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what is it about the second and third films in the Matrix trilogy that everyone didn't like

In part, for me, it felt like their reach exceeded their grasp. I think they had a reasonably interesting story to tell, but it was told poorly enough that it didn't work. Part of that, I think, has to do with the exorbitant amount of action sequences. They were neat and all, but they didn't really advance the plot in any way. They kind of got in the way of the story, and, I think, people would start to forget the story while watching an action sequence. So, to sum up, basically bad storytelling.

On top of that, I didn't like the theme of the stories they were telling. The first was a sci-fi movie with some religious overtones. The second two were religious fantasy with sci-fi overtones, and that didn't work for me. The ending was unsatisfying and anticlimactic, to say the least. One of those where you get to the end and you're in disbelief that that was the story they were trying to tell you.
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Bitt Faulk