Why Everyone Misunderstands The Matrix Resurrections
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ธ.ค. 2021
- Today I break down the themes of the fourth installment in the Matrix franchise and explain the misconceptions many people seem to have about its message.
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The Analyst isn't wrong the vast majority of people want the illusion of freedom not the actual thing though they'll deny it. Having actual freedom means responsibility and people want to avoid as much of that as possible.
The core seed of the movie.
Yes they are called extreme left
@@highlander723 You mean extreme "insert whatever douchebag term you use to identify yourself here"
Cypher already recited that notion in the first one though. Nothing new.
@@highlander723 Extreme right too. It's ironic that it is the same concept for all extremes. Imagine what would happen if the right and left agreed on something.
"The greatest illusion of this world is the illusion of separation. Things you think are separate and different are actually one and the same." - Guru Pathik
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Greatest truth and The Law of One
This movie had alot of sub plots that were more investing then Neo and Trinity, like the mechanics having a civil war, they just glossed over it too quickly. While the past movies had so much more to be discovered.
fr, i'd rather see a movie without neo and trinity. their stories are concluded. maybe a new team, and an extended sequence showing the civil war.
just like the first movie did and then we had other 2 movies explaining everything and there was plenty of it , war , machines and real world stuff and even then people were unhappy . i feel we humans will always whine no matter what .
if you want more of war and machines then maybe wait for 5th movie ?!!
reading all the complaints just hurt my brain , you guys are so stupid its crazy
I would have liked to see the civil war and just get to know the machine world period
*were more interesting than
*too
I'm not even being "that guy", just pointing out what you can edit if you feel like it so that your post actually conveys what you're trying to say.
I also agree, maybe we'll get a 4th movie prequel (still a sequel to the trilogy though) that actual explores the machine Civil War. I don't know how interested people would be in a Matrix movie without Neo though. I still think it could be interesting, maybe do it as a series on Netflix or something. Just like I always wanted to see the Terminator movie that was actually about the war. I mean we KIND of got the future movie but it wasn't really done right.
@@samsonspin3256 - yeah... You're right. Lana wachowski could have made the same points using the machine civil war right after the event of Revolutions in order to make this point rather than go back into a whole 'memberberries rabbit hole what Neo and Trinity. That would have been way more interesting
These movies are not just movies. They are what we as human need to hear. We will not survive these next centuries that are about to come without hope and love.
People are less violent and more accepting then ever. We need to continue that but also introduce critical thinking as an individual responsibility
@@momsaid You are a fool to believe that this is the reality you think it is.
@@frahohen lol what you just said offered less than nothing
@@momsaid People are more violent and egoistic than ever. This current society is doomed.
@@frahohen that is very far from what the evidence shows us about history. Less of every kind of bad thing when averaged for population size than ever in history. Our very first records of humans in groups is a mass grave where the evidence points to violence being why everyone was killed. You’re out of your mind and your view of reality is so far from real. Humanity itself hasn’t gotten any better but we are learning to cooperate on a large scale more. You’re just wrong
This is good. I think the previous matrix trilogy does make a conclusive statement about free will. I think Neo’s journey is more complex than most people’s understanding of free will so it’s easy to miss.
He starts as a libertarian (philosophically), he hates the idea of fate and the idea he’s not in control of his life. In 2 he starts to see the future, he’s conflicted and doesn’t understand why trinity will enter the matrix. By the end of 2 he begins to see that free will doesn’t exist BUT choice does. The choices have been made, in the grand scheme of determinism we have made all our choices, determinism allows us to understand the choice. In 3 he combines the idea “because I choose to”, “you’re right smith, it was Inevitable”.
If you dig it deep down, Neo, Trinity and Morpheous have been played by the oracle the whole time, the cookie she gave him made him fall in love with Trinity and therefore start the war with the machines until a truce was made, this is revealed at the end of revolutions when the Architect said she played a very dangerous game.
Nice vid. Makes me think: the descendant of Zion is IO, which is like the core of zion without the extremes: io.
It is also representative of the archetypal binary, 1 and 0. One and zero unified IO.
Neo, The One unified with not-Neo (Keanu's character in Resurrections is in many ways not-the-familiar-Neo) willing to sacrifice himself for unity with love.
Amazing catch.
IO = body without binary constraints whereas ZION = body with binary constraints
The Machine's original city was called 01 as well. The mirror image of IO. IO is also an engineering term refering to Input & Output. I feel like this name was chosen to show how alike man and machine are in the world of the matrix.
101 IS IMPORTANT I heard recently but didn't watch it looks like a gate or sorter maybe lens looking .Well so long and good by 606
I agree the first half of the movie had me interested. The second half just took a nose dive like a lead zeppelin.
@Mojo TheRising - This is a comment section not a place for a 500 word essay why I disliked the 2nd half of a movie.
@Mojo TheRising - you're right I could but I could also say what I liked about it too. I just didn't like the story in the 2nd half the payoff wasn't there for me. The first half I thought was interesting though, it had my attention.
I guess this is why I actually enjoyed the movie, glad to see I wasn't the only one who did!
the movie is amazing the haters are just "bots" they dont matter. "sheeple"
i agree this makes the most sense it's not the systems we're afraid of it's becoming "Whole again" we need to work together and ignore each other differences to improve the world as a whole!
It’s the freaking 7th iteration of the Matrix with Neo and Trinity! No one is ever completely out of The Matrix forever not even NEO. Watched 3x already! I think people need to realize that the 6th version of the Matrix is destroyed. That story is over and The Matrix always upgrades...
@@MKultraInstinct It was the Analyst activating Swarm mode ;)
I think there are actually many more who did enjoy it. It's just that the small minority who didn’t are merely highly vocal..who interestingly mostly consist of film critics. We can't know how many of those are fans of the trilogy tho.
I've been binge watching Matrix 4 reviews.
Why is no one talking about the Analyst saying it took them *YEARS* trying to activate Neo's source code, _before_ bringing Trinity to the resurrection room?
WOW very insightful! I love this! I especially love the re-framing of the the meaning of "The One" as not a "special person" or even a single individual but a merging of two into one, all binaries into Oneness, the One! Yes!
Movie was a warning, for metaverse, losing empathy, individuality and love for one another. Locked in this simulation of fear, reaction, solution...endless misery for most
Endless misery is right. What a shit show. Glad I paid nothing to see it.
Indeed. This could be the real reason why this movie is getting so vehemently destroyed in the media right now. Both liberals and conservatives are finding reasons to hate this movie, and its because they are only trained to pay attention to the superficial aspects of entertainment. So many people believe that they are "red pilled", but its like Morpheus talked about in the very first movie:
"You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inert, so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it."
The reaction that people had to Resurrections could be an indication of this. Its a very similar reaction that people had to Reloaded and Revolutions. The deeper they went down the rabbit hole, the more resistant the audience became.
@@awakenow7147 I think you're right. Confusion can threaten the ego, leading to anger. Deeper truths can cause existential crises, which can trigger anger as a defense mechanism. Maybe people were angry because the metatextual commentary damaged the suspension of disbelief. In any case, when it starts to become popular to look down on something, people display their negativity for validation, and it spreads like a fire.
@@JB52520 Exactly. Good point about the meta commentary. People almost want the Matrix to be a fantasy land. Just another fictional world to escape in. But maybe, it was never really meant to be that in the first place. But now, the audience is being forced to think about the real world again. The whole point of science fiction is to get people to ask some real life questions. I guess its not necessary to go full meta on the audience to do that, but thats what they decided to do regardless.
But yeah, who knows how many of these "haters" actually saw the movie. They could be jumping on the bandwagon as you say.
@Awake Now great points totally agree 👍
The Matrix messages are spiritual ones. The first film is about having spiritual awakenings and a commentary on whether true 'enlightenment' is possible. The second film is about integrating that awakening into your everyday life with all its complexities. The third film is about accepting death for yourself and your loved ones.
I think this film is a commentary on how the real nature of reality is non-duelism, or the universe being one (non-binary, like you say). I also believe this latest film is trying to suggest you can slip back into being unenlightened because of everyday life and possible mental issues, although you know something is wrong now. It's also saying it's possible for anyone to become enlightened especially when you find a spiritual connection with another person to make it easier (not a shallow desire kind of love).
Exactly, something I have been saying for about 20 years, but most people saw it as a call to action, which it was not.
