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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Darrin Drader" data-source="post: 1499941" data-attributes="member: 7394">There's no need to correct you because that's just the way Hollywood normally works. Star Wars could have stood alone without Empire and Jedi, but the next two parts were allowed to be made because the movie generated enough money and George Lucas made it clear that there was a much bigger story to be told. The Matrix is the same deal and in many ways tells a similar story. It was clear that the story was not over at the end of the first Matrix movie. I know of very few movie series where they began with the stated intention of delivering 3 or more (The Lord of the Rings and the Harry Potter films are the most notable recent exceptions that spring to mind). Star Trek III and IV were not foregone conclusions when they made Star Trek II. The main difference between the Matrix and Star Wars is that in Star Wars Luke was allowed to continue on his road to becoming a hero throughout the second and third parts whereas Neo achieved heroic status in part 1. Dramatically becoming is usually more interesting than being, which is why I think this movie falls flat with a lot of people. Nevertheless, that doesn't diminish my enjoyment of them.</blockquote>