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Oh and the problem some people had with the Matrix wasn't the overall level of violence, but the scene where Neo and Trinity cooly slaughter unwitting security guards. Not a touch of remorse, not a hint that their lives were valuable, no ATTEMPT to find a way to avoid taking the lives of people who did not know the role they were playing.

Nope, just slaughter them with cool looks and black sunglasses. For all the myth those involved with the Matrix invoke, I don't see where THAT type of action fits in with any myth I respect.

Oh and the problem some people had with the Matrix wasn't the overall level of violence, but the scene where Neo and Trinity cooly slaughter unwitting security guards.

Yeah, that bothered me, too. There is a scene in Goldeneye that I had a similar reaction to. James Bond gunning down Soviet soldiers and agents trying to kill him is one thing. James Bond gunning down a bunch of Russian police officers just doing their job is another.

Oh and the problem some people had with the Matrix wasn't the overall level of violence, but the scene where Neo and Trinity cooly slaughter unwitting security guards. Not a touch of remorse, not a hint that their lives were valuable, no ATTEMPT to find a way to avoid taking the lives of people who did not know the role they were playing.

Well they may not have shown any remorse which is disturbing but, if you follow the explanation of the nature of the Matrix in the first movie, you would know that they don't really have the option of trying to save them. Because anyone of them could become an Agent at any time, they need to kill them quickly before it becomes impossible. They couldn't just give them all red pills, because that would take to long and as Morpheus explained it's not safe to disconnect someone who's fully grown anyway. All the pain they caused the guards was technically illusory anyway, all Neo and Trinity actually did was shut down their minds.