10,000% ☯️
I'm very glad you've done this video - this is exavtly what I took from the film, it's lovely to hear it verbalised so eloquently
people as an audience/spectators tend to forget artists don't do art for the only purpose of showing and proving a point (and some don't do it for that purpose at all). Art is, ultimately, a self-critique; questioning of reality that I, as the most immediate conscious being, can make... then further exposition of my ideas to people.
People may be misinterpreting the plot and ideas of the movie, and you did a good job explaining in a way that helped me understand what I might have missed as well. My problem with Matrix Resurrections is that, as a movie, it just felt flat and dull compared even to the original sequels. All of the films have big ideas and they're all worth discussing, but to me it becomes a problem when the ideas in a movie are more interesting and exciting than actually watching the thing. The Matrix, Reloaded, and Revolutions gave you the spectacle worth watching AND the ideas worth discussing. The films had weight and a sense of care and craft that I think is missing from Resurrections. The train station fight with Agent Smith, The Burly Brawl, the Freeway Chase, the fight at the Merovingian's mansion, the Battle of Zion... those are all memorable movie moments. There is nothing like that in Resurrections. Really good ideas, just not a good movie.
Yes, this movie is murky-looking, a shock to fans, a contrast to our expectations of Matrix-look, for sure. Standout scene was PeopleBots as Bombs: people controlled by the matrix to throw themselves out of windows en masse. Pretty palpable visually as the slumped zombie bodies piled up, and symbolic as heck about social media, comment swarms, Jan6, worldwide surveillance capitalism manipulation. I had access to watching it 3 times, so much is sprayed at us so densely it does take more than one initial viewing to get all of it--do try watching it again just to feel it out for yourself. Thanks for your take, very useful. 👍🏽💜
what george is trying to say is, no. the movie just sucked. but he's too pc to just say it. geprge. grow a pair. resist.
let's go brandon.
Nailed it.
I think the reason Matrix 4 is considered bad is because it’s got the writing of the Matrix sequel but the stakes of the first Matrix movie, which leads to an interesting early movie but less exciting last 2/3.
He’s right.
I agree. It started pretty good. There was a really good pacing and interesting meta commentary but the later we went into the movie, the more momentum it lost. It's like someone wanted to add commentary on modern society but didn't really knew what to say.
The Theme of the Matrix is the idea 'Control the Belief, Control the Person'. This is true today, as written in 1984. The Matrix is simply a 2nd chance at love with that specific person.
Wrong...
@@Shin8bi Wrong What? One-word answers are meaningless and quite a coward's move. Learn how to write a sentence.
What do you mean by 2nd chance w that specific person??
@@JMPaesthetics You need to actually watch Matrix 4 first, let me know
Matrix 4 made me appreciate the original trilogy even more now. Always knew about Neo being the 1 with his love for Trinity. Terrible times for entertainment we are living in...
Of course a dork with a ghostbusters logo would say that. Ghostbusters 2016 was the best one
@@Ottophil Yeah ok lol I'm sure your wife's boyfriend told you to say that.
@@chadzard4 they must be trollin.
Matrix 4 was o.k. 123 was fun and thought provoking, also acting was better.
@@kliphord123X or it was
You guys have an in depth analysis on the film. Unlikely, most other online critics who are often looking for superficial comparisons with the old trilogy. Keep up the good work team!
This movie was trash. Bunch of feminist propaganda from a man who is confused and now thinks he is a woman. This movie was a direct projection of Lana's confused mind.
Let's not forget the suicidal people jumping from the windows onto neo and trinity!!! And let's not forget the suicide rate among transgenders!!!! Lana is crying for help! This movie is a projection from a confused mind. Lana needs help asap. There was 1 million different ways the analyst could have tried to stop them but he chose to make people leap to their death? Think about it
@@cashisclear it's not people it's bots being used to kill people you scared transphobic person.
@@arktos7270 I'm not in anyway transphobic lol just stating facts. Lana said the matrix is about transgender and suicide was referenced MULTIPLE times in this movie
So I might be incredibly wrong but I'm thinking that why some people isn't that engaged in liking or hating the movie is because they are looking for clues and what happened and is happening and not watching it as any other movie. The one's who hates it is likely watching the other aspects like filming, tone, the actors, etc that matters less to the people watching it and liking it.
uh, filming (as you call it), actors, tone are what make a good movie.
Exactly. If people actually watched it for the message they would be calling the movie amazing. But most don’t even have the knowledge to innerstand the message, and others don’t even know they have the knowledge. This movie LITERALLY said everything straight up. They sugar-coated or alluded to nothing. 😂
@@applyingpressureeveryday8932 I think you misunderstood my comment. People are complaining because the movie is utter garbage. Terrible acting, writing, choreographing, pacing, message. Every bit of it was pure crap. My comment was about how you said people were complaining about the things I just listed, and you were saying they were missing the message. The big point you're missing here is that people don't care what the message is if it is a CRAP movie. This, was a crap movie.
@@daveroles3783 i was replying the first comment but buddy my guy does it look like Neo and his team gives a fuck about anybody else “not getting the message?” You dont even see how all yall are the NPCs called “The Swarm” in this movie simple bc YALL DONT CARE. 😂😂😂 Aint nobody gone force yall to save yallSelves (get the message/liberate yo mind/gain the knowledge) haha the choice is yours whichever you choose. 😉🔴🔵 yall care about a movie instead of what its documenting... you know... the whole point of the fucking movie and in this case SERIES of movies. 😂 His “binaries” talk for the second half of the movie is veryyy literal. But aye everybody aint got the eyes to see or ears to hear bc everybody not apart of “The One.” No we not all mAdE eQuAlly. “The lips of wisdom are closed except to the ears of understanding.” 🤘🏿🌟
@@applyingpressureeveryday8932 You can delude yourself into thinking you're smarter than anyone else as much as you want but fact is that the problem isn't that people don't understand "the message" but that people are freaking sick and tired of "the message".
Before you can think of free will vs determinism, first of all you have to understand - cause and effect are not linear. Time does not flow in a straight line. Choices have already been made, you are here to understand that choice and then re-make it. Effect can come before cause/choice. The universe is not as black and white, and straight forward as humans think(It is understandable and knowable, but a lot more complicated than you could ever imagine). Human perceive time in a linear manner, that does not mean time it self is linear.
In this video at 0:47 you see Morpheus and Neo in the white Construct, but also you can see Trinity represented in the scene by the triangle on the back of the television.
Tha you sir for making a review in a well thought manner. I really liked how they managed to squeeze a 4th film out of this franchise and how they actually addressed it in the film.
I believe that this era of Blockbusters, reboots, franchise elongating and spinoffs is detrimental to the overall film industry and is a step in the wrong direction and I would have hoped this film had a better execution in the technical aspect and gave more time to develop the themes or tried to focus up on just a couple but found very enjoyable the way they tackled some of them.
Since I read there will be another sequel, I hope they make improvements on the technical aspects as well as clear up some of the philosophical ones or delve deeper on a few instead of trying to rush trough many of them.
As this will likely be another trilogy it might follow the same trend where the first film was more of a standalone and the second was a stepping stone to the final movie I at least hope to find out more about the machine's civil war and how they are going to deal with the energy problem now that Neo and Trinity are disconnected, hopefully by the end achieving true peace between humans and machines and restoring the skies for both.
I havent seen anyone mention any of this but even in the trailers alone l took in an interpretation that the matrix 4 has themes of past life regression with neo remembering his past wondering if it happened and if it meant something. Morpheus saying “we’re trapped in strange repeating loops” adds onto that because souls reincarnate several times and in life you’re faced with scenarios that could be similar to what you had in a past life. Its a repeating loop in every life until you make the best choice for yourself. It can even be people from your past and in the movie, neo does encounter the same characters from previous movies but they look different. Neo and trinity’s dsi is different to everyone else in the matrix and to each other which I think also has to do with themes of body dysmorphia. It would make sense from how much mental illness is talked about in the first act of the movie.
Not only that, but even the matrix has looped several times throughout story, there were other Chosen Ones. As for characters looking different, many of them turned into regulatory/rogue programs of the new Matrix, while others were exiled programs (Merovigian, Seraph). To me that was a great touch, because it emphacizes the computational analogy to reality, meaning in the simulation, the exiled programs would be nothing less than outdated software and even their characterization points towards that. About the body dysmorphia, yes that is a great point too, because people who suffer from it can´t fanthom the idea that what other people see regarding the person who suffers from it is much different than a distubed self image perception.
