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<blockquote data-quote="Corinth" data-source="post: 907512" data-attributes="member: 497">Smith's attempt to infect Neo was obvious, blatant and designed to obliterate him; Neo said that the attack felt like he was back in the hallway before Room 303 when he died.&nbsp; Thus he was made aware of the attack by its very nature, and he resisted it.&nbsp; This is not so of the food; it's not obvious, blatant or designed to harm him.&nbsp; Neo's not a savvy guy; he misses the subtlties of life until they're pointed out to him; he catches up quick once he twigs to the idea, however.&nbsp; (He's your classic high Intelligence/average Wisdom guy.)&nbsp; The connection between Matrix food and programming likely never occured to him until that scene w/ the Merovingian; afterwards, he was rather reluctant to allow such a thing to happen again unless he believed that it was absolutely necessary--hence his reluctance to kiss Persephone--but he'll take that risk if he thinks that he must.Moreover, that cake scene was meant as much for we in the audience as it was for Our Heroes on the screen.&nbsp; That scene alone will keep us thinking and talking about this film and the first one well after Revolutions comes out, which means that this film will maintain the franchise's awareness in our minds until then with ease.&nbsp; That's good filmmaking from any angle that you want to take it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Corinth, post: 907512, member: 497"] Smith's attempt to infect Neo was obvious, blatant and designed to obliterate him; Neo said that the attack felt like he was back in the hallway before Room 303 when he died. Thus he was made aware of the attack by its very nature, and he resisted it. This is not so of the food; it's not obvious, blatant or designed to harm him. Neo's not a savvy guy; he misses the subtlties of life until they're pointed out to him; he catches up quick once he twigs to the idea, however. (He's your classic high Intelligence/average Wisdom guy.) The connection between Matrix food and programming likely never occured to him until that scene w/ the Merovingian; afterwards, he was rather reluctant to allow such a thing to happen again unless he believed that it was absolutely necessary--hence his reluctance to kiss Persephone--but he'll take that risk if he thinks that he must. Moreover, that cake scene was meant as much for we in the audience as it was for Our Heroes on the screen. That scene alone will keep us thinking and talking about this film and the first one well after [i]Revolutions[/i] comes out, which means that this film will maintain the franchise's awareness in our minds until then with ease. That's good filmmaking from any angle that you want to take it. [/QUOTE]

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