While I wouldn't say I loved the film, I am fascinated by it. I think it'll be one of those films where discussions around it are more interesting than film itself.
@TheWeekIReview
2 жыл бұрын
It's incredibly fascinating! And yeah, I can see that being the case, though it depends on how toxic those discussions get...
@adamradon8202
2 жыл бұрын
I think yes, it is meant to be disappointing, make us reflect on the state of the modern cinema and our society, and all that copy/imitation/simulacra stuff. But, regardless how meta-meta, deep and profound it is and makes you think about "stuff", it is still a pretty mediocre film, pale in comparison to the 1999 original, and it forces this comparison too often and to its own detriment.
@TheWeekIReview
2 жыл бұрын
No disagreements here.
@JesusProtects
Жыл бұрын
Tell that to my mother and brother. They ware watching it right now and loving it. Not a word in the last hour. They are completely entranced by it. I don't get it. It's starting to worry me a bit.
@pvt.reefer6163
2 ай бұрын
@@JesusProtectstake the LSD away from them.
@mixedbagclips2511
2 жыл бұрын
If Lana had made The Room people would be making videos about how the Room is a secret masterpiece and it’s bad acting and everything being “intentional”. We are simply in the DENIAL face of grief.
@sir_stride
2 жыл бұрын
I just see it as a commentary on art in general. Alot of people these days, i feel, just watch moves as content first, entertainment second and art a distant third. Art, in its most base form, is supposed to make us scratch our heads and challenge us. Its totally fine if you didnt enjoy the movie. I just wanted to share my 2 cents :p
@NBNightingale
2 жыл бұрын
My take is that it is a deeply flawed movie that bites off more than it can chew and isn't at all interested in it's own genre of action filmmaking. But also: Every time they started talking that classic Matrix pseudo-intellectual bullshit I got a goofy grin on my face and was fucking pumped.
@kendrickallen7952
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the psuedo intellectualism of Reloaded was the best part of the movie, outside the freeway scene, to me. All of it together just made a movie that seemed like it had such high stakes and a high ceiling, the 3rd would just blow my mind. Revolutions ended up being a wet fart in comparison.
@COrraThereal0ne
2 ай бұрын
The Point is that you even saw the 4th matrix believed things to change. It's about how Entertainment and escapism is becoming a crutch for masses to stay complicit in not rebelling against the system that binds the working class in shackles. The fact that the Matrix became a Franchise especially a game Franchise is representative that this movie was never supposed to be profitable. Gaming Franchises have been KNOWN for taking an artistic medium and turning it into a consumer trap. Look at Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil, Fallout, All games that were had heart and soul until Franchis-ification turns it into a common commodity that can literally be sold for half of what it's made up of. The Pont is that consumer needs don't matter in a world where a powerful developed nation still doesn't have access to free Healthcare and that *a majority of people could be actively against their own literal best interest* This movie is about you not realizing that the consumer should never ever be entangled into believing that they're voices matter when engaging in art. Critically engage with thr media you consume
@jollyhuff2938
2 жыл бұрын
I have always thought the Wachowski's had great ideas. Their movies on the other hands are a lot of the times polarizing for me. I would love to know your thoughts on cloud atlas.
@TheWeekIReview
2 жыл бұрын
I haven't seen it (or anything else they've done (I need to see Speed Racer))
@farshpatel
2 жыл бұрын
Your videos deserve A LOT more views and likes. Just great content and opinions. As for Resurrections, I think Lana Wachowski's point here is that things just can't be as they were. They can feel and look familiar, but it's just a cognitive trap we get so easily ensnared into. We can try to replicate situations, actions, sensations, but they will never be the same as we remember them. And what we remember of them is not, in fact, what they were. The Matrix trilogy actually was, too, just a replication of things Wachowski loved in cinema, anime, books, comics, philosophy, mythology. But they had combined these things in such perfect proportions, together with solid filmmaking and revolutionary VFX, and it just landed on the widest audience. The Matrix was a product of its time and it was a revolution in many aspects. In 2021, the general audience and the content-producing studios simply aren't interested in revolutions. It's even hard to imagine what can make an impact similar to that the original Matrix had made. And even so, the ideas of rising against the system, of sacrificing oneself for the good of all, these aren't as hot now as they were between the centuries. Today, people more relate to finding comfort in their individualism and in solidifying their own perception of the world. In Resurrection, Neo is that revolutionary whom nobody needs after the revolution ended. The Matrix is still there, and his death and the death of the person he loved is just a cool story that didn't necessarily change everything. He doesn't care about being a Chosen One, about doing Kung-Fu (hence purposefully bland, generic action), he doesn't care about saving everyone. He just wants to recover what he had lost: himself and his love. He's choosing the blue pill. Or is it red? I think, when Lana was confronted by WB about the sequel, they said they were going to make it with or without her. So she went in and salvaged what she thought had to be salvaged. She didn't care about action, or nostalgia, or revolutionizing cinema, or fans. She only cared about what was important to her as for a person and an artist. It just happened to also be a commentary on the industry and mass culture as a whole.
