Movies The Matrix Resurrections - the first critic "reactions" are in

[Derek]

Covid has taken so much from us.

[elbobo]

4 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

 

this

[Mercury33]

Doesn’t Hugo have a kid that acts? Plug them into the role. That would be more fun. 

[Brick]

As much as it sucks to not have Weaving be available, isn't it time to move on from Smith? Don't want to repeat too many things, so maybe it's better to move on to a new villain.

[DarkStar189]

16 hours ago, SoberChef said:

The Matrix & Saving Private Ryan are two of the top regrets in films I failed to see in a theater. That being said about Matrix specifically, I was working at a local video rental shop & I snagged a copy to take home, ended up rewatching that film about a half dozen times over the next couple days, I just could not get enough of it!

I was 11 years old when Saving Private Ryan came out and I went with a friend and his parents to the drive in. Kids movie was on first (I think was Dr. Dolittle) and then SPR showed right after. My parents would have flipped their shit if they knew I saw that at 11 years old. I remember them renting it later on and afterwards they were like "You definitely won't be watching that movie!". 

[Keyser_Soze]

41 minutes ago, DarkStar189 said:

I was 11 years old when Saving Private Ryan came out and I went with a friend and his parents to the drive in. Kids movie was on first (I think was Dr. Dolittle) and then SPR showed right after. My parents would have flipped their shit if they knew I saw that at 11 years old. I remember them renting it later on and afterwards they were like "You definitely won't be watching that movie!". 

 

My dad took me to see Rising Sun when I was 9 so SPR was nothing by the time it came out for me.

[Greatoneshere]

This article just dropped, I thought it was a fun, quick read, about the storylines from the main designer on The Matrix Online. 

 

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-09-17-the-matrix-online-interview-ben-chamberlain

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

OK, I've read some supposed spoilers leaked from test screenings and all I gotta say is:

 

OLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO

 

Now I want to see it JUST to experience the audience reaction!

[Greatoneshere]

10 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

OK, I've read some supposed spoilers leaked from test screenings and all I gotta say is:

 

OLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO

 

Now I want to see it JUST to experience the audience reaction!

 

That bad or that good or just that out there?

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Just now, Greatoneshere said:

 

That bad or that good or just that out there?

 

It's THAT out there.

[Greatoneshere]

4 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

It's THAT out there.

 

[Chris-]

If I read the same outline of spoilers it really is bananas; ‘meta’ doesn’t even begin to describe it. But it also sounds fun as hell so I’m in, who the hell cares. 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

1 minute ago, Chris- said:

If I read the same outline of spoilers it really is bananas; ‘meta’ doesn’t even begin to describe it. But it also sounds fun as hell so I’m in, who the hell cares. 

 

You read the same outline of spoilers that I did.

[Kamusha]

I so tempted to read the spoils but I really wanna experience the crazy twists alongside the movie itself.

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

58 minutes ago, Komusha said:

I so tempted to read the spoils but I really wanna experience the crazy twists alongside the movie itself.

 

Trust me, don't give in to that temptation at all, because these are freakin' WILD!

 

And quite honestly, I found them to be rather amusing too!

[Greatoneshere]

Part of the appeal of the Matrix franchise is going in expecting to be blown away over and over again by fight scenes and unique plot developments, so I'm definitely trying to avoid spoilers. Obviously everyone remembers their minds being blown by pretty much everything in the first movie, me included. But for me I remember being super excited in a theater and from the go The Matrix Reloaded was cool as hell. The highway chase blew my mind, and for me, yes, I loved how gutsy the Architect scene was at the end. Even the Matrix Revolutions, I like the final confrontation with the Merovingian, the mech battle and final stand of Zion, the final Smith vs. Neo fight (to a degree), and the ambivalent ending.

 

This is a really fun universe to play in. These should be weird and crazy films, that's how they always felt to me even if they probably feel quaint by modern standards in terms of filmmaking style. 

[Kamusha]

On 9/21/2021 at 7:40 PM, Greatoneshere said:

Part of the appeal of the Matrix franchise is going in expecting to be blown away over and over again by fight scenes and unique plot developments, so I'm definitely trying to avoid spoilers. Obviously everyone remembers their minds being blown by pretty much everything in the first movie, me included. But for me I remember being super excited in a theater and from the go The Matrix Reloaded was cool as hell. The highway chase blew my mind, and for me, yes, I loved how gutsy the Architect scene was at the end. Even the Matrix Revolutions, I like the final confrontation with the Merovingian, the mech battle and final stand of Zion, the final Smith vs. Neo fight (to a degree), and the ambivalent ending.

 

This is a really fun universe to play in. These should be weird and crazy films, that's how they always felt to me even if they probably feel quaint by modern standards in terms of filmmaking style. 

