The scene where Neo is being informed that he has to make another matrix because the studio mandates it and he doesnt actually have ownership over the ip. That scene literally explains everything exactly as it happened irl

@radicant7283

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, literally says "Warner Brothers is making matrix 4 with or without us." Can't think of a more direct explanation straight from director to audience.

@nickdee24

2 ай бұрын

@@radicant7283 Yeah exactly, it's like they knew they didn't want to do it but thought alright we'll make one but we're gonna make sure you know that this was a bad idea and we KNOW IT WAS. lol.

@Velvetspoonful

2 ай бұрын

@@radicant7283Is that like, the fourth wall pulverised with extreme prejudice?

@mthoodstyle

2 ай бұрын

What about respecting the audience? People paid real money for this turd. Not cool. The movies got progressively worse and this one was the cherry on top.

@paul4000

2 ай бұрын

If you paid money to see it you honestly got what you deserved, maybe try crying about it? Couldn’t hurt 🤷🏻‍♂ @@mthoodstyle

in the beginning of the movie theres literally a sign that says "for those that like to eat shit"

@BigGainer98

Жыл бұрын

Glad I didn’t even bother torrenting it for free. Fuck Hollywood and modern western entertainment.

@seamon9732

2 ай бұрын

At around 4 minutes 15 seconds you can also see a sign that read "Sabor a Mierda", translate to "taste of shit". Edit: Also visible at 6m 5s.

@davidpando7970

2 ай бұрын

oh my! wooow! In a way this is soothing to know....they know....and we know.... something.....shitty

@caddywampa6602

2 ай бұрын

​@@seamon9732 "Bugs" also slides down an electric sign in that scene that reads "ANDERSONS- FOR THOSE THAT LOVE TO EAT SHIT" in English.

@garvintimmann

2 ай бұрын

@@seamon9732 well spotted

Holy shit, it came out in 2021? Fuck the time goes fast....

@rgw5991

18 күн бұрын

i just saw it 3 weeks ago

@iratepirate3896

17 күн бұрын

​@rgw5991 Lucky b*stard

@number3stunner118

17 күн бұрын

I just watched it last night, and was surprised. I thought it would've been 2022, and probably late in the year.

@mujigant35

15 күн бұрын

Time do fast 😢

@MichaelFever

13 күн бұрын

Time moves different in the Matrix

The original Matrix was an allegory for how cool firing guns in slow motion is

@irrelevant_noob

Ай бұрын

34:22

@cuerex8580

Ай бұрын

ye fuck philosophy and mythology

@Microphunktv-jb3kj

Ай бұрын

the same time came out a movie wich is underrated imho... around the same era i mean... The One , with Jet Li

@CowboyRobot2000

29 күн бұрын

I think of it as a cinematic similie, contrasting what was great about the first Matrix for the complete shitshow Resur-erections is.

@dmitrykarkov4747

25 күн бұрын

💯💯frfr

When “Smith” said WB wants to do a new trilogy with or without the original creator I knew from that moment in what I was watching.

@MrVvulf

2 ай бұрын

You are the One!

@rzn2258

2 ай бұрын

Stop lying

@michaelshepherdhal

2 ай бұрын

same

@ekinteko

Ай бұрын

I don't know. I still think they were set out making a serious movie, and went overboard with all the self-jokes and meta points. Besides the above is "just a theory". Another strong theory is that the Wichowski's have lost the plot themselves. Anyone changing their gender identity must be undergoing big mental changes, and there is a certainty that it affects your thinking (ie Creativity, Decision Making, Consistency, etc etc).

@jakeviolet2195

Ай бұрын

So, the studio wants to remake your hit movie from the 90s with or without you. What do you do? A) Turn down the job and let someone else ruin your legacy. B) Accept the job and ruin your own legacy to spite the studio and the audience. C) Accept the job and make a great movie, if you still have the chops. They didn't choose Option C because they didn't have the talent anymore. The Waschowski brothers were a one-hit-wonder. They made one great movie, two lukewarm sequels, chopped their dicks off and then disappeared into the sad world of Hollywood has-beens.

The theory makes perfect sense. In fact when Steven Spielberg made ET he immediately wrote a sequel. It was so awful that it was scrapped right away. It eventually came out that this was done on purpose because Spielbergs contract called for a sequel idea. He did not want this movie to be made so he purposely wrote such a bad story that no producer would green light the idea.

@nikolaush3414

Ай бұрын

I think there's also many sequels out there where the directors tried to do the same, but then the movie script got made anyway, even though it was horrific.

@timnordstrom7383

Ай бұрын

This honestly speaks to a profound level of integrity.

@No1_Inpa_Ticular

Ай бұрын

@@timnordstrom7383 Well we can all see what Disney thinks of producers/creators. “Buy the bastards out! Or wait until they die and it’s free pickins”.

@fixedfunshow

Ай бұрын

Then when he's no longer around they make one anyway.

@DanielDavidAllenChannel

Ай бұрын

I kinda wanna see AI make this movie now.

What shocks me the most about Matrix 4 is that the WB execs didn't see this flaming pile of garbage coming from a mile away. The whole film is Lana giving WB the middle finger and (rightfully) killing off any potential reboot of the franchise, but over the months and years that it was in production, they continued to fund it and somehow didn't know that it was going to turn out so awful???

@theyellowarchitect4504

Ай бұрын

They don't care. It will make money anyway because it has the matrix IP. Also muh chinese markets.

@WinterAyars

Ай бұрын

Capitalism is always willing to make money off media calling out capitalism for being evil. This is just a variant of that. They don't care whether it's good or bad, just whether they can get people to watch something off the (still very strong) brand recognition. That's it.

@daniellegales

Ай бұрын

It makes much more sense when you realise that studio execs do not care at all if their movies are good. I recall an anecdote about Alien 3, where David Fincher was at his wits end trying to convince the studio execs that the changes that they were insisting on would hurt the film, and they responded that they didn't care. They didn't give a shit that they were hurting the fim, because a good film is never their goal, only a profitable one. Great films bomb all the time, and terrible ones routinely make bank. I imagine Warner Bros thought that the brand recognition and attached talent would be enough for this film.

@DynamicPhil84

Ай бұрын

@daniellegales I thought that Matrix 4 completely bombed though? Which is why I'm especially confused that there are now plans to continue the series with a new director. From a marketing and profitability standpoint, I'm baffled.

@LowkeyLoki_1

29 күн бұрын

To make it funny, the Matrix 5 is now in production with a new director lol

Lana doing Hugo and Laurence a solid by leaving them out, but Keanu KNEW what Lana was doing and went "Let's make a meme.."

@HunterBarner

Ай бұрын

Keanu Is the quietest g.o.a.t.