Definitely thought this, the movie made me think also about the nostalgia, not for the characters of the film, but for loved ones I have lost, to see them one more time. The film has so many layers it goes over most people’s heads so very happy you thought about reincarnation!
'Overcome the binaries. Not by changing them, but by changing our perspective of them.' -- remember Bugs says something to Digital Morpheus about her knee jerk response to the blue/red pill dichotomy and the woman who offered them laughing because she missed the point - backs up your notion here really well.
“When somebody offered me these things, I went off on binary conceptions of the world and said there was no way I was swallowing some symbolic reduction of my life. And the woman with the pills laughed cause I was missing the point” 😉
Very exact explanation, with all the confusion in the movie, no one could understand the meaning of the story /philosophy!
My thoughts paralleled your own, though not as eloquently. Simply put the Oracle was right Neo was not the One because without Trinity he never would have reached his potential. In broader terms we are stronger together than apart. The movie was by no means as good as the original but I think its agenda was to promote and end to us and them mentality, that seems to be everywhere.
Yes! Enough labels and boxes.
I was quite sure that "The One" was Agent Smith. He fits all of the descriptions. Neo fits none.
@@danielawesome36 It was in all three of them. Neo was the One, but some of that got absorbed and replicated in Agent Smith, and Neo gave Trinity some of his when he restarted her heart in Revolutions. But, it was his connection with, his love for Trinity that made Neo unique.
Neo WAS the one... in the old Matrix built by the architect, but this is the new Matrix built by the analyst (yes it is actually a different version), and it is based on both Trinity AND Neo as the power source (think of them as being the source code, this Matrix was designed specifically around them both). Now that they are both awake and together, they are actually more powerful in this Matrix than Neo was in the previous.
@@SA80TAGE it must mean the Analyst will be hunting down Neo and Tiffany in Io for the sequel. But I dont think there will be a sequel. I understand the themes and philosophy behind Resurrections. But thats the reason Reloaded and Revolutions are derided. Too much philosophy. Just keep it simple. The machines are using humans as batteries.
I would of enjoyed Matrix 4 as a reboot with all new characters. Also more intriguing story would be the machines fighting one another for power (both literally and figuratively). I liked that there were machines co-existing with humans in Io.
WONDERFUL! The Matrix is my all-life favorite movies, this includes the trilogy. Of every other review / interpretation not a single one has appeared to get "The One" message, or at least express it clearly as you have done here, and with the Oracle video. SUPERB! 🥰💖💃🕺 I wish I could have had your skill to tell others what I've know for so many years about this meaning as you've done. Thank you for these videos! 💯💝
I loved this film, but I went through this with the first two sequels, and I'm not wasting my energy again. I've just come to accept that I don't want what the masses want, and you know what? If I never love another new movie again because the market for what I want isn't there, there are thousands of older movies and shows to catch up with. Maybe I'll even just read a book or two.
Good for you--standing up for what you believe in. I also liked the film, and don't believe it deserved as much backlash as it did. Everyone keeps calling me stupid and dumb just for saying I liked M4...it makes me sad :(
Yup, the scathing hostility this movie is enduring really shocks me. People seemed to want a complete copy of the original movie and their experience watching it, which is something they were never, realistically, going to get.
My wife and I both had the same reaction. Given the myraid inspid action sci-fi movies out there, the fact this clever movie was met with such hostility is a paradox worthy of the plot to a new matrix movie. Rotten Tomatoes hates it which is now a good sign. The paradox being, the fans of the original Matrix, are as blind to the fact they are the actual sheep in the MSM controlled superstructure of American political- economy, programed to hate everything that radically challenges the status quo... everything that holds up the mirror. After all, as Krishnamurti said "It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”
I hated this film, but I fully respect your opinion. The crazy thing about art, is that, by definition, it has no obligation to obey to everyone's wishes. It exists as a craft of the artist's wishings. That being said, commercial filmmaking (aka, blockbuster filmmaking) is the closest there is to popularised art. As its propose is to provide profit to the studios, the way this is achieved is by pleasing the highest number of consumers possible. Each consumer who is ahead of the curve, is allowed to reject the offerings of the studios.
@@georgiosioannispappas6311 I wish more people were like you. You made some great points regarding art in general that I really didn't think about. I'm just an Iron-worker....I wouldn't know a Van Gogh if it landed in my lap. I can tell you know way more about film just from the way you write than I ever will. But at the end of the day thanks for at least not bashing us for liking the movie!
I put forth this idea in the comments on another video breakdown, that together Neo and Trinity were far more powerful than they were apart- that Smith gave the important clue that ANYONE could have been the ONE.
I don’t think people misunderstood this film - it’s not subtle and it’s very apparent with its commentary. I just think people lose the forest through the trees with it. I did a whole video on this on my channel. People know it’s meta and they know it’s a rehash, I just think people wanted something different from a Matrix sequel and are pissed about what they didn’t get instead of curious about why they got what they did. Resurrections did what matrix do - it was a philosophical conversation about our relationship with technology. Fans wanted same same but different, and Lana gave us same same but with attitude. I think it’s that attitude that people haven’t been receptive towards, it got TOO real and that’s challenging for a lot of people. Everyone GETS this film, but a lot of people stop at “it wasn’t what I wanted” instead of continuing to go deeper in the rabbit hole and ask “why did we get what we got?” And that’s the real world equivalent of taking the blue pill. Knowing the truth, seeing it, and stepping back from the rabbit hole of understanding for the sake of wanting something more comfortable. Desire and fear baby.
Great comment. 100%
People confuse comfort with happiness.
Being unhappy is the comfortzone of so many people. Its hard to change things if it means going out of your bubble.
Here are my top issues with the movie (as a massive matrix fan): 1) not enough original actors 2) new actors were uninspired 3) story was just okay 4) movie wasn’t serious enough 5) the music score was underwhelming 6) the fight scenes were disappointing 7) no twists or turns in the plot 8) Trinity being co-equal to Neo was meh 9) the flow of the movie and the cinematography was lacking 10) Neo was nearly a god at the end of the trilogy… for most of this movie he was pathetic
Honestly this movie felt like a high budget fan fiction created by someone who missed the plot and feel of the trilogy.
Maybe that was indeed the intention of Lana. Lol
All Is 1
Here are my top issues with your top issues with the movie 1) Neo and Trinity(The One and Three, or shall I say the Three in One)... who else do you really need? 2) Inspiration is only necessary when there is no foundation. Otherwise, you just blend in, which they did here. 3) Story was awesome! Were we watching the same movie? 4)You can't be serious... 5) the smusic core was whelmingunder??? 6) The original Matrix Trilogy, and AniMatrix for that matter, blew fight scenes out of the water. Sorry. Fight scenes will probably be a bit disappointing from here on out. 7) No twists or turns? Three words: Us AND Them. 8) If Trinity being co-equal to Neo was meh, then all the previous Matrix movies were meh too. Trinity has ALWAYS been co-equal to Neo. 9) I'm thinking this is just filler to complete a 10 tier complaint. 10) Sooooooo.... either you do not comprehend the concept of mental health, which, in today's world, I will bet my ridiculous paycheck that you do, or I'm thinking this is just yet another filler to complete a 10 tier complaint.
I must apologize. For me, the Matrix can do no wrong. Period. Peace and...
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@@all1lla197 I’m with you on that, and the part about Trinity being equal to Neo was EXPLAINED in the movie when they were telling you how and why they brought Neo back, he was worthless without Trinity cause the only thing that made Neo so special is the fact that he chose to save one human over all humanity, the one human he’s ever loved, not to mention that TRINITY BROUGHT NEO BACK FROM THE DEAD IN THE FIRST ONE From a simple kiss so who’s REALLY the one? The only point that buddy made was that they didn’t have enough of the original characters, I have to agree with him on that one simply because they’re still alive, she should’ve waited for Hugo Weaving at least and poor Lawrence wasn’t even invited
@@all1lla197 🖖" kefflom" 😆
Shut up or start a you tube channel. "Antimatrix" lol I bet your a real hoot to go out with.
@@theohitman7 '...he was worthless without Trinity cause the only thing that made Neo so special is the fact that he chose to save one human over all humanity, the one human he’s ever loved, not to mention that TRINITY BROUGHT NEO BACK FROM THE DEAD IN THE FIRST ONE From a simple kiss so who’s REALLY the one?..' Here, here!
