The Matrix Revolutions - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[jessica]

The twin handguns Seraph uses in the coat check shoot-out are Browning BDM pistols.

[ethel]

The name of the climactic battle cue, "Neodämmerung" is derived from the German word Gotterdämmerung, literally "twilight of the gods". It was the title of part of Richard Wagner's opera "Der Ring des Nibelungen" ("The Ring of the Nibelung") on Norse mythology. Gotterdämmerung told the story of the Ragnarok or Ragnarokkr ("twilight of the gods" or "fate of the gods"), a final, fatal battle which destroyed the home of the gods - and the gods themselves - forever. Even though they knew what would happen, the gods fought for the survival of mankind. The title is appropriate not just for its thematic content, but also Wagner's strong influence on the music of this movie.

[kim]

The Oracle's prophecy that The One would destroy The Matrix is a lie.

[frederick]

John Gaeta: An APU operator.

[christina]

In The Matrix (1999), when Morpheus tells Neo the story about The One, he states that The Oracle prophesied The One's return and his hailing would bring about the destruction of The Matrix, and end the war between man and machine. At the end of the movie, the war is indeed ended, but The Matrix is not destroyed when an assimilated Neo destroys Agent Smith once and for all; The Matrix is reset and the truth about it revealed to the human population, who are given a chance to be freed. In The Matrix (1999), Morpheus already mentioned that the Oracle tells you "exactly what you need[ed] to hear", and that "there's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path". In an earlier scene, he explained that "most of these people [inside The Matrix] are not ready to be unplugged". Morpheus' statements in the first film thus foreshadowed the ending of The Matrix Revolutions.

[javier]

Gloria Foster died before she could complete any scenes for the third film, as well as Enter the Matrix (2003). Mary Alice took the role of the Oracle for both the third movie and the game. In "Revolutions", the initial conversation when Morpheus and Trinity meet the "new" Oracle was adapted to reference her changed appearance. The alternative was to have Morpheus and Trinity pretend not to notice, which perhaps would have been even more awkward.

[camila]

During the final fight sequence between Neo and Agent Smith and also during the credits, the following Sanskrit sloka is recited in a westernised style: "Asatoma Sat Gamaya, Tamasoma Jyotir Gamaya, Mrityorma Anritam Gamaya", which means "Lead me from the unreal to the Real, Lead me from the darkness to the Light, Lead me from the temporary to the Eternal".

[bernard]

When Neo goes to see The Oracle in her apartment, the jazz standard "I'm Beginning to See the Light" is playing in the background; a different version of the same song also plays in the corresponding scene in The Matrix (1999).

[nora]

Composer Don Davis thought it would be wasteful for the choir to be singing simple "ooohs" and "aaahs" during the climactic battle cue, "Neodämmerung". (In one interview he joked that he would have had them sing "This is the one, see what he does".) He asked that the Wachowskis (Lilly Wachowski and Lana Wachowski) to bring him some sort of text, appropriate to the movie, which the choir would sing. They returned with extracts from the Upanisads, which reflect the themes of the trilogy. The full lyrics of Neodämmerung are available on Davis' website.

[aaron]

Though never mentioned by name, based on information from The Animatrix (2003) the Machine City is actually called "Zero-One" and located in the Empty Quarter in Saudi Arabia. This, as well as Zion as the last human settlement, would imply most of the main action of the film franchise takes place in the Middle East.