THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS (2021) Review
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THE MATRIX: RESURRECTIONS (2021) Review
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As much as people hate on the sequels, at least the original trilogy as a whole had the same production values and aesthetics. This film has an over-reliance on shaky cam to hide a lack of choreography, along with oversaturated color grading and CGI effects that look like Speed Racer without the self-awareness. It felt more like a fan film than an actual installment to the franchise. The disconnect in how it looked and feel just made it impossible for me to believe that I was watching a movie that took place in the same world as the others.
It felt like some youtube movie enthusiasts made a full length film with a shitty camera. It just looked visually flat.
The original trilogy and older films in general looked way better than most major productions today. The set design in The Matrix trilogy is a character in itself. Have filmmakers forgotten how to make good looking films or just movies that look like movies and not a canceled tv pilot from the early 2000s.
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@@tylerdordon99 i agree....the set itself was a character where Zion was somewhat of a soul to be saved and the way they filmed how the sentinels were burrowing in was so integral to the plot as u cud feel the end closing in with little to no hope left as they pan out to Neo n Trinity approaching the Machine city, which in itself was another character
I agree the cheap look of the film was incredibly distracting, it's like they forgot how to make a movie
Yes, it looks like all those crappy movies made today. I wonder why... 😉
They should have turn Neo into an architect, tricked into being a one by being a videogame designer.. then we find out that all the previous architects are what all the previous "the ones" gonna turn out to be in the end..
Or turn him into a villain, at least that would be more interesting
Oh, interesting. The anomaly is the only one who could build the "perfect" Matrix.
Oh damn. Having Neo unwittingly work as the new Architect and being responsible for imprisoning all the humans after he gave his life to save them?
Daaaaaamn. You heare this Lana (or Lara or w/e your new name is)??? This is what creativity looks like!!!
@@AB0BA_69 All Lana cared about was transitioning the male power to the female power. Matrix 4 was basically a transgendered Matrix film both by direction and plot wise.
@@Konranjyoutai I see. I didn't realize it was that blatant in M4.
@@Konranjyoutai You're an idiot. The trans allegory was in the FIRST MATRIX MOVIE
I fell asleep an hour in. The Matrix stands alone and needed no other sequels. I won’t be finishing this.
same its far too long
But... that motorway chase though ...
I'm very disappointed to hear this. I sent you an early access release figuring you would at least watch the full version. Legal will be contacting you. As you did sign the contract.
Same here
Me too. I watched the balance 2 days later.
The problem is, if you don't find the Neo/Trinity relationship compelling, you don't really have reason to watch. I just never found them to be a strong pair.
Same, they were just a backbone to the spectacle and powerful narrative.
Yes. I mean, the only reason she loves him is because the Oracle told her that she's going to fall in love!
Yeah their relationship was never intended to be crucial to that universe… he was The One and she loved him. Now they retrofit it as their intense love affair is the core of that universe and she is also The One. Total crapola… bad writing that pisses on the established narrative
@@jredder2004 Wait, how is she also The One?? It is (or was...) a religious allegory! She was Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) and Neo would become Cyber Jesus (so the Son) this completing the Trinity.
Ayyy lmao
@@AB0BA_69 That's your interpretation, which is there to be seen but it doesn't make sense if you force everything through that lens. If you interpret the One to be two halves with masculine and feminine identities, then it's possible to enjoy the film on a different level.
I'll stick with the first 3 films. And yeah the first Matrix didn't need sequels but hey I enjoyed them. This was a waste of time. Just like Bill & Ted 3.
I do think the first one needed sequels but after the intrigue and mystery being revealed it’s impossible to continue with the same level of intrigue and mystery
Bill and Ted 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Matrix 4, bloody hell I bet Keanu can't wait until John Wick 4 surfaces. Or is that going to stink too... 😬
@@keyserjosaid321 Yeah The batman was overrated
I used to think matrix revolutions was "the bad one" but it's a god damn masterpiece next to this thing. Say what you want about matrix 2 and 3 but they at least showed incredible filmmaking, the look, set design, visual effects, choreography, sound, editing etc... are all to a very high standard, they're real cinematic experiences. Watching matrix 4 felt like watching a 2h long snl skit, it doesn't even look like a movie. I mean...what happened ?
It looks like a 2hr SNL skit because that's pretty much what it is 😘
Morpheus Resurrected
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Perfect description tbh
"Did dhe Wachowskis' balls drop off??" - Heath Joker
And yet you still have all these positive reviews on letterboxd calling it one of the most bold movies ever. Wtf did they watch?
I found it boring as all hell, it's a two-and-a-half hour long clip show of the previous movies, mixed with scenes of people talking and talking in small rooms.
How on Earth did this cost £190 million???
It looks like some horribly underdone and unecessary direct to DVD sequel compared to original trilogy and especially the first film.
It does nothing unique...doesnt even feel like Matrix style wise and lacks any of the charm og films had...as Oliver said it lacks that anime in live action vibe...it being meta doesnt help, it kind of amounts to being a bit of a shitpost that at right time could be a bit of a chuckle at best. How and why it was made....
I actually enjoyed the first hour or so and was really interested where it was going, but after they pull Neo out of the Matrix it just becomes a boring badly made action movie.
I liked it and found that morons like you are the ones that don't get films like this. This film was trying to give an end to the Matrix films and it succeeded in doing that. It didn't need any of the big action set pieces because we already seen that. This one was more focused on the character arcs and was meant to give them some resolution which this film did. Good film, and perfect, but good.
@@kyoto5 name calling is the best way to put a point across. Well done.
@@kyoto5 wholeheartedly agree.
