Originally posted by Scythe
For the record, the movies were about his escalation to god-like status, he' bound to get his ass kicked somewhere along the way, it was made to be a movie and entertain by showing some sort of peril.
For the record, that shitstain of an argument basically amounts to LOLZ HE ONLY GOT HIS ASS KICKED DUE TO DEMANDS OF TEH PLOT, which is utterly irrelevant. You don't get to dictate the purpose of the plot (i.e. Neo's apoethesis) and then blame his defeat in single combat at the hands of Agent Smith on how "it was made to be a movie and entertain by showing some sort of peril" and then expect any of us to actually shrug it off with an "Oh, okay, I guess he is all powerful."
So while I appreciate the revisionist history and apologistic attitude, the fact remains that Agent Smith overcame Neo in single combat and Neo's victory only came through sacrifice; that's like saying Anakin Skywalker is "all powerful" since he vanquished Palpatine, even though the Emperor would have owned his ass in a fight.
In the context of a fight, even within the Matrix, Neo is not all powerful. The end.