I thought the video game aspect made complete sense narratively. For Neo to go back into The Matrix, he needed to have distance from his memories. He’s too powerful for his memories to be wiped, so they needed to immediately make him associate his memories with fiction. Did they push the limit with some of the meta references, yes, but the entire premise makes complete sense from what we know about The Matrix itself
That much was obvious to me, which was confirmed by an interview with one of the producers. I wonder if Lana intentionally refused to hire proper action choreographers.
@@my5head The action scenes consisted of a lot of fireworks. However, agents (who are supposed to be all powerful) were unable to shoot Bugs at point-blank range in the early scene of the movie.
Campea is being a hater with this film, I thought it was a great film and I loved the self-awareness and the idea that Neo created the Matrix as a video game I thought was great and I really want to see what they do with the 5th film!!! Plus NPH was an awesome villain in this film as well, I really want to see do more villainous roles like possibly a MCU film, I think his charisma and attitude in this types of roles would make him a perfect candidate to play The Beyonder in the Secret Wars film!!
The new Smith was a total waste imo. Should of just been a completely new antagonist. Had none of what made Weaving's version great, none of the mannerisms, drive, or strength. And dont get me started on the merovingian.
I was dumbfounded when the movie itself mentioned Warner Bros. It almost felt like that Lana was trying to get across to people of how Warner Bros forced her to make a sequel because they want to considering the fact that Lana herself wasn’t all that interested in another one.
That’s pretty much what this is. Lana ranting about the commercialization of an art house, groundbreaking film. The action was so lackluster and I firmly believe this was on purpose. The entire Matrix trilogy is about how much the masses WANT to stay plugged into the norm. It was a message of self determination hidden in a blockbuster. It’s why the movie going public hates Revolutions. The good guys are supposed to win and liberate everyone, but not everyone wants to be liberated. The bad guys turned out to be sentient beings made of metal, and not the bad guys. War depends on depersonalization of the enemy. Us versus them. If we realize the enemy is also human, it makes war less palatable. Revolutions ended in peace but not through victory. Through negotiation. Lana is giving us a generic action movie as a commentary on the corporate machine being the real enemy. It’s meta, yes, but sometimes you have to throw it right in the public’s face. The action was not the heart of the Matrix films, and without that heart, it fails.
I think my expectation for a franchise like the Matrix is that the fourth movie would push film making forward a lot like the first movie did. It would have been awesome if when they were in the martrix they used the unreal engine 5. This movie should have boasted the capabilities of movie making technology and taken it even further. That’s a huge part of this franchises pedigree that was avoided in this fourth film.
Love it or hate it, nothing middle of the road. As a creator, I prefer one extreme emotional reaction or another. I loved it. I acknowledge the flaws, but I'm a weirdo and crave the dry expositional lore dumps.
John, I’m not smoking anything-I enjoyed the hell out of this movie!! Great villain, more philosophy, and interesting new take on “the One”, we’re only some of the things that hooked me with this film. I’m watching if again this weekend!
For a first time watch I give it a C+ I liked the self awareness and commentary about the industry, I ate that stuff up. For the plot I expected it to be convoluted and thought provoking so I will of course have to give it a re-watch to catch all the little details. My low grade comes from the action... The first trilogy is so visually compelling. To go from Yuen Woo-ping choreography to whatever this was is a disgrace. Gone are the long shots, the graceful stunts, and stylized movements. I mean in Reloaded they built a highway.... in this movie not a single set piece was exciting. You could tell this was point and shoot, no storyboards, and treated like more of an afterthought. Showing flashbacks from the earlier films to remind us of how much better the action was didn't help either lol Also what happened to the SOUNDTRACK!? None of the thumping techno or eccentric beats are here.
Yeah, doesn't appear you were on-board from the get-go and went into it looking to pick out something to hate and run with it. There's no real ret-conning either if you actually think about it, or were paying attention. Shameful review, honestly.
what's really REALLY fucked up about this film is, every person reviewing it says the same thing, "its good to see Keanu back" and thats the end of the good commentary lol
I wish Andy had helped Larry with this one. I loved the original trilogy. Larry and Andy came up with one of the most groundbreaking concepts in a movie. I am one of the few that loved 2 and 3. The Wachowski brothers reshaped movies in a way. I say again, those guys should have collaborated on this one as well. I appreciate Larry doing another one though. I love reboots when done well, member-berries and all. So Wachowski brothers, if you read this, STICK TOGETHER ON MATRIX PROJECTS...please! Thanks again to Larry Wachowski for adding another chapter. Haven't seen it yet, but I'm sure it's just fine....even though it was only done by half of the Wachowski brothers.
So I've seen a lot of others talk about this in a negative light. I had to see it twice, and I feel the need to write a review on this. Now in all honesty, if people were expecting this movie to be like the original, they were in for a rude awakening. If you know the back story, the fact that the Warner Bros wanted to make this movie with or without the Wanchowskis, and can understand the message Lana conveys throughout the film about modern conventions, corporate greed, and playing on nostalgia, you might appreciate this movie to an extent. Having said this, I do wish this movie wasn't made, and the franchise I love wasn't resurrected. It is a dangerous thing playing with the past, especially an iconic franchise like The Matrix and the effect it had. I feel it was concluded after Revolutions, it left the door open to discussion, and fan theory which I liked. But as far as I can see Lana had no choice in the matter, and she made this movie to criticise those who forced her to do so.
Saw it last night on hbomax. Told my wife they should call it "Matrix Rehashed." The first act was tough to finish and pretty much i walked away. Came back to finish it, just going through the motions, rehashing old bits with old characters. Neo wasnt interesting, bad guys were boring. Finished the night wataching a russian youtube movie that was actually fun to watch, T-34, got me interested in WWII tanks. Lana Wachowski, you're done.
@@sakuragi1062 that doesn't make sense. He's giving his opinion because he doesn't care if people disagree. If he cared that they disagree, he would say silent for fear of debate.
@@my5head What he said dont make more sense to me why would you put your opinion in a open forum like youtube comment section if you dont care what other people say if you dont care what other people say then dont even bother to put your own opinion and perspective on the topic if your not willing to see or hear others people opinion.
Just finished watching Resurrections and your review is spot on. When they brought in so much self referential material right from the start then capped it off with the Warner Brothers comments it immediately came across like this isn't a film those making it believe in or are invested in. That set my expectations for the rest of the film.