Destiny and Free Will:
When I heard Niobe say that they have a non-aggression pact with the Machines, I didn't blame them. Zion fell and their hope, Morpheus, had sunk with the ship, and given that Niobe was originally of Zion, it's hit her as much as everyone else aligned with them. Io's people focused on improving their situation by maintaining neutral relations with the Machines, working with friendly Programs and Sentients and improving agricultural sustainability as opposed to Zion taking up arms against the Machines. However, the broken spirit eventually picks up the pieces and is reborn. Those who still believe can answer the call on their own terms and strike out to see how they can help.
Bugs (as in Bunny, haha) and her crew command a ship that's similar to the Nebuchaddnezzar Niobe piloted, and all of them believed that at least Neo was alive somewhere. They are accompanied by some Sentients, a splinter faction of the Machines that helped mankind survive during the second battle. Driven by their belief that he's alive, they travel to the Machine city and jack into their network, finding themselves in a modal of Anderson's making, meeting the Morpheus Program. Ending up in Anderson's old apartment, he realizes that Bugs's objective was the same as his: to find and reawaken Neo, and held the same belief as Morpheus as he took the Red Pill.
The Morpheus Program's life began when Morpheus realized he may end up sinking with the ship, made to one day guide Neo once more once he found him, but got stuck in one of Anderson's modals as the wreck subconsciously pieces together his memories. His first attempt goes poorly, leading Anderson to get warped back to the Analyst, keeping his boss (Agent Smith reborn) from killing him early. Second time gave him some more clarity as the program researched Morpheus's demeanor and methods, choosing to basically "remix" Morpheus's introduction to the Matrix with his own flavor after Bugs leads him to a train through a moving portal. As he said, "set, and setting". That backfires, AGAIN, but this time he had reinforcements and Neo got out of there after the mirror exposed him to the Analyst, and the biggest kicker ever, Trinity. Neo had returned, albeit after some personal deliberation with what the fuck just happened during his time as Mr. Anderson.
Agent Smith was reborn as Anderson's boss when it comes to the game company, and had dealt with a similar tension with him like his previous life. That is, until it really popped the cork when he saw the results of the Morpheus Program's visit with Anderson. His memories unlocked and the tension from his last battle flared as he went to Deagle his ass into oblivion. Since then, he's had time to think, and became a free agent that did his own thing. During the final battle before the mass swarm, his existence as an advanced Agent allowed him to go through with his decision to cap the Analyst (or what seems to be a puppet of him) without having to worry about the once exclusive bullet time he had. Ultimately, it was his own free will that paved the way for the two lovebirds and Bugs's crew to end it once and for all, even as he was once commanded by Destiny.
Edit: FRICK, forgot about Trinity.
Trinity was reborn as "Tiffany", handling a family of 2 to 3 children (couldn't see exactly), and she meets with Anderson for the first time since her resurrection, after Anderson's friend wingmanned him into the conversation. She mentions how "Trinity", her real self, was her favorite character in Anderson's game, a strong solo that can work out her own problems and look badass doing so. After the convo, she disappears for a bit of the movie, but returns when she's found at her garage working on motorcycles by Neo, and it's clear something's been on her mind. After the Analyst absolutely TEASES Neo with his improved bullet time and JoJo levels of time reversal, he made the crucial mistake of letting that slowed down bullet from one of his swarmers fly too close before flicking it off course. Trinity tells Neo not to call her "Trinity" right now, and her face tells you something clicked. She joins the final battle, having decided to fight for her freedom, getting hit with the bypass that allowed her to reignite her old strength, certainly disliking the Analyst's manipulation of her using children for one.
This combination of arcs had made me realize: free will, karma and Destiny are not one and the same but intertwined. Those who know what needs to be done can answer the call and be guided to each other, to make a force to be reckoned with. You could also choose to do your own thing, and karma participates in the lives of those who strike out on their own. Destiny isn't exactly set in stone though, since the Morpheus Program chose to add a bit of flavor to Neo's reintroduction to the Matrix and has an overall more amiable nature than his human ancestor for two.
What was key the second time is he turns around and Trinity is being projected on the Wall next to him, so it is the sight of Trinity that gets him over the line in accepting the new Red Pill
Smith and Anderson was business partners as ironic as it is and Trinity never fought for her own freedom before, she was found and freed by Morpheus because of her excellent hacking skills. Morpheus was the captain of the Nebu and Niobe was the captain of Logos.
@@charisma-hornum-fries Thanks for the reminders. It's been too long.
I mean, yes, the themes are noticeable. But it was mostly a poorly made film from lacklustre fight scenes to a load of contrivances that take them from point a to point b, like "oh we couldnt get Trinity out because we could only do you and we can't sneak in the same way as before" and then they just sneak in again using magnet ball Morpheus.
I really only cared about the lore, like what the humans and machines did after the war.
Well, they are pointing that out to you, regarding the lore/aftermath.
They showed how they are now growing foods, with the help of machines. A lot had changed. The Tech is better, their quality of life has improved, and they aren't hiding from every single robot they run into.
And, if you rewatch it, it explains why they can't do it at THAT time. They found him only, and didn't want to lose him while out "fishing." So, they did what they could on a moments notice. It's not that they couldn't get anyone else out, it was they couldn't get anyone else out right then. And once Neo was out and they gathered more help, then it could be done.
My regret is that they didn't go backward in time, and give us a live action of the anime versions a little. That would've been sweet. Being that robots can technically live forever, some robots would've never been deleted, and would've witnessed the whole process.
Besides, they didn't end the whole series. This is the beginning. For the entire series to end, the cloud above has to be eliminated in real life first. Once that happens, robots could go back to harnessing solar instead.
Why is agent smith in the movie when he was what neo destroyed in order to make peace with the machines and reset the matrix? Because he was a cool character and Lana has no ideas. Why is Trinity back for the love of all loves with no chemistry? Because Lana has no ideas. And on and on.
@@aguyfromnothere well they've said he's he's his opposite so I assume he exists because Neo exists.
@@aguyfromnothere They were inside the matrix, inside the matrix. As far as I am concerned, they were not in the traditional matrix, but a sub-version of it, created just for them (ala wandavision). Even the green tint was turned off. They only kept neo and trinity around as a better power source, according to Doogie, and that allowed for smith to be back (but had his memory wiped and altered). Proving machines can also be mentally manipulated as well as humans.
And, agent smith was in it because he was never destroyed, only changed, like the oracle. If neo exists, ..so does smith, somehow. They are "ying and yang" within the matrix. The 0 and the 1. Binary codes. Can't have one without the other.
I question other things myself though, like:
Who is the movies true antagonist? We were given Doogie Howser as the villain, but he's not the end-all-be-all of the robot armies.
And:
Humans will always be hunted down, at least until they find a way to drop the "shield" around the earth that caused the whole matrix mess in the first place, so why was that not talked about within this movie?
This is an unfinished product, and I'll reserve judgement until they finish this series (if they do).
After all, if we all went and watched the original Star Wars and said, "wtf.. Ben suicides, and luke runs..why tf did you even train? This is stupid!," we would've robbed ourselves of one of the greatest trilogies ever made.
There were already some hints in the trilogy against the binary theme. In the first movie, even if the red pills are fighting the machines, they still use programs. In Zion, people rely on machines to survive and at the very end of the trilogy, Neo doesn’t fight the machines but Smith with the help of the machines.
Résurrections go way further proving that the war is not the answer. No more sides, no more binary choices, no more pills (as Trinity doesn’t need a red pill to awake this time).
Great analysis.
First analysis to get it. 💜👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Integration beyond Binaries. Which is why the whole film has a messier, muddier aesthetic in contrast to the slick clean look of the trilogy. Look for the dirt under everyone's fingernails...
I always love the time and thought you put into your work. Thank you for your dedication.
Thx Michael
Awesome video with awesome explanation of the ideas and themes within, thank you.
THANKS!! THIS VIDEO WAS A HUGE GEM! I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL
Fun Fact: When two forces work in Tandem to impose their will about the same point, it is referred to in Mathematics as a Couple. Here Neo and Trinity are a Couple, in every sense of the word.
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WOWWWW HOW FUCKING PROFOUNDDDD.
News flash... that wasn't at all some kind of earth shattering comment...and the movie was absolute garbage.