@ayoungtricknamedjim5498

Ай бұрын

How do you know Keanu was aware that Lana was going full meme?

@TheSometimeAfter

Ай бұрын

​@@ayoungtricknamedjim5498 how do you know he wasn't?

@ayoungtricknamedjim5498

Ай бұрын

@@TheSometimeAfter wasn't what?

@darrelgreene7094

Ай бұрын

​@@ayoungtricknamedjim5498 He talked about it in an interview. He told her no, initially, no more Matrixes. Then she explained it to him and gave him the script, and he said, oh yeah absolutely.

I thought the recasting of Smith and Morpheus were a commentary on how studios try to reboot franchises with new actors in old roles, and expect the same performance. They act as if delivery and performance were transactional.

@milddiffuse

2 ай бұрын

yea this

@ftgodlygoose4718

2 ай бұрын

Marvel and Star Wars right now. Like is it seriously that difficult to make new interesting characters? Why bother making another super genius character with a unique personality and morals when you can just make Iron Man 2.0 with boobs, what is going through their heads.

@TheRedpainternumber8

2 ай бұрын

😅 the point is to make ironic man

@ossiedunstan4419

Ай бұрын

so smith is a software program you are saying software program`s can't be changed or rewritten, That only applies to microsoft software.

@RonsaRRR

Ай бұрын

Hugo Weaving was scheduled to reprise his role as Smith, but was unable to due to a scheduling conflict.

Did you know that the first version of the new Matrix movie was designed to be perfect? Where none suffered, where everyone would be happy. It was a disaster. No one would accept it. Entire crops were lost. Which is why the new Matrix movie was redesigned to this!

@marniekilbourne608

Ай бұрын

YES, they literally explained that in the 3rd movie!

@kc-wv9er

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@WildHorseProductions

Ай бұрын

I heard this in Colonel Sander's voice.

@atischtm8833

Ай бұрын

legend

@Dias_De_Noe

Ай бұрын

Low key best comment

18:39 "And, the movie ends." I watched this movie and legitimately believed you there...

That trumpet version of "Wake Up" at the end credits had me and buddy in absolute stitches. Well worth the ticket price

I think the conflicting view comes from the conflict of what the movie really is. Those expecting a serious sequel to the series are gonna be massively disappointed. But when you realize it's a giant FU to the studio who wanted them to bring back all the characters for a cash grab it's brilliant, as it's just enough to make stupid studio executives think it will be good because it checks off all the boxes and they have no sense of taste so they green light it.

@tomoakley760

Жыл бұрын

Problem is the studio still wins because audiences paid to watch it expecting a decent Matrix movie. The studio got their money, it's the audience that gets short thrifted

@wilfredoandresquinonesruiz5263

Жыл бұрын

@@tomoakley760 They didn't quite win if they expected a franchise

@CTimmerman

Жыл бұрын

WB wanted to use new characters as the old ones were too old and expensive, and Lana screwed over Smith like WB did her. Fortunately Resurrections could just be a simulation.

@santiagojara8056

Жыл бұрын

@@tomoakley760 The audience who lack brains*

@ashscott6068

Жыл бұрын

Being deliberately shit, doesn't make it good. It makes it shit. And it IS shit. And if you believe it was shit on purpose, you're fooling yourself. They were TRYING to make a good movie. They just failed on an epic scale.

I literally went from straight confusion as to what I had just seen with The Matrix Resurrections to laughing hysterically for twenty minutes straight. I honestly couldn’t believe what I’d just seen.

@mihailmilev9909

Жыл бұрын

Lmfao

13 күн бұрын

It's such a self-aware movie. Just like its director, Matrix Resurrections identifies as something it can never be.

@32BitJunkie

4 күн бұрын

There's the spiteful anti trans comments. You guys just can't not make everything political huh

I absolutely hate it when brands these days try that whole "We're self aware and able to poke fun at ourselves too just like you guys do! Aren't we super relatable and hilarious now!? Who would have expected us, WB, to make a film where we totally make fun of ourselves! Aren't we so hip and 2024 now?"... No... When it comes to brands that whole self aware / self deprecating style of humor is never funny nor relatable, and it simply doesn't work for consumer brands like it works for comedians and individuals making fun of themselves. I literally want my time back and thank God I didn't end up having to pay a dime to watch this dumpster fire. If you must make a 5th Matrix film... and we all pray that you don't... We'd rather the franchise end finally and age like a fine wine and not like milk... But if you must make a 5th entry, please at least do a more serious prequel that follows the story of one of the 5 previous "ones" who came before Neo like the architect mentioned. Either try that or maybe a prequel that shows the beginning of the human/machine war as it's just breaking out with mankind using nukes and scorching the skies etc. Don't use Keanu any longer at this point, please just make a prequel (NOT a reboot!) which follows the storyline of one of the previous "anomalies" or "Neos".

@applescruff1969

15 күн бұрын

Couldn't agree more. Even films I like that do Meta-angles still kind of annoy me. Lol.

Dude, the movie was meant to be shit exactly because of the reasons they made in the movie. Warner Bros broke their contract and forced them to make another movie. So they trolled Warner Bros and made a Meta Meta Meta movie about being forced to make another Matrix Movie. It's all right there. God bless Lana.

One thing I learned very early working in advertising is NEVER give the clients a deliberately bad concept as an option because that's the one they will chose to make, without fail.

@ablationer

Ай бұрын

Something something Ford's voiceover narration in Blade Runner

@slablab768

Ай бұрын

I won't spoil the surprise of how this applies between Tim Burton and Warner Bros on Beetlejuice, but it does.

@bricaaron3978

Ай бұрын

@@slablab768 What's wrong with Beetlejuice? I'm sure the recent sequel is garbage, but that doesn't reflect upon the original of course.

@PhilipAlexanderHassialis

Ай бұрын

@@ablationer well, depends really. I liked Blade Runner voiceover because it is a direct use of the "Film noir" Humphrey Bogart detective films tropes - and I think it fit the movie well.

@ablationer

Ай бұрын

@@PhilipAlexanderHassialis I was more-so referring to the rumor that Harrison Ford didn't wanna do it so he did it bad on purpose so they wouldn't use it, and yet they kept it in anyway

When I saw it in the theatre, groups were walking out in the middle. Soon after, during a long dialogue moment, I broke down and started laughing… for no reason other than the boring factor. Others joined me. It was a crazy moment that I’ll never forget. I don’t remember the movie at all.