Keanu is so nice and agreeable, he probably didn’t protest the merits of making this movie at all! It wasn’t horrible, because I am a Matrix and Keanu fan, however, this movie did nothing to elevate the franchise whatsoever! It had no true purpose!
@@dokbrian the story was finished. Humans lost the war with the machine. They're fighting a lost war, the machine could easily completely destroy them, but they need a lil bit of humans to repopulate to use them as energy. NEO Ended the war Zion had with the machines in revolution. The machine still held their bargain and didn't destroy them unless they go looking for trouble. This movie rehashed it and didn't make anything new or moved the original plot forward. It didn't even feel like a matrix movie most of the time.
@@seige8621 well clearly a lot of the fans are not ok with the humans losing the war with the machines. and the hint with civil war within the machines imply the humans "can" take the planet back
No way is it as bad as John or many ppl are claiming it to be - just watched it at my local amc, do I believe the film lived up to the hype of the trailers? Not entirely, definitely missed an opportunity to go deeper within the ethos of what the original provides but as always, watching the film reiterates the thought to never allow outside opinions form your own, i for one thoroughly enjoyed it.
This movie sucks...I hope they dont make any more... the fight scenes look not finished.... did they have any time to rehearse the fighting...NPH scene were the time is slowed down I thought there was something wrong with the movie...but wow they used that 1980 music video trick..lol
I saw the movie and did not like it, to say the least. But… The set up of Neo making the Matrix, and the machines using this idea, disassociating him from realising the illusion, is a great idea. The problem is the execution. You can do that plot, without the board room meta sequence that is atrocious.
I loved seeing Neo & Trinity being given a 2nd chance. The cast for most part good especially Bugs and NPH as The Analyst. The BAD: the whole META angle and saying Warner Bros screwed this films narrative and self-sabotaged it. The most interesting part was the Machine Civil War after the peace agreement and they barely touched upon that story line. I give the film a C- because the cast was awesome. 100% spot on about Oceans 12 where Julia Roberts character met the Julia Roberts real life actress.
It's simple, first, you take out the green tone of being in a computer version of reality, then you bring back Niobe but Morpheous he's dead. I mean you could have had the new Morpheous that Neo coded, and still got back to IO and saw the real older version of Morpheous. He could have made fun of the coded version made by Neo, that would have been an acceptable kind of humor. And then worst of all, the whole point of Neo is that he is stronger and faster than the computer. Back in the original Matrix, that was the point that Morpheous made to Neo, when he told him, "They (the agents, computer) can never be as fast and strong as you can be", but here comes NPH the new computer program and he wipes the floor with Neo, but of course, Trinity smacks him like a toddler in the last seen, showing that she is in control, unlike Neo that could not move, and was being touched in the face and played with by the new computer program. Maybe Neo should first have come in at the end and slapped NPH in the face a few times, just to set things right, but no he could not even save Trinity in the Matrix from the bullet shot by NPH. The point is the storyline is good, but don't sacrifice Neo's abilities, just share them with Trinity, I'm good with that, but don't Emasculate him and expect the movie to be good. Not nice.
It's incredible to me how often John Campea talks about how movies are subjective experiences and how we can have different opinions on movies and that's actually a great part about being movie fans, and then you scroll down to the comments and there are always people like. The cognitive dissonance in your head must be incredible.
First and foremost, nothing can touch the original Matrix (1999), it's the best by a long shot. I think Reloaded (2001) and Revolutions (2003) both, while annoying to sit through. have some good action scenes. I was very nervous going into this film, because I didn't want to see another "Matrix sequel." Thankfully, I enjoyed this film (Resurrections), I thought self-aware humor was funny, I thought the action was good, the characters were good. Yes, the movie has problems with its script and world building (a lot of new concepts being thrown at you), but I'm thankful that I enjoyed it as much as I did. I gave it an 8/10, maybe when I watch it again it will go down to a 6 or 7/10. I'm sorry to hear that you all didn't like it.
Which is what a lot of people don't seem to understand. In interviews, Lana constantly brings up how the Matrix set the trends for action blockbusters today (hence the "studios have no creativity" commentary) and therefore wanted to do something different but not allowed because audiences want the same thing over and over (hence the "it's in demand so WB is making this with or without you" and the "you fight to be free from the Matrix yet you actually like being in the Matrix" commentary)
I didn't like the movie but not because of the meta stuff. I was still on board at that point. I got it, there was a decent story reason as to why most of the meta stuff was happening. It was after he was awakened that I thought the movie got really bad and very boring.
At first I was thinking I was eating a whole bunch of bad member berries but then I started paying attention to what Lana wachowski was saying. She was basically saying she did not want to make this movie because the story was already completed but the studio was going to make a reboot with or without her and would cancel her contract. I think she tried to save her version of The matrix by giving a reboot /sequel but movie suffered because you can tell she wasn't all in.
yea, the whole warner bros reference kinda takes you out of the film. plus, showing footage of the previous films "video games" in the background on a white sheet is almost treating us like we are too stupid to remember the scenes on our own. was nice to see Keanu & Carrie Ann again tho
Guess I'm in the minority, I really enjoyed it. The biggest complaint I have is that the actual fighting scenes that don't involve guns or powers don't get time to breathe like the other movies. And it would be one thing if it was because they had to shoot around the actors. But we know that at least the 4 major players in the movie can pull it off so this seemed more to be a stylistic choice rather than having limitations to work with. And that montage brainstorm scene for the sequel game fell flat for me and I couldn't help but think "is this supposed to mock how that even creators theory craft about the things fans talk about to get the audience that they didn't expect to have to come back. Not really knowing why the original worked. Is it a jab at how movies are now being made like the Marvel formula that more studios have adopted of having the writer along with a boardroom of executives breaking the story down, and because it's done by a committee it taints the original vision of the movie? Or is this a parody of pitch meeting?" Other than that though maybe not really having any expectations of what the movie would be about helped since everything else was a fun time for me.
The montage is basically a docudrama on the actual making of the movie. It's kind of funny to me because the first act is like a very trippy and not at all subtle commentary on the trend of nostalgia cash grabs set in the world of the matrix. But then the actual plot kicks in and the movie just becomes exactly what it was parodying.