 

I rewatched the whole trilogy recently and it was a fun journey, even though I still don't love Revolutions as a whole.  Reloaded is super underrated though. They really are weird movies in such a good way. I think the idiosyncratic nature of them became too much for most audiences with the sequels, but even the first movie is just bonkers from the very beginning. Neo's mouth closes up, a bug is planted inside his bellybutton, and he awakens naked in a pod of goo... - and that's just in the first half hour! So much of this weirdness is taken for granted today but it's easy to see an alternate timeline where none of this really connected with mainstream audiences. It honestly feels like a miracle that it was the phenomenon that it was. I appreciate it all the more in today's blockbuster climate.

 

So it's foolish to expect this new movie to be something safe, and I'm so glad that this is shaping up to be a wild ride. I want it to be divisive. I want people walking away scratching their heads. We need another Matrix movie to shake things up, and I am so ready.

[cusideabelincoln]

2 hours ago, Komusha said:

 

I rewatched the whole trilogy recently and it was a fun journey, even though I still don't love Revolutions as a whole.  Reloaded is super underrated though. They really are weird movies in such a good way. I think the idiosyncratic nature of them became too much for most audiences with the sequels, but even the first movie is just bonkers from the very beginning. Neo's mouth closes up, a bug is planted inside his bellybutton, and he awakens naked in a pod of goo... - and that's just in the first half hour! So much of this weirdness is taken for granted today but it's easy to see an alternate timeline where none of this really connected with mainstream audiences. It honestly feels like a miracle that it was the phenomenon that it was. I appreciate it all the more in today's blockbuster climate.

 

So it's foolish to expect this new movie to be something safe, and I'm so glad that this is shaping up to be a wild ride. I want it to be divisive. I want people walking away scratching their heads. We need another Matrix movie to shake things up, and I am so ready.

 

First Matrix gets the benefit from the "average Joe who finds out he's special" story that grounds it for most people.  The sequels' attempt to ground casual audiences was to double down on the special effects, but they also double down on the craziness.  Another thing the sequels did was making the ideas more complex with a lot of explanation. The Merovingian scene that drags on is a prime example among many long-winded high-level dialogue scenes.

[Kal-El814]

Tell me you don’t understand The Matrix without saying you don’t understand The Matrix

 

 

[Keyser_Soze]

There aren't a lot of metahumans so this should be very unique

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

 

[LazyPiranha]

Wait, why does it say only in cinemas, did the HBO max thing fall through or is this purely international?

[Kal-El814]

1 minute ago, LazyPiranha said:

Wait, why does it say only in cinemas, did the HBO max thing fall through or is this purely international?

 

Only in theaters… OF THE MIND

[silentbob]

38 minutes ago, LazyPiranha said:

Wait, why does it say only in cinemas, did the HBO max thing fall through or is this purely international?

 

it said UK at the end for the online address at the end of the trailer. Caught me by surprise too until I noticed the UK.

[Mercury33]

So fucking hyped

[SoberChef]

@LazyPiranhawith the not so lazy eye there, very good point. I did think that this was going day & date to HBOMax (regardless I am TOTALLY seeing this in a 4DX screening so it doesn't matter, however repeat viewings would be awesome after that initial viewing.)

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

10 hours ago, LazyPiranha said:

Wait, why does it say only in cinemas, did the HBO max thing fall through or is this purely international?

 

11 minutes ago, SoberChef said:

@LazyPiranhawith the not so lazy eye there, very good point. I did think that this was going day & date to HBOMax (regardless I am TOTALLY seeing this in a 4DX screening so it doesn't matter, however repeat viewings would be awesome after that initial viewing.)

 

It's going to be on HBO Max:

 

The Matrix Resurrections | In Theaters and on HBO Max December 22 | HBO Max

WWW.HBOMAX.COM

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[Kamusha]

I can’t believe this comes out in less than 3 weeks. From what I understand the discourse around this thing is gonna be interesting, so prepare yourselves for that.

[Mercury33]

43 minutes ago, Komusha said:

I can’t believe this comes out in less than 3 weeks. From what I understand the discourse around this thing is gonna be interesting, so prepare yourselves for that.

In what way? Because is divisive in quality or because it’s controversial?

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Just now, Mercury33 said:

In what way? Because is divisive in quality or because it’s controversial?

 

Yes.

[Mercury33]

3 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

Yes.

Sweet. I’m almost tired of having the recycled Man of Steel and Last Jedi debates(both are awesome, if you think otherwise you’re a moron). Hyped for the trilogy to complete itself. 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

 

[silentbob]

This is looking great and between this and No Way Home. I just might get the balls and venture back to the theatre to see it. . . unless my receiver gets here and I can stream it somewhere here in Canada. 

[Kamusha]

How much does this trailer show? One thing I really enjoy about the marketing so far is that nobody really knows what the movie is even about.

[Mercury33]

5 minutes ago, Komusha said:

How much does this trailer show? One thing I really enjoy about the marketing so far is that nobody really knows what the movie is even about.

Dont watch it. I still don’t 100% know what this is about but the last two trailers def give you a pretty solid look at the main theme. If you like that feeling of knowing I’d imagine discovering that theme for the first time while watching the actual movie would be pretty awesome. 
 

That being said, that trailer was INCREDIBLE