We've gone way too off-topic already, but I have to say what really annoyed me about the two Matrix sequels was the realisation that the Wachowskis were saying "we didn't really have any idea where we were going with this, so we're making it up as we go along" (see the Pirates of the Caribbean movies for exactly the same syndrome).
That's what I hate about modern films - they'll pay tens of millions of dollars to the actors, hundreds of millions on special effects, but they couldn't give a monkeys about having a plot which makes sense, even though it's the cheapest part of the whole process. The same applies to TV series like Lost and Prison Break...