@@williamcronshaw5262 what the actual F? My answer be shadowbanned? Testing to see if you can read this. How could what I had said be considered controversial there was not even a hint of any "bad words" being used.
I would recommend watching the screencrush review to really understand this movie. John I have been a fan since the collider days, if your paying these 2 your wasting money. They seem nice but do not add anything to the quality of your content, no chemistry and a little annoying. Much love
Huge fan of the first three Matrix films, yet I like all three. This one made me feel deflated, was so excited to see it and for the first time ever I actually regretted watching the movie. I wish the machines could put me back to sleep and erase this movie from my memory.
I felt the opposite, I thought the whole movie should have been act 1 and have it be a horror movie that ended with them jumping off the building, I thought all the io junk was just more of the same junk, act 1 was new, the rest was retreading 2 and 3
Don't understand what anyone else was watching, I thought this was great, best Matrix since the original. I didn't think the action scenes were all that great but the story and acting and dialogue was awesome, really smart trip and a great meta narrative.
It was okay. I liked the idea, but also found some of the stuff too on the nose. If they'd used a different studio name and called the game something less meta like, Rage Against The Machine, then it would have been less jarring. Liked more than I disliked. 5.5/10
Terrible movie, horrible, disaster,....I could find a lot a lot of words like this ..I can't believe how much positive reviews has I want to forget they ever made this movie
This movie is one of the worst movies ever made. I fell in love with The Matrix. Reloaded I loved more then most. Revolutions I thought was the worst of the 3 but I still bought it and watch it. I also watched these movies multiple times in theaters. The 4th installment ruined the franchise. The story was terrible, just another version of the first 2 combined. The dialogue style was completely different then the first 3. The wokeness level was much more subtle then some of the modern woke films, but still there. The only good thing about this movie was seeing Sati as an adult. Everything else was just a repeat of the previous movies. They ruined every iconic character that was in the first 3, except Sati. An hour and a half in and it felt like I had seen nothing new. It's just a cash grab woke dumpster fire with a terrible plot, and a sub par special effects team. I mean this film even ruined bullet time. As far as I'm concerned, The Matrix is only a trilogy, and this movie was just something Wachowski did because she could. It's simply awful, and I'm one of the biggest fans of the Original. This, unfortunately, has tainted the entire franchise.
Honestly I thought this was a great film and would probably put it as my 2nd favorite Matrix movie behind the original. I will admit though I did watch the entire trilogy the day before I saw the new one so I might be bias
Am I the only one who doesn't like that it takes john 2-3 minutes every video to get the actual point of the questions that was asked?? It always bothers me
I get what you mean but I do appreciate that he gives us context before. At least to understand his reasoning. Whether I agree or not with what he says.
This movie was so bad I couldn't finish it, and I never leave a movie half finished. It was so cheesy and made me cringe badly. I loved the original matrix movie it was a life changing movie for me. I'm so disappointed with resurrections, its just sad.
I will say I didn’t hate it, it just didn’t hit it all for me. I enjoyed it for what it was. Seeing Keanu and Carrie-Ann in their 50’s kicking but was cool. Since I am approaching 50. It is hard to top the first film since it defined what movies would become for years. It needs more to tell where they are going. Honestly it is good to see both characters alive since I wasn’t a fan of them dying in the last movie
I loved the first 35 minutes it felt like it was going somewhere, the action scenes were edited weird and choppy but seeing 8 dudes with mp5s running 7 feet behind the main characters and missing every bullet....the action scenes especially the fighting looked so poorly choreographed, and just no weight behind the punches....
I almost walked out on the movie like three times. The only reason I stayed is I was the only one in the theatre! See there were some benefits to covid lol. But yeah the movie was a disaster. I don't understand why Warner Brothers went along with this.
i read an article that said the director Lana Wachowicski lost her mum, dad and friend within 2 months a couple years ago, I can see why she wanted to come back and direct, the idea of wanting someone back in a period of grief is powerful. She channeled that into resseructing Neo and Trinity. Her sister did not want to come back for the same reason, she did not want to go into the past to deal with grief. I found that fascinating, 2 opposite ends in dealing with grief. I personally throught it was a decent movie, I will watch anything Keanu Reeves does
I actually enjoyed the meta story, and the idea of the machines turning reality into something in-universe to lampshade it and convince people it couldn't possibly be real. I also like the idea of Neo and Trinity being tied to the new Matrix in ways that are explained in the film, and how it changes their abilities etc.. My issue was the awful direction and boring-as-hell action. The movie sometimes felt like a conscious middle finger to the fans, honestly, even when I sort of liked where the story went. It just feels so off, almost like a satire of itself. I guess I don't even know how I feel about it lol
i also liked when he gets back to the real world he says "if this plug is real that means they took my life and made it a video game inside the matrix" which is exactly what a machine that wants control and wants get the last laugh would do. it was a little jarring when they're mentioning WB and stuff, but it did make sense, maybe the execution just coulda been a tad better.
Amazing film. I think one of the interesting things that the film highlights is that even though we don't have a real-life Matrix yet (though with Unreal Engine 5 we're only 1 or 2 steps away), even now we already live in an augmented-reality, in which art, literature, cinema, videogames, social media, all layer their stories over reality: everything from skyscrapers with adverts projected onto the architecture, to the news-feeds in Facebook on smartphones determined by google search histories. We live in an age of information-overload.
I don't hate the movie I just don't think it's great as reloaded and revolutions, but I enjoyed it and I will watch it again sometime in the future but I'm not really going to be pitching its praises, it was a good Matrix movie but it just wasn't a great Matrix movie or the best of the Matrix movies
Who said Reloaded and Resolutions were ever great?! Reloaded is cool but not a classic like the first one and people forget that highway sequence raised the bar in action movies.Resolutions was just bad and weird
You were misled by the trailers. The movie is amazing for me and i know its not for everyone. I love reloaded and revolutions as much as resurrections.
If you compare this piece of garbage to Reloaded And Revolutions, you definitely were either on shrooms while watching this new movie or you gotta go wash your eyes.
agreed.. everything before the neo wake is kinda garbage.. everything after aint bad.. nothin special tho it does get better the longer you stay in theater..