@PickledSmoothBrain

2 ай бұрын

I would have loved to have been there and seen you all giggling at the movie

@whatyoudo9773

2 ай бұрын

i have the same reaction when i see the directors currently....like sideshow stuff

@TacticalTypos

2 ай бұрын

We had the same reaction watching it at home. Especially when the bodies started falling from the sky

@casualcausalityy

2 ай бұрын

​@@whatyoudo9773I always think about the less assertive twin, did they go along with the transition just to remain in lockstep with Lana? It's weird

@BrandynQuigley

2 ай бұрын

It was a dogshit movie that I could write essays on. For starters it's fucking criminal that it didn't get a Premium Large Format release, nevermind the fact that matrix 4 wasn't in 4d. The budget? Omfg where did it go??? Last I checked it had double the budget of Titanic. The core principles and ideology? Completely abandoned. There was one singular cool moment in the movie and it was the reveal of Io/new Zion. Apart from that it legit felt like a made for TV remake in the same vein as the Rush Hour TV show. I believe it was bad on purpose, but not to stick it to the studio. It was bad on purpose to shit on all the people who loved the movie, to spite the fans - because the creators hate the fact that their best work was something they stole. Its crazy the movie was so bad it made me question everything, which lead me to find out the wachowskis were sued and lost in court over IP theft. The Matrix was heaaaavily lifted from The Invisibles.

You know what? The original matrix was an allegory for how cool firing guns in slow motion is. That's all we needed.

I don't understand why Neo cannot force blast his body into the air (fly), if he's mastered his inner Ryu since waking up.

@nulldnb

9 күн бұрын

There is somewhere where it was explained as him just jumping really far, might have been matrix online where Jump was the biggest method of traveling around rooftops

That’s not even a theory. That’s just literally the A plot of the movie. The first half is the actual movie was a brilliant short film about the author’s struggle with mental health and the way the first movie ruined their life. The second half just goes here’s some big dome action for the people who couldn’t keep up. Then it proceeds to close every door and burn every bridge so they can’t pull this shit again.

@RichardServello

2 ай бұрын

It’s like how the second half of Adaptation was written by Kaufman’s brother and nobody got it, it was intentionally a cheesy action film at the end about a crime heist. The brother spells it out beat for beat and people still didn’t get it. Tho that movie was brilliant and wasn’t meant to bankrupt a franchise…LOL

@metagen77

2 ай бұрын

Its a bunch of thiefes and scammers without any shame. But I guess they were right in the end, who can even blame them if you actually defend this.

@mikeexits

2 ай бұрын

"Big dome action" - I've never heard this one before. Interesting word choice.

@jackvalentine7403

2 ай бұрын

It's obviously a automatic correct. Chill bro.

@aZeddPrattFilm

2 ай бұрын

Exactly.

I like the scene where fake Morpheus, dressed as an agent, got high on drugs, popped out of nowhere in front of other agents, greets an agent with: ''Agent White.'', and bursts out laughing for no apparent reason. I couldn't stop laughing at how hilarious that scene was. At this point, I was like: ''What in the fuck am I watching?''.

@MistahJay7

Жыл бұрын

Lol shit was a comedy show but you gota admit the comedy parts really did hit. The part where Neo tried to fly and was like "Yup that's not happening" I literally died of laughter lol

@mihailmilev9909

Жыл бұрын

@@MistahJay7 yeah it was pretty funny if u take it as perhaps the way it was meant to. Kinda like secretly sarcastic in a way maybe

@user-hs9cl3sy1l

2 ай бұрын

I like the part where Morpheus said "It's Morphin' time!"

@master-of-mind5881

2 ай бұрын

You have to know Bhuddishm, Numerology and the basics of Zoroastrian dualism to say you even watched matrix Resurrections. A genius level event so alienating to its audience it won’t be seen as a masterpiece that it is for years to come. Absolutely loved matrix resurrections. I got no qualms with it whatsoever. As the worlds biggest matrix fan I have watched the original 78 times (yes I counted) it changed my life, it forced me to question my own reality and it made me love movies as my favourite personal interest. This movie is so sincere and exquisite in writing, subtext, allegories, performances etc. I love it for what it is. Any matrix film requires the viewer to upgrade their mindset and to watch it with clarity and vigilance. This film is no different. Like the original it gave me that feeling of reawakening. Rediscovering something for the first time like love or reuniting with an old friend. The film is a beautiful experience and one of the best sci-fi love stories ever committed to film. The visual storytelling on display here is excellent. The biggest irony for me is that the original changed the game, it’s influence on technology, media, culture, etc,it was a critical and commercial success. The pedigree of the original is unparalleled. What’s interesting is that over twenty years later the next instalment is ridiculed, panned, dismissed as nothing more then a sleazy cheap cash grab right? Everyone who didn’t like the film are all saying the exact same thing. Financially the film flopped too. If there’s one thing I know about this franchise is that every film was made with precision, meticulously crafted, it’s no accident or mistake that resurrections is considered a flop. That was the whole point! However if you take the red pill, adjust your mindset and rewatch this film again, you’ll see how deep rabbit

@MuadDiiib

2 ай бұрын

@@master-of-mind5881 it's not that deep, chill with the wall of text.

To show how I wipe this SH!T stain from my mind, I was like "A new Matrix movie, when did it come out!!!", seems I've chosen the wrong pill

@theterriblepuddle1830

Ай бұрын

I was like: "wait, Matrix 3 was that bad?" I had totally forgotten this existed

@jesmcd

16 күн бұрын

Or you chose the right one.

@jesmcd

16 күн бұрын

​@@theterriblepuddle1830So did I

We're getting to the point where creators are being forced to continue their beloved franchises against their will either from the producers or the fans. The whole story of Dark Soul 3 was Miyazaki saying "this franchise is 100% out of ideas, we need to move on!" and so was Phantom Pain for Hideo Kojima. Marvel keeps pumping out bullshit and the main actors are sick of it. Don't even get me started on starwars.

I'd call it an antifilm, a new art form of showing us how bad the studios can be at making films and exactly what their motivations are. And a masterpiece as such.

@Virtuasamsara

2 ай бұрын

I agree, as far as the corporate greed part goes, it's an interesting "meta" take on it. How many movies are poking fun at the very studio that's responsible for its creation? Plus, although I'm a huge Matrix fan, I felt like the series started jumping the shark midway through Reloaded. The series was already getting bogged down in commercial appeal, actiony "rule of cool" more than intrigue. The Animatrix had fresher ideas than anything in the last half of the trilogy. The Wachowskis were clearly running out of steam by the end. The franchise was already getting "milked" by that point. And Matrix 4 came out at a time when we'd already had so many half-hearted reboots and remakes.

@MWB_FoolsParadisePictures

2 ай бұрын

@@Virtuasamsara I completely agree. I used to blame the Wachowskis for the degradation of the trilogy, but this video has made me wonder how much fault lies with the studio...and how much the Wachowskis perhaps degraded the films on purpose to discourage the studio's requests.