It's almost as if this movie is a litmus test for those who can read between the lines and those who can't.
I was flabbergasted watching this, I couldn't believe they actually let anyone see it.
Lmao, it wasnt that bad.
Take one look at the Wachowski's and you'll never question any of their decision making ever again
@@Rschr101 I can't believe I paid to see this crap
@@Rschr101 Yes it really is that bad, it looks cheap and half baked. The dialog is dry and unconvincing the acting is stiff and wooden.
@@ZXSPEX I don't know they all at least looked like movies and not cheap direct to dvd specials.
I always felt that Neo/Trinity love story was something you had to sit through to get to the next action set piece.
Shoot I felt like that back in the sequels.
That's precisely why people don't like it. They just want two solid hours of Kung Fu.
How about their awkward (implied) sex scene back in M3? Sweaty Zion rave parties?
No? You mean you guys want to see kick-ass action and cool characters instead? Wow, shocker...
I think they should have gotten the machines involved with that. I'd be much more invested! LOL
@@johnmellor932 But isn't that what the original matrix is based on? Action and fighting scenes not to mention some good bullet time shots. Personally I didn't like this movie, it just felt like the meme "can I copy your homework? Sure but change some stuff so they won't notice"
The moment I saw NEO being projected on a screen screaming in the trailer, I just knew this was going to be a memberberries pile of dung.
I love how the most common question asked is "why was this made?"
I've been saying since I was in school, we are long over due an artistic and cultural renaissance. So much tripe the last 20 years.
holy shit.... you sound exactly like me. "member berries" - exactly what I was thinking. and talking about needing a new renaissance, etc.
.... wanna hang out??? 😃
Anyone making points about stagnation of culture and creativity never dug deeper than the most marketed mainstream that is just there without looking twice. Most of the creativity goes to low-to-mid budget since both of those now could be self-sustainable. Heck, directors are actively switching towards that because they try avoid being creatively bankrupt. You know that stereotypical 'who still gives them money to do that' crap that almost always gives away that people don't know how the system works? In case of, for example, M. Night Shyamalan most of his movies are pretty much self-fincanced. He mortgaged his home at least twice to make The Visit and Glass, upon which Blumhouse and Universal started giving him mid-tier budgets for production because he usually makes profit on what is very cheap. You frankly even don't need a studio to make a film and follow it up with another good film and just carry on. You need a steady niche. It's no longer an anomaly like Quentin Tarantino, it's just a way many directors choose over ever being screwed up by a studio.
Also every frigging decade has a ton of hidden gems that managed to completely fall into the cracks being overshadowed by flashy mainstream releases (sometimes also being them). You know what I've been saying since I was in school? That most good movies need finding. Heck, we're at the point of mediocrity overflow of such proportions that actually bad movies need finding, too.
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Good, because that's what you were supposed to think/ feel while watching this movie 🍻
@@mabusestestament Yeah, I just watched Red Letter Media's review on it. Apparently, it's a little more self-aware than I assumed. But.... modern society is still garbage! So there!
@@PictureProductStudio well said
I REALLY like 2 and 3. Especially Reloaded. I wanted a new Matrix movie SO BAD for 18 years. EXTREMELY disappointed with what we got. I feel like no one involved with the film took it seriously enough and it feels really disrespectful to the fans. Really felt like a half-ass attempt. The story ideas were good but there was no real urgency. No real reason to get Neo back out of the Matrix. They wanted to get him out. Just cause. He’s Neo. So……
I feel like the reason the wanted to get Neo out was to free more minds cause Niobi lost her interest in freeing minds but nothing was ever clearly enough stated.
And the almost complete lack of martial arts was TOTALLY unforgivable. The quick action cuts were terrible. Anytime an action movie does this I hate it and to get that from a Matrix movie is absolutely sad.
I want another Matrix movie. But I want one done with the proper seriousness and respect that we got with the original trilogy. Resurrections was the most disappointing movie experience of my life. Yes ever more disappointing than the Star Wars prequels. So so sad. I LOVE LOVE LOVE The Matrix franchise. Can not overstate my disappointment enough.
No memorable action sequences... forgettable villains.
Can you repeat ? Or simply It Sucked would have suffice
@@c3bhm While I found the Animatrix mixed overall, the 1st and 2nd Renaissance, Kid's Story, and Program were real highlights.
If we need to take something away from the last decade Jonathan, the 2010s really saw hollywood get super lazy with all the remakes, sequels, reimagining and soft reboots because that decade saw too many of them
My biggest issue was Neil Patrick Harris hamming it up. In story, you mean to tell me the machines picked this asshole to redesign their Matrix?
The whole movie felt like a season of a show condensed into a movie.
It would be amazing as miniseries or a video game.
When I first saw him in the trailer I thought "oh, no...."
Yeah it looks like a TV series
@@TehMorbidAtheist NPH is a cute gay dude, but his only moment of cool was saying "g*y for that p*s*y". Lmao
Neil Patrick Harris should never ever be a super villain. He doesn't look threatening at all.
Dissapointing, to say the least. Went to the movies with high expectations. I felt sad at the end. It is obvious that Lana did this without any passion and just to comply with some commercial commitment. It would be great to have a final Matrix in which humanity is freed and war against machines really finishes as opposed to a temporary peace
I think the studio plan was to create another trilogy, so they didn't want to wrap it up in one movie.
From what I've heard WB had Zak Penn (Last Action Hero, Ready Player One) writing drafts for a new series of films potentially to star Micheal B Jordan. Lana's response was because after all this time she had nostalgia, and as in the film WB are going to make a Matrix 4 with or without you.