The fight choreo was weak, was often messy/hard to see, and relied way too much shaky cam. It was very telling that whenever they'd reference a fight scene from the OG film, the original scene was always better. Yuen Woo Ping's style and the camera work from the original were sorely missed. Overall movie scores is a meh out of 10 for me.
I liked the movie, more so the first half. The story for the second part was very Matrix light, some cool stuff and interesting ideas but nothing groundbreaking. It lacked the visual flair of the original though. But that first half really worked for me. Meta stuff can be very hit or miss but it hit for me here. It would have been amazing if that was the whole movie, kinda like a romantic comedy where The Matrix really is a video game. But I probably am alone in that hahaha
They should have not changed the fight choreographer, on the first trilogy they used "Yuen woo ping" and he studied all the characters and found out what Martial art style would be suitable for the actors. In this Matrix the actors looked like they were not prepared for the action sequences. if you watch the legend of Shang-Chi those fight scenes are solid. mission impossible II, the fight sequences were solid because they had John Woo as a fight choreographer, my point is action fight scenes without a good choreographer will destroy the movie as for the storyline, they were plot holes, the movies felt as a reboot more than a sequel.
I really don't get why Agent Smith was in this movie. But Neo making The Matrix games and Warner Bros being in the movie made some sense, like they're hiding in plain sight, using the truth and turning into fiction/entertainment is part of keeping people under control. The movie wasn't perfect and I didn't love it but I didn't hate either. I will watch it again to get a better sense of the film.
Saw a lot of confused, dissapointed, dumbfounded faces waliking out of the cinema. Strory was just a mess, all over the place. I hope they leave it where it is to prevent tarnishing whatever legacy it has left.
I'm always saying that the people who didn't like Reloaded and Revolution didn't understand The Matrix at all. There is no separation. All of it is one movie with one story. And the way that it keeps unfolding is crazy, mind-blowing. Neo learns that they're all living in a false reality, and that there is a prophecy of a coming One; and he's that One. Then he learns that he's not the One, but he's the 6th in a repeating cycle of events that produces the anomaly called "the One;" and the "prophecy" isn't a prophecy at all, but it's a description of some things that were going to happen anyway, mixed with an event requiring a little bit of manipulation. Then Neo accomplished what he was supposed to by his own means. Resurrections continued where the 3rd movie left off. And it was very clever, in many ways talking about us, society today. But, as is true most of the time, a lot of people don't like having to think. Anything requiring thinking ability, even a little bit, like the Matrix movies, is quickly dismissed. But what can you expect from a generation that doesn't know the difference between they're, their, and there.
@@likeluptid I get what you're saying, the previous sequels only work as a combined trilogy, on their own and out of context can be looked at differently - with many criticisms etc. I thought this new movie did have some redeemable qualities and parts of it were genuinely very good action-sci fi moments. Overall as a story and more the delivery of it just fell flat i think in the end. What was your impression of it?
I’m a fan of all The Matrix movies. And I’ll include Resurrections in that as well. Definitely not what I was expecting and maybe hoping for. But I was entertained.
I thought the video game aspect made complete sense narratively. For Neo to go back into The Matrix, he needed to have distance from his memories. He’s too powerful for his memories to be wiped, so they needed to immediately make him associate his memories with fiction. Did they push the limit with some of the meta references, yes, but the entire premise makes complete sense from what we know about The Matrix itself
I saw the movie and felt as if I needed to take both the Red and Blue pills before watching it.🙄
I didn't like the film but I find it really dumb that you've got someone saying they "hated it" but only watched a third of the film.
I hated after the meta scenes too. It never really recovered after the for a lot of people. So she's well within the timeframe to judge.
I've heard this movie is an intentional franchise killer.
It felt like a parody of the original trilogy. Like a legit parody
Not even a good parody
After watching about half of the movie I checked the rotten tomatoes scores. I was shocked how high they were. What is wrong with reviewers today.
They're paid by studios.
The movie is an intentional criticism of Warner Brothers for forcing the movie.
That much was obvious to me, which was confirmed by an interview with one of the producers. I wonder if Lana intentionally refused to hire proper action choreographers.
@@my5head The action scenes consisted of a lot of fireworks. However, agents (who are supposed to be all powerful) were unable to shoot Bugs at point-blank range in the early scene of the movie.
They Game of Thrones’d the SHIT outta this
Should have just came out as a sitcom on the wb
Its like... they're mocking their own movies and disrespectfully so!
Campea is being a hater with this film, I thought it was a great film and I loved the self-awareness and the idea that Neo created the Matrix as a video game I thought was great and I really want to see what they do with the 5th film!!! Plus NPH was an awesome villain in this film as well, I really want to see do more villainous roles like possibly a MCU film, I think his charisma and attitude in this types of roles would make him a perfect candidate to play The Beyonder in the Secret Wars film!!
This was hot garbage
Sounds like the entire movie and it's themes went fly way over your head really fast. Sucks to be you.
The new Smith was a total waste imo. Should of just been a completely new antagonist. Had none of what made Weaving's version great, none of the mannerisms, drive, or strength. And dont get me started on the merovingian.
Worst movie in the franchise. I walked after 90 minutes. The action was horrible. The script was terrible.
I only finished watching so I could enjoy the critical commentary more.
Warner Bros did the same exact thing with Space Jam. Warner Brothers is like a main character in the movie
Keanu looks like he was living under a rock for the past 10 years as Neo.
No, he was in disguise as John Wick.
This movie was an abomination, blasphemy, and godawful. Pokemon sentinels????? Whatahell??????? Dumpster fire, trash, garbage, waste of time and money
What they tried to do is reinvent the wheel and they failed terribly
This is by far the worst matrix movie. It was just plain boring.
I agree. I turned it off and I finished it later. Wasted time. I could have been playing Battlefield 2042. Lol
At one point 3 people were loudly snoring in my theater
I was dumbfounded when the movie itself mentioned Warner Bros. It almost felt like that Lana was trying to get across to people of how Warner Bros forced her to make a sequel because they want to considering the fact that Lana herself wasn’t all that interested in another one.
If you notice the majority of the plot is Lana ranting at the audience. Almost every line
That's pretty much how Lana and one of the exec at WB's private discussion went. I laughed my ass off when I heard that. "Ok I hear you Lana".
