Any sequel to the Matrix would have been decent even if it was crap. This is decent
After finishing the movie, I feel like I've eaten reheated pasta: I still have a taste of the original dish, but the experience was just bad.
The overall plot of the movie is decent. It doesn't feel like a heartless cash-grab, but the execution does.
* The movie is littered with sequences from the old movies (which I found very tacky), as well as over-explanations. The best thing about the original movies was that it made you think. It made you keep processing what you've just seen for a lot of time.
* The Matrix movies felt cold and serious. They were about serious issues, there was no silliness in it. There was no room for it. The silly atmosphere and lines just make some things feel gross. Any attachment that you feel to the characters is reset to 0 in that moment.
* Fight scenes are sub-par.
* 3rd wall breaks are ok if you set them up correctly. These were not. Sometimes it felt like the director just watched Deadpool and said "I want some of that".
I think the best thing that could have been done in post is just not name it "Matrix". Name it something like "The adventures of resurrected Neo" or something. The movies doesn't do justice to itself or to the original trilogy by latching itself to them. It's fine if you want to do something different. But don't raise expectations by packaging it in nostalgia.
The overall plot of the movie is decent. It doesn't feel like a heartless cash-grab, but the execution does.
* The movie is littered with sequences from the old movies (which I found very tacky), as well as over-explanations. The best thing about the original movies was that it made you think. It made you keep processing what you've just seen for a lot of time.
* The Matrix movies felt cold and serious. They were about serious issues, there was no silliness in it. There was no room for it. The silly atmosphere and lines just make some things feel gross. Any attachment that you feel to the characters is reset to 0 in that moment.
* Fight scenes are sub-par.
* 3rd wall breaks are ok if you set them up correctly. These were not. Sometimes it felt like the director just watched Deadpool and said "I want some of that".
I think the best thing that could have been done in post is just not name it "Matrix". Name it something like "The adventures of resurrected Neo" or something. The movies doesn't do justice to itself or to the original trilogy by latching itself to them. It's fine if you want to do something different. But don't raise expectations by packaging it in nostalgia.
- manolescucrazvan
- Dec 28, 2021