Sooo...you're saying the movie actually has a conservative message?
That really was a fun fact and I loved it. I don't know why this George K guy is so butthurt but thanks for the contribution. Would love to read more fun facts like this one.
Determinism doesn't undo free will, just because your choices are final, doesn't mean you didn't make that choice, they aren't mutually exclusive
Aren't they?
@@P07H34D no
I will say that Free Will vs Determinism is not the actual conflict but rather Free Will vs Fate. Determinism is the actual resolution of the two opposing frameworks.
Thank you!
Determinism should have been the main point of this. If it would have actually continued the original concepts and history from the original series, then the Merovingian would have been the logical way to go.
The problem that I have with the movie is that it takes the final unanswered question and throws it in the dumpster, literally.
It's bad writing pure and simple.
The problem I continue to have with Resurrections is it plainly isn't trying hard enough to convince me that its message is superior to the originals. Or rather, that it doesn't have to. The free will vs. determinism tenets are elemental, and reach people on an existential level. And it executed them precisely enough for its concepts to reach beyond the borders of the film. Anything portrayed, and peddled in this film can still be reduced to "do I have free will, or not?" and so you're sitting wondering, "ok cool, but am I learning anything I didn't already know from this??" And worse, it's executing them riddled with amateur storytelling flaws that leaves me not caring an ounce about the movie AND the message.
while the second part of your comment I agree with, I take issue with starting at "it doesnt try hard enough to convince me that the message is superior to the originals." why does it have to? as a musician, do i have to work hard with every album to convince the listener that the messages are superior to my last work? no, art is made for arts sake, and doesnt have to do anything it doesnt want to do. But as I said, I agree that theres some plot issues and stuff anyway I just took some issue with that first line of the post.
Since the release, and after watching it, I feel like people are generally going overboard about it.
1. The first matrix was nearly a 100% perfect movie. It's like saying there's a better Terminator movie than Terminator 2, or, there's a better Tremors movie without Keven Bacon in it.. Can't happen, you see? If you were expecting a movie of that caliber, I would suspect you set yourself up, rather than the movie letting you down. Your expectations were too high already, before you ever watched.
2. They are doing a SET of movies again, so this is basically the first chapter. That's like watching jurrassic park, and then turning it off the second the first dino shows up on screen. You obviously aren't watching the whole show.
3. People were ticked about Morphieus being a different person, but those mostly are the same people that had a big problem with the Oracle being cast-switched and replaced. As if an AI, in a simulation, cannot change their appearance ..at will? c'mon. Who knows? ..Since it was supposed to be another series, whom is to say the OG morphieus, and others, aren't coming back in some form, and THAT is why they couldn't bring him back in this movie yet?
4. To sell a movie about PCs, at the start of the digital age, is much easier to sell, than a movie about the digital age in a society that has progressed INTO the digital age already. Computers used to be an interesting thing back then, a new knowledge. Now, It's an everyday item or process. Should I try to sell you a rotary phone? Do you even KNOW what that is?? See.. Tough sell. That was once new technology as well.
5. People also overlook how this movie HAD to connect the characters and time to the audience because of the amount of RL time that has past since the last movie. There are teens out there that have no clue what the matrix is. I mean, they still had floppy disks in the OG version...
This was a solid "B" movie to me. To expect them to explain away the entire matrix within ONE movie would be impossible from the get-go, and I actually liked that I didn't quite understand (and still don't) some points in the story going forward.
@@inzane1260 Just because you can doesn't mean you should. The movie is literally pointless, because it's predecessor achieved completion of the franchise themes. They could have put there energy anywhere else. Another hit-and-miss sci-fi space fantasy perhaps that people can actually table without regret of its existence.
@@inzane1260 Ok, now provide something that's actually useful to the conversation. You're missing the point.
This film was the Matrix Resurrections. NEO and Trinity were resurrected. The Matrix was resurrected by the Analyst. Zion was resurrected into Io. The Machines changed in a similar manner and fought amongst themselves, which is notable since civil wars often follow revolutions. Some people like resurrections, if it's Jesus or Lazarus, but don't like it if it's Dracula, zombies, or Pet Sematary. Things change, people change, technologies change, matrices change. Maybe some people go to church three times and have all their questions answered. But spend their whole life looking for answers. Some, like myself, die and are resurrected by doctors and continue that search for answers with new insight.
This movie is basically a creative pilot showing investors that they should invest in making more movies. That's why it's so confusing. I think they should make a really good TV show.
Like Sense8?
Most likely.
Along with a game. Metaverse. Stuff ..
I loved the film and I’m glad I’m not alone lol
Thank you for this. I enjoy hearing your perspective.
Solid. Simplicity is complex and hard to grasp for most. You have spoken truth to power. 🌟
Wow, loved it, thanks for the video which helped me understand what's going on in the film better, and thanks for not falling into the idea that the movie is explicitly pro- or anti- some real world political position (not a binary) but rather emphasizing the importance of all parts in systems contributing to a whole
Maybe if the analyst had a backup, like neo and trinity's child? Or explained that the loss of power would cause a new civil war. Something, anything to look forward too would have improved the chances of a new trilogy. Also they didn't really explain the loss of the Oracle, maybe she's in another modal hidden from the analyst. The analyst didn't even tell us what happened to the architect, not in any real detail. Also agent Smith, is he more sympathetic to neo? Why? There was so much there, even a first year film student could have done better, what a wasted opportunity!
"they didn't really explain the loss of the Oracle"
She was purged.
@@burndead why was she purged?
@@zero1188 If I have to guess, probably she has done her part and as a program is no longer needed.
As for why Smith was more sympathetic to Neo, I would assume because he was put under the same type of mind control that Neo and Trinity was.
It was as much an eye opener for him as for Neo when he realized he was still trapped inside the Matrix.
He seemed genuinely pissed at the analyst.
Great video. I didn’t notice the inverted pentagram on the apple when put in front of the bullet by the Analyst until now. 11:00 It’s more implied as you don’t see the full shape, but I doubt it is a coincidence.
The best review I've found so far.
I wanna know how humans made so many candles. They're either petroleum based, beeswax or fat based. Are they making candles out of "flushed" people?
LMAO I thought the same thing while rewatching the first one
Thanks for making this film bearable. I felt it had many good ideas but it kept picking them up and throwing them away just as fast. As much interesting as many of them were, I just wish they had let Matrix ended where it had ended.
Personally, I think the philosophy behind The Matrix 4 is extremely deep and all encompassing, almost to the point of it being more of a horror movie. The reality of the Matrix 4 is multidimensional, meta sci-freaksion.
I Was going to like your comment then I did see the 4. Yes inddeed the matrix 1 was deep, that's why we have 4.
As much as Fast and f 1 was good, and fast and furious 11 the return of Optimus "toreto" prime, the race for the galaxy is shitz
@@christiangonzalez6945 This movie is meant to be eaten like a jawbreaker, not cotton candy.
I liked this movie all the way through and really enjoyed all the concepts that were revisited and introduced in this addition. I loved the new Matrix, I loved the Analyst, new Morpheus, IO and the concept of Trinity and Neo together being the One with Smith and the Analyst being the catalysts the eventually drove them even closer together.
Yeah I was disappointed with the second half, which was a bit of a shame, I was hoping for something deeper but I guess the whole "second chance" schtick will have to do as far as messages go
"The prophecy was a lie, Morpheus. I'm not The One."
-Neo (Revolutions)
Yayyyyy love this movie and videos on it lol especially philosophy videos lol. Love videos on all of them philosophy and meaning and matrix explained. Awesome channel lol. Every day always something lol.
This! All of THIS!
Nature vs Nurture, Red Pill vs Blue Pill, Choice vs Destiny, Us vs Them. This is the message I got throughout the movie. Everytime there was a example duality posed onscreen, it led into something greater. For example; Morpheus' code in Agent Smith's role led to a more colorful, vibrant, flamboyant Morpheus that was more comfortable in his own skin and his role in life. Neo vs Agent Smith led to a, albeit temporary, truce to take out a bigger threat. Even the Man vs Woman dynamic turned out to be better when the two became one.
But your perspective isn't what everyone else perceived. That's great you got that message but saying most people misunderstood the movie is just ignorant as hell. I've watched this film 5 times trying to find some meaning and all I got was 2 1/2 hours of Lana Wachowski screaming at me how she didn't want to make this movie.
