The Matrix Resurrections

[AndrewGilkison]

Spoiler

Anyone else here comment on the Christina Ricci cameo?

 

[The Caped Knight]

Spoiler

So Trinity has powers now like Neo now?! How is that possible?

 

[BatLobster]

Ugh...agreeing to wait until the 26th to see this with friends...strongly regretting right now lol. I'm marathoning the trilogy in the background while I work today and it's so crazy to know that I could literally turn on The Matrix Resurrections right here and now...but, I pretty much refuse to not see this for the first time in theaters unless I tested positive for Covid in the next few days or something. I don't think I could hold out much longer.

I strongly disagree. The film has a TON to say. There is commentary about our culture’s obsession with nostalgia and the need to reboot everything and how that directly relates to the original films’ themes of what is real and escaping reality. We don’t want to live in the real world. We want to live in Blockbuster Reboot Sequel because the first one came out when we were young and times were simpler then. This further bleeds into commentary on our relationship with technology like the original films, but these themes are now explored from the perspective of 2021. The world is much different than when the first film was written.

After seeing it a second time, I believe this is probably the best Matrix sequel we could ever get. Truly a gift

This just got me really pumped!

 

[Lily Adler]

Please remember to use spoiler tags for major spoilers out of respect to those who haven't seen the film.

 

[TheVileOne]

Spoiler

So Trinity has powers now like Neo now?! How is that possible?

Spoiler

She's The Two? The Many? The One?

How did Neo have powers outside of The Matrix?

 

[flickchick85]

I’m still working out my feelings on the film as a whole and will need a couple more viewings to do so, but I definitely don’t agree that the film has nothing say. It has a lot to say, imo. How WELL it executes those things is what I still need to process.

 

[Filmfan93]

Wow was this disappointing.

Extreme self-referencing meta first half (breaks the 4th wall and takes you out of the film), cheap set designs, incredibly weak and shaky cam action and somehow they managed to "ID4:Ressurgence" the real world.

The cinematography at times felt like a CW show.

Every single line of Keanu felt stiff. Bugs had nothing to do. Morpheus was wasted. Generic new ship crew, comic relief bot that high-fives the operator. The time jump from Revolutions to this was explained through an exposition dump consisting of a few short flashbacks, including Neo/Trinity's body resurrections.

What happened here?!

For a hardcore Matrix fan as me, this felt like a fan film and not a true sequel to the trilogy. Doesn't touch any of the first 3 films, nor the brilliant Animatrix.

6/10

 

[KaijuDude1992]

It's cool if other people enjoyed this, but man I found this one really rough to sit through honestly. Jessica Henwick was like the only character I really liked and there's wasn't nearly enough of Trinity in this either.

I was shocked how much little screen time Carrie-Ann Moss had in this and when she was onscreen, I just didn't feel the chemistry was there between her and Keanu like it was in the previous movies.

She deserves so much better than this IMO and I hope it isn't too late to put her in one of those John Wick sequels since the next one just got officially pushed back.

Also, am I the only one who thought Keanu was really awful at times in this. Now, I love the guy but my god at some his delivery in this and there was a scene in this between him and Yaya in a bathroom than had me dying the whole time just because it reminded me so much of his performance in that Eli Roth movie Knock Knock.

I also think I made a huge mistake rewatching the first three movies before this because while I have my problems with the sequels atleast they felt cinematic and looked like they belonged on a bigscreen.

For some reason they just weren't able to recapture the grit and darkness of that original movie with this one easily feeling like the cheapest one of all and you just can't replace Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith.

I'm not that familiar with the guy they got for this other than him voicing Kristoff, but man was he bland and unintimidating asf and had none of the screen presence of Hugo Weaving.

 

[The Caped Knight]

The music was definitely off since Don Davis wasn't involved it really was hollow in comparison to the other films.

 

[The Shape]

Fascinating how people can have polar opposite reactions to something like this.

"Keanu and Carrie Anne Moss still have such great chemistry!"

"I didn't feel any chemistry between Keanu and Carrie Ann Moss."

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

I strongly disagree. The film has a TON to say. There is commentary about our culture’s obsession with nostalgia and the need to reboot everything and how that directly relates to the original films’ themes of what is real and escaping reality. We don’t want to live in the real world. We want to live in Blockbuster Reboot Sequel because the first one came out when we were young and times were simpler then. This further bleeds into commentary on our relationship with technology like the original films, but these themes are now explored from the perspective of 2021. The world is much different than when the first film was written.

After seeing it a second time, I believe this is probably the best Matrix sequel we could ever get. Truly a gift

I’m still working out my feelings on the film as a whole and will need a couple more viewings to do so, but I definitely don’t agree that the film has nothing say. It has a lot to say, imo. How WELL it executes those things is what I still need to process.

I have to watch this again with a second pair of eyes guys, because while I totally dug the premise, all I really got out of it was "Neo and Trinity are brought back, let's add a ton of callbacks and flashbacks, throw in some fights, and voila!" At one point in the movie, it started to feel very self-indulgent and missed the point it was trying to make, IMO.

Just very disappointing in the first impression of it. And then with how well the Wachowskis used to write dialogue and took their time fleshing characters out, a lot of the lines in this movie pales in comparison to the OG trilogy. I mean Neil Patrick Harris and Jonathan Groff had some moments, but they were few and far between.

This could've used one more rewrite to keep things focused.

 

[Marvolo]

Spoiler

She's The Two? The Many? The One?

How did Neo have powers outside of The Matrix?