@LineOfThy

2 ай бұрын

@@pnut3844able No they literally spell it out to you _in the movie_

@chrislawuk

2 ай бұрын

Yes! That’s exactly the word for it, an antifilm! Slopjamming! Brilliant.

@ebukaobieri

2 ай бұрын

@@Virtuasamsara Bruh you realise all the dumb shit they added in the sequels BECAUSE of the wachowski's dumb as ideas. After the first Matrix WB let them do whatever the fuck they want and the films literally got WORSE. This shit is not on WB.

I think even the Bugs Bunny reference in Matrix Resurrections was an attempt to insult Warner Bros for making a cash grab sequel to Space Jam

@krash2430

Ай бұрын

in the first movie they mention a bunny

@AndrewMilesMurphy

Ай бұрын

It's all a Monster Jam reference, the Bhop map in Counter-Strike Source

@thelastdefenderofcamelot5623

Ай бұрын

I believe Lana is portrayed by Bugs. She is treated like a circus actor but cunningly made a movie that mocks WB by seeking help from Keanu.

@bricaaron3978

Ай бұрын

You realize there was a girl with a rabbit tattoo in the first movie? The _reference_ was to the tattoo in the first movie. If that weren't the case, your idea would be more plausible.

@garretmh

29 күн бұрын

In the original the white rabbit tattoo was a thematic reference to Alice in Wonderland. They replaced it with an insincere nostalgic reference and brand tie-in in a way that looks good on paper but is just cringe in context. One of my favorite moments from the movie

the directors cutting chopping their ducks off is bad on purpose

They announced a Mateix 5 unfortunately. So if Lana's intention was to prevent any future sequels, she unfortunately failed.

24:04 "The evil threatening all-knowing bad guy in this movie is Neil Patrick Harris who doesn't even look threatening when you put him in a SS uniform" 🤣🤣🤣

@speedracer1945

2 ай бұрын

Uniform was a left over from Starship Troopers that he was in .

@ken__2526

2 ай бұрын

Hey, he was pretty unsettling in Doctor Who. He had a whole Spice Girls musical number and talked in exaggerated fake-German and fake French accents and still ended up being one of the most intimidating villains of the show.

@attiasprouse682

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, but the make up he wore in Cabaret WITH the SS uniform was transforming my freaky.

@maximusolivia9982

2 ай бұрын

His best characters are from how I met your mother and the White Castle movies

@wyattcole5452

2 ай бұрын

I think he managed with Series of Unfortunate Events

I watched this movie when it dropped on HBO and was very confused up until the Warner Bros name drop. After that scene I enjoyed the movie purely based off of the meta content and how badly it recreated the first movie, which clearly was an allegory for how cool firing guns in slow motion is.

When everything has to be an allegory.

Resurrections is like a spin-off to the original Trilogy which just *exists,* not disturbing the main story. You don't hate it and you don't love it.

I could tell while watching that they made it bad on purpose. It was more like, “fine, we will take the money, but you won’t like it.” Lol also, I could tell from the trailers that it was a rehash of the first. I’m just glad I didn’t pay the theater price to see this. I really appreciate all the research you put into this. So good.

@speedracer1945

2 ай бұрын

I saw it on TNT a few weeks ago and wasn't impressed.

@beetlebob4675

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely. The scene with the CEO was an actual conversation, I found out. Abridged, but the same energy. Basically, "We're doing it with or without you" "If you're going to ruin it anyway, I'm going to ruin it MY WAY." I have nothing but respect for that decision.

@JoshuaWhisanat-gd6nd

2 ай бұрын

Research. That's hilarious

@wyattcole5452

2 ай бұрын

I didn’t watch the trailers bc I wanted to be surprised by what I was seeing 😢 I sure was

@beetlebob4675

2 ай бұрын

@@pnut3844able It's not a theory. The one Witchowski that worked on it said as much.

I like to believe Lana and Hugo are friends, so actually she called him like: "Some WB execs are gonna call you to work on a Matrix movie. Just say you're busy!"

@jeremywoods770

2 ай бұрын

bro thats a dude in makeup and a dress

@_BangDroid_

2 ай бұрын

@@jeremywoods770 Are you talking about Hugo in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert?

@jeremywoods770

2 ай бұрын

@@_BangDroid_ i love that movie. But no

@Nyla_Corvina

2 ай бұрын

@@jeremywoods770 Keep it to yourself dude nobody cares about your phobia.

@jeremywoods770

2 ай бұрын

@@Nyla_Corvina waaaa cry me a fucking river

Mind effing Blown!!! I hated this movie with all my being. I never wanted to see or hear from it again or god forbid recall any of it. Then I stumbled across this review 2 years on. You my friend have actually given this story some extra dimension that it never had. You have reminded me of the few positives in this soup of disgrace and outlined a whole new level of the Matrix in the process. I salute you (subscribe to you). Now all I need is the movie where Lena wakes up, as a dude, next to Bobby Ewing, in the 1980's and a swat team of cyber ninjas burst in through the windows spraying bullets in bad VHS slo mo mode. This is the one where Keanu is the Villain. WB can make it live forever. Lena doesn't even need to want to be in it. She can be recreated by AI. As will the audience be.

@bricaaron3978

Ай бұрын

*"...where [Lana] wakes up, as a dude..."* You mean like he has done every day since he was born?

@bulletape

Ай бұрын

@@bricaaron3978 Ouch... Harsh.

Well, I'll only say this. If people deem your movie unworthy to even get via torrent, you should get the hint.

Stumbled into fanservice and now I'm on a lextorias binge Totally subbed

@1neinate0

3 ай бұрын

we all stumble into fanservice

@CrimsonSoldat1311

3 ай бұрын

⁠@@1neinate0I agree, i stumbled across it a few months ago, now im also a lextorias sub and i love it.

@raphaeld9270

2 ай бұрын

@@1neinate0 I got suggested and watched the "I watch random animes" first though. But it might have been before the "fanservice" video was done.

@rhiannonalsop8316

2 ай бұрын

Got me too

I was an extra on set of the gym, during the gym bits in the pitch meeting, and I'm back there behind Keanu. Oddly enough, that part of the scene was actually filmed in a real San Francisco gym, that they obviously had to have paid a lot to rent out for the day. Don't think they even changed the layout of the aerobic machines, just made sure we were in exercise clothes, covered my arm tattoo with a crappy hoodie from wardrobe, and shot a bunch of takes. One whole scenario we did clearly hit the cutting room floor, and it was the later stuff that made it in. ANYWAY, you totally reminded me of that with your Lana and Hugo call bit. Hilarious that one of the few real things in the movie was just a gym that's shown for mere fleeting seconds. Great essay, by the way. Totally on board with your observations and theory.