@Relfar2
2 жыл бұрын
I think that the movie is pretty preachy, but I think a lot of how much you buy into that being a bad thing could be down to if you are willing to let the trappings be bland. I don't know if we'll ever know if Lana slashed the tires here on purpose but she does seem have an ax to grind with moderate lgbtq+ people and the keyboard warriors who didn't get her movies the first time around.
@TheWeekIReview
2 жыл бұрын
It has a very clear point of view and is dismissive of people who don't share it. My gut instinct was to say that those aren't the same but they totally are.
@milivoee
2 жыл бұрын
You sir, have got yourself a new subscriber. One who uderstood and loved the whole trilogy from the first viewing up on to the 20th. And yours is the first review i actually liked after 10 others. Very detailed and interesting. Somebody actually payed attention to what the director was trying to say. And I was going to watch it again anyway, but now I have one more reason to.
@steffanhymer1285
2 жыл бұрын
it might just be me but you seem to be brighter (not talking lighting) on screen since your 30 video. in spite of an objectively confused and negative light over the video contents you seem refreshed here.
@TheWeekIReview
2 жыл бұрын
The next month is gonna be *wild*.
@nycest14u2nv
2 жыл бұрын
I think neo was a representation of Lana and Smith was Lily and NPH was WB’s. On how they were forced to make a movie they never intended on making.
@pvt.reefer6163
2 ай бұрын
They weren't forced to do anything, wtf.
@nycest14u2nv
2 ай бұрын
@@pvt.reefer6163In Matrix: Revolutions Smith told Thomas Anderson ,"I'm sure you can understand why our beloved parent company, Warner Bros., has decided to make a sequel to the trilogy. They informed me they're gonna do it with or without us." The direct name drop of Warner Bros. is a bit more on-the-nose than The Matrix franchise has been in the past, especially considering how much it lines up with actual events.
@MsRakuen
2 жыл бұрын
The combat/action was clearly lackluster compared to Matrix1-3. I think it's intentional and it speaks to the character development. Neo in M4 is a very different person from M1-3. He is older, he just woke up from a 20 year lapse inside the Matrix and most of all, he was ALREADY the chosen one before and saved the world once. Waking up to see it undone and have to do it again... I think it's character development to see Neo fighting 'worse' than what we saw in M1-3.
@TheWeekIReview
2 жыл бұрын
Is it character development that Smith's is, though? Keanu Reeves is like the least of my issues when it comes to the fight scenes. I know a lot of people are harping on that, but I think he's fine. It's the rest of it that bothers me.
@MsRakuen
2 жыл бұрын
Sure it can. Smith is the counterpart to Neo. What Neo experiences as human Smith does as a program. As such, Smith is also shocked about what he is, what he has been doing for the last 20 years. He was a virus program able to crack all the rules and infect all of the Matrix and even take a real human body, but somehow has been put on a leash by the Analyst. How? Why? Is Smith distrusting of what he knows and sees or he has a plan? He maybe doesn't want to outright just kill Neo (actually Neo's death should be Smith's death in all probability), maybe he understand that he needs Neo, that they are counterparts to the same thing, and maybe wants to first understand the current Matrix, the role of the Analyst, and keep Neo not as an outright enemy but kind of in the middle. An ally-enemy. It is very meta, but both Neo and Smith, although enemies, understand that they share something more deep that perhaps needs to be treasured until everything falls into place. At least in this movie, maybe in Matrix 5 they resolve these questions and are truly motivated to fight for something and kill each other like in Matrix 1-3. But that's just one interpretation that fits my point of view based on what I know of the matrix. My real point is that even if at first the Matrix 4 seems to be lackluster in some departments compared to Matrix 1-3, perhaps it's not an accident or the movie being bad, perhaps it's intentional and purposeful and speaks to some theme or character development. That's for me the juice in all the movies.
@PacoAbril-hw3qc
2 жыл бұрын
I think I disagree, i found the film interesting but not great, flawed but definitely not bad. Anyway i love your videos man
@TheWeekIReview
2 жыл бұрын
I'll take it!
@MKultraInstinct
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheWeekIReview its always a good thing to disagree with anyone who thinks NWH is an amazing movie.