That’s pretty much what this is. Lana ranting about the commercialization of an art house, groundbreaking film. The action was so lackluster and I firmly believe this was on purpose. The entire Matrix trilogy is about how much the masses WANT to stay plugged into the norm. It was a message of self determination hidden in a blockbuster. It’s why the movie going public hates Revolutions. The good guys are supposed to win and liberate everyone, but not everyone wants to be liberated. The bad guys turned out to be sentient beings made of metal, and not the bad guys. War depends on depersonalization of the enemy. Us versus them. If we realize the enemy is also human, it makes war less palatable. Revolutions ended in peace but not through victory. Through negotiation. Lana is giving us a generic action movie as a commentary on the corporate machine being the real enemy. It’s meta, yes, but sometimes you have to throw it right in the public’s face. The action was not the heart of the Matrix films, and without that heart, it fails.
I think my expectation for a franchise like the Matrix is that the fourth movie would push film making forward a lot like the first movie did. It would have been awesome if when they were in the martrix they used the unreal engine 5. This movie should have boasted the capabilities of movie making technology and taken it even further. That’s a huge part of this franchises pedigree that was avoided in this fourth film.
Can we all agree though that Jonathan Groff as Agent Smith though was awesome. Him and Neal Patrick Harris both did great jobs I loved it.
No we can’t agree great actor bad casting not a good agent smith
Love it or hate it, nothing middle of the road. As a creator, I prefer one extreme emotional reaction or another. I loved it. I acknowledge the flaws, but I'm a weirdo and crave the dry expositional lore dumps.
John, I’m not smoking anything-I enjoyed the hell out of this movie!! Great villain, more philosophy, and interesting new take on “the One”, we’re only some of the things that hooked me with this film. I’m watching if again this weekend!
For a first time watch I give it a C+
I liked the self awareness and commentary about the industry, I ate that stuff up.
For the plot I expected it to be convoluted and thought provoking so I will of course have to give it a re-watch to catch all the little details.
My low grade comes from the action... The first trilogy is so visually compelling. To go from Yuen Woo-ping choreography to whatever this was is a disgrace. Gone are the long shots, the graceful stunts, and stylized movements. I mean in Reloaded they built a highway.... in this movie not a single set piece was exciting. You could tell this was point and shoot, no storyboards, and treated like more of an afterthought. Showing flashbacks from the earlier films to remind us of how much better the action was didn't help either lol
Also what happened to the SOUNDTRACK!? None of the thumping techno or eccentric beats are here.
Yeah, doesn't appear you were on-board from the get-go and went into it looking to pick out something to hate and run with it.
There's no real ret-conning either if you actually think about it, or were paying attention. Shameful review, honestly.
Trash movie
Yeah. I don't remember any ret-conning
what's really REALLY fucked up about this film is, every person reviewing it says the same thing, "its good to see Keanu back" and thats the end of the good commentary lol
Except he’s been John Wick for like 11 movies🤣🤣🤣
I wish Andy had helped Larry with this one. I loved the original trilogy. Larry and Andy came up with one of the most groundbreaking concepts in a movie. I am one of the few that loved 2 and 3. The Wachowski brothers reshaped movies in a way. I say again, those guys should have collaborated on this one as well. I appreciate Larry doing another one though. I love reboots when done well, member-berries and all. So Wachowski brothers, if you read this, STICK TOGETHER ON MATRIX PROJECTS...please! Thanks again to Larry Wachowski for adding another chapter. Haven't seen it yet, but I'm sure it's just fine....even though it was only done by half of the Wachowski brothers.
You're intentionally deadnaming them.
So I've seen a lot of others talk about this in a negative light. I had to see it twice, and I feel the need to write a review on this.
Now in all honesty, if people were expecting this movie to be like the original, they were in for a rude awakening. If you know the back story, the fact that the Warner Bros wanted to make this movie with or without the Wanchowskis, and can understand the message Lana conveys throughout the film about modern conventions, corporate greed, and playing on nostalgia, you might appreciate this movie to an extent.
Having said this, I do wish this movie wasn't made, and the franchise I love wasn't resurrected. It is a dangerous thing playing with the past, especially an iconic franchise like The Matrix and the effect it had. I feel it was concluded after Revolutions, it left the door open to discussion, and fan theory which I liked. But as far as I can see Lana had no choice in the matter, and she made this movie to criticise those who forced her to do so.
Now i know why they called it like the last jedi reference
Saw it last night on hbomax. Told my wife they should call it "Matrix Rehashed." The first act was tough to finish and pretty much i walked away. Came back to finish it, just going through the motions, rehashing old bits with old characters. Neo wasnt interesting, bad guys were boring. Finished the night wataching a russian youtube movie that was actually fun to watch, T-34, got me interested in WWII tanks. Lana Wachowski, you're done.
I loved Matrix 4...I don't care what other people say.
Loved Jessica Henwick, too!!!
If you dont care what other people say then dont put your opinion in the comment section just keep it to yourself
@@sakuragi1062 that doesn't make sense. He's giving his opinion because he doesn't care if people disagree. If he cared that they disagree, he would say silent for fear of debate.
@@my5head What he said dont make more sense to me why would you put your opinion in a open forum like youtube comment section if you dont care what other people say if you dont care what other people say then dont even bother to put your own opinion and perspective on the topic if your not willing to see or hear others people opinion.
I loved the first act. I thought it was brilliant. Action scenes were subpar. Morpheus was a waste.
Just finished watching Resurrections and your review is spot on. When they brought in so much self referential material right from the start then capped it off with the Warner Brothers comments it immediately came across like this isn't a film those making it believe in or are invested in. That set my expectations for the rest of the film.
Those 4th wall breaks were horrible. It was like watching a deadpool film. It took me out of the movie
The reason why the trailer was so great is because the trailer is NOT the Movie.
Keanu is so nice and agreeable, he probably didn’t protest the merits of making this movie at all! It wasn’t horrible, because I am a Matrix and Keanu fan, however, this movie did nothing to elevate the franchise whatsoever! It had no true purpose!
He definitely didn't given that he is also making the 4th installment of John Wick too.
the story of the original trilogy was not finished. the human population is still trapped by the machines. the story needs to be resolved
@@dokbrian the story was finished. Humans lost the war with the machine. They're fighting a lost war, the machine could easily completely destroy them, but they need a lil bit of humans to repopulate to use them as energy. NEO Ended the war Zion had with the machines in revolution. The machine still held their bargain and didn't destroy them unless they go looking for trouble. This movie rehashed it and didn't make anything new or moved the original plot forward. It didn't even feel like a matrix movie most of the time.
