I think the architects 99% of people accepting the matrix, and 1% threatening the system is a testament to how few people in real life are actually needed to start revolution. occupy wall st had less than 1% and they changed people's minds pretty quickly about capitalism, imagine if they actually had 1% or even 2% or 5%. we'd probably being working in economic democracy, taking more vacation, paying ourselves more, working less each week.
i also see neo's journey as him doing things for himself (like saving trinity at the expense of everyone else) + him doing things for others (sacrifice at the end of the 3rd movie). and also his journey is like getting alot of different ideas and information from all sides of the spectrum and in the third movie at the end it seems like he comes up with an idea of his own which is sacrifice.also the matrix being about ppl being plugged into a phony computer world is like how in real life ppl spend more and more of hteir times behind computer screens and its not actually real life.problem with matrix reloaded and revolutions is that there was more action than there was ideas. ideas are harder to pull off than action.i think the second movie with neo being a "failure" as a messiah it was a critique of ppl putting all their faith into religion, and not enough faith into physical resistance or thinking for themselves or whatever. reloaded to me was also about people being
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