I don't see the contradiction. Tangent: aside from the vastly inferior action scenes and the unnecessary, if not severely distracting throwbacks / returning ch

I don't see the contradiction. Tangent: aside from the vastly inferior action scenes and the unnecessary, if not severely distracting throwbacks / returning characters I thought the new film was decent. They didn't get it right, but it was much better than most franchise resurrection attempts. The first act, I thought, was great. But I was disappointed when the writers showed their self awareness of missing the point when remaking a piece of art, and then... kind of did it anyway with the same level of depth for many scenes. I despised, in particular, how in the original films Neo's powers were just him being a god and understanding the world, but in the new one he kind of grunts and expels physical effort to do them like a typical superhero. That's just a different style altogether, and the original makes it abundantly clear that something like age shouldn't affect it. /rant.