Well i expect that there were some limitations placed on the oracle due to her dying, have to wait and see on that one. I believe that we will hear a lot more about Smith in the next film, just like in SW you don't find out much about Vader in the first film, and then more in the second, and then plenty in the third. Yes the talking is tedious. Zion's party was very boring, but a lot of the talking was intrinsic to the later understanding of the architects explanation and Neo's dilemma as to what to do. I liked the film, it wasn't amazing, but the Ep IV and V needed VI for completion, so it remains to be seen. I think the Wachowski brothers have done a great job of inventing a new superhero and giving him a world to live in. There havn't been any new heros for a while, and it was about time someone brought something new to the superhero world.