This is far more Lana's movie than the studio's and since she didn't even really wanted to make a Matrix 4 and decided to turn it into a troll job, I think she didn't make it with the intention of following it up with two more sequels 😊
@@mabusestestament Her career hasn't been going well recently, so this seems like a bad idea to get stuff greenlit she wants to do.
It already was after Jupiter Ascending, the only reason Lana got to make this is because it's a Matrix movie and she didn't even want to make one. So nothing really changed here 😊 Lilly isn't even making movies anymore.
This movie just made me sad. It’s just like my parents used to say; I’m not mad, just disappointed
I would have greatly preferred a prequel to the matrix. Would've been the more savvy move on their part. More creative license to tell a different story.
it's called Animatrix
@@dimitreze Very clearly, they meant a live-action prequel with a new story and new characters (although an adaptation of one of the Animatrix stories might work). And they're right.
it's called AniMatrix
Oh yeah, that definitely would have been better. Pull from the anime archives and especially with today’s technology it could be done
@@jim_jim1674 You guys pulling the Animatrix card just sound like know it all nerds. Yes I’m sure he’s aware of the anime
the movie is atrociously bad
not surprising since it was made by the same person who did Jupiter Ascending
Both great movies.
@@Rschr101 …I was beginning to wonder if there could possibly exist anyone that had anything positive to say about the abominable Jupiter Ascending!
(Next challenge to self: Find someone who reckons Dana Carvey’s notoriously bad _‘Master of Disguise’_ isn’t half bad) ;)
One could assume the original movie was not written by them, they bought the idea / ghostwriters or something. Or it was just a one-hit-wonder, which is no problem at all and seems to be the most logical solution.
@@asdfasdfasdf12 Since all their movies after the first Matrix are bad, one can imagine, that this is the case. The first Matrix is too perfect to be made by the same person who made creative decisions on Jupiter Ascending. It just doesn't add up.
What Lana Wachowski was trying to do was outright stated in the film.
Warner Brothers wanted a sequel and if the Wachowski's didn't make it, WB would get someone else to..
My review - "Disappointing."
they should just do the comincs the true story in real life
I feel like the script was submitted as a joke and someone actually greenlighted this shit.
The meta aspects of the original Matrix film drew me in deeper, every single one in this film took me out.
My son was getting sick of me shouting META every 10 mins.
@@Chrisallengallery LOLZ
This movie really had no choice but to be meta. Why make another film unless it's going to comment on the fact that it's an obligatory sequel?
@@anthonymartensen3164 It definitely did that, it just didn't make it a good film.
@@Genjitsu17 I really enjoyed it.
When you describe the plot in the opening of this video, it sounds like a great movie. When I actually watch it... not so much.
What sounds great about "the guy who sacrificed his life like a Cyber Jesus is now a video game designer living in San Francisco"?
@@AB0BA_69 What sounds great about you answering every single comment there? No, really.
100%
That’s because the story was very good but the cinematography is lacking from the original series
@@AB0BA_69 Its great in the same way "the guy you thought was The One is actually the 37th iteration himself and he's gone through this multiple times before" was great. It just didn't do or go anywhere interesting with that concept
I really want to like this movie. It's clearly a labour of love. It has some incredible things to say. The first 40 minutes were the most amazing 40 minutes of film I've experienced all year.
Dune had a better film intro.
This movie was crap
This film is the worst example of digging up a finished franchise. I now appreciate 2&3.
What made it so terrible to you?
@@anthonymartensen3164 The Fact That His Brain Stopped Working Half Way Through His Sentence🤣
at least the sequels looked and felt like a matrix movies. This movie had none of that. Boring. I honestly wanted to turn it off half way through but felt I at least needed to finish it since I loved the original.
Boring is the right word for this.. How the hell do you manage to make the action in a Matrix movie boring?
@@Robocrap I didn't find it boring.
U are right the action was boring, hated the meta shit 💩💩💩 and no it wasn't being cleaver just made me more annoyed, Tone is totally off Matrix world... Such a shame.
@@mattng4707 that's the point.
Did anyone else feel like Neos group were trying really hard to look cool. More so than the original trilogy.
absolute, the original crew was just inherently cool. The new on tries so hard to look cool, modern and "swaggy" (new morpheus) which resulted in a big fat cringe feeling..
yeah but they just come across as dorks this time
Yes and that's intentional.
@@mabusestestament Was it intentional that it would LOSE 200 million dollars too?
Worse acting & script, worse VFX, worse set pieces, worse photography. $200 mil for something that looks like a Netflix original at best. Absolute waste of time and money.
Honestly, I felt that the film didn't focus enough on the Tom/Tiffany sections. Their re-connection felt very sparse and unexplored, and the action set pieces actually got in the way.
There were far too many callbacks as well. Some shots were just lifted straight from the original film, and it was all just a bit stale and bloated. Some very interesting ideas, and that's it's strong point, but it was all poorly executed, and it felt like a TV level reboot of the entire concept.
I loved this film. Brilliant. But I really enjoyed your thoughtful critiques.
Thanks for this!
There is only one The Matrix movie.
Like Starship Troopers
@@Rschr101 Starship Troopers doesn't have a fanbase that is this moronic
This is legitimately one of the funniest movies I've seen in nearly two decades. The only problem is that this isn't being marketed as a comedy.
That's part of the comedy 🍻
And I always really loved the sequels, Reloaded and Revolutions. They were both solid and good movies. They both fittingly continued the story in ways that were satisfying.
What the hell were audiences expecting that they hated them so much?
Revolutions is actually the one Matrix movie that I can watch easily, and casually just for fun at random.