This video is obviously well thought out, but unfortunately I can’t help but feel more confused now than I did before watching this. I give up. Just the first 3 for me, thank you. Took me long enough to wrap my head around those films. Lol.
Damn, so close. You almost had it. Lana primarily screwed in thinking the binary Neo and Trinity. It has always been Neo and Smith.
Without Smith, Neo couldn't have made that Gambit and struck that bargain. Smith made the great changes Neo was supposed to do to the Matrix. Changing it around him, controlling it. Even their powers are mirror to each other until the very last fight of the 3rd film. Neo being one man, and Smith being many. Neo flying and Smith being ground bound. Smith still using guns and Neo stopping bullets.
Youre even closer. It WAS Neo and Smith, when Neo needed opposition in order to fullfill the Prime Program - which is no longer the case now that the truce has been struck ( any can leave the Matrix that wish to...so of course the Machines found ways around that) Its the fullfillment of Dharma - Neo goes from Saviour/Destructor vis-a-vis his polorisation with Smith, to Saviour/Creator with the union with his other half. Check back through the movies, its always been Neo and Trinity affecting each other - She resurrects him with a kiss in the first movie, ad he her in the second......the 4th installment is pretty clear on their "Oneness"...Neo's carrier signal wouldnt reactivate until the Machines revived Trinity for example.
@@ehranndealg4841 She resurrects him, but he had to be killed first. By Smith. Smith was changing along side Neo. He was even doing things other Agents weren't in the first movie.
Maybe it's not a binary, but a trinity.
@@bannedmann4469 Exactly! Much like the allegory given concerning Hindu cosmology - The trimurti collapses the three gods into a single form with three faces. Each god is in charge of one aspect of creation, with Brahma as creator,(Trinity, as she is the only one depicted to actually Create) Vishnu as preserver ( Neo, as his primary role is the gathering of the 1% that reject the Matrix inherantly, thus preserving the coding itself), and Shiva as destroyer ( Smith, destruction to pave way for rebirth).
@@jakeaurod Yes, and no. A trinity much like both Christian and Hindu cosmology ( Father, Son and Holy Spirit and the Trimurti of Brahman, Vishnu and Shiva) Three faces of one God - so, eseentially and semantically, we're both correct lol
You gave me a lot more to think about, thanks!
Very well constructed discourse. Thumbs up!
The fact that the movie isn't explicitly or exclusively stating things is not an argument as to intent of the imagery. The original trilogy can be interpreted in a vast slew of ways to be speaking about government control, societal norms, technology, self-imposed limitations and so many other things, but that doesn't inherently mean there isn't an intended message. Frankly the strength of the trilogy was that it wasn't pushing any given set of ideas particularly hard, it was mostly just asking questions. This is where Resurrections differs - this film repeatedly tells you what to think, rather than asking questions. It punches you in the face constantly with "the message" instead of inviting you to look at something in a different way. It is overbearing, boorish and incredibly self-righteous. The pill concept is worn out so heavily by just this one film - it was present in a single scene of the original film, and becomes this grotesque symbol of making "the right choice". What you attribute to the fans of creating a massive symbol out of the red pill from the original film is done ten times over by this Resurrections.
The movie is not creative - it doesn't ask me anything important. I legitimately would rather watch The Last Jedi than this movie, because at least there an effort was made to try something new, regardless of how poorly executed it was. Resurrections has nothing to offer you, which is why it routinely calls back to the trilogy, and brings up loads of characters for absolutely no reason. It hammers on the points of nostalgia because there is nothing new in the film. Even the action scenes are incredibly droll. At no point during this movie did I feel compelled to continue watching for anything other than morbid curiosity, the same thing that made me painstakingly trudge through the last four seasons of Lost. And at the end of Resurrections, I felt pretty much the same as at the end of Lost - like I had just spend a lot of time to basically have someone use a lot of words to tell me absolutely nothing. It's all around a bad film, and largely because of the fact that it actually has nothing new to say.
Everyone knows deep down that they enjoyed resurrections
@Kontael86
The original trilogy was censored because a bunch of fragile assholes couldn't handle a trans metaphor.
And yes, it asked a lot of questions. Did you see the answer a good portion of the audience came back with? They turned the redpill into a metaphor for joining alt-right hate groups - and that's been a top search result for the image, for over a decade now. That interpretation needed to be challenged.
So don't pretend the sequel isn't doing anything important.
Whether you approve of that work, is another matter entirely. But judging by the over the top hatred coming from everyone the movie intended to flip off?
It didn't say nothing. You just didn't listen. You gave a surface appraisal to a flawed film.
Try to be a bit less shallow...if you're able.
@@juststatedtheobvious9633 Judging from your interpretation, you're exactly the kind of person this film was made for. It's not hard to listen to a film that's screaming it's message at you, but generally speaking when someone is screaming at you, they aren't saying much. You're the kind of person who thinks modern art says things, and that other people just don't "get it."
Also the rhetorical "alt-right" talking point is very telling. Before the term "alt-right" even became popularized, the red pill was used for far more things, like waking up to government overreach, consumerism manipulation, flawed relationship concepts and much more. In the 90s when this movie came out, "alt-right" wasn't a thing. So maybe it's you who should be a bit less shallow, and rewatch the original films to encourage some more critical thinking rather than rhetorical regurgitation.
@@leeroy14r60 Everyone knows deep down that it was terrible. They got the Merovingian out here looking like Andy from the Office when he was the Grinch, and robo pokemon that "prefer to be called synthients".
@@Kontael86
Kid -
I never said the Matrix was linked to the alt-right by the creators or anyone with half a brain. (Unless they were a dark triad mess, offering their favorite hates as social analysis.)
Try again, but without inserting your narrative down my throat.
Neo became the One when Trinity kissed him. This was the story line the whole time. 'The One' was binary. So this is the first time the true power of the One is reached. This explains why the Analyst wanted to stop them. Also explains why Smith helped them because he hated the Analyst more than Neo and this would mess him up, maybe get him exiled. Smith was after the Analyst the whole time but one way to get him would be to kill Neo.
👏👏👏 you get it too.
But why even bring the Smith program back, why take the risk of him taking control qgain, Smith wants freedom just as much as the humans he wants a freedom from his own programing he is probably the machine that understands humanity the most and hates him self and the whole thing for it
This can be also claimed as FALSE, since in the OG Matrix Film, it IS even MORE plausible to say that Neo and SMITH are "the one", since He *triggers* Neo in the Same ways as Trinity does, but through opposite Feelings( despair VS Hope, HateVS LOVE)!
@@JAGtheTrekkieGEMINI1701 no cause that was the whole reason some was in the new matrix
@@kamenrideraquarius No, Only cause "NEW" Matrix tells that does Not mean it was *ALWAYS* meant to be that way. Ever heard of *retconninng!?*
It’s about waking up and knowing not choosing what you are going to do because there is no choice you know exactly what you have to do
One of the first vids I've seen to actually dig into the themes of the movie instead of just saying it is good or bad.
I appreciate your video. It was more balanced than others that come across as condescending.
But I don't think people who dislike the film don't understand it. We simply didn't like it. It happens. I liked the ideas but they were poorly executed. To each one's own though. It is great to see different takes on the subject. :)
Yeah im getting sequel trilogy vibes from a lot of these people. The film is garbage because the film is garbage, there's no hidden message.
@@CrowBag Last Jedi was the only decent film in the sequel trilogy. This Matrix is amazing
Yeah, the philosophy behind it isn't too terribly hard to understand, it's just so cynical. It's almost like the director didn't want to make the movie and was lambasting the audience in the video game making montage saying "all they want is bullet time and fighting" then it turns around and does just that. It almost felt insulting in a way. Playing it off that it's the fan's fault that this movie is a convoluted mess and not just a lazy director? I guess it never had to happen or be made so then, just don't? If you were forced to by industry pressure then don't take it out on your audience. idk
@@davidcrandall5794 The Wachowski's are hypocrites. Check Will Smith's video where he describes how the Wachowski's pitched him the matrix idea and he turned them down before they cast Keanu . They were all enthusiastic about groundbreaking bullet time 360 camera tech, super jumps with mid air slow time etc.. and now that the original trilogy has become an all time classic, they're suddenly above "superficial action scenes" and more into deeper stuff only.
