I too saw the movies as a kid, loved the first one and wasn't impressed by 2 or 3
Couple weeks ago I rewatched the whole trilogy for the first time and I appreciated the 2nd and 3rd much more. Think the first time around I was too young to understand how the events of the 2nd and 3rd fit together into the overall plot.
Individually they are still nowhere near as good as the first but the overall trilogy holds up better than i realized The parts about previous iterations of the Matrix, Neo and the evolution of programs like Agent Smith, the significance of the Merovingian and the Oracle went over my head as a kid
Couple weeks ago I rewatched the whole trilogy for the first time and I appreciated the 2nd and 3rd much more. Think the first time around I was too young to understand how the events of the 2nd and 3rd fit together into the overall plot.
Individually they are still nowhere near as good as the first but the overall trilogy holds up better than i realized The parts about previous iterations of the Matrix, Neo and the evolution of programs like Agent Smith, the significance of the Merovingian and the Oracle went over my head as a kid