Bane was a brilliant and terrifying agent Smith in the real world!!
They just wanted the first movie. Again. We're living in a dark time to be a movie fan, but now that I think about it, we kind of deserve the mediocrity we've been condemned with. We praise dogshit (The Force Awakens) and then crucify interesting, ambitious sci-fi like Matrix 2&3. We really don't deserve good cinema.
I liked when neo took off his bra and started swinging it around
They turned Agent Smith into a villian from Jersey Shore 😂😂 you cant get more Netflix than that.
I'm glad it released on HBO Max because at least it allowed me to watch from the comfort of home. I certainly would not have paid to see the movie in the theater. I can't say I was anticipating this movie. In fact I didn't even know it was being made until literally like 3 or 4 months prior to it releasing. That first trailer had me asking why it was even being made and then after seeing the movie the key word I kept thinking of was "unnecessary." If anything, this movie actually makes the 2nd and 3rd Matrix movies look better by comparison.
This movie is a prime example of when you only have a fourth of a creative team return for one of these retools. I’m not fond how there’s been a severe lack of acknowledgment to the contributions of producer Joel Silver on this series. He’s the one who took a chance on the Wachowskis for the first one. A recent interview on the 4K V for Vendetta Blu-ray had Lana Wachowski gloat too much of that film’s success and recalled how someone asked her after it premiered how she was able to convince Warners to make such a controversial movie. The answer is simply that it was a successful graphic novel by Alan Moore that had been optioned by Silver about a decade before the Wachowskis got involved with it.
lol *I was expecting Neo to wake up in a strayed jacket in a padded room at the end & at the very end the viewer would realize that NONE of the shit in The Matrix ever happened outside Neo's insanity*
I think the biggest problem with The Matrix sequels is that the original movie was so groundbreaking, influential, and well executed that ANYTHING is going to pale in comparison. I thoroughly enjoyed Resurrections except for some of the action sequences and I think it's very obvious that the production issues caused by COVID had a major impact on both the cinemtography and choreography throughout the film. Some of the action is phenomenal like when Neo and Smith fight, the pagoda scene, etc. But then other action moments fall flat. Seems like they just didn't have enough time to plan and execute big stunts, so they used quick edits and tight camera work to hide things that the previous movies would have showed.
A big issue I had that you also raised was the lack of meaningful stakes. As far as I can recall none of the primary or secondary cast dies. The prior Matrix movies pulled no punches when it came to killing off characters, but Resurections avoids killing off characters that arguably would have served the story better if they had died.
All that said, I still think Resurrections tells the most effective story since the first film and it almost felt like more of a narrative sequel to the original versus a followup to 2 and 3. The way Trinity and Neo meet and ultimately end up was incredibly emotional for me as a fan of the original film because it finally felt like a Matrix movie regarded their relationship with real gravity instead of as two sex icons on the cover of a magazine.
The only story element I wasn't so fond of was Niobe's. I liked the Zion 2.0 angle and all the new developments with the machines and humans coexisting was wonderful and a great nod to the Animatrix. But Jada Pinket Smith felt like someone acting under a layer of makeup that didn't need to be there delivering dialog we could infer through the visual storytelling. I thought it would have been way more effective to just have the various captains serve as the leaders of the new human city and have some dissent among them as to Neo's role instead of resting that burden on Niobe's shoulders.
Really I just think people are being harsh because they view the Matrix franchise as action blockbusters. That's a fair expectation given the franchise's past and it's clear they attempted and failed to deliver on that expectation. But nearly everything else about the film was a marked improvement over 2 and 3, especially when it comes to Neo and Trinity's story together. Like just think back to the rave scene or Neo yanking a bullet out of Trinity... those scenes were so superfical feeling compared to their interaction in Resurrections. To me, that's what made the whole movie worthwhile. Seeing two characters finally getting closure on a past that left us feeling robbed was great, even if some other parts of the movie didn't live up to expectations.
Because both Neo and Trinity died at the end of the trilogy, Resurrections needed to open showing more of their resurrection by the machines. Similarly, a more fleshed-out depiction of the 'Machine civil war' that happened between Revolutions and Resurrections would have added the much-needed context that the current film was so obviously lacking. Not having more of the original actors or its original darker cyberpunk feel to instead replace it with a campy atmosphere throughout, led to that feeling we're all having over what was a landmark example of film making turned corporate mess, the very thing the original film stood against. Heard there's a sequel. Maybe we’ll eventually discover the entire Resurrections film was just another one of Neo’s dreams from safe within his pod. That would explain the disjointed, dream-like campy theme to Resurrections and allow the next film to be the real Matrix outside of the modal that was created not by Neo, but the (original) Architect. 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 also mean Lana played with all our minds. It’s WE that were in the Matrix within a Matrix in Resurrections. We dreamt Neo's dream. By the next film, I fully expect Neo to wake up from that dream to again become the One he still is, and is still becoming.
You should of made the new Matrix...great idea
The first movie was Amazing...so much time and effort went into each detail and scene....Everyone around the world could relate to this movie whether they are atheist or religious.....It was dark and gritty..and..tho it was sci fi they worked hard to have a degree of realism...Tho fiction you could see how things inferred could happen in reality..... ..it made you think about life and.. whats after... in ways you didnt even realize there were.. The new one is terrible....they start out with the a gritty...dark...throwback action seen and gets everyone excited but then goes to this very colorful scene where they imply that neo is crazy...instead of this movie making you question things it makes you think only a crazy person would question things.....It laughs at the old movies...mocks it....I mean they took one of the most ICONIC MEMORABLE scenes from MORPHEUS and said...BLAH BLAH BLAH and mocked it....I was never scared for the characters...and the humor was terrible and just made it worse....The fight scenes were so poorly done compared to previous ones....how is this movie rated R....There was no sex...no cussing....no death....Its like they disneyfied the matrix and then made it part parody.....This could of been good...i seen what could of been...I think maybe only having one of the sisters on board is why this happened...there brilliance was there combination....
