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They killed the matrix with 2 and 3 being so terrible. that ship had sailed
by anm89 5y ago
They killed the matrix with 2 and 3 being so terrible.
that ship had sailed
- monkeybutton 5y agoIts not like they redeemed themselves since 2 and 3 either; Jupiter Ascending was trash. What did people expect?
- andrew_ 5y agoJupiter Ascending is a guilty pleasure. I know it's bad, so when I'm in the mood to shut my brain off and it's available, I do watch it from time to time. It's got enough visuals and entertainment in it that it'll keep my attention for a bit. Plus, Mila.
- NaturalPhallacy 5y agoTBH, I found a way to enjoy Jupiter Ascending by imagining that the Big Rich Family was a precursor to Dune. It's not perfect of course, but the worldbuilding part of that was fun to imagine as something pre-Butlarian-Jihad. The sheer extravagance at least was on par with the Harkonens. Beyond that, the plot of "reborn woman gets to be a planet-princess and then goes back to scrubbing toilets" was completely stupid. The Bureaucracy scene was funny though.
- echelon 5y agoV for Vendetta is classic. Cloud Atlas is one of my favorite films of all time. It's incredibly divisive, but if you appreciate its deep symbolism and rich interwoven storytelling, it's beautiful. The wide dynamic range of genres it attempts to fit - romance, comedy, science fiction, murder mystery, spy thriller - is not only ambitious, but absolutely works to establish the symphony of it all. Resurrections surpasses the mediocre second and third Matrix films and manages to troll both the studio and the audience in a deliberately tongue in cheek, yet equally trippy way. It's clever for working with the tools they had.
- ascagnel_ 5y agoTo add to that, _Speed Racer_ should be the thing that TV manufacturers pack in to show off their fancy 4K HDR TVs — bright and vibrant in a way that Hollywood action movies avoid nowadays. The dialogue and acting are corny and stilted, but in a way that mirrors the TV show its adapting.
- TrispusAttucks 5y agoYou have great taste! V for Vendetta and Cloud Atlas are absolute masterpieces. Definitely Top 10.
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- Apocryphon 5y agoEveryone forgets about the avant-garde energy that was Speed Racer.
- DevKoala 5y agoI love that movie. A friend and I hold it as a timeless classic.
- johnchristopher 5y agoI liked Cloud Atlas and Sense8. I also liked Matrix 2 and 3.
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- pessimizer 5y agoI couldn't have imagined that the fourth would be the worst, though. Not only silly and pointless (I don't care if Neo and Trinity are together, I care about the nature of reality and the fate of humanity), but without Yuen Woo Ping, even the action was trash. I can't stand the parade of superhero movies, but I'd be hard put to think of one I wouldn't have preferred to this. I fell asleep an hour in, tried it again the next day and bailed with 15mins left. This movie wasn't successfully either smart or dumb. The dominant theory is that Wachowski intentionally sabotaged the film to spite the studio for some reason.
- SV_BubbleTime 5y agoI’m not sure I buