Was it really possible to make a fourth matrix movie that was going to be loved by the audience? It is easy to assume that everyone entered the movie theater conditioned to dislike the fourth movie.
I believe it might be close to impossible to make a comeback movie that people will love again.
“Remember, all I’m offering is the truth. Nothing more."- Morpheus, ‘The Matrix' (1999).
Matrix is one of my favorite movies too as I watched the first three movies countless times. So I was one of the hesitant ones.
I don't think we can say that The Matrix Resurrections is a bad movie, it is entirely up to your expectations. If you want nostalgia and entertainment you will find what you expect.🔵 If you want originality and a new way of looking into the new Matrix World,🔴 I think you will not like this one that much.
I will talk about the first part of the movie without going into details, in the new Matrix, Thomas Anderson, aka Neo, is a very famous game designer in San Francisco; but it is as if the life he lived is not his, it is not real. The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, and The Matrix Revolutions movies are actually games created by Thomas(aka Neo), and Warner Bros. wants to create the fourth. The company is pushing him.
Here, the film explicitly tries to point out that Matrix Resurrections was filmed because of institutional pressure, using the Warner Bros. name as well. Lana was forced to make the fourth movie, and in the movie, Neo is forced to make a fourth game. But Neo specifically says that the game is finished and there is no need to make a fourth one, showings us how Lana feels.
“You have a problem with authority, Mr. Anderson. You believe you are special, that somehow the rules do not apply to you. Obviously, you are mistaken.”
Rinehart, ‘The Matrix' (1999).
I liked how she found a way to show us what was happening behind the closed doors of Warner Bros. I found it a very clever way to say ''Look, I don't really want to do this movie too, but if I don't, they will ruin it more.''
The first hour definitely won't appeal to the old Matrix fans as it has zero action, mostly goes in the Matrix Universe as Neo gains concıesnous and the second part of the movie entirely focuses on Neo trying to find a way to resurrect Trinity, who is a character I totally adore so I appreciated watching her.
The second part has a state of acceptance and peace that the magic of technology goes beyond a machine, code, or representation that we can see with the naked eye—and that's not such a bad thing. For this reason, it gradually turns into a relentless love movie in which the love between Neo and Trinity is not symbolized and directly becomes the main purpose of the narrative.
I won't be surprised if people find themselves feeling like watching a romantic comedy, but a really nice one I must say.
As Morpheus Says “There is nothing better to soothe anxiety than a little nostalgia.”
I guess this is what Lana tried to give us.
But I must say I would like to see more of that eye-opening philosophical questions being the center of the movie, as that was what Matrix is about in the first place. 💊
The simulacrum is never that which conceals the truth—it is the truth which conceals that there is none. The simulacrum is true.
Jean Baudrillard
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Hello!... I really liked your post, especially the end. The Matrix (at least the one conceived by The Architect) represented what Baudrillard defined as "simulacrum by falsification", in which there is no link between "type" and "replica", because the only true thing is the simulacrum itself, which denies any reality different from it. It is the "Society of the Spectacle" of which Guy Deboard spoke in the 1960s, taken to extremes that the philosophers of that time could not have imagined.
Regarding the film, we have a very similar impression. I am fan of the previous trilogy too, and although I didn't love this fourth installment as much as the previous ones, I must say that I ended up liking it. Maybe because I took the opportunity to see it with very low expectations. In fact yesterday I made a post about my impression of the movie. I'd like to read your opinion about it, if you have some time to read it.
Thanks for your review and for the opportunity to share opinions. Best Regards.
Thank You so much! happy to see someone took time to write a lovely review, i believe it was a good film but i miss the old ones! but we still have them and we can watch them anytime :) I will check it out!
Yes! I love this movie, honestly. It's better than 2 and 3, in my opinion, and I love the meta-level philosophy angles of it because I'm super into that shit, and also the psychedelic allegories are fun and the effects are good for it as well.
I totally agree! Thank you for your comment :)
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