Its not just the Matrix...they did it with Jarassic Park...they took out all the Dark..bloody scary violent scenes and made it a movie for little kids....
It almost seems like Hollywood made all there movie's violent and Dark because THE RIGHT hated it....Now its flipped....The right doesnt care about violence in movies anymore so its like they are trying to just do the opposite if whatever THE RIGHT is doing....it was so sad to see this.... Also the religious parallels that were in the movie really worked...seemed like they were trying to get away from that and even mock the idea of that...made me think maybe Lana was mad Christians were liking this movie and seeing parallels and maybe mad that people were taking different meaning from the show vs what she wanted...i dont know...I know hollywood had became so disconnected from regular people...so much so that they actually thought this was good.....Hollywoods constant drive to vet rid if Guns...Fights...masculinity...is making these movies so bad and they are so disconnected that they really do not realize it...There had to be some realism in movies or it just wont work
Resurrections is simply Lana telling us there shouldn't be another sequel beyond the original trilogy.
@@mabusestestament She could have done that by not making Resurrections.
At 6:20 you mention the green filter. It should be noted that the green filter was not present in The Matrix (1999) theatrical release and was added for the DVD release (how most people by now remember the movie) the green filter was removed in the version currently streaming on HBO
Classic case of the Mandela Effect
The original version didn't have the artificial haze that was put over it later, but it defintely had a (greyish) green color palet.
Okay. That is solely untrue that the film is leading towards the negative on reception. Yes, reviews have been mixed, but it’s leading towards the POSITIVE, not negative. The rotten tomatoes scores have proven otherwise. & to put into context, the film was released simultaneously in theaters & HBO Max, so it’s much more complicated to say it’s underperforming at the box office considering there’re many factors to consider.
Chill dude
@@calebvoyles4579 No.
No one is going to remember this movie in two weeks. A lot of people are just trying to cope. I don't know why people settle for--and defend--subpar entertainment. That's why we keep getting terrible movies. Modern movie fans are almost as bad as gamers at this point.
@@StratumPress That’s an opinion. NOT a fact. Learn the difference.
Every casual viewer can differentiate between a plain bad movie and a good one - with good like in blockbuster good. But just like the movie told us, feelings are more important than facts today.
I thought at first the movie was going to be awful, but once the plot kicked in, I actually enjoyed it. I had to watch it twice to decided whether I really like it and its clearly divisive but yes it wasn't perfect but enjoyable.
My experience was the same, the weakest part of the movie for me was the first act were it's trying to be meta....and not being particularly good at it either.
Michael Caine (paraphrased) on Jaws IV, "I haven't seen the film. However, I have seen the house it bought"
I liked it all (meaning I forgave much of the movie), but the last scene was Marvel tier dialogue and it felt like a sitcom. Like if the makers of Friends did the matrix.
Morpheus Resurrected
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I'll be honest the part when Neo was doing the bullet time thing in the shower was pretty funny.
Really enjoyed the original Matrix. I felt it worked perfectly well as a stand-alone film. The original two sequels were very disappointing imo. In a way, I think they would have been better off retconning both sequels and just doing a direct sequel to The Matrix.
The Matrix universe has a lot to tell, as the Animatrix showed us, and Resurrections should have left Neo and Trinity dead.
A story about the civil war between machines led by Sati in the aftermath of Revolutions, with one side choosing the humans and Niobe being more central, would have been far more interesting IMO.
They could have even left Neo in as some kind of digital ghost like (forgive me the comparison) the role he played of Johnny in Cyberpunk2077
I knew when Keanu couldn't even be bothered to shave to actually look like Neo again that it would be a hard pass for me.
I'm not even a fan of 2 or 3 so John Wick stuck in the matrix won't be getting my time or money.
The only good criticism I've seen so far lmao
He's shaven in the real world scenes so obviously he could be bothered to shave 😊
@@mabusestestament, yeah, unlike Henry Cavill.
Imagine a matrix movie where humans are divided between continuing to live in the matrix and living in the real world, using machines and making world to fight it out
Naa, wouldn't work at all
I wasn't an awful film. But the number of times I noticed the meta made it just funny to watch.
They made fun of themselves multiple times with the whole 4th wall breaking of having "The Matrix" be a video game and all the dialogue the French dude had, It did nothing for the narrative, wasn't comical and just came off as dumb. Also the flashbacks to the originals were completely unnecessary. The tone just came off as bi-polar, making fun of themselves one minute and worshipping themselves the next.
Neo was the 6th iteration of "the one" and all of them looked the same in the architect's screens, and Neo saw the orange glowing matrix in the "real world" when he was blind. Obviously the "real world" is also a simulation.
I thought this Neo would be the 7th iteration that missed the white rabbit and became a father and career man, then finds out that rebels are trying to win the war and destroy the matrix, effectively killing his family and the world he knows, so now he's defending his family, stopping the rebels in the "real world" and eventually wakes up in the actual real world as an old man (or even an old woman!) that looks nothing like Keanu Reeves and has to decide whether to go back to his family all the way down the rabbit hole... Anything original instead of this rehashed pile of dung
Morpheus Resurrected
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Thanks Oliver. When I heard of this movie I said "Why"? The issue really is that The Matrix (1999) was fresh, unique and yes a live-action anime. But it has an ending and sequels were not needed. Why can't studios just leave it alone?