He like all the farmed humans is part machine. Ive always assumed that Neo's cyborg anatomy and his uniqueness allowed him to affect the machines in the real world. It may have been nothing more that Neo sending out a signal, like wifi, that effected the machines. His second sight may be the same. Without his human eyes his brain switched to seeing energy and connections to the machine mainframe. To us 21st century humans it might seem magical, but likewise to a person in the 1700s our wifi would seem like magic.

 

[henzINNIT]

Saw it earlier. I loved the experience of watching a new Matrix film, but I can't quite say I loved the film.

I do like it though. I think as an overall piece it is better than either previous sequel, with a brisker pace and less jarring shifts between extended philosophy and action. I think the characters and performances have a bit more life to them too. It's not a complete upgrade though. This film has pretty good action, and some memorable shots, but nowhere near the series standard. The film feels a little inconsequential too, moreso than any other. I appreciate that there is more going on here than your standard rehash, but it feels like not a lot more. We get a decent look at the world as it is now, but a lot of the film is catching us up and it is less clear what the events of the film are supposed to have on the world going forward. That Rage Against the Machine cover over the credits was pure trash too.

 

[Marvolo]

I'm just glad it wasn't a cynical examination or deconstruction of Neo or about about Neo's failures. It wasn't another "Never meet your heroes" story. Neo isn't bitter, resentful, or broken. He's still humble and selfless and kind. He immediately accepts the machines as friends. And I loved the scenes about all the good things that humans and machines were achieving because of the peace that Neo gave them. Like I said earlier this film is a love letter to Neo and what came before.

Basically it was the opposite of the Star Wars Sequels.

 

[TheVileOne]

The film is about corporations demanding filmmaker making an undesired sequel. Eventually, the filmmaker decides to make it.

 

[Marvolo]

The film is about corporations demanding filmmaker making an undesired sequel. Eventually, the filmmaker decides to make it.

Thats just the surface meta narrative.

 

[weezerspider]

I have to watch this again with a second pair of eyes guys, because while I totally dug the premise, all I really got out of it was "Neo and Trinity are brought back, let's add a ton of callbacks and flashbacks, throw in some fights, and voila!" At one point in the movie, it started to feel very self-indulgent and missed the point it was trying to make, IMO.

Just very disappointing in the first impression of it. And then with how well the Wachowskis used to write dialogue and took their time fleshing characters out, a lot of the lines in this movie pales in comparison to the OG trilogy. I mean Neil Patrick Harris and Jonathan Groff had some moments, but they were few and far between.

This could've used one more rewrite to keep things focused.

The original Matrix is one of the greatest films of all time, but Matrix dialogue has always been philosophical Mumb jumbo.

 

[Lily Adler]

I didn't like the action pieces in this one, tbh.

 

[Persona]

I feel like this movie gets better as it goes along but the story progression of the film is quite strange.

The technical aspects of the film improve in the second half but still nowhere near the OT, imo.

I enjoyed some of the ideas in the movie and was even able to enjoy some of the meta and jokey stuff but I really feel like the tonal balance and the rehash/remix aspect were pretty off for the first half of the movie. It did start to get better and better as the film went on, but then suddenly the movie's done. I almost wish the story of this one had started closer to where the second act starts and then we'd gotten more development from there.

Seriously loved Jessica Henwick in this, though. Crushing hard. I want a HBOMax show about Bugs.

 

[Persona]

And yeah the action has its moments but nothing ever really comes together for a truly incredible setpiece. It's just not choreographed, shot, or edited to the level we are used to from The Matrix movies, and while there are some neat ideas there's just nothing as unforgettable as the best action scenes from the OT.

 

[Gothamsknight]

It's gonna be fascinating to see how this movie is viewed over time haha. I think it's fun reading so many different opinions on it. Some hate it and some love it, which I'm sure is exactly what we all were expecting.

 

[kguillou]

I...don't know what to make of this movie. This is one of the strangest beasts of a film that I've seen in quite a while. I was at times intrigued...at times very intrigued...at times lost...then frustrated and then intrigued again. This movie has ideas and things to say and good components to them but it doesn't come together nearly as cleanly as any of the prior movies.

I think, honestly, this suffered from not having Lily Wachowski. Something was MISSING in this film, wasn't it? It was lacking that punch, that attitude, that drum-n- bass, techno swagger of the original three. But there is a heart to this one that kind of felt refreshing, something that the prior three didn't have. This was a love story at it heart...a very cheesy love story at that.

The action was..okay? Again, like the rest of the movie the action's hot and cold. Some GREAT beats but they're not edited together and choreographed nearly as cleanly and viscerally as the prior three. And I'm guessing that's where we feel the loss of Lily Wachowski.

I dont know, thoughts are scattered, i think this film's begging to be watched at least 2-3 times but I dont' see myself in a rush to rewatch it anytime soon. I really don't know what I'd rate this. Haha.

 

[Primal Slayer]

I dont know what it is with my firestick and new HBO Max releases but every.single.time. after it skips the "commercial ad" it just plays a black screen with audio.

 

[P Supreme]

What i got out of this is they really didn't want to do this movie they beat us over the head on how reboots and remakes are the craze etc and to me the only ones that were glad to be there was NPH and the actress playing bugs

New Smith even says it were doing new matrix with or without u so Lana decided to do it reluctantly and to me it showed.

 

[P Supreme]

I dont know what it is with my firestick and new HBO Max releases but every.single.time. after it skips the "commercial ad" it just plays a black screen with audio.

I used to get thst took hbo max out of my fire stick and instead installed it on my xbox and I don't get thst problem anymore sucks cause having everything on firestick is so convenient