My problem with the red pill comment was that its wasn't just a ring wing political idea it was an pop culture reference to the truth or seeing the world as it is . ( it was social as well as political the writers didn't understand that and took it as some sort of perversion of the original movie which it wasn't) it could have been applied to a variety of subjects. And they made a variety of other comments about the original movie that were bs .
Using the film terms to be right wing and transphobic is still going against the core themes of the movie as finding your identity
@@kamenrideraquarius true
I agree with most of this theory but I think Lana failed by only focusing on that one message (and solely Neo and Trinity) without progressing in the storyline of the war between humans and machines (and hence the existence of the Matrix) whatsoever
the interpretation of the fans pushing the philosophy of the movie as their political means is pretty deep though. it's haunting because it shows that the industry of culture can turn even the deep philosophy of matrix something shallow and not enlighting at all. If you are so sure of pushing your view of the redpill so specific towards anywhere at all in this film or it's symbolism, maybe you already failed. i felt a really Jacques Lacan vibes on the philosophy of this movie in many layers, from this critique of culture i just said to the focus of the analyst in the way his system works: the more you determine and try to reach deep into the object of your desire, the more you paradoxically miss it. and it's beautiful how the movie brings love as the solution since the power comes stronger when you don't reach that deep, but keep it into a distance. At first the unreachable aspect of the distance comes tragically, but soon it resolves by the understanding that the love that fulfill the necessities is fundamentally that distance, for it is a relation rather than an object.
I loved it I think there is an unreasonable expectation to top Matrix 1 which shook the genre, the industry, our culture & even zeitgeist. It introduced new technologies & “bullet time.” It was groundbreaking. This is just an amazing evolution built on a strong foundation. If you look what Lana molded from the framework she built, I think you gain greater appreciation of it.
*NOTE* *SPOILERS AHEAD*
Everyone is distracted by the self-referential self-deprecation & meta-textual things. There is a lot of nuance & complexity below the surface. It was like a heist film breaking Trinity out. How can you not be emotional about the revival of Neo Same here I thought the movie was great Everyone is being distracted by the self-referential stuff, self-deprecation & meta-textual things. There is far more nuance & complexity below the surface. Also, I thought the beginning was a bit slow though compressed while the second part was the strength. It was like a heist film breaking Trinity out.
How can you not be emotional about the revival of Neo & Trinity & Trinity & then being enslaved again & reinserted into the Matrix? They sacrificed & suffered…again. So it was poetic that while they were imprisoned in their own minds again with their memories weaponized against them that it was their sub-conscious & memories that helped them break themselves back out. I thought it was moving to see Neo understand his reality was amiss again & the analyst used every manipulation to keep him under for a long time. Then he triumphed but was met with dread & joy when he sees that, yes, Trinity is alive but she is enslaved again too.
Will it still be Trinity? I love that part where the Analyst renegs on their deal & stops time. I believe Deja-Vu is his control program. Then Smith imprints on the barista & helps them. Lexy’s scream & the music get you amped & it becomes emotional as we see Neo, Trinity & everyone else fight so Neo & Trinity can reunite. The movie touches on choice, fate, faith, etc here again too It was rich in existential & metaphysical themes again. So after Neo is able to get to Trinity with the help of everyone, I thought it was pure emotion. It’s a love story at its core but it is so much more. It is still a Matrix film that provokes philosophical debate with a love story core with a heist aspect to it & plenty of action & fight scenes. I think everyone was expecting Lana to top Matrix 1 so how. In fact I thought it was a brilliant continuation of the trilogy in that she stayed true to the universe & lore of the trilogy & expanded on Matrix 1 in a sort of retelling but built upon it, if you will. She added new complexities, themes & ideas. It’s like trying to compare Hugo Weaving’s Smith to Johnathan Groff’s Smith. Weaving was legendary & made Smith a hallmark charcter in cinema history. There is no replacing or overwriting what he did. Groff did a wonderful job. His Smith is more suave & egotistical. Just like the analysts & architect are different. I like Groff’s smug arrogance he exudes in Smith. Don’t compare them. Let them stand alone as separate but related works. Enjoy it for its own sake. I think a second viewing helps & history will be a lot kinder to it.
@@keyserjosaid321 Which part did you love the most? The terrible bullet time made for TV CGI? The bland acting? The lazy dialogue? The lack of deeper meaning?
You probably liked it because it spent half the movie repeating scenes and literally showing scenes from the OG film. It can't stand on it's own and will be a long forgotten rebootquel.
This dude was PAID to write this!! This a junk defender and trash collection hoarder!! This was a trash and poorly written movie; This is worse than Dragonball Evolution!
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Great write up. Loved it. It was exactly what I was hoping it would be
No it was full of over powered women that did unexplainable things like sati knowing how to physically transfer trinity to bugs and all that non sense with no explanation as to how she knows all thos stuff or how bugs even found Neos modal lol this movie was trash and I was the biggest matrix fan before this feminist propaganda they just gave us
@@cashisclear overpowered men = good
Overpowered women = feminist propaganda.
If you were called sexist or misogynist, I'm certain you'd respond in indignance. Yet here you are..
The message is good. The script is awwwwwful😹. A characters response is literally "Ok" or "cool"
"Woah"
- 1999
@@departmentofchoons that was tongue in cheek, great writing. in 4 its used as filler in the script
takes alot of brains to understand the fourth matrix most people are to caught up in Facebook and Instagram understand the psychology of it all
Best video exploring the deeper evolving complex behind the Matrix.
I've not seen it yet but I watch a film as a film and I'm one of the folks who enjoyed the Matrix sequels so I don't see why I won't enjoy this one either; from what I saw in the trailers, I'm hyped. It's just been hard to try and see at the cinema with Christmas at work.
The trailers are amazing. The movie, on the other hand, is not. Even with attempts such as this to extract something useful out of a flaming pile of dog shit.
Go with the lower expectations imaginable and perhaps may be able to enjoy something, possibly. Like some more runtime for our favorite characters (well, two characters).
@@Outworlder Thanks for the tip but I never go into film or games with expectations even low ones. Because I see how much it ruins everyone else's experience. I just go and watch a movie.
Great video and a great breakdown. I’m a huge fan of the movie but I do have to say that I disagree that the film takes a nosedive in the second half. I actually think that’s the strongest part of the movie. The film doesn’t take too many “hard stances” I agree with you there. But I do think it’s just as valuable when The Matrix movies allow themselves those moments to just be futuristic, sci-fi robot fight movies as it is when they explore the deeper meanings of choice, purpose, and repetition.
Same here I thought the movie was great Everyone is being distracted by the self-referential stuff, self-deprecation & meta-textual things. There is far more nuance & complexity below the surface. Also, I thought the beginning was a bit slow though compressed while the second part was the strength. It was like a heist film breaking Trinity out. How can you not be emotional about the revival of Neo & Trinity & then being enslaved again & reinserted into the Matrix? They sacrificed & suffered…again. So it was poetic that while they were imprisoned in their own minds again with their memories weaponized against them that it was their sub-conscious & memories that helped them break them back out. I thought it was moving to see Neo understand his reality was amiss again & the analyst used every manipulation to keep him under for a long time. Then he triumphed but was met with dread & joy when he sees that, yes, Trinity is alive but she is enslaved again too. Will it still be Trinity? It touches on choice, fate, faith, etc here again too It was rich in existential & metaphysical themes again. So after Neo is able to get to Trinity with the help of everyone, I thought it was emotion. It’s a love story at its core but it is so much more. It is still a Matrix film that provokes philosophical debate with a love story core with a heist aspect to it & plenty of action & fight scenes. I think everyone was expecting Lana to top Matrix 1 so how. In fact I thought it was a brilliant continuation of the trilogy in that she stayed true to the universe & lore of the trilogy & expanded on Matrix 1 in a sort of retelling but built upon it, if you will.
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My question, if we as sentient beings have 'souls', how did the machines put Neo and Trinity's soul back in their bodies?
I really appreciate this video. I have a lot of trouble articulating my thought and that makes it hard for even me to fully understand what I'm thinking. So without this, I couldn't have explained things so well. I just keep repeating "same" or "indifferent" and making alien hands.
Well said. Smith was right, it's all about Purpose and the Inevitable. He understood he needs Neo as much as Neo needs him, humans n machines need each other - to be One
Yeah, begging the question why are Neo and Trinity represented as the Binary?
