The Matrix Trilogy Discussion

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[jellydonut25]

The very first time I saw Revolutions was with a group of people in college. During the RIDICULOUSLY LONG sentinel attack, one of the guys and I must have exchanged no fewer than 6 glances, wondering how long this was and how much longer it was gonna go.

[planetxleader]

I just rewatched the trilogy again a couple months ago as well:

First movie: great, stands up amazingly well after so many years and is a lotta fun. Great noir feeling. Not as mind-blowing as it was to anybody who saw it in high school because now its influences are much more clear, but a solid film nonetheless (and considering it came out alongside The Phantom Menace, it's easy to see why this was on the top of the sci-fi food chain).

Reloaded: I always like Reloaded a lot, and I still do, mostly. It's fun as hell with some awesome sequences, but it's also convoluted and takes a bit to digest... but that's not entirely a bad thing. My only gripe is that the Burly Brawl fight doesn't stand up well at all anymore and honestly it went on for way too long.

Revolutions: It would have been a great movie if they cut out nearly all of the Zion battle. The first twenty minutes were real exciting, and every second spent on the ship with Neo and Trinity as they set out to the machine city is strangely haunting and has a perfect foreboding atmosphere. The Zion battle puts me to sleep. It's pretty much inconsequential. The only reason it's in the film is because people wanted to see it. Well they got it, and it makes the whole middle portion of the movie a snooze-fest.

First one is the best hands-down. Another thing I didn't like about the sequels is the different aesthetic. The first Matrix was gritty and noir-ish. The other two are smooth and polished and glitzy... the stunts are crazier and flashier, and honestly, it feels like it's parodying itself.

[lhb412]

I don't care for any of the Matrix movies, anything about them.

I do, however, love Speed Racer and quite liked Cloud Atlas. The prospect of the Wachowskis being forced to do numerous Matrix movies in order to survive depresses the hell out of me.

[jellydonut25]

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It's official: The Matrix trilogy had nothing to do with Nazis.

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[Dr Kain]

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[Benjamin Haines]

[lhb412]

Nope. Let's not WB.

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[Ultraseven]

Just make proper sequels for the first one and call it a day. Even the Animatrix shorts where cool, specially the two-parter.

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Why We Don’t Need a Matrix Reboot

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[lhb412]

Man, AMC has been showing the Matrix frequently for a few months now and it's such a good movie. Time and sequels and the inevitable dying of hype over time can dampen one's perception of it but if you just watch it again it's such a diamond of a movie experience (they've also been showing the Lethal Weapon movies, and you similarly forgot what a great movie that first one was).

I've read like two essays recently that read The Matrix (the first movie and the trilogy as a whole) as an extended metaphor for being transgender, which apparently has been a theory out there since the first movie came out but has gained a lot of traction (understandably) as both of the Wachowskis have come out as trans.

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[lhb412]

The thing these people need to ask themselves is *adopts Bugs Bunny impression* "Is this trip really necessary?"

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