Now I finally found the answers to those silly plot holes that tormented me in the first film. It's ... it's just brilliant.
Many critics say that after conceptual "Matrix number one" of its continuation gave too much desire to earn as much money on the success of the previous picture, to be considered worthy of the film precursor. Perhaps things might look very different ...
Many believe that the brothers (then) Wachowski, in fact, created a single film on the glory of which have built their entire subsequent career. The first "Matrix" brilliant. The second and third parts of the trilogy have gone far in the direction of pure commerce, and that slightly marred finish, but the fact that the original picture was above all praise and all - that's for sure.
Unfortunately, overflowing with stunning special effects to continue, scoring their eyeballs characters and minor events, the authors of "The Matrix" lost searing simplicity of the original, so that kind of happy ending at sunrise also not helped.
But what would you say if you knew what was the original intent Wachowski? Whether it is embodied on the screen properly - and the effect of "The Matrix" would have been reinforced three times, because of the cruelty of the final turn of events would have surpassed even the film "Fight Club»!
The script of "The Matrix" Wachowski created for more than five years. Years of continuous work spawned a world of illusion, densely permeated by several storylines occasionally intertwine with each other. Adapting his enormous work for the movies, Wachowski have changed so much that, by their own admission, the embodiment of their ideas were only "a fantasy based on" the story that was invented in the first place. Although, of course, the basic idea has always remained the same.
The most interesting thing is this: at a certain stage of the script was eventually removed extremely entertaining component - a harsh final twist. The fact is that from the very beginning of his trilogy of the Wachowski conceived as a film with perhaps the most sad and hopeless end, which you can imagine. Judging by the large fragment of the script, which was rejected by all entirely at the inception of production paintings with producer Joel Silver, we have lost an unusually stunning finale, which certainly would have looked better than the "happy ending", which eventually hit the screens. < br />
First of all, we should mention that the scenario outline and different versions of the same movie, being rejected, not further fine-tuned, so much remains are not linked into a coherent system. For example, in "sad" version of the trilogy event second and third parts are quite reduced. In the third and final part begins the deployment of intrigue so severe that it almost puts upside down all the events that took place before the plot. Similarly, the final shyamalanovskogo "The Sixth Sense" completely shake up all the events of the film from the beginning. Only in the "Matrix" with new eyes the viewer had to look almost the entire trilogy. It is a pity that Joel Silver insisted on the realized version - this is clearly better.
So, the history of the original script:
Since the events of the first film takes place six months. Neo, while in the real world, finds a tremendous ability to influence the surroundings: first he rises into the air and bends a spoon lying on the table, and then determines the position of machine-Hunters outside Zion, then in the battle with the octopus destroy one of them, the power of thought in front of shocked the ship's crew.
Neo and all the surrounding can not find an explanation for this phenomenon. Neo'm sure this is a good reason, and that his gift had something to do with the war against the machines and is able to exert a decisive influence on the fate of people (it is interesting to note that filmed this ability too, but it is not explained, and on it is not even particularly concentrate attention - maybe that's it. Although, according to common thinking, the ability to Neo in the real world to get up miracles makes absolutely no sense in the light of the whole concept of "The Matrix" and looks just weird).
So, Neo goes to Pythia, to get an answer to your question, and find out what to do next. Oracle responds Neo did not know why he has supernormal abilities in the real world, and how they relate to the purpose of Neo. She says that the secret purpose of our hero can only open Architect - supreme program to create a matrix. Neo looking for a way to meet with the architect, going through enormous difficulties (involved are already known to us master key held captive by the Merovingian, the chase on the highway, etc.).
"'And Neo meets the Architect. He reveals to him that the city of Zion people destroyed five times, and that the unique Neo was intentionally created by the machine to impersonate people to hope for liberation, and thus to remain calm in the Matrix and serve its stability. But when Neo asks Architect role in all this playing his super powers, manifested in the real world, the architect said that the answer to this question may never be answered, because it will lead to knowledge that will destroy all that the fighting friends Neo and himself.
To be concluded ...
The third film
After a conversation with the Architect Neo realizes that there is some hidden mystery, the solution of which could bring the long-awaited end of the war between humans and machines. His abilities are becoming stronger. (The script has a few scenes with impressive Neo fights with the machines in the real world, in which it has evolved to superman ultimatum, and can be almost the same as in the Matrix: fly, stop bullets and so on) »'
In Zion it becomes aware that the car began to move to the city of people to kill all emerged from the Matrix and all the city's population sees hope for salvation in only one Neo, who gets up downright grandiose things - in particular, gets the ability to organize powerful explosions there where he wants to.
Meanwhile, out-of-control host Agent Smith, who became a free and gets the ability to duplicate itself endlessly, already threatens the matrix itself. Instill in Bane, Smith also gets into the real world.