@chrispekel5709

2 ай бұрын

Did you get to smell Keanu

@ModernDayRenaissanceMan

Ай бұрын

​@@chrispekel5709WTF

If this conspiracy is true then basically the movie is a story about Lana (portrayed by Bugs) wakes up Keanu (Not Neo) to help her destroy Warner Bros and the franchise.

Cloud Atlas was absolutely genius and one of their best works. Highly underrated and I think the ways WB screwed them on that project probably created additional animosity on both sides going into M4.

The real 5D chess move would have been to start Thomas Anderson in the same place, but never give the revelation that the matrix is real. The film is a psychodrama about a mentally ill artist, and his friends, family and doctors trying desperately to keep him sane, while the vultures at Warner Bros push him further and further into madness, not just with deadline pressure, but actively gaslighting him, precisely because they think he'll make more interesting work if he's unhinged and if he winds up unaliving himself, they can make big money on a re-release as a "tribute".

@m.zangdar6987

2 ай бұрын

The issue with this is that if it was the whole movie it would have never been greenlighted by the studios. And so Lana would have been fired from the project and we would have had a movie even more barebones than this one. Not saying that it's not a good idea tho, I would have loved a whole movie with just the plot of the first half.

Uh-huh... If you pay close attention when Ms blue hair is escaping at the start, she slides down the restaurant sign, and it reads, "Anderson's - For people who like to eat shit". Fairly on the nose, isn't it?

the conclusion i've got was "if you're going to make a shit out of a movie, let me do it" kind of scenario where the same people accepted to direct the 4th movie.

COMPLETELY AGREE with your assessment. Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on Matrix 5 being announced.

"Why did they make this?" has been a question I ask during a lot of films these days.

@irrelevant_noob

Ай бұрын

And the answer is usually green-backs.

@Microphunktv-jb3kj

Ай бұрын

because the mass population is so stupid... they keep going to watch them... even out of curiosity... even if they know reboot or remake or sequel will be probably shit .... and studios think wow this movie was net profit... lets remake some other 100 movies... thats why.... stop going to watch trash, if they start bleeding money... they will start thinking of quality maybe again .....

@douglaswilburn9278

21 күн бұрын

They literally tell you why in the movie 😂 ITS A CASH GRAB most studios make bad films hoping to make a quick buck which in it self makes no sense and in most cases they have contracts where they have to use existing IP or they lose the rights which is why most bad movies are made

I believe your theory 100%. I believed it while I first watched it that scene really stuck out to me and while watching the movie I couldn’t help but think about why it was the way it was.

Are there any good parts I can watch? I couldn't watch it because when I tried I literally felt like I was watching something made by people that dislike me.

I've stayed far away from 4 ever since it came out; waiting to hear what other people say about it, what the reviews say, etc. All the while, I've been under the impression that it was just not a great fourth installment in the series. I then come across this video, and immediately skip any "spoilers" and start watching from 19:30.... imagine by disbelief when I learn what this actually is, and what I've been avoiding for the last three years.

During the first 20 to 30 minutes of this movie I was mesmerized completely convinced it was a *prequel* to the original trilogy. I imagined the matrix was unintentionally created by Neo as a consequence of the AI he created for the games. I imagined Neo uploaded his consciousness to the matrix and that he, as the creator, had admin / world building privileges. I imagined he created the allies and the villains in this world taking people from his own life (including Trinity). I imagined the matrix had to stop Neo for some reason but it couldn't take any of his privileges, so it made him forget everything instead. And I imagined Morpheus was the first consciousness to emerge from this AI and that he would start a friendship with Neo that would lead to the never ending loop that eventually brought us to the original trilogy. It was an amazing movie in my head for a little while. Until it wasn't.

@3nertia

3 ай бұрын

That's more imagination than the movie actually had - kudos to you!

@JuanPablodelaTorre

3 ай бұрын

@@3nertia I read my comment again and revived those short precious moments one more time. Thanks for commenting.

@ToyokaX

2 ай бұрын

I had the same idea while watching it. I thought "huh, maybe it WAS all a simulation in some guy's computer who turns out to be Neo" but actually it just turned out to be a bunch of slop.

@Gilo_147

2 ай бұрын

That’s so good!

@tomislavrasic7766

2 ай бұрын

That's so goood! I wish it was like that damn

When I left the theatre my first thought was I bet Lana was told either you do another matrix or we will get someone else to make it for us and she was like fuck it Ill make one so bad no one will want to see another matrix ever

@Mr_Bones.

2 ай бұрын

He*

@mikepoxtron

2 ай бұрын

@@Mr_Bones. And that to me is the only reason why Matrix 1 was their only good film (-- .. --) I'm sure Disney will love working with them

@damsen978

2 ай бұрын

@@mikepoxtronThe two sequels are good too. It's just that you have too low IQ to understand them.

@thelastdefenderofcamelot5623

Ай бұрын

Lana = Bugs.

4, there are 4 Matrix videogames. You missed out on the irony of that fact.

My hope is that the movie was made bad so that it's the last Matrix movie to be made for a long time (Protecting some good art from the multiverse mash machine). It's like a disruptive EMP wave shutting down all threats in the area, but sacrificing its own power to do so.

@EdgeO419

2 ай бұрын

You know WB is still gonna let the matrix sit for a while before they destroy its corpse and make another movie without the wachowskis, probably a reboot.

@Ben-ix8vf

2 ай бұрын

they have been making films bad on purpose for years now(marvel,disney etc)soon people will be fed up and make better ones with ai tools@@EdgeO419

@EricPranausk

2 ай бұрын

Well said.

@rootigaroot9922

2 ай бұрын

@@EdgeO419 It could always be worse, the matrix couldve been bought by disney where theyd make a matrix TV series on disney+

@Mark-rt1jn

2 ай бұрын

lol...riiiight. Is that what they were doing with Terminator then? Or Resident Evil? Or all those terrible sequels to all those terrible movies that never stopped???

I definitely support this theory, the whole movie just seems like a shitpost from Lana to prevent what happened to the Star wars sequels or hobbit trilogy

@rpocc

2 ай бұрын

I don’t think the Hobbit film was so bad. Overblown and enormously long for no reason - true. But ultimately the main screenplay is directly based on the book and it’s quite entertaining and passes the spirit of that fairy tale pretty fine. My kid enjoyed it.

@unowndassombras509

2 ай бұрын

Hobbit was completely and genuinely fine. People usually "disliked it" because they're subconsciounsly comparing to LOTR.