Instead of expecting a summer blockbuster, go in with the expectation of an indie spin-off, and you will enjoy every second of it.
No, it's still pants.
Go in expecting the worst movie you'll ever see and then it will meet your expectation.
What I love the most about Matrix resurrection is that it made me rewatch the original trilogy.
Thomas Tyker co-directed Cloud Atlas and has scored all his films, with some of his scores (Princess And The Warrior, Run Lola Run) being absolute gems. I found the Matrix score to be pretty good but not earth shattering. His score for his Netflix series Babylon Berlin far surpasses the "Matrix" score. The co-composer going back to Run Lola Run is Johnny Klimek.
Yeah, the movie feels like a made for Netflix film at best .
When I hear people complaining about movies declining . This movie is a perfect example of it .
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Edward and Bella's romance is more convincing than Neo and Trinity's.
That's really funny that you should say what you said in this review, because two hours ago on Twitter I said that I appreciate the meta commentary in Gremlins 2 more than I did in Matrix resurrections.
Felt like a B-movie: the "vibrate" effect when someone is groggy, the montage scenes, cuts of the original movie, the explosion where Keanu is flailing around, lame fights.
The structure was also cringe
I will tell you what the fans wanted: Not another Matrix movie. This thing that hollywood has been doing for the last decade, remakes, re-imaginations, reboots, sequels... it has got to stop. All of it is just a cash-in on nostalgia and I can think of only two films connected to prior movies/material that actually had some merit; the new Dune and the new Blade Runner (which tells me something about the genius of the director involved). The reason the original Matrix is so loved really doesn't have anything to do with the visuals. The story and characters (to most people) were fresh and portrayed a world that we had yet to learn about. No one knew Neo was supposed to be the hero. No one knew if humanity would win. Etc, etc, etc. The filmmakers could have stopped right there and things would have been fine. To contrast that I want to refer to Alien and Aliens. The first movie is a self-contained masterpiece. The second movie, instead of just being a sequel completely changed the feel and pacing, making it more into a character driven, gritty, action/thriller, which was brilliantly directed. How about I mention Moon. Basically it only ahs two characters and takes place in more or less the same set for the whole movie. Why is it good? Because it throws out a premise that is both enthralling and scary because it touches on some deep aspects of human nature. What about Memento. No one in their right mind could argue that that film was not a tour de force of filmmaking. Brilliantly acted and the now famous way in which it is portrayed played out more like a murder mystery where we discover new clues all the time, or have to disregard something that we thought we knew about what was going on as new information arrives. That film subverts expectation constantly. In a GOOD way. So where are all THESE kind of movies today? I mean do you realize how utterly infantile the "oh it was all a video game" explanation is for the trilogy? It sits right next to "oh it was all a dream" as being the epitome of bottom of the barrel writing. Just push out this crap to make a few bucks is what it is. Anyone that saw the original film and felt the deep cultural impact that it had (and still does) and that thinks this film is any good is completely brainwashed and/or deluded. It is a terrible movie in every respect and should never have been made. 3/10 at best.
Your review perfectly summarized how I feel about the film. Thank you as always.
I notice that with any big release movie or video game, all the haters came out of the woodworks immediately and u see videos trashing the product almost instantly after its release,
But then a week or 2 later and beyond, the more thoughtful reviews start rolling out.. not to say I thought this movie was great, or to say that everyone should like it, but let’s at least have a somewhat thoughtful convo about it instead of just a mindless shallow trashing of it for no other reason than getting those outrage clicks
I watched it after reading reviews and expected an epic dumpster fire. I can see why some people hated it, and it did have problems but I know what I hate. And I did not hate this movie.
Hit the nail on the head again Oliver. Had some interesting ideas but by the end I kept thinking "THIS cost 190 million?? Whose nose did that go up?".
I walked out very satisfied on the whole. But I won't pretend it's a perfect movie. It most certainly isn't. I just thought what worked about it more than made up for them. I don't understand people who act like it's one of the worst things ever made.
The sequels were a masterpiece compared to this.
I have noticed that most TH-camrs think “review” and “synopsis” are synonymous.
Personally. I liked the movie. In all fairness. Following the matrix would be hard for anyone. Thought they had a nice tie in. It had a compelling story and ran two parallel simultaneous story lines. An original and a new. Thought the ending could have been better.
it's so clear that she didn't wanted to make the 4th installment , but i think she did mainly to honor her parents who died recently , she wanted to give fans the happy Hollywood ending but didn't care much about the rest ... it's a shame cos i feel like this could have been like a prequel to matrix, showing us how AI took over the world and started to breed humans ... this would have been so much more interesting imho.
A good point at the end. What will time tell as we look back on this film? Will it be a misunderstood masterpiece that people were too hard on or will it's efforts still be looked back as a transparent sign of one side trying to have cake and another side wanting to eat it too?
It will be understood as a comedy, as a movie that trolls the studio, the critics and the audience who don't get (or appreciate) that it's a troll comedy and not a straight sequel. It will be understood as the Matrix version of that other misunderstood (at the time of release anyway) troll movie, Freddy Got Fingered.
The meta stuff got old and annoying really fast.
Another thing. The whole humans as batteries idea always seemed bogus when you consider:
1. The machines can build and fabricate things very quickly on a massive scale, and…
2. They can just build more rigs, drill for crude oil and make all the fossil fuels they want. They don’t give a shit about the environment anyway, so no the being able to access the sun is a non-issue.
