Thanks for your response. (Also please forgive the crude phrasing of my question.) But just think. Do we really need more “dumbed down” movies? Certainly that’s not what you intended to convey, is it ? Anyhow I’ve launched my own investigation into the ‘extended network’ of critical reviews gathered by Rottentomatoes.com - - in order to study the percentage of negative vs. favorable reviews for this movie - - by including the reader’s comments — in order to determine if there’s any validity to my theory that there is a “smear campaign” being waged against the Wachowskis. I’m sure the truth is more like you suggest - that rather than a conspiratorial campaign, it probably just boils down to the plain fact that most American movie audiences today are just too daft to appreciate the Wachowski’s subtleties.