@@seige8621 well clearly a lot of the fans are not ok with the humans losing the war with the machines. and the hint with civil war within the machines imply the humans "can" take the planet back
No way is it as bad as John or many ppl are claiming it to be - just watched it at my local amc, do I believe the film lived up to the hype of the trailers? Not entirely, definitely missed an opportunity to go deeper within the ethos of what the original provides but as always, watching the film reiterates the thought to never allow outside opinions form your own, i for one thoroughly enjoyed it.
Oh, it was just as bad as John said. Im shocked that this got made. People should not waste money on this and see it only on HBO Max.
I agree with Josiah. I enjoyed it. Didn’t think it was that bad
I think John is over thinking it.
The movie is horrible
This movie sucks...I hope they dont make any more... the fight scenes look not finished.... did they have any time to rehearse the fighting...NPH scene were the time is slowed down I thought there was something wrong with the movie...but wow they used that 1980 music video trick..lol
I saw the movie and did not like it, to say the least. But…
The set up of Neo making the Matrix, and the machines using this idea, disassociating him from realising the illusion, is a great idea.
The problem is the execution. You can do that plot, without the board room meta sequence that is atrocious.
I loved seeing Neo & Trinity being given a 2nd chance. The cast for most part good especially Bugs and NPH as The Analyst. The BAD: the whole META angle and saying Warner Bros screwed this films narrative and self-sabotaged it. The most interesting part was the Machine Civil War after the peace agreement and they barely touched upon that story line. I give the film a C- because the cast was awesome. 100% spot on about Oceans 12 where Julia Roberts character met the Julia Roberts real life actress.
Should have red lighted this movie.....so disappointed
It's simple, first, you take out the green tone of being in a computer version of reality, then you bring back Niobe but Morpheous he's dead. I mean you could have had the new Morpheous that Neo coded, and still got back to IO and saw the real older version of Morpheous. He could have made fun of the coded version made by Neo, that would have been an acceptable kind of humor. And then worst of all, the whole point of Neo is that he is stronger and faster than the computer. Back in the original Matrix, that was the point that Morpheous made to Neo, when he told him, "They (the agents, computer) can never be as fast and strong as you can be", but here comes NPH the new computer program and he wipes the floor with Neo, but of course, Trinity smacks him like a toddler in the last seen, showing that she is in control, unlike Neo that could not move, and was being touched in the face and played with by the new computer program. Maybe Neo should first have come in at the end and slapped NPH in the face a few times, just to set things right, but no he could not even save Trinity in the Matrix from the bullet shot by NPH. The point is the storyline is good, but don't sacrifice Neo's abilities, just share them with Trinity, I'm good with that, but don't Emasculate him and expect the movie to be good. Not nice.
I was waiting to hear about the process of green lighting.
I need that venom Christmas sweater 🥲😭😭😭
People who defend this movie are blind
i loved it. can confirm i'm not blind
Neo was blind in Revolutions
Probably fast and furious fans
It's better than nwh
It's incredible to me how often John Campea talks about how movies are subjective experiences and how we can have different opinions on movies and that's actually a great part about being movie fans, and then you scroll down to the comments and there are always people like. The cognitive dissonance in your head must be incredible.
First and foremost, nothing can touch the original Matrix (1999), it's the best by a long shot. I think Reloaded (2001) and Revolutions (2003) both, while annoying to sit through. have some good action scenes. I was very nervous going into this film, because I didn't want to see another "Matrix sequel." Thankfully, I enjoyed this film (Resurrections), I thought self-aware humor was funny, I thought the action was good, the characters were good. Yes, the movie has problems with its script and world building (a lot of new concepts being thrown at you), but I'm thankful that I enjoyed it as much as I did. I gave it an 8/10, maybe when I watch it again it will go down to a 6 or 7/10. I'm sorry to hear that you all didn't like it.
Which is what a lot of people don't seem to understand. In interviews, Lana constantly brings up how the Matrix set the trends for action blockbusters today (hence the "studios have no creativity" commentary) and therefore wanted to do something different but not allowed because audiences want the same thing over and over (hence the "it's in demand so WB is making this with or without you" and the "you fight to be free from the Matrix yet you actually like being in the Matrix" commentary)
I didn't like the movie but not because of the meta stuff. I was still on board at that point. I got it, there was a decent story reason as to why most of the meta stuff was happening. It was after he was awakened that I thought the movie got really bad and very boring.
3/10. Too self referential, and a lesser copy of what’s come before. I wanted it to be over after 45 minutes. Bugs was a cool character though.
Totally agree with everything you said! That 1st trailer gave me the fear and the movie delivered on those fears
At first I was thinking I was eating a whole bunch of bad member berries but then I started paying attention to what Lana wachowski was saying. She was basically saying she did not want to make this movie because the story was already completed but the studio was going to make a reboot with or without her and would cancel her contract. I think she tried to save her version of The matrix by giving a reboot /sequel but movie suffered because you can tell she wasn't all in.
I caught that, too. I wonder if that was actually true or if she was just using that as a premise.
I completely enjoyed This movie and actually watching it again..Yall are wrong
Poor taste, story is boring. The majority is saying it's a bad story
The story was good but the pace was god awful as well as the action just terrible
yea, the whole warner bros reference kinda takes you out of the film. plus, showing footage of the previous films "video games" in the background on a white sheet is almost treating us like we are too stupid to remember the scenes on our own. was nice to see Keanu & Carrie Ann again tho
I'm sorry but why do you think that only one of original directors coming back seem like a bad thing? Is there a story there? I dont understand
Guess I'm in the minority, I really enjoyed it.
The biggest complaint I have is that the actual fighting scenes that don't involve guns or powers don't get time to breathe like the other movies. And it would be one thing if it was because they had to shoot around the actors. But we know that at least the 4 major players in the movie can pull it off so this seemed more to be a stylistic choice rather than having limitations to work with.
And that montage brainstorm scene for the sequel game fell flat for me and I couldn't help but think "is this supposed to mock how that even creators theory craft about the things fans talk about to get the audience that they didn't expect to have to come back. Not really knowing why the original worked. Is it a jab at how movies are now being made like the Marvel formula that more studios have adopted of having the writer along with a boardroom of executives breaking the story down, and because it's done by a committee it taints the original vision of the movie? Or is this a parody of pitch meeting?"
