It’s a hot mess. Such a disappointment.

EDIT: eh, maybe I was too hasty. Upon second watching, and second/third/fourth thoughts and then some, I’ve decided it’s pretty ok.

No way it was going to live up to my expectations so I ended up being disappointed. Now that I’ve come to terms with the fact that I didn’t really know what I was expecting (besides epic awesomeness) I can watch it with truly fresh eyes and just take it in. And it’s better this way. Although still flawed.

My main problems are it’s too long, the fight scenes aren’t that great (and they’re also too long), and the “big plan” towards the end is pretty random and absurd…but there’s still a lot to like. And I do dig the message. Even more somehow since so many don’t.

A wise man changes his mind. A fool never does.

I saw it at the theatre with my family.

With 20 minutes left my wife leans over and says “this is sooooo boring!”

My 16 year old son fell asleep.

My daughter will watch anything.

My comment at the end was “this makes Phantom Menace look like a masterpiece”.

It started off well. I was really curious where it was going. In retrospect, the plot and storyline was a poor choice. as the movie goes on its disjointed and full of completely random shit and absurdly staged scenes. Not to mention the required suspension of belief.

I thought the new SM was pretty mediocre, but still better than this. Matrix 4 is worse than every MCU except Antman & Wasp and Iron Man 3. And about as weak as Black Widow.

I was hoping for epic, and got epic shit.

Or the fountain by the sunny coastal waters. Or the cafe at the end.

Spoilers!

No way is this on par with II and III. I consider those decent sequels. IV is garbage.

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What in the world is trans about matrix 4? I keep seeing references to it having a trans theme and message. I don’t see it. What about it is trans?

I knew Larry became Lana. No clue about Lilly and certainly never heard about the whole story being a “trans” thing.

Hmm. Clearly there’s a message of tolerance and unity in M4. But linking it to the trans movement? I mean, I get it, but that’s thinking way too much, especially when the human/AI thing is right there in your face.

Is there a place in the matrix where the humans or machines can transfigure? Otherwise it’s a pretty big extended metaphor IMO, and not a very good one.

But it explains why Dave Chappell gets killed in the first 5 minutes (spoiler!).

Hey! It’s gonna be OK after all! Edited first post to reflect the acceptability of M4!

Well, all I can say is that I watched it again and I enjoyed it more. The new Morpheus has some swag to him!

Also, I actually didn’t like the first Matrix upon first viewing. I thought it was an over the top, overwrought, absurdist digitized Christ story with gratuitous violence and ridiculous fight scenes. In fact, during the lobby scene, my wife literally burst out laughing with all the guns and cartwheels and shell cases dropping to the floor in slow mo. Of course after I decided it was actually one of my favorite movies of all time, I started laughing too, at that same scene, but in ecstatic glee and wonder at the utter hubris of the writers and directors to conceive of and film it the way they did.

I’ll agree that I typically decide if I like or dislike movies pretty quickly, unllike say, music - or pinball! - where I almost always need to experience the song or pin multiple times to “get it” and see if I like it our not. Often I come to really like something I thought I hated.

Is what it is. Matrix Resurrections is far from perfect, but it’s not nearly the ass suck fest I thought at first.

Sometimes you need to clear the cache to experience something clean and clear. That’s what I did here and it paid off for me.

WRONG SIR! WRONG! I’ve watched the movie twice. 2 times. Not 5.

GOOD DAY SIR!!