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“The Matrix Resurrections” is an excellent movie

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Re: “The Matrix Resurrections” is an excellent movie

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Post by emptysongglass »

evv555 wrote: post #24
pfraze wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The script has some very interesting ideas and a really entertaining anger toward its own existence. The actual filmmaking however is really cheap and poorly done. Bad editing, bad shots, bad fight choreography.

>Bad editing, bad shots, bad fight choreography. Is it bad or is it just different from original Matrix and on a higher resolution/framerate? The cinematography reminded me of Jupiter Ascending which wasn't bad imo.

It's not just these things. The dialogue is so poorly written one wonders if the accusations surrounding the first Matrix lifting the script from another screenwriter were true. [1]

Who thinks writing in a MILF joke is an appropriate follow-up to such a classic (and classy) film?

[1] https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sophia-stewart-matrix-laws...

Re: “The Matrix Resurrections” is an excellent movie

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Post by bserge »

_8j50 wrote: post #19
fortyseven wrote: post #9

I'm happy SOMEONE is enjoying it. Because it... christ it was awful. I had no expectations for it, and it felt like some big budget fan fiction tripe. Almost a parody. But I've come to understand that whether you enjoyed it or not comes down to what you decided the film was about, early on. For me, I assumed it was all in Neo's head. Especially the bits outside the Matrix. So I didn't bother investing in or even taki…

Haven't seen it but other movies or shows like the witcher, I liked a lot but apparently a bunch of internet people are about to start a revolution over how horrible they say it was. Same with the recent Star wars movies, they were all great for me except the one about Solo. I've learned to remind myself that my experience and taste can and will be different than the crowd. I watched seasons of shows in great enjoyme…

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Re: “The Matrix Resurrections” is an excellent movie

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Post by psyc »

qbasic_forever wrote: post #21

shrug I really liked it. It felt like Lana Wachowski re-imagining what they really wanted to do for the first movie, but now 20 years wiser and more experienced. I loved how it brought in more color--some scenes almost reminded me of Speed Racer with all the hues.

You’re not the only one. It’s already my favorite. It’s like the first, but taken a little more seriously. More conventionally dramatic. Less comic booky. The way I wanted the Matrix movies to be treated all along.

Re: “The Matrix Resurrections” is an excellent movie

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Post by bserge »

xeromal wrote: post #38
pfraze wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The script has some very interesting ideas and a really entertaining anger toward its own existence. The actual filmmaking however is really cheap and poorly done. Bad editing, bad shots, bad fight choreography.

Some of that is due to COVID restrictions.

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Re: “The Matrix Resurrections” is an excellent movie

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Post by johnisgood »

The article conveniently forgot to mention Trinity and Smith, because suddenly with them in the equation everything about recursion falls apart. No, it has nothing to do with recursion[1]. There is some sort of "iteration" in the movie somewhere, but yeah, nope.

You know what the movie is about? Nothing, but some low quality romance between Neo and Trinity. I wish I could read more into it, but nope.

[1] His definition of recursion is wrong as well, and still does not fit... at all.

Re: “The Matrix Resurrections” is an excellent movie

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Post by emerged »

squiffsquiff wrote: post #31

Mmm, so... Crazy amount of people sitting down and talking for an action movie, almost like a black and white French film. Anyway... I remember how people said at the time how the previous sequels 'Matrix Revolutions' and 'Matrix reloaded' were not as good as the original. 'Resurrection' is like a sequel to them...

It’s like when your streaming video misses an I-frame and each subsequent frame distorts the one before it (aka game of telephone). I didn’t like it but fairly eager to give it another chance at some point.

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Post by diimdeep »

The Matrix Resurrections is the worst sequel.

- Shaky camera cinematography, not used before.

- Iconic color correction is not used.

- Without Yuen Woo-ping, Kung-fu fighting scenes are poorly executed. He is a Hong Kong martial arts choreographer and film director who worked in Hong Kong action cinema, and directed all fighting scenes in all previous Matrix movies, but not this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNCLUd3Htos

- Weak soundtrack.

Re: “The Matrix Resurrections” is an excellent movie

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Post by [deleted] »

solids wrote: post #35
qbasic_forever wrote: post #21

shrug I really liked it. It felt like Lana Wachowski re-imagining what they really wanted to do for the first movie, but now 20 years wiser and more experienced. I loved how it brought in more color--some scenes almost reminded me of Speed Racer with all the hues.

The change of hues in the trailer was enough for making me skip the movie.

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Re: “The Matrix Resurrections” is an excellent movie

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Post by andybak »

solids wrote: post #35
qbasic_forever wrote: post #21

shrug I really liked it. It felt like Lana Wachowski re-imagining what they really wanted to do for the first movie, but now 20 years wiser and more experienced. I loved how it brought in more color--some scenes almost reminded me of Speed Racer with all the hues.

The change of hues in the trailer was enough for making me skip the movie.

Colour grading is fairly low down my "make or break" list.
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