Hope of a sequal?
I wouldn't count on it.
Loose ends? There was really only one if you look at what was brought up in the other movies.
As for the Oracle's comment at the end about seeing him again, refer to architect's speach from reloaded.
Guys, the movie sucked. Yes, it was a visual extravaganza, and the effects where good, but it was severely lacking in some points. First, the brothers seemed to make every effort of actually making a more deeply engrossing story line and instead seemed to coast off of what was already established. If they wanted a sequal, they had plenty of oppertunities to deepen the mystery.
Don't get me wrong. I'm a huge fan of the trilogy. Seen them all multiple times, spent hours discussing what the hell was going on and what possible explanations might be, and just got back from an IMAX showing of 3, but you gus need a reality check.
Ever looked at the script for the second? Its about 5 pages long. There was that little dialogue. What happened here is we all fell in love with the first one and accepted anythign they threw our way as for as sequals went.
The second was mainly a special effects bonaza and everthing that worked to further the plot in that movie could be put into 40 minutes, if that.
The third just tied up the loose ends. It explained what it had to to let movie goers walk away happy.
Christ, I could write a list about a page long on how to make three, and especially two, better.
Yeah, they were good movies, but they are done. A movie about what happens to Neo? What are you, blind? The war is over, smith is defeated; THERE ARE NO MORE BAD GUYS.
Any questions you still have, save one, are either your own making 'cause you don't like what they put in front of you and are in denial of it, or are so easily glossed over that they don't need to be explained.
So for all you folks. The matrix has you.
Only porblem is that it's over.
Wake up, and let it go.