Other than that though maybe not really having any expectations of what the movie would be about helped since everything else was a fun time for me.
The montage is basically a docudrama on the actual making of the movie. It's kind of funny to me because the first act is like a very trippy and not at all subtle commentary on the trend of nostalgia cash grabs set in the world of the matrix. But then the actual plot kicks in and the movie just becomes exactly what it was parodying.
@@williamcronshaw5262 what the actual F? My answer be shadowbanned? Testing to see if you can read this. How could what I had said be considered controversial there was not even a hint of any "bad words" being used.
@@Bacbi What did you say?
@@williamcronshaw5262 short version that explanation made sense. I just don't want to write it all down again :p
I would recommend watching the screencrush review to really understand this movie. John I have been a fan since the collider days, if your paying these 2 your wasting money. They seem nice but do not add anything to the quality of your content, no chemistry and a little annoying. Much love
I don't think they are bad but I really miss RBM.
Huge fan of the first three Matrix films, yet I like all three. This one made me feel deflated, was so excited to see it and for the first time ever I actually regretted watching the movie. I wish the machines could put me back to sleep and erase this movie from my memory.
I felt the opposite, I thought the whole movie should have been act 1 and have it be a horror movie that ended with them jumping off the building, I thought all the io junk was just more of the same junk, act 1 was new, the rest was retreading 2 and 3
That is a interesting idea.
Life is happy and worth living and this movie does not exist 🧘♂️
After John's description of the plot I can see why Edgar Wright tweeted about the similarities with Wes Craven's New Nightmare. Sounds awful.
Don't understand what anyone else was watching, I thought this was great, best Matrix since the original. I didn't think the action scenes were all that great but the story and acting and dialogue was awesome, really smart trip and a great meta narrative.
It was Fuking awful
I think for me its a good one because it really shows of the previous movie and its marvelous
If you go into it wanting to be entertained, it wasn't that bad.
I wasn't expecting much ...and got bored
The worst part of this movie was when Trinitys husband "Chad" shows up and it's the John Wick director Chad Steleski
It was okay. I liked the idea, but also found some of the stuff too on the nose. If they'd used a different studio name and called the game something less meta like, Rage Against The Machine, then it would have been less jarring.
Liked more than I disliked. 5.5/10
Terrible movie, horrible, disaster,....I could find a lot a lot of words like this ..I can't believe how much positive reviews has I want to forget they ever made this movie
Just stop bla bla bla...
Honestly, this movie absolutely a trash, sorry!
One of junk movie of the end of the year! :(
Once again, Jessica Henwick is the best thing in a bad movie/show.
This movie is one of the worst movies ever made. I fell in love with The Matrix. Reloaded I loved more then most. Revolutions I thought was the worst of the 3 but I still bought it and watch it. I also watched these movies multiple times in theaters. The 4th installment ruined the franchise. The story was terrible, just another version of the first 2 combined. The dialogue style was completely different then the first 3. The wokeness level was much more subtle then some of the modern woke films, but still there. The only good thing about this movie was seeing Sati as an adult. Everything else was just a repeat of the previous movies. They ruined every iconic character that was in the first 3, except Sati. An hour and a half in and it felt like I had seen nothing new. It's just a cash grab woke dumpster fire with a terrible plot, and a sub par special effects team. I mean this film even ruined bullet time. As far as I'm concerned, The Matrix is only a trilogy, and this movie was just something Wachowski did because she could. It's simply awful, and I'm one of the biggest fans of the Original. This, unfortunately, has tainted the entire franchise.
Stop with the woke shit. Its the new buzz word now. Like everything is woke
Honestly I thought this was a great film and would probably put it as my 2nd favorite Matrix movie behind the original. I will admit though I did watch the entire trilogy the day before I saw the new one so I might be bias
Am I the only one who doesn't like that it takes john 2-3 minutes every video to get the actual point of the questions that was asked??
It always bothers me
I get what you mean but I do appreciate that he gives us context before. At least to understand his reasoning. Whether I agree or not with what he says.
This movie is atrocious
This movie was so bad I couldn't finish it, and I never leave a movie half finished. It was so cheesy and made me cringe badly. I loved the original matrix movie it was a life changing movie for me. I'm so disappointed with resurrections, its just sad.
This film was complete garbage. 🗑
It was just bad. Bad bad bad
Why do people keep praising the trailer? To me it was just regular and unspectacular.
So Im the only one that really likes new Matrix movie ?.
I will say I didn’t hate it, it just didn’t hit it all for me. I enjoyed it for what it was. Seeing Keanu and Carrie-Ann in their 50’s kicking but was cool. Since I am approaching 50. It is hard to top the first film since it defined what movies would become for years. It needs more to tell where they are going. Honestly it is good to see both characters alive since I wasn’t a fan of them dying in the last movie
I thought it was OK, not as bad as I was expecting it to be.
Love it!
@@jazzbollywood Yes you are right.For me Matrix 1 - 10\10 Matrix 2,3-9\10 MAtrix 4 8\10
Loved it
I’d value John’s opinion if he didn’t see Josstice League 5 times in theaters.
That movie really sucked....
I fell asleep twice
I loved the first 35 minutes it felt like it was going somewhere, the action scenes were edited weird and choppy but seeing 8 dudes with mp5s running 7 feet behind the main characters and missing every bullet....the action scenes especially the fighting looked so poorly choreographed, and just no weight behind the punches....
If the action is really bad then the matrix movie is totally dumped
Yuen Woo-Ping was not involved in the fight choreography……
I almost walked out on the movie like three times. The only reason I stayed is I was the only one in the theatre! See there were some benefits to covid lol. But yeah the movie was a disaster. I don't understand why Warner Brothers went along with this.
Trinity in real life has 2 boys and 1 girl like in the movie and asks Neo If he has any children and he says no. The movie is meta meta.
i read an article that said the director Lana Wachowicski lost her mum, dad and friend within 2 months a couple years ago, I can see why she wanted to come back and direct, the idea of wanting someone back in a period of grief is powerful. She channeled that into resseructing Neo and Trinity. Her sister did not want to come back for the same reason, she did not want to go into the past to deal with grief. I found that fascinating, 2 opposite ends in dealing with grief. I personally throught it was a decent movie, I will watch anything Keanu Reeves does
Yeah I can see why I made morning dinner. Then I had some bullshite.
