The Matrix Resurrections (with Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss and Lana Wachowski)

MisterAnarchy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118357198#Comment_118357198

There are no spoilers in that review, you have picked that up the wrong way.

silliussoddius

So sounds like more memberberry pie.

EltonJohn69

If empire are saying the movie is a skunk…. then it’s very likely a skunk or worse…. :(

EltonJohn69

Guardian review also terrible

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

This is gonna be absolutely horrific isn't it.

All signals point to definitely... It can't be as bad as the second or third one can it?!

EltonJohn69

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118358369#Comment_118358369

I was going to watch it Christmas night… but it might actually ruin Christmas

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118358389#Comment_118358389

Nice of the Wachowski brothers to let their sister direct but doesn't make for a good movie.

Although if Bradshaw in the Guardian doesn't like it than maybe I will. Hate most stuff he gives 5 stars

RocketRaccoon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118358457#Comment_118358457

Not sure if I've missed a joke or not here

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118358516#Comment_118358516

Could be a reference to not believing that Lana is really a woman, but is maybe just an autogynephilic BDSM fetishist, as was revealed in the now pulled, infamous Rolling Stone article.

https://lulz.com/the-mystery-of-larry-wachowski-5443/

MisterAnarchy

Ive seen reviews saying that its the funniest Matrix film and its great fun.

I never like to hear that a film is fun, and the Matrix films werent funny in a deliberate manner.

Not a good sign.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118358786#Comment_118358786

Bad news for you. Lana isn't a woman.

blue note

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118359072#Comment_118359072

Well aren't you very edgy.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118358369#Comment_118358369

Thinking it can't be as bad as the second, suggests you lack imagination. I imagine it could be much worse.

Venom 2, should have been epic but it was a mess. Not seen Spider-man or Ghostbusters yet but have my expectations set pretty low.

Sad Professor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118359072#Comment_118359072

Don’t post in this thread again. Take your trolling somewhere else

Folks stay on topic please

/mod

B.A._Baracus

Accordingly this will hit hbo max at 8am our time. So expect spoilers from 10am lol.

StevenToast

Spoiler.... the film is sh1t

johnny_ultimate

A couple of critics I've a lot of time for have been effusive in their praise for the film. Really looking forward to seeing it now, hopefully this week.

https://www.vulture.com/2021/12/the-matrix-resurrections-movie-review-matrix-4.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/12/the-matrix-resurrections-movie-review/621082/

RocketRaccoon

I watched it earlier, its passable. Not a patch on the first movie of course but some of it was very good, obviously I won't say much just in case but I enjoyed it.

thomas anderson.

Ugh it was terrible

Really really terrible

Penn

I thought it was decent. As I and most predicted, not a patch on the first, but better than the sequels. They went a bit overboard on the meta stuff at the start, and Morpheus' whole inclusion in the film was entirely unnecessary, and clearly done just to have "Morpheus" in the film/trailers. The Merovingian as well was... oof....

There were also a lot of missed opportunities. The fights were pretty bland, missing the mark between the inventiveness of the first and the overblown cgi-fest of the sequels.

All that said, it was a decent watch. I really liked New-Smith, even though performance-wise he's not a patch on Weaving, I enjoyed his character evolution in this. Neo and Trinity were terrific as you'd expect, and the general story was okay.

Just back from watching this. It's not as bad as I feared, but obviously not a patch on the original. There's plenty of throwback nostalgia nods to the original, although some of it is overdone, with trying to basically just replicate particular scenes. My teenage daughter who has only seen the original once, also enjoyed it. Although it is better than the first two sequels, it would hold no re-watch value for me.

sioda

Just out of it there and I liked it.

Love the kickback to the original film and the adjustment of the new world tbh.

New Smith I get he's way more fun but Merv swung it for me quality over acting.

Nice to see Sense8s again🤣

FutureGuy

My review.

It's a good movie. Not great, not bad.

The end.

ancapailldorcha

God, this was tedious. It felt like a remake of the original film and it was peppered with clips from the trilogy for no unfathomable reason beyond perhaps the director thinking we'd forgotten said trilogy. Spiderman: No Way Home rewarded people who'd seen the previous sets of films with references but this felt like having nostalgia rammed down my throat rather than the new Matrix story I was expecting.

The action sequences were completely banal, I don't remember the soundtrack at all save for Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit. The closest thing there was to a new idea was hinting with all the subtlety of being walloped with a brick that Jessica Henwick's character is non-binary.

I consider myself quite forgiving when it comes to many things but I truly despise being bored in a cinema.

Falthyron

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118362485#Comment_118362485

On your point about nostalgia being rammed down your throat, I think you misunderstood what was happening here. The first hour of the film is a clear critique of the current state of Hollywood remakes/reboots, etc. In fact, the line by Morpheus 'Nothing like a bit of nostalgia to comfort people's anxiety' says it all. Spiderman is pure nostalgia wankery and revels in it, but that is part of the charm of MCU so it gets a pass. Although, I would agree the flashbacks in Resurrections weren't necessary. The original Matrix treated their audience as intelligent and let them digest the plot and it's intricacies in their own time, and they should have taken the same approach with this - we didn't need to see 'connections or links'. In short, if you didn't see the originals, you shouldn't be at this film.

Resurrections is without a doubt a sequel. So, if you are expecting a reboot/remake/remaster, rest assured, you won't get that.

ancapailldorcha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118362538#Comment_118362538

I see your point. The problem there though is that whoever wrote this thought that one or two hints wouldn't be sufficient so they had to have Anderson's business partner give him the name of their giant parent company, Warner Bros. as if he wouldn't have known it already.

It could have worked as a tongue-in-cheek quip but it just became tedious.

corcaigh07

The throwbacks are the lamest thing of the whole movie. Sadly, I don't think this movie surpasses even Revolutions.

santana75

Went to see it earlier and it's atrocious. I found myself nodding off after 20 minutes, it was just boring. Keanu reeves comes across like he's perpetually baked, his delivery is really stilted and forced. Its not a good movie, simple as that. I'd recommend avoiding this one and not parting with any of your hard earned cash.

corcaigh07

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118363155#Comment_118363155

You're spot on.

Random shout out here but Matrix 4 reminded me of Saw 3. In Saw 3, they just kept showing clips of Saw 1 (which was a better movie than it gets credit for) hoping you'd forget how bad the new movie is.

I'd say more but don't want to get close to spoiling.