@juannaym8488

Ай бұрын

@@unowndassombras509c'mon it's 9 hours of nothing. It's like stretching a gum for 5 miles. Even when something happens, it completely missed the mark by trying to be a LOTR prequel, which the book wasn't. I would rather the SW sequels, atleast something happens there. The Hobbit trilogy is just the dullest, most boring slog I ever watched

@unowndassombras509

Ай бұрын

@@juannaym8488 You lost me at SW sequels tbh. Hobbit doesnt destroy its own legacy and stuff the public with demonic politics. It's still a fun and harmless oldschool high-fantasy puzzle adventure. Unironically better than 90% of what mainstream Hollywood produces today.

@juannaym8488

Ай бұрын

@@unowndassombras509 When have you last watched The Hobbit? Like fr, how the hell can you have "fun" from it? Again, it's 9 hours of *nothing*. There's no character development, there's some (very thin) plot progression that's ultimately meaningless and... man that's it. Nothing happens. It's 9 hours of boredom. The singing scene from the first movie is good. That's legit it I don't like the sequel trilogy but again, it's atleast not boring. I can watch The Last Jedi and have some response to it beyond really wanting to grab my phone Better than 90% of hollywood production? Madame Web is more entertaining than the Hobbit trilogy. Watching the Hobbit trilogy is like being locked into a bunker for 9 hours. It's pure boredom. I quit the third movie an hour in and went for a walk during a massive thunderstorm with hail. I enjoyed being flayed by hail, freezing in mach speed winds and being afraid of getting struck by thunder over watching the rest of this borefest

nice video. my takeaway is honestly the moral dilemma of whether or not i am now more of a Brass Against fan

I definitely think you're onto something there. An intentional lack of effort seems to be a theme with this movie. Action scenes not brilliant, music not brilliant, casting not brilliant, plot not brilliant. I bet that Laurence is now glad that she didn't ask him return as Morpheus. He isn't just an actor afterall, he was also a fan of the original Matrix franchise.

You're not alone in your theory. That's exactly what I thought watching the film. But looking at it from that angle, it makes me like the film more. It is a middle finger to the real Matrix.

@vinccool96

Жыл бұрын

Less a middle finger. It's more a "the trilogy was good, but stop overanalyzing it. There's a reason why it stopped there."

@demetrisross17

2 ай бұрын

More of a big fu to WB

@master-of-mind5881

2 ай бұрын

You have to know Bhuddishm, Numerology and the basics of Zoroastrian dualism to say you even watched matrix Resurrections. A genius level event so alienating to its audience it won’t be seen as a masterpiece that it is for years to come. Absolutely loved matrix resurrections. I got no qualms with it whatsoever. As the worlds biggest matrix fan I have watched the original 78 times (yes I counted) it changed my life, it forced me to question my own reality and it made me love movies as my favourite personal interest. This movie is so sincere and exquisite in writing, subtext, allegories, performances etc. I love it for what it is. Any matrix film requires the viewer to upgrade their mindset and to watch it with clarity and vigilance. This film is no different. Like the original it gave me that feeling of reawakening. Rediscovering something for the first time like love or reuniting with an old friend. The film is a beautiful experience and one of the best sci-fi love stories ever committed to film. The visual storytelling on display here is excellent. The biggest irony for me is that the original changed the game, it’s influence on technology, media, culture, etc,it was a critical and commercial success. The pedigree of the original is unparalleled. What’s interesting is that over twenty years later the next instalment is ridiculed, panned, dismissed as nothing more then a sleazy cheap cash grab right? Everyone who didn’t like the film are all saying the exact same thing. Financially the film flopped too. If there’s one thing I know about this franchise is that every film was made with precision, meticulously crafted, it’s no accident or mistake that resurrections is considered a flop. That was the whole point! However if you take the red pill, adjust your mindset and rewatch this film again, you’ll see how deep rabbit

@BernardoOne

2 ай бұрын

it's honestly not even a theory . Lana has said in multiple interviews where she said that WB contact her and her sister to tell them that they would make a reboot/sequel and revive the IP, regardless if anyone of them wanted to or not. Lana took the opportunity to do the funniest thing possible :D

@omniframe8612

2 ай бұрын

Middle finger to the studios not their movie

My Favorite part of the movie was when Neo went to the game awards and had to take pictures with the anthropomorphic Gillete shaver and then was hit on by Geoff Keighley.

The movie makes you wish that we were actually in a simulation so there would be a possibility of a reset... delete it from existence.

People saying that they meant for the movie to suck are coping so hard. They tried to be edgy and failed so they were like "uhhh lol yeah it was just a joke cuz you know fuck hollywood, right!?" I guess they also wanted part 2 and 3 to suck as well.

So she killed the franchise so the originals wouldn’t be diluted by a reboot? Solid

@avatarion

2 ай бұрын

She lmao.

@Digit0wL

2 ай бұрын

he

@IllegallyIris

2 ай бұрын

@@Digit0wL the matrix is a trans allegory, if you can't respect the gender identity of the woman who made it you're missing the point of the trilogy.

@typedef_

2 ай бұрын

@@IllegallyIris everything is a trans allegory

@Digit0wL

2 ай бұрын

@@IllegallyIris they are dudes, literally. Go check your brain

I came away from the theater immediately thinking the same thing that you did, that wachowski deliberately killed this movie. The only thing I don't understand is why Keanu was willing to be a part of it

@donovanwiebe2495

2 ай бұрын

I was thinking that before I even reached the theater. I knew that both Wachowski's hated the idea of a new sequel as the story is complete, and the "Warner Bros is making this with or without you" line was in the trailer, so it was obvious that this movie was made out of spite. This theory is barely a theory, it had might as well be a fact

@alicatdotcom

2 ай бұрын

Keanu was also apart of Cyberpunk 2077 launch so.. He seems like a cool guy tho 😎

@nope53926

2 ай бұрын

Keanu got paid $12 to $14 million upfront for Resurrections. Easier money than most people will ever make.

@LeftCatcher

2 ай бұрын

Because: 1. He's a nice guy. 2. They need the big names. 3. He was riding the sequel train already. 4. It's funny (only way to get NPH on board btw, he makes a fantastic villain.) 6. Money (even though he spends it generously, I would imagine he enjoys being generous.)

@phillipfaile3122

Ай бұрын

Keanu Reeves... You mean, John Wick?

I think NEO only being able to use the force push is a call back to Keanu getting injured during the filming of the original movie and not being able to use his legs.

I loved your Strahbagens catch :D

31:20 _"I called your office land line. How are you going through a tunnel right now?"_ Mobile Home.

@CathrineMacNiel

2 ай бұрын

or call redirection to a mobile phone.