@@gregoryherring1391 :/
If you're grieving how to f@#$ck are you ready to make a movie? Sit your ass somewhere and grieve.
too bad the movie is boring mess lmao
Lol the movie sucks
I actually enjoyed the meta story, and the idea of the machines turning reality into something in-universe to lampshade it and convince people it couldn't possibly be real. I also like the idea of Neo and Trinity being tied to the new Matrix in ways that are explained in the film, and how it changes their abilities etc..
My issue was the awful direction and boring-as-hell action. The movie sometimes felt like a conscious middle finger to the fans, honestly, even when I sort of liked where the story went. It just feels so off, almost like a satire of itself. I guess I don't even know how I feel about it lol
i also liked when he gets back to the real world he says "if this plug is real that means they took my life and made it a video game inside the matrix" which is exactly what a machine that wants control and wants get the last laugh would do. it was a little jarring when they're mentioning WB and stuff, but it did make sense, maybe the execution just coulda been a tad better.
A mesh of intriguing ideas, just could've been executed better imo. And yeah action choreography is def a decline from the trilogy.
Amazing film. I think one of the interesting things that the film highlights is that even though we don't have a real-life Matrix yet (though with Unreal Engine 5 we're only 1 or 2 steps away), even now we already live in an augmented-reality, in which art, literature, cinema, videogames, social media, all layer their stories over reality: everything from skyscrapers with adverts projected onto the architecture, to the news-feeds in Facebook on smartphones determined by google search histories. We live in an age of information-overload.
I don't hate the movie I just don't think it's great as reloaded and revolutions, but I enjoyed it and I will watch it again sometime in the future but I'm not really going to be pitching its praises, it was a good Matrix movie but it just wasn't a great Matrix movie or the best of the Matrix movies
Who said Reloaded and Resolutions were ever great?! Reloaded is cool but not a classic like the first one and people forget that highway sequence raised the bar in action movies.Resolutions was just bad and weird
This movie was ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE!!!! Out of all the cool ideas they couldve chosen and set in that world, they chose the worst IMO
My tv turned itself off 20 minutes in. 2 hours later I realized my tv was trying to save me
You were misled by the trailers. The movie is amazing for me and i know its not for everyone. I love reloaded and revolutions as much as resurrections.
If you compare this piece of garbage to Reloaded And Revolutions, you definitely were either on shrooms while watching this new movie or you gotta go wash your eyes.
Agree that the movie was terrible. Boring and stupid.
One of the worst movies I've ever seen
I think the first act was terrible and painful to sit through. But after Neo wakes up, i think its a decent watch. Overall, still underwhelming
agreed.. everything before the neo wake is kinda garbage.. everything after aint bad.. nothin special tho it does get better the longer you stay in theater..
The fight choreo was weak, was often messy/hard to see, and relied way too much shaky cam. It was very telling that whenever they'd reference a fight scene from the OG film, the original scene was always better. Yuen Woo Ping's style and the camera work from the original were sorely missed.
Overall movie scores is a meh out of 10 for me.
I liked the movie, more so the first half. The story for the second part was very Matrix light, some cool stuff and interesting ideas but nothing groundbreaking. It lacked the visual flair of the original though. But that first half really worked for me. Meta stuff can be very hit or miss but it hit for me here. It would have been amazing if that was the whole movie, kinda like a romantic comedy where The Matrix really is a video game. But I probably am alone in that hahaha
They should have not changed the fight choreographer, on the first trilogy they used "Yuen woo ping" and he studied all the characters and found out what Martial art style would be suitable for the actors. In this Matrix the actors looked like they were not prepared for the action sequences. if you watch the legend of Shang-Chi those fight scenes are solid. mission impossible II, the fight sequences were solid because they had John Woo as a fight choreographer, my point is action fight scenes without a good choreographer will destroy the movie as for the storyline, they were plot holes, the movies felt as a reboot more than a sequel.
Second it…..
I was depressed after watching this movie
Take some scheduled medication, it will help
This movie felt like an expensive fan made film. I'm glad I didn't pay to go see it.
I really don't get why Agent Smith was in this movie. But Neo making The Matrix games and Warner Bros being in the movie made some sense, like they're hiding in plain sight, using the truth and turning into fiction/entertainment is part of keeping people under control. The movie wasn't perfect and I didn't love it but I didn't hate either. I will watch it again to get a better sense of the film.
Saw a lot of confused, dissapointed, dumbfounded faces waliking out of the cinema. Strory was just a mess, all over the place. I hope they leave it where it is to prevent tarnishing whatever legacy it has left.
I'm always saying that the people who didn't like Reloaded and Revolution didn't understand The Matrix at all. There is no separation. All of it is one movie with one story. And the way that it keeps unfolding is crazy, mind-blowing. Neo learns that they're all living in a false reality, and that there is a prophecy of a coming One; and he's that One. Then he learns that he's not the One, but he's the 6th in a repeating cycle of events that produces the anomaly called "the One;" and the "prophecy" isn't a prophecy at all, but it's a description of some things that were going to happen anyway, mixed with an event requiring a little bit of manipulation. Then Neo accomplished what he was supposed to by his own means. Resurrections continued where the 3rd movie left off. And it was very clever, in many ways talking about us, society today. But, as is true most of the time, a lot of people don't like having to think. Anything requiring thinking ability, even a little bit, like the Matrix movies, is quickly dismissed. But what can you expect from a generation that doesn't know the difference between they're, their, and there.
@@likeluptid I get what you're saying, the previous sequels only work as a combined trilogy, on their own and out of context can be looked at differently - with many criticisms etc. I thought this new movie did have some redeemable qualities and parts of it were genuinely very good action-sci fi moments. Overall as a story and more the delivery of it just fell flat i think in the end. What was your impression of it?
Warner Brothers, you have failed this fandom.
This movie was so bad
I’m a fan of all The Matrix movies. And I’ll include Resurrections in that as well. Definitely not what I was expecting and maybe hoping for. But I was entertained.
lol the trailers were terrible
I can't count how many times people are shot at point blank range and nobody gets shot, not even scratched.