Matrix: Resurrections

[D34DL1N3R]

Look at this guy. Bet he believes in Die Hard 4 and 5, Indiana Jones 4, Blues Brothers 2(000), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Wall Street 2, Highlander sequels (that were not a cartoon) and The Mask 2.

Look at this guy. Trying to convince himself things don't actually exist. You one of those "Facts are not facts" or "You need to stop fact checking and just listen to me" people?

 

[The Catboy]

Can't wait to enjoy my favorite trans-themed movie ^-^

 

[Veho]

I'm talking about the no sequels until now part.

That's a running joke. I thought it was ubiquitous enough that people would recognize it.

 

[D34DL1N3R]

That's a running joke. I thought it was ubiquitous enough that people would recognize it.

The joke is so old and played out that one can never be sure. I mean there ARE people out there that don't know who/what The Simpsons are so it's very possibly there are people who actually don't know there were two Matrix sequels.

I personally enjoyed all three. I think the majority just hopped on a hate train for the 2nd two cuz it was the cool thing to do, and just never got off.

 

[duwen]

Yeah... despite the pretty visuals, it looks shit.
Imo, The Matrix is massively overrated - don't get me wrong, I don't dislike it, but it certainly wasn't the groundbreaking masterpiece that it's often touted as.
...and it's on my list of films that don't benefit from having a sequel (let alone 3 or more) along with Jurassic Park, Battle Royale, and many other great films.

 

[JuanMena]

Look at this guy. Bet he believes in Die Hard 4 and 5, Indiana Jones 4, Blues Brothers 2(000), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Wall Street 2, Highlander sequels (that were not a cartoon) and The Mask 2.

This is the harshest thing I've seen you say to someone.

 

[Deleted member 475203]

ok here are my first impressions:

1st: first thing that "poked my eye" is that keanu looks like he is shooting john wick. i was confused a bit at the start. but didnt like that they used basically the same character look. thats not the neo i know but whatever. it seemed to me like he couldnt bother to make the movie and to do a haircut...

2nd: the music for the trailer sounds...like it does not belong there at all. sounds goofy, ads a goofy feeling and atmosphere, doesnt get me excited or interested, it gets me cringey.

3rd: scenes arent clever, they look more nostalgic (read annoying) and meant to impress with action, not to get you interested or to tella story that you want to invest yourself in.... yeah, trinity meets neo.... wow.

4th: i felt nothing at all at the end, not even disappointment. i basically forgot everything i saw. it was all an illusion :3

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it certainly wasn't the groundbreaking masterpiece that it's often touted as.

it certanly was.

 

[bazamuffin]

Looks too fluffy and Hollywood'y. Far cry from the gritty originals Not impressed with the trailer. Third instalment was totally tosh. Loved Animatrix though

 

[cearp]

Can't wait to enjoy my favorite trans-themed movie ^-^

I didn't read about the movie at all (want to avoid spoilers etc), so I'm not sure if you're joking.
It really has transgender themes?

 

[The Catboy]

I didn't read about the movie at all (want to avoid spoilers etc), so I'm not sure if you're joking.
It really has transgender themes?

The original movies were actually had quite a few themes, metaphors, and even direct references to trans/trans health. The trilogy are actually a trans metaphor according to the original co-director
https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-53692435

 

[duwen]

it certanly was.

How so? Because from my perspective, seeing it when it first came out, it just took a lot of what I'd been watching in Hong Kong cinema from the previous two decades and dropped it into a sci-fi trope that existed for half a century.
So, if by "groundbreaking" you mean reformatting for mass appeal then, yeah, I guess it was.

 

[Deleted member 475203]

How so? Because from my perspective, seeing it when it first came out, it just took a lot of what I'd been watching in Hong Kong cinema from the previous two decades and dropped it into a sci-fi trope that existed for half a century.
So, if by "groundbreaking" you mean reformatting for mass appeal then, yeah, I guess it was.

when did you saw it?

 

[m_babble]

Looks promising!

 

[duwen]

when did you saw it?

Opening weekend, original release, 22 years ago.

 

[FAST6191]

This is the harshest thing I've seen you say to someone.

?
As much as I hate explaining jokes then fairly standard humour device, along with contriving something to have in name only at the end (gino, godzilla in name only, if we are continuing with films that fans of the franchise pretend don't exist. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InNameOnly ), is to deny its existence. You may also see it with the phrase "what matrix sequels" ( "what matrix sequels" -resurrections -"matrix 4" being a choice search string if you want that), also xkcd https://xkcd.com/566/ . "there are only 3 indiana jones" would be another, earlier on "there are only two Godfathers", "only one robocop".
Don't think I have ever seen it as an attack on anybody or any kind of harsh.

 

[Veho]

I personally enjoyed all three. I think the majority just hopped on a hate train for the 2nd two cuz it was the cool thing to do, and just never got off.

I don't know about the majority but I found Reloaded incredibly boring, with segments that dragged on entirely too long for no reason. I hated it before it was cool
And the funny thing is, it works better as a standalone movie than as a part of that series, because it introduces a bunch of new things and ideas - which are then completely dropped and never mentioned/explored in the third one. Basically the only things that carry over from that movie are: Agent Smith multiplying/infecting the Matrix, and the Architect reveal.

 

[Ozito]

I'm gonna like this movie only because of the memories of watching the first one, I'm being milked on the nostalgia just like the people in the pod farms.

 

[JuanMena]

?
As much as I hate explaining jokes then fairly standard humour device, along with contriving something to have in name only at the end (gino, godzilla in name only, if we are continuing with films that fans of the franchise pretend don't exist. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InNameOnly ), is to deny its existence. You may also see it with the phrase "what matrix sequels" ( "what matrix sequels" -resurrections -"matrix 4" being a choice search string if you want that), also xkcd https://xkcd.com/566/ . "there are only 3 indiana jones" would be another, earlier on "there are only two Godfathers", "only one robocop".
Don't think I have ever seen it as an attack on anybody or any kind of harsh.

Well I hate to explain jokes too

 

[CoolMe]

I personally don't hate the 2nd one Reloaded as much as i do for Revolutions, it has some interesting tid-bits & is on the action-y side which i don't mind, my complaint is that it's a tad short & kind of doesn't follow the themes presented in first movie, kinda falls short in comparison. And the only decent moment is in Revelations of course is, the fight between Neo & Agent Smith, That's it.

 

[Veho]

films that fans of the franchise pretend don't exist. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InNameOnly ), is to deny its existence.

I hate to nitpick (not true actually, I love to nitpick), but pretending a sequel doesn't exist is called "fanon discontinuity"
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FanonDiscontinuity
"In name only" is a different trope.