3. Finally, a more compelling plot would be to find a way to trick the machines into waking up in a simulation and have them believe that’s their reality. They don’t have emotions so either way, it shouldn’t matter; plus, in a manner of speaking, with modern technology, we have machines living and operating in all kinds of simulated spaces anyway. There’s a much better story in that scenario.
You should have talked to WB
The meta stuff is supposed to get old and annoying really fast as is most of the stuff in this movie 😊
Obviously the Wachowski's know the machines don't stricktly have to use humans as a literal power source, so it's the viewers job to speculate about the why 😊
Finally, Matrix 4 was designed to not have a compelling plot 😊
Happy new year 🍾
nuclear power, thermal power ......hell even solar panels that floated above the clouds
@@purefoldnz3070 I believe initial idea was that the machines needed human brains for processing power but it was scraped early on and they went on with the battery crap. that was beyond stupid.
still, I was somehow able to swallow the giant """the human body generates more bioelectricity than a 120-volt battery and over 25,000 BTUs of body heat...."""" turd for the sake of watching the original movies.
this one is even dumber with the "bots" being either programs that run at all times using up energy just in case the guy from "how I met your mother" needs them, or humans who still are the main source of power for the machines who get turned into bots and then get wasted like in the scene when 1000s are jumping out the windows and running in the front of cars and what not. (I didn't really get which one is the case nor do I care to find out )
this version of the matrix doesn't seem to care a bit about waste of energy
@@fuuz642 bringing back Neo and Trinity so they could be super batteries is laughable in very conceivable way. They could have been so much more creative with that concept like as a way of controlling the populace with hope, keeping the treaty alive by keeping Neo alive etc.. Or have just be reincarnated in the Matrix like Morpheus mentioned in the first movie.
It could have been simply a mediocre Matrix sequel in line with Reloaded and Revolutions, but the constant flashbacks to footage of the previous movies was just _ghastly._ Christ on a stick, what on Earth were they thinking?!
not having lawrence was a huge buzz kill as well
@@kidpoker9408 it was, and the new Agent Smith has the charisma of a tortoise, but the flashbacks and the "oh this is just a shitty sequel" meta stuff was just criiiiiiinge.
@@MelkorPT Coming 2 America did the same thing.
I can't understand all the hate from people. This was clearly approaching the characters and world from a different perspective. What I found so compelling about this film was Neo's story of being at the pinnacle and then aging, being worn down by life, not being able to perform as the person he was when he was young, and questioning himself and life. Watching him try to cope with that loss and erosion was relatable and realistic. I loved that they brought that into a "the chosen one" story and thought it was brilliantly told and acted.
I do agree that the action was sometimes painful to watch, but I saw that as another portrayal of how things have changed for Neo and the world: they weren't what they used to be, and there's some sadness in that. The overall plot in terms of character objectives was a little weak for me, as Ive never really felt chemistry between Neo and Trinity and never understood why they liked each other. And it didn't make sense that everyone would risk everything just so they could be together again. I think the strength of this movie was Neo grappling with loss, aging, and identity, and what continuing on/finding meaning in the face of those things would look like. I wish they'd continued to tell that story instead of the love story.
It sounds like you're going through something and you're projecting it onto the film, because there are no themes about aging in this movie, it's all about analyzing nostalgia
It wasn't horrid, and was good viewing for a family christmas. Having HBO Max it was also free to watch. I did a bit of research on the movie and why it was made, and pulled this up.
"As explained by Lana Wachowski during the Berlin International Literature Festival 2021, Warner Bros. constantly approached the Wachowskis every year to make another Matrix sequel, but the Wachowskis always declined the offers out of a lack of interest and because of their feelings that the trilogy's story had concluded. However, in 2019, Ron and Lynne Wachowski, the Wachowskis' parents, passed away alongside a close friend of Lana's, with her father passing away first, her friend second and her mother third. After not being able to process that kind of grief, Lana suddenly conceived the story of The Matrix Resurrections one sleepless night. In her words, Wachowski felt that while she couldn't have her parents back, she then could have Neo and Trinity back, feeling very comforted to see them alive again."
Maybe i'm getting soft in my old age, but it's hard to be cynical after hearing that.
I liked it. Everybody hates everything these days. The movie was good and had a better ending than 2 or 3.
The film is still trash regardless of how the hackchowskis feel about it. Q&A doesn't magically make a trash film better. Secondly it's not free, if it's on HBO MAX. You're still paying for it you dunce.
And here we have the majestic keyboard warrior, viewed in it's natural habitat. Watch as KBW sees an opinion and rushes in to attack, offering it's own jilted take on person's opinion with childish insults and phrases, even though no one cares what the KBW has to say.
@@dasdeke Cry KBW all you want. The Matrix Regurgitations isn't as well written, or shot as the earlier films. This is not subjective. HBO MAX content isn't free. That's a 100% fact you dunce. Just because the director made a heartfelt statement about a soulless cash grab, doesn't make it a better movie. You certainly are getting more smooth brained with old age.
You wouldn't know what a good film looks like, if it fed you your porridge, and arthritis supplements.
@@dasdeke Ironic comment.
The meta aspect is the funniest part of the movie. It's better than the chaotic mess that is Revolutions .
The original trilogy was based on what was real, love, war, and all of this unknown embedded information. Resurrections wasn’t a talk piece sadly.
As the film progressed I was certain it would turn out that Io and previously Zion
were not the 'real world' at all and would turn out to be part of a matrix far more complex than had previously been believed.
Disappointing they never took this route, because that would have led to a whole new rabbit hole. Maybe the machines were also unaware of this.
So who IS running the show?
Could it be 'turtles all the way down'?
I thought that was going to be the case all the way back in Matrix Reloaded. I always loved that idea.
