En long, en large et en anglais
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After a brutal battle Neo is near defeat, but continues to fight. When
asked why he does so, Neo responds " Because I choose to.", echoing
the theme in M2 that " Everything begins with choice." ( the only way
humans achieve true freedom). But even though he delivers a stunning
punch to Smith which sends him through the ground, Neo is eventually
defeated. Before Smith takes him over he pauses, however, realizing
that he has seen this very moment in his visions, and he already knows
what he is going to say. " Everything that has a beginning has an
end..." he mutters confusedly. This causes Neo to realize that the
Oracle still exists somewhere inside of Smith, and that she is
partially able to control his thoughts. Taking his cue from the
Oracle, Neo freely gives himself to Smith.
Thus Neo is defeated, and Smith´s original purpose, to defeat The One
( which he is never really expected to achieve, which leads to his bad
temperment) is accomplished. Smith therefore no longer has a purpose
and must be deleted. But since programs marked for deletion must
return to the source, how is Smith to be deleted? Simple, the machines
send the command through Neo, into Smith, using a burst of energy.
This causes all of the Smith clones, and the original Smith, to be
deleted, leaving the original inhabitants of the bodies he has taken
over ( this is a basic function of the agent programs, that they leave
their hosts as they found them, with death being the only exception).
This then completes another revolution in the Matrix cycle, as The One
has reached the Source and has reinserted the prime program ( Neo´s
program, his knowledge and experiences). The Matrix is then reloaded
back to it´s initial state, the late 20th century.
The Oracle then meets with Sati, Seraph, and the Architect in a park
outside the city as the sun rises over it. The Architect tells her
that she was playing a " very risky game", and she asks him if he will
honor the promise of peace. He says that he will, since he is not
human ( meaning humans do not keep their promises, an insult). This
means that those people who unconsciously become aware of the Matrix
and choose to leave will be freed, and those living in Zion will not
be killed. The war between man and machine is over, or at least
suspended.
Looking upon the sunrise the Oracle asks Sati if that was her doing,
and the girl responds that she did it for Neo ( made the sun rise).
Apparently Neo´s experience with love, which was uploaded from him to
the Source, caused the machines to show pity on Sati and give her a
purpose instead of deleting her. She is now in control of the sun.
Sati also asks the Oracle if they will ever see Neo again, and the
Oracle replies that they might, indicating that the The One program
will be used again in the future, as it had been for the previous six
iterations of the Matrix. M3 therefore ends where M1 began, except
that now the humans who become aware of the Matrix will be freed ( a
decent compromise if you ask me).