@J.S.Arthur
2 жыл бұрын
- Thank you - For what? - For another chance ... - What chance? - To show this stupid society that they are living in matrix XD Lana Wachowski
@DG-hb8ob
2 жыл бұрын
So I've seen a lot of others talk about this in a negative light. I had to see it twice, and I feel the need to write a review on this. Now in all honesty, if people were expecting this movie to be like the original, they were in for a rude awakening. If you know the back story, the fact that the Warner Bros wanted to make this movie with or without the Wanchowskis, and can understand the message Lana conveys throughout the film about modern conventions, corporate greed, and playing on nostalgia, you might appreciate this movie to an extent. Having said this, I do wish this movie wasn't made, and the franchise I love wasn't resurrected. It is a dangerous thing playing with the past, especially an iconic franchise like The Matrix and the effect it had. I feel it was concluded after Revolutions, it left the door open to discussion, and fan theory which I liked. But as far as I can see Lana had no choice in the matter, and she made this movie to criticise those who forced her to do so.
@neffynavas9056
2 ай бұрын
Well, if you found the Architect's dialog childish, the Analyst monolog fits you like a glove...this is not a sci-fi movie...it has components but is a philosophical documentary about our current mindset. Personal esthetics are unnecessary...
@Jjj53214
2 жыл бұрын
If Thomas Anderson created the Morpheus player in a computer game, then Anderson deserves a Nobel prize for developing the most advanced artificial intelligence ever made. I don’t think Thomas Anderson is supposed to be that smart.
@AlexOffenkrantz
2 жыл бұрын
I didn’t like it much. Love your green tinted piggy bank line.
@alexlingle2213
2 жыл бұрын
So happy to hear someone else notice these same threads in the film. I actually think it's a masterpiece. It's incredibly difficult to make a mediocre work of art. Usually, mediocrity is the realm of the bloated, crowd pleasing everyman's movie. You try to please everyone... And you don't. But this film uses the medium of mediocrity to communicate it's core ideas. And for this I have to applaud the director because even though I've seen a hundred movies now just as mediocre, I've never seen a film like this one before. I think it's particularly well timed with the release of spiderman as well - seeing those two films back to back informs a whole schema of ideas about the state of modern filmmaking that is so enticing for me. Thanks for sharing. Good feel like I'm not crazy.
@TheWeekIReview
2 жыл бұрын
It's really wild, isn't it? If I hadn't been trying to keep this thing on the shorter side, I would have gone all in on the comparison with No Way Home because I think they're such interesting companion pieces. A friend of mine pitched an article about that to Tor, which will tbh be much better than what I would have written about it.
@mixedbagclips2511
2 жыл бұрын
Have you ever heard of the legend of Ed Wood the wise?
@AlexOffenkrantz
2 жыл бұрын
Love your green-tinted piggy bank line.
@TheWeekIReview
2 жыл бұрын
A comment so nice you said it twice!
@AlexOffenkrantz
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheWeekIReview 😂 I have very bad internet
@samwats7892
2 жыл бұрын
"The Matrix" was and always will be my number one movie of all time - this one on the other hand was utter rubbish. I hope it was purposefully disappointing; then at least we could say the producers achieved their goal: - Incredibly lazy action sequences - frustrating camera coordination and angles - rubbish soundtrack - poor character development - poor makeup for supposedly "old" characters - laughable special effects - boring dialogue/scene development This felt like a good fan-made movie, like the type you see from aspiring producers on KZitem who try to make decent scenes on a shoestring budget. In short, either the Wachowski's creativity has fizzled out or the want to bury the franchise for good and this was the best way to do it.
@rivolinho
2 жыл бұрын
You can make a meta film. You can even make a meta film and take a shit on your own legacy I'm the process. But you HAVE to make a good, smart meta film that leaves people feeling like they've experienced something worthwhile.
@Gordy3000
2 жыл бұрын
Worked for me!
@marocat4749
2 жыл бұрын
I think its interesting, it could have told its own story but its interesting in how it comments on the matrix, if it could have been more engaging with the themes. I get lana wanted to end it and for that its a good movie that interesting for sure, but could have been better if she wanted it and not end the idea of sequels. An personally too much meta, but thats a nitpick. The movie could have toned that down a bit. But dosnt mak it less interesting. Just it own story told thats not only meta would made it soo good, i mean better. But its solid.A solid fun weird matrix movie.
@ChattinBoxingWYB
2 жыл бұрын
From my understanding the ending states that Neo and Trinity are in complete control of The Matrix. Therefore, they can recreate the Matrix in their own image and preferences. The Matrix Resurrections was an average time waster at best. Not terrible, just ok.
@mixedbagclips2511
2 жыл бұрын
I thought the same until I watched the behind the scenes, this is simply a mediocre movie that tried to be smart and fell on its face. It’s actually sad when you see the behind the scenes and interviews.
@swaderable
2 жыл бұрын
Haven't watched but yes.
@JesusProtects
Жыл бұрын
You lost me the moment you saod Ghostbusters 2016 is good. I prefer to watch reviews by people with actual functional eyes and ears.
@TheWeekIReview
Жыл бұрын
And I prefer my commenters to not idolize cannibals. I haven't even seen that Ghostbusters but you can gtfo, creep.
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