Yeh I agree with you blythey, 1 worked as a stand-alone movie. Reloaded is more a partially-complete story, but still excellent even without the closure. Should make the 3 of them a good watch though, a cohesive story.
My girlfriend fell asleep during it, I was amazed that anyone could fall asleep with so much fighting going on. After her 10 min powernap she woke up and felt much better though