However, looking at the film through the point you made does change my opinion somewhat. To make sure that I understand what you are saying, let me re-phrase here: Trinity herself has died but Neo has the chance to protect and save the ideal that they believed in, even if he could not save the physical body of the woman he loved. Did I read that correctly from your comment?

That does make me like the film a little bit more. Thanks!

Like you, I hope that made sense. Great post, though!

I wanted to bring up one point. I agree that Neo had to die at the end of the Matrix trilogy.

Where I think the mistake was made was in killing off Trinity.

Neo goes in to that final battle with NOTHING to live for. You can argue till you’re blue in the face that Neo was still fighting for the rest of the world but the movies don’t really support that. He was not connected with the rest of that community in any real, solid way- at least not in the way that he was connected to Trinity. I read all of his actions as things done to protect HER, to be close to HER, to be with HER and keep HER safe.

Once she was gone, he had nothing left to live for. If you compare Neo to figures like Jesus Christ, you see that it doesn’t hold up all that well. When Jesus died, he left people he loved behind. He was giving something up to (hopefully) get to something greater. It was a SACRAFICE.

Neo’s death really wasn’t. He had already lost all that he really cared about and loved. I read the ending as suicide by machine. So, yes, I agree. Neo had to die. But I think Trinity should have still been kicking around because then it would have felt like the sacrifice that I know they wanted us to see it as.

If that makes any sense.

Anyway, great show, you guys! Really engaging and thought provoking. I’m really looking forward to getting caught up with the rest of the episodes.