The Matrix Resurrections

[Lily Adler]

I actually thought that was pretty fascinating in Animatrix. I wish the sequels explored those angles more. Yes, machines did enslave the human race...but...it was kind of our fault. Humanity basically started the war and made the surface uninhabitable. Like if Neo saw more of this, it could've been a better driving force to obtaining a truce with Machine race. Like we need to stop fighting and find a way to co-exist together.

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That's what I enjoyed in this film was that machines were coexisting with humans and trying to rebuild with Io.

 

[elgaz]

Not to be that person, but does anyone else wonder why the Machines never tried to colonize in space instead?

Given the huge amounts of energy required to get into space and actually do anything meaningful, and the machines’ reliance on the pod humans just to sustain them day to day, I would say they don’t have the resources to make such a monumental leap.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Oh my God I just learned what is considered the "woke moment" in this film:

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Trinity pretty much getting her revenge on The Analyst. Come on people.

If that’s what certain people’s perception of ‘woke’ is, then they never knew what it meant in the first place when we used it years ago.

I actually thought that was pretty fascinating in Animatrix. I wish the sequels explored those angles more. Yes, machines did enslave the human race...but...it was kind of our fault. Humanity basically started the war and made the surface uninhabitable. Like if Neo saw more of this, it could've been a better driving force to obtaining a truce with Machine race. Like we need to stop fighting and find a way to co-exist together.

Look at you being all sentimental on Christmas Eve. That was really beautifully said Vile.

 

[samsnee]

Can anyone really explain Smith’s motivation to me?

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One minute he’s fighting Neo, the next he’s helping him, then he disappears and isn’t heard from or mentioned again

 

[Eddie Dean]

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Smith hates the Analysts’ new Matrix where he is confined like he was before Neo set him free. He wants to kill Neo at first because then Neo can’t be plugged in and The Analyst’s new Matrix will cease to function. After he sees the scales tiping in Neo’s favor he aligns himself with Neo in order to take down The Analyst, once that is done, Smith has his full power back and takes control of all the drones within the Matrix to kill Neo. Smith is now the giant horde / choppers / suicide bombers in the finale.

 

[samsnee]

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Smith hates the Analysts’ new Matrix where he is confined like he was before Neo set him free. He wants to kill Neo at first because then Neo can’t be plugged in and The Analyst’s new Matrix will cease to function. After he sees the scales tiping in Neo’s favor he aligns himself with Neo in order to take down The Analyst, once that is done, Smith has his full power back and takes control of all the drones within the Matrix to kill Neo. Smith is now the giant horde / choppers / suicide bombers in the finale.

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I did not get that at all. I thought the horde at the end was the analyst’

 

[dark_b]

I didn’t like the game aspect, I wish the original meta fan theory of The Matrix tricking Mr. Anderson in assuming he’s an actor who starred in the film trilogy called The Matrix, etc. - this would have played better with the whole “seeing footage within this film’s universe.

i think for the matrix you need something that involves coding. a game developer is IMO better than acting. plus that way we get a matrix inside a matrix ....which is something that the general public watching at home will not even understand happened in the first 15 mintues

 

[dark_b]

I follow a lot of people that like the movie a lot. I wish I liked it as much as they did. I kind of get it: they dig some of the conceptual ambitions, the lack of self-seriousness, the sentiment (which was nice but didn't do a ton for me personally just cuz I don't care a ton about the Neo+Trinity relationship).

I don't hate the film, in fact I liked a lot of what it was going for, but I think the script needed a pretty critical final draft and the technical credits just weren't up to snuff for a Matrix movie, imo.

the theatrical cut is 15 minutes shorter compared to the test screening. do you know what they removed?

 

[Eddie Dean]

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I did not get that at all. I thought the horde at the end was the analyst’

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Smith says something along the lines of “Tom, anyone could be be you, but I can be anyone” and then gets the code eyes and takes control of the horde.

 

[Karelia]

One thing is for sure. This movie got people talking about it. For better or worse.

Anyone watched it more than once yet?

 

[Gothamsknight]

One thing is for sure. This movie got people talking about it. For better or worse.

Anyone watched it more than once yet?

I saw it twice. still enjoyed it on the second watch, but I bumped it to last place on my list of favorite Matrix films.

 

[Karelia]

I saw it twice. still enjoyed it on the second watch, but I bumped it to last place on my list of favorite Matrix films.

I watched it again a few hours after watching it the first time. I don't think it's as bad as some people make it out to be, and I also don't think it's as great as some people make it out to be. Its just decent/okay. It's definitely in last place on my list as well.

Don't hate it, don't love it. Like some ideas and story elements, but it lacks a lot in so many areas for me.

 

[Persona]

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Smith says something along the lines of “Tom, anyone could be be you, but I can be anyone” and then gets the code eyes and takes control of the horde.

Oh jeez, that never registered for me.

Very confusing!

 

[GothamCity]

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Smith says something along the lines of “Tom, anyone could be be you, but I can be anyone” and then gets the code eyes and takes control of the horde.

That line alone destroys the franchise, its almost on purpose.

The trilogy is the matrix to me, not this garbage.

 

[Detective Conan]

Here’s an excellent article by the great Richard Newby:

 

[The Shape]

Here’s an excellent article by the great Richard Newby:

Richard Newby said his only complaint about the film was that there wasn't enough Christina Ricci. Like, really? Otherwise, it was perfect for you?

Hard to take him seriously on this subject.

 

[Filmfan93]

Richard Newby said his only complaint about the film was that there wasn't enough Christina Ricci. Like, really? Otherwise, it was perfect for you?

Hard to take him seriously on this subject.

Christina Ricci's short screen time is at the bottom of this film's huge list of problems

 

[dark_b]

when the after credits scene needs to be explained than you know that its over. this article like a lot others was written because f.... social media ads algorithms
The Matrix Resurrections Credits Scene Explained: Movies Are Dead

and Lana had nothing to say in M4? yeah right.

 

[Ninjablade]

I'm a third of the way through. Quite frankly so far, I think this movie flat out blows. There's some neat ideas here and there, but the execution sucks. This script needs multiple redrafts.

 

[OutOfBoose]

That scene was really bad.

Absolute cringe...

 

[Filmfan93]

I succesfully managed to convince a few of my friends to not check this out and make the same mistake as me.

After i explained what happens in it and how bad the technical aspects are, they were quite shocked and in disbelief (and they are all big Matrix fans).

This film really won't age well. Watch the audience score on RT drop even more in the next few weeks.

 

[TheVileOne]

Absolute cringe...

And yet...surprisingly accurate.

 

[TheVileOne]

when the after credits scene needs to be explained than you know that its over. this article like a lot others was written because f.... social media ads algorithms
The Matrix Resurrections Credits Scene Explained: Movies Are Dead

and Lana had nothing to say in M4? yeah right.

I really dislike articles or videos that are like "ENDING EXPLAINED!" When Usually I'm like, "none of it requires explanation!"

But yeah it's as you said. A lot of articles catering to what people might be searching for on Google. That's why you see articles like "Season 2 of *blank* Is Coming" Then you read it and it's like "Season 2 has not yet been announced, but it's expected to be in the works." It's totally false and misleading.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Actually it’s good

 

[Stringer]

As many, many others have said this movie was just lacking that original trilogy polish and punch (quite literally). I had no issues getting through it, and was pretty entertained throughout, but I wasn't left with much feeling for it afterwards. I'm not with the TLJ comparisons though, there's a lot of love in this movie, Lana just struggled to bring it out. More Henwick in everything please.