The oracle scene I found completely demeaning... I got the point and then they beat me with it.

I agree with the feeling that I'd been beaten over the head with the point. Although I think the specific scene with the Oracle was the most pleasant and fun, and the least tiresome of the exposition bits. The most tiresome, I thought, was the scene at the end with the Architect.

But I agree that they tried too hard to make the philosophical points, and that they over-explained them.

Still loved the action scenes.