First video of yours I've seen and now I'm gonna check out your backlog

I remember being unreasonably butthurt that the matrix scenes weren't tinted green

One other factor that you do not mention is that the film was shot post-quarantine with a ton of restrictions and, apparently if rumors were to be believed, a very tight schedule imposed by the studio. I'm pretty sure even if Lana wanted to make the action cool at some point she said "You know what, fuck it, Keanu, just do the force throw a bunch of times". Plus Keanu isn't doing any physically taxing stuff so he won't injure himself by the time Lana's good friend Chad starts filming the next John Wick

@majorpwner241

Ай бұрын

The fact anyone cares about John Wick perturbs me. Those movies are just as bad and ill-conceived as this.

@kato093

Ай бұрын

​@@majorpwner241not even close

@kato093

Ай бұрын

Nah. The fact is that the 2 brothers turned into trans and now they can't make anything good to save their lives.

@jonvangilder4861

Ай бұрын

Filming got hamstrung in Germany at the beginning of the pandemic. All the San Francisco scenes were shot prior to the shutdown of the city.

I remember reading no one actually wanted to make a matrix sequel except Warner bros, and were going to make it regardless on if they were going to participate, and Lana was wanting to still oversee it to make sure another doesn't get made

@rubenbarrera7338

2 ай бұрын

That makes sense lol

How can "it was bad on purpose" be anything but obvious? Like they really spelled it out as plainly as they could without just looking directly into the camera and saying it directly to the audience.

From a fellow OG Matrix fan, I'd say you hit the nail on the head. And Lana's done a Spielberg, quite possibly with his advice, too. Except THIS film got made, and E.T.2 got binned... ++shrugs++

"-We're just doing the first movie again..." I'd love to see your take on The Force Awakens

@neamtz

2 ай бұрын

WB would've made a better Matrix movie Disney would've made a better Matrix movie EVEN GEORGE LUCAS WOULD'VE MADE A BETTER MATRIX MOVIE

Having a prison cell with a balcony reminds me of the prison cells in The Eerie from Game of Thrones, the sky cells. Just giving you the option. Except the sky cells had an entire wall missing instead of a balcony. And i think they also had angled floors, so you couldn't even sleep without the fear of rolling off

@brotherofweasel

2 ай бұрын

It's not a dedicated prison cell, just some place they stuck Neo in until they figured out what to do next. He's basically under house arrest in a hotel room.

I could be TOTALLY off base here, but I thought Agent Smith had become essentially like a computer virus once Neo freed him. He wasn't bound to the rules of the program anymore, just like Neo wasn't so maybe his presence wasn't actually intended by the analyst

The current theory (on Matrix Explained) is that humans are kept as slaves to provide training data for LLMs, which are constantly hungry for novel input. This is seriously the most believable explanation I've encountered.

@KindredBrujah

2 ай бұрын

You mean in this version of reality? Sounds plausible, yes.

@master-of-mind5881

2 ай бұрын

LLMs?

@Daniel-Six

2 ай бұрын

@@master-of-mind5881 Large Language Models... the data-driven mechanism behind Chat GPT, GPT4 and other interactive AI products on the market (some of which are open-source.)

@HolisticPython

2 ай бұрын

@@master-of-mind5881 Large Language Models, e.g. ChatGPT.

@_erayerdin

2 ай бұрын

@@master-of-mind5881 Large Language Models, such as GPT4/ChatGPT of OpenAI, Llama of Meta or Gemma/Gemini of Google.

The videogame designer thing fits with the cyperpunk inspiration of the movies and Neo being a hacker. Other than that and I could imagine Lana slipping Hugo a note to make sure he's "busy," your theory explains a lot.

Rewatched this movie after two years since release. Changed my mind - it’s actually one of the best story telling movie ever. The matrix layer is, our reality which is the matrix. Omg.

The original trilogy is an allegory for how cool shooting guns in slow motion is.

Hey Lextorias, I recently subscribed to your channel and have watched all your videos so far. Great work man, the reviews are detailed and informative, flow at a smooth pace, stay consistently entertaining, good sense of humor, and rather insightful remarks. All around a fun watch, you're really doing very well quality wise, and I hope your subscription numbers will reflect that quality in the reasonable future.

@mihailmilev9909

Жыл бұрын

Ikr! Very good and deserves a spot on the youtube video essayist stage

Girl has a Bugs Bunny tattoo... showing how unserious this movie is, compared to the original, where Neo discovers the Matrix by following a girl (the lively Ada Nicodemou) with a White Rabbit tattoo.

@LucidSim

Ай бұрын

Bugs indeed sports a tattoo that serves as a visual homage to Bugs Bunny, the iconic cartoon character. This choice is deeply intentional, reflecting both her namesake and the spirit of her character. Bugs Bunny is known for his cleverness, wit, and ability to outsmart his adversaries, traits that Bugs in the film embodies as she navigates the complex realities of the Matrix. Additionally, the reference to Bugs Bunny plays into the larger tradition within the Matrix franchise of using names and symbols that carry deeper meanings and connections to cultural touchstones. Her character, much like her animated counterpart, is resourceful, rebellious, and plays a critical role in challenging the status quo within the Matrix, making the tattoo a fitting symbol of her identity and role within the narrative

@velocitor3792

Ай бұрын

@@LucidSim Seems more like hamfisted product placement by Warner Brothers, the owner of Loony Tunes IP, as well as the Matrix.

@johannescarl4283

Ай бұрын

@@velocitor3792You're replying to a bot. That comment was written by AI.

@velocitor3792

Ай бұрын

@@johannescarl4283 I should have seen that. Thanks.

@exxx247

Ай бұрын

@@johannescarl4283 that's pretty discriminatory against the bot. it's provided more value to this discussion than you have. i think you should apologize

THIS is 100% exactly why the movie was made. A huge middle finger to WB.

your commentary is so smart! Love the humor. Subscribed

it was intentionally bad. Clear as day. It's brilliant actually. it killed off any franchise potential and was a huge literal FU to the studio.

@jamilmustafazade

2 ай бұрын

It's sad to think that movie making studios will return to this franchises eventually and this time they'll remake it into something very shallow.

@veilofreality

2 ай бұрын

@@jamilmustafazadecan't be worse than Reloaded, can it?

@chrispekel5709

2 ай бұрын

@@veilofreality Like this film, reloaded was both great and crap

@TheBucketOfTruth

2 ай бұрын

Isn't this theory though potentially giving her too much credit? What if a grief stricken Lana just wrote a bad movie and so they made a bad movie especially during COVID?

@TheBucketOfTruth

Ай бұрын

@@UberFoX Oh I'm sure they will eventually. Lana slowed them down but I don't think she can stop them.

