ends with Neo leaping inside of Agent Smith (after coming back from the dead inside the Matrix) and ripping him apart. The other agents then proceed to run away in fear. The film closes with Neo making the phone call to someone that causes the code of the Matrix to freeze and Neo then flies away. I mention all of this because when this film begins we very quickly have Neo repeating one of his incredible fight scenes against three agents at once.
Now I ask you, if they fled from him at the end of the first film -- and he is capable of flight and going inside of the agents and causing them to explode -- why on Earth would he then go back to the long, drawn-out fights? This movie is quite bad. I would say terrible but in comparison to the end of this trilogy this film is better so I am trying to keep the order straight.
This is the first movie I have added to a new list concerning special effects that ruin a movie. For anyone who has seen this film you know the part I am referring to.
The original Matrix was a wonderful film precisely because the special effects were used in a way that helped to tell the story and gave the viewer interesting visuals to marvel at in a context that made sense. Reloaded is basically the polar opposite of the first film. The filmmakers either never saw the first movie or the decided that no one would remember it and made this lackluster disappointment of a movie.