In 10 years we'll have a prequel trilogy

Did you know it's coming up to the 10th anniversary of the first Matrix movie? (Well in the UK at least). So with that in mind I started having a think about the trilogy as a whole and how it could of been improved (because now is the time to face facts that it wasn't the best trilogy of films ever - even though I'm pretty sure Keanu Reeves personally promised me that it would be in some deleted scene).

So without further a do, my own personal revisions to the Matrix trilogy.

Not made Morpheus such a damn pussy
I can't exactly remember how old I was when I first saw the original Matrix movie but I can remember one of the major thoughts I had. "If Morpheus wasn't chained down and being pumped full of drugs. I bet he'd be rocking the shit right now. The 2nd one of these movies is going to be awesome". Now granted I've paraphrased a bit there. I wouldn't have said rocking the shit as I had't heard that phrase then. But still the sentiment was there.
So cut to the Matrix: Reloaded and Morpheus hardcore-ness was missing. Granted he did have quite a cool fight on top of a lorry. But organising a rave in a cave? That's just not how I imagined things would be. I thought he'd be more like Leonidas in 300 (which is quite impressive as that film was many years from production when I orignally had these thoughts), but with bigger metaphorical balls and more windmilling suckers in the face.

Stopped the Architect from talking like such a prick.
The scene where Neo met the Architect for the first time in the Matrix: Reloaded was one of the most important scenes in the entire trilogy. It wasn't the best scene in the world (far from it) but it was one of the first scenes with any real explanation of what had been going on in the Matrix and what Neo's next possible move would be. So taking into account that the scene is critical and had to explain plot points and contain a metaphorical level of remainders, anomolies, human consciouness and computer science. So why the fuck would the architect pepper his speech with such complex wordplay? Because the Wachowskis hate you - that's why.

Actually put a plot twist at the end
In the months that led up to the release of Matrix: Revolutions I can remember several magazines and websites running possible plot twist endings to the Matrix trilogy. "Everyone" or losers like myself were betting there would be some big plot twist(s). But instead there wasn't one, which actually struck me as pretty lazy. I remember one possible twist which suggested that all the renegades who thought they were human (Neo, Morpheus, Trinity et al) were infact computer viruses and all the agents trying to stop them would be human beings who dealt in anti virus software. I don't quite know how Zion would've played into this, but it would've been better than the actual ending involving an old lady on a bench and an evil old bastard who had complex verbal diarreah.

Made Neo and Smith less powered so their fights actually meant something
It took comic books a surprising amount of time to learn the lesson "don't overpower your Heroes or Villians". If you had broken that rule, you would get fight sequences where protagonists and antagonists can smash each other in the face but it wouldn't matter due to them being infinitely powered. The Matrix: Revolutions completely stacked it, and fell face first into this trap; it wouldn't matter how much flying around Neo and Smith did, or how many kicks or punches landed, it ultimately doesn't matter as neither Neo or Smith could be killed in that fashion. Luckily Matrix: The Path of Neo (the videogame) learned this lesson so instead of an overpowered Smith, Neo fights a collection of consumer objects (ie washing machines) which join together to form a giant Smith. And yes that was as retarded as that sounds.

Made a prequel movie about how Morpheus came to be
To be honest this probably wouldn't have made the trilogy any better but it would've been cool. If someone took all the footage of Laurence Fishburne acting in other films and then edit it down to make a prequel movie of Morpheus origin. The starting footage would be from Apocalypse Now (Larry Fishburne aged just 14) and would continue all the way through (Boyz in the Hood, Event Horizon) to the beginning of the Matrix. A voice over would provide a description of what was happening (just like audio description soundtracks on a DVD) and any scenes in the zion world (which wouldn't be covered by film footage) could be provided in the form of cartoon stickmen. I think it would be a winner