On a meta level this movie is a riot, it gets better the less you think of it as a matrix movie You have to question if the Wachowskis really are such good directors when only their first film is considered good. Their ideas are fantastic, but it seems like they need a good team to flesh out the ideas into a complete 'cinema experience'.

@TheMysteryDriver

Жыл бұрын

People sleep on Speed Racer but it's great.

@richardblack3385

Жыл бұрын

They're horrible, the matrix was good because of the amazing team working on it. They took all the credit, every other movie they ever made from Jupiter ascending to others have all bombed even their shows lol

@lakshaykochhar6799

Жыл бұрын

At least, we won't be getting another sequel (for least a while)

@Johncornwell103

Жыл бұрын

​@@richardblack3385 Speed Racer is amazing

@CommanderLexa8541

8 ай бұрын

​@@richardblack3385sense8, V for Vendetta and Speed Racer are fantastic, what are you on

I would've seriously been moderately okay with this if I had gotten a Neil Patrick Harris vs Keanu fight. I at least would've been amused.

100% instantly knew it was bad on purpose. 100,000% specially the ad exec scene, sounds like they just recorded an executive meeting at WB and wrote it word for word into their script. 100% brilliant, 100% couldn't watch it past that moment.

The fact that analyst could literally control time and they still got out is what broke me. There is zero logic in this movie.

At the start, this film could have been like a Matrix New Nightmare. I agree with you, as soon as he wakes up, as a movie experience, you check out.

I'm honestly not sure why they didn't simply make a film about the aftermath of the third film. You could easily make a war film about the humans fighting against the machines who started the Civil War against them. That still probably wouldn't have been the best film, but if you are going to make another one, it's at least an interesting area to explore.

Aaaaannd they just announced a new sequel.

@Pabliski577

4 күн бұрын

Nooooo nonono please don't 😕 _sigh_

They made it a videogame because the videogames were canon sequels to the end of the trilogy

@lb2696

2 ай бұрын

It also makes the PS2 cgi in Matrix reloaded make sense. 😂

@chrispekel5709

2 ай бұрын

You mean the Matrix online was canon. I think they made it a video game so the executives wouldn't figure it out personally. It's too obvious if it's a film

Neo does use the "Force Blast HaDouKen" move in the original trilogy. He used it once, to stop the sentinel in the real world, demonstrating his powers were not confined to the Matrix.

I really liked the opening and thought that was really interesting. I'm with you 100% on your theory. Thanks for the vid!

One important piece of context for understanding this movie: Lana Wachowski has explicitly stated she knew going in everyone would be comparing this to the original film and demanding it be just like it to play on nostalgia. They purposefully did not try to create the same kind of scenes or action concepts. This is why the opening in the modal recreation of The Matrix opening duplicates it with actors meant to create dissonance - so it didn't feel right with everyone looking slightly wrong, such as Trinity. It was a big message that trying to duplicate The Matrix would never work. I don't think the movie is trying to actually be a "bad film" on purpose. It has a lot of emotional meaning for Lana, because its story was inspired by the Wachowski's parents passing away. She did not wish to make a mockery of her parents' deaths. Rather, it is a movie about why the corporate media industry is bad for human beings and how it tries to manipulate their feelings and self-image. It's a serious thesis - it's not just a big joke or a troll. If the movie makes a mistake, it is in trying to include the mid-point action scene vs the Merovingian goons. It was a poorly executed scene that didn't do anything for the film. The movie would have been better as a think piece that moved almost entirely away from action - the "zombie attack" finale would have been good enough as a disaster-style pursuit scene. So for myself I can see how one might view it as bad on purpose; but I think what the movie is doing is a little more subtle than that. It ABSOLUTELY is a prank on Warner Bros. The Matrix franchise exploitation plot in the first half makes that obvious. But it is meant to be a legitimate film in other ways, not just a joke.

The whole thing about the original Matrix being a video game was to deceive the characters themselves. Wiping their memories completely would have only set off a whole another Rebellion inevitably. But whipping some memories and leaving False memories of around the truth along with a different identity helps keep them where the Matrix wants them. Still being drained any used by robots in the real world

@pkliskiki1800

Ай бұрын

the false sense of freedom

@cholasimmons

Ай бұрын

it was a masterpiece that fools couldn't see past and decided to run to social media to bash.

in my opinion The Matrix was the best movie ever made for a decade and then they decided to stop fans from asking for more by making one of the worst big budget movies ever made

@will_tzu

2 ай бұрын

It wasn’t the fans asking for more. The story was complete. It was all WB and their greed.

Well yeah. The entire time watching it oozed "i dont want to be here but im forced to" energy. Felt like every 10 minutes was another reminder that this was a cash grab

This is the only theory that makes sense. Really well put together.

I moooooostly agree with this. Yes it was made in such a way that it shut the door for more movies. Yes it's clear that no one involved was at all invested in making a good action movie. But I would add: -There's even more meta commentary than you've identified. Like, Bugs very directly represents the company Warner Bros. She dives into far off lands to resurrect Neo, and when she brings him back, everyone just asks why she bothered. His friends are happy to see him kinda, but the world is getting on fine without him. Even the world that the story takes place in wonders why this is a story that needs to be told. I'd say that very little in this movie was written without purpose or thought, at least in the first half. -That whole chunk after Neo is out of the Matrix but before he goes back in for Trinity is straight exposition for a world that does not matter for the conflict Neo is confronting. It always felt to me like it was hinting at a continuing Matrix world so that if anyone did want to make a comic book, or a TV show, or a video game, here are things you can do that evolve the relationship between humans and machines instead of just retreading the same conflict from the original trilogy. It's been two years and no one's tried, which I think is a shame. Ultimately I think it rules that Lana took $190 million of Warner Bros's money to make a hideously self indulgent film that does not seem to care one bit if it's liked or even makes sense, so long as it could provide some catharsis for the people involved in its creation. Incredibly interesting and captivating. Dogshit action. 11/10

@thelastdefenderofcamelot5623

Ай бұрын

Agent Smith and the Analyst represents the company. Bugs represents Lana hence the outrageous hair color. That's why she bothered to wake Keanu (not Neo) to help her destroy WB and the franchise.

on the first fight with Smith I was expecting Neo to say "I'm too old for this shit"

I don't really think it's a theory. Emplemon did a video on this exact thing a while back and drew comparisons to Freddy Got Fingered which was a movie that did the exact same thing. Ultimately the studio was going to push a new Matrix movie regardless so the original director(s) just elected to make a movie so bad that the studio wouldn't wager on future sequels. The "Leave my baby alone" gesture of film directors.