@@bannedmann4469 Good question. One 'matrix philosophy' of mine - notice how Neo and Trinity were always connected by love, their entire existence is based on love - also their power, as explained by therapist. Trinity has a maternal figure in this Matrix, rather controlled by her maternal nature. Lamely speaking, Triniy, fueled by love, would have naturally yearned for a family with Neo. The matrix tried to steal her longing for Neo by giving her a fake family, a lie. She knew something wasn't right. Now they know the truth, they have a second chance - to start a family. Masculine n feminine uniting be be one
You got it! I am so glad to hear what I have been saying for so long from someone else... or shall I say, from me over there, or you hearing yourself from over here. Behind all the separation of things is All Is 1. All Things are 1 Thing and 1 Thing Is All Things. This is the Holy Grail. This Is the next level of consciousness. This is what 2020 and beyond is all about. The next level for humanity is not a physical one. It is a conscious one. Reality itself is not what will change. Instead, it is how we see reality that is about to change. The Unknown is becoming known. We are beginning to see The UnSeen. We are beginning to see past separation and see the Unity of things behind it all. We are becoming conscious of our unconscious content. What Freud and C. G. Yung were trying to say but couldn't quite because they were before their time... before the Information Age. In their time and in mine, we had to physically go to a physical structure like a library to find something out. Now, we can learn anything at the push of a button... no, not even that anymore. At the speak of a word. We are finally arriving at a point in technology where we can advance and enhance in the moment and in an instant. Because of this, we are becoming aware of what has always been, is and always will be... All Is 1. Whohoo! What an awesome time this is!
Dataism?
thank for this explanation, I really enjoyed the metaphysical aspect of this film. Strongly recommend cause of story
The story is absolutely amazing, sadly i can't say the same for the script, it's kinda like watching The Phantom Menace or Attack of The Clones again.
it doesnt "beg the question", dawg. it raises the question. "begging the question" is something different (a type of logical fallacy)
The thing is you don’t have to understand all deep aspects of a movie to like it. It has to be good from the surface and even better when going in deep. It’s like « The Big Short ». You don’t have to understand all the complicated economics but the movie is still enjoyable as a first view.
And I didn’t hate the new characters but not having Everyone back was a mistake
Honestly for me the new characters were the saving grace of the movie, Neo and Trinity were kinda boring to watch, once Neo got out of the Matrix! They were so low energy, and felt so old and slow and thus boring compared to the new cast, that it sucked the life out of the movie!
I remember that Mr. Smith actor was occupied with another job
And Morpheus actor also didn’t have time…
So maybe that’s one of the reasons why they made a new direction …
The new characters were entirely forgettable. I thought feminism graduate student was going to be the new protagonist and she was interesting but then disappears in the middle of the movie. They were totally forgettable. I still remember "Not like this..." These people who are they? Who cares.
@@aguyfromnothere The matrix movies are documentations where they work with simple symbolik to explain the complex situation between free will and determinism.
Many people are seeing the movies only as "normal" blockbusters and thus think they are bad movies who happen to be very entertaining. But this view of the topic trimms the spiritual openness of the conscious viewer who thus fails to connect the dots that are obviously thown out in the movie by the Wachowskis.
When you find characters like Bux forgettable then you are not interested in the reason why the used a character like her.
(She is the representation of the Bunny whom Neo must follow to come out of the matrix and she is also helping morpheus to wake up.
She is a modern take on the bunny symbol from alice in wonderland.)
(The new morpheus shows the development of the unity consciousness ... because he is now a program ... but is also a direktlink to the old Smith program. Just so Neo can reconnect with his power in a new way ...).
The movie fokuses on a completely other topic than all the other movies before ... but if you wish for some topic that YOU want to see then you are not open for what the movie wants to tell you. And that´s the same with every other movie.
All of these movies have been about the same thing. When it comes to politics it's just our silliness that insert one of our "two" teams. We can never wake up to the truth because we can't even contemplate it let alone except it.
You’re telling me they still stuck with the stupid battery explanation?
Great analysis. Brought to clarity each of the elements that I saw. She defefinitely hammered away at the non-binary argument. I do think that Agent Smith mattered to the argument as well in that as a "free agent" he intervened in support of either side he wanted (I think that was kind of begun in the third Matrix film).
Both halves of the film work for me at different levels. The "nose dive" is actual action mingled with the philosophical. Matrix has always straddled between action and philosophical. It's a tough line to walk, as some people just want the action, and some people want the philosophical explored more indepthly. Action takes away from how deep the philosophical can be explored. Focus on philosophy limits how much action can be packed in (and the type of action).
I just realized that the Matrix could be a movie adaptation of the book The Giver in it's most humblest form.
Awesome Analysis, thanks for that,
It would appear that Trinity and Neo are now collectively 'The One,' perhaps mirroring Lana's own transition, as some muse, but something is still missing. We can't see it, yet, but it's there, like a splinter in our minds. Reloaded and Revolutions showed us entirely new layers to the larger world that was The Matrix (original). Clearly, Resurrections was designed to do the same, but what if the entire film was not as it appeared? Might Lana have placed us all in a Matrix within a Matrix in Resurrections, to dream Neo's dream, ending as it began, like a dream? Because it was. Perhaps it's not that "Tom" created the Matrix films and a popular video game called The Matrix, as Resurrections wants to show us - it's that his newly revealed "real life" is a dream program still running within the Architect's "measure of control," and overseen by the Analyst, who very well might be the Architect himself playing the role of Tom's analyst within the Modal. This would mean Trinity is still dead, and Tiffany/Trinity is nothing but a "resurrected" NPC within the Modal, giving Neo purpose, but an empty one. Perhaps the Machines are testing out various Modals to see which version could never be escaped by anyone, including Neo, with the Architect still attempting to create the perfect Matrix overall, as it were. The line in Resurrections where Neo says, "I've had dreams that weren't just dreams," as well as what the Analyst tells him about his current "reality" are strong clues.
This would explain the strangely disjointed, campy, dream-like theme to Resurrections itself. The entire film is not a prequel, but a computer-generated dream (that we each experienced) designed to expose the Anomaly's weaknesses so that all future "One's" would never expose the Machines own weaknesses, as Neo did. The Machine's knowing Trinity was a strong factor in Neo's power, would of course seemingly "resurrect" her to test Neo's abilities, hence the film's name. The Machines would be in need of an answer as to how Neo manifested in power to the point he did, if only to prevent another Anomaly from ever challenging the Machines to the extent he did. I heard there won't be a sequel, but if there were, we may find out the crushing reality that the Matrix is still a dark, cyberpunk world, where Morpheus and the Oracle still exist and are still trying to find Neo, as Neo slumbers somewhere deep within the Machine world being unwittingly experimented on by the Architect. Indeed, this sounds exactly like the thinking of a machine to me... ...
The thing is, i saw all that in the film. Problem is: it didn’t execute well.. it felt too clattered.. the fanservice is ok, just wish it wasn’t so overdone.. repeats of scenes from the previous instalments hurt the movie, narratively.. i enjoy the characters to say the least
Because this film, this time, isn't just for the old goons like us. It's also for the young ones especially those who haven't even watch Morpheus using a rotary dial phone!
This movie was great, each time I watch it I find something new in it like the jet li movie when neo was on his living room doing kung fu 🥋
great analasys of the movies themes !
I enjoyed the movie the ending is very open I don't know how everyone else feels but reminds me of the first matrix where could there be another movie and if there was who would be the villain or is it just better to leave it as is.
didn't you hear, they're making a second trilogy. it $ell$
@@nvcn86 makes sense.
It reminds me that the first Matrix was a better movie in every way.
It would have been better left alone before this movie.
@@BigTrucking yeah but it was still pretty good movie at least better than the second and third one.
Maybe they should explore more on those digital sentient instead of neo & trinity again.
From my understanding the digital sentient is just a program much like the oracle but it also capable to live in human world outside the matrix?
Most of all i was so confused how did the red pill works on digital sentient as well?
If the digital sentient is just a program, wouldn't he be easily purged in the matrix universe?
The pills don't have any effect. It's explained that they simply represent the choice that is given to humans but the colors - and the pills themselves - don't matter
@@LennyCartwright ok but how does it work on a digital sentient? I don't think they have much of a choice since they were preprogrammed.
No Matrix Sequel will *EVER* Touch the OG Matrix 1999 Film.
So I did Not expect much from Resurrections anyway as my expectations were already kinda low
Finally. Good stuff