Neo is looking for a new meeting with the architect, to offer him a deal: it destroys Agent Smith, destroying its code, and Architect offers Neo the mystery of his super-powers in the real world and stop the movement of vehicles on Zion. But the room in a skyscraper where Neo meets the Architect, is empty: the creator of the Matrix has changed his address, and now no one knows how to find it. Toward the middle of the film there is a total collapse: Agent Smith in the Matrix becomes more than people and the process of self-replication is growing like an avalanche, in the real world cars get into Zion, and the colossal battle destroys all people except a handful of survivors, led by Neo, who despite their superpowers, can not stop thousands of cars rushing into the city.
Morpheus and Trinity are killed near Neo heroically defending Zion. Neo in a terrible despair increases its power to absolutely incredible scale, breaks through to the only surviving ship ("Nebuchadnezzar" Morpheus) and leaving Zion, getting to the surface. He is sent to the host computer to destroy it in revenge for the death of the inhabitants of Zion, and especially - for the death of Morpheus and Trinity.
On board the "Nebuchadnezzar" hiding Bain-Smith, tried to prevent the Neo destroying the Matrix as he realizes that this will die himself. The epic fight with Neo Bain also manifests superpowers, Neo burns the eyes, but in the end dies. What follows is quite stunning scene in which the blind, but still sees everything through a myriad of enemies Neo breaks the Centre and arranges a huge explosion. He literally incinerates not only a central computer, but also himself. Millions of capsules with disabled people, their glow disappears, the machine freezes forever and eyes the viewer is presented deceased, desert planet.
Bright light. Neo completely intact, without wounds and intact eyes, she wakes up sitting in a red chair Morpheus from the first part of "The Matrix" in a completely white space. He sees before him the Architect. Architect tells Neo that shocked at what a man in the name of love. He says he did not realize the power that dwell in a person when he is ready to sacrifice their lives for others. He says that the machines are not capable of, so they can play, even if it seems unthinkable. He said that the Neo - the only one of the Chosen, who "was able to go so far».
Neo asks where he is. In the matrix, responsible architect. Perfection Matrix is, among other things, in the fact that it does not allow to unforeseen events have caused her the slightest damage. Architect tells Neo that they are now in the "zero point" after a reboot of the Matrix, at the beginning of its seventh version.
Neo does not understand anything. He says he just destroyed the central computer that the matrix is no more, as well as all mankind. Architect laughs and tells Neo something shocking to the core not only him but the whole auditorium.
Zion - it's part of the Matrix. In order to create a semblance of freedom for the people, in order to give them a choice, without which man can not exist, architect came up with the reality within reality. And Zion, and the whole war with the machines, and Agent Smith, and everything that happened from the beginning of the trilogy was planned in advance and is nothing more than a dream. The war was only a diversion, and indeed all those who died in Zion, fought with the machines, and fought inside the Matrix, still lying in their capsules in pink syrup, they are alive and are waiting for the new system restart to restart it "live "," fight "and" released ". And in this harmonious system of Neo - after his "rebirth" - will be assigned all the same role as in all previous versions of the Matrix: inspire people to fight, which is not.
No one has never left the Matrix since its inception. No one has ever died otherwise than according to plan of machinery. All people - slaves, and that will never change.
The camera shows the characters of the film lying in their capsules in various parts of the "nursery" Behold Morpheus, Trinity here, that's Captain Mifune, pogibschy in Zion a heroic death, and many, many others. All are hairless, dystrophic and entangled hoses. The last show of Neo, looking exactly the same as in the first film at the time of the "liberation" Morpheus. Neo's face serene.
Here's your superpower as explained in the "reality", says the architect. This also explains the existence of Zion that people "will never be able to build the way you have seen him" due to lack of resources. And really laughing architect, we would allow people freed from the Matrix hide in Zion, if we have always been able to either kill them or connect to the Matrix again? And do we have to wait decades to destroy Zion, even if it existed? Still, you underestimate us, Mr. Anderson says architect.
Neo with pomertvevshim face staring straight ahead, trying to understand what happened, and throws a last look at the architect who says goodbye to him: - "In the seventh version of the Matrix world is ruled by love».
It sounds the alarm. Neo wakes up and turns it off. The last frame of the movie: Neo in a business suit out of the house, and briskly directed to work, disappeared into the crowd. Under heavy music the final credits begin. »'
Moreover, this scenario appears more slender and clear, moreover, that it really brilliantly explains the plot holes that were left without explanation in the movie - he is a much better fit in a grim cyberpunk than by "hope" the end of the seen We trilogy. It is not just a dystopia, but Dystopia in its most violent manifestations: end of the world long gone, and nothing can not be corrected.
But the producers insisted on a happy end, though not especially joyful, and even their condition was mandatory inclusion in the picture of the epic confrontation between Neo and Smith as the antipode of a certain analogue of the Biblical battle between Good and Evil. As a result, quite a fancy philosophical parable Part annoyed degenerated into a set of virtuoso effects not particularly deep ulterior motive.
It will never be removed. One can only imagine how it could be. And it could be very, very cool.