But that would've been totally expected and cliche and lame. But since this movie is meant to be lame in many respects as you'd expect from a meta reboot that is intentionally lame and cliche that would've made sense I guess
Why do so many people love this theory? It's so awful and shows how obsessed some people are with plot twists for the sake of it. Moreover, it showcases how people really just didn't get the point of the original trilogy
I get the whole 'the matrix goes on', but I personally was hoping they were going more with a passing of the torch story for the whole cast. I love Keanu Reaves as Neo. I just think if they wanted longevity. Then all the cast will have to be replaced. Done respectfully, it would be seen as fan service, and most people would be happy.
Great vid ty.
Oliver is too nice. I'd be harsher, lol. I think this movie is a mess, and while comparing it to Wes Craven's New Nightmare could be a compliment, I've seen some note how similar it is to Space Jam: New Legacy, that's IS a lot closer to what we got.
This is not ok.
Maybe it's just me, but movies being "meta" isn't always clever, and here it just makes me roll my eyes. For some reason, The Matrix franchise thinks it has to be like this all the time for the audience, but it really doesn't. The original movie had layers, but was still a straightforward story. As the sequels went on, it increasingly got up its own ass, and that what's turned off viewers. Somehow the 4th movie is this multiplied by a thousand. It's insane. Watching this after Spider-Man No Way Home really highlights how one movie does nostalgia well and the other does not. When Resurrections wasn't repeating the first film beat for beat, (but crappier), it just straight up had parts that felt like a literal clipshow. I don't know if I can say there was anything redeeming about this. Besides Jessica Henwick and snippets of intriguing ideas. A Machine Civil War seemed fascinating. Video game programmer fantasy, not so much.
Speaking of that, I was hoping you'd have a video game portion of the review and talk about that tech demo they put out, tying in with the movie.
The Original three Movies didn’t actually use a “green filter”. The effect was done in camera by mixing green paint into the set design and dye the clothes a little.
It’s that attention to detail, that’s sorely missing from the new one. It looks like every other movie these days.
No, you're mistaken. It was the first movie that did it practically, the sequels did in fact use a green filter.
The best acting I noticed here is the clip where the blonde lady on the train changes from a terrified women into an attacker.
Now 2 and 3 will always be remembered by, "Well at least they aren't as bad as the 4th one". So much so that I might even think this was the point....
Tired of seeing positive reviews stating that the audience either misunderstood Lana's vision and message or that she made a bad sci fi action film on purpose. Truth is, it's not layered enough to be misunderstood and intentionally making a bad film does not give the middle finger to the studio, it gi es the middle finger to the audience and the fans! This is a shame as film is a visual medium and if Lana had little to say or what she did have to say feels muddled, then maybe she should have let the studio reboot the Matrix without her
I can’t believe how bad it was. They got the tone completely wrong. Morpheus isn’t Morpheus. Smith is a joke. Neil Patrick Harris belongs in another movie. Keanu whispers every one of his lines the whole movie. I did not believe for a second that Bugs could command a ship. The only actor I really think did a good job was Carrie Anne Moss
The original director became female, and so the original action movie became a love story.
I'm fresh from the theater. My God, it was so incredibly boring! First hour was like *wtf* is going on...?
I laughed when at the end Neo tried to fly and was like *no, not happening.* That was the high-light and that should say everything you need to know..
I thought the story progression made sense. I just thought the fighting and action were crap.
In my head canon this movie never happened. I’ll just stick to the first three thanks.
The trailer and the return of the website was fantastic, seeing the film was so bad i wanted to leave.
The only part I liked was the opening 20 and the fight with "Smith" harkening back to the train fight in 1.
I was never sold on the idea that Neo and Trinity were in love in these films.
I'm not even joking when I say that Edward and Bella had better chemistry.
Matrix: Resurrections reminds me of the guy in Jurassic World who turned to someone and said "That first park was legit."
I enjoyed it and I'm a fan of the first movie. I thought this one brought it in to the modern day. Choosing the angle of Psychotherapy and the lines that are blurred between reality and illusion with regards to mental health and taking pills was a creative comparison to what the Matrix is about.
I didn't much like this film, I didn't think it was very good, but at least it has a soul and I respect it; it's not just recycling an old plot and it feels like the director is trying to say something through the film and not just maximize marketability and box-office revenue like so many remakes and old sequels now.
I'd rather have this than a 'Star Trek Into Darkness' or 'Force Awakens' version of The Matrix, know what I mean?
Honestly I enjoyed the movie, it's shortcomings be damned. I was entertained
Really would love to see a Matrix movie showing the machine war like the Animatrix The Second Renaissance. This movie was such a waste overall even though at times it looked good.
This was, very obviously, Lana giving Warner Bros the middle finger. Basically ruining the chances of continuing the franchise for anyone else whilst getting a fat paycheck. Fair play.
The Matrix 1999 said all that was needed to be said. The sequels just repeated it, revolution just became a compromise
I agree it didn't need to be made at all but if made, could have been so much more. There are tons of scrips out there. Pick one that elevates the material, throw money at other aspects, boom . Something worth watching.
This was an offensive cash grab. Made the smallest of effort to seem as though they tried.
I honestly could not get tru to the end my friend and I looked at each other like "we really aren't gonna be able to get through a matrix movie?" just before we took it off
My working theory is that Lana made it suck on purpose as a middle finger to WB for pressuring them into a fourth film. That is the best explanation for some of this movie's choices.
Heartbreakingly bad..
The thing is the Wachowskis make very stylistic movies but this had no style nor substance.
Olly you should totally do one on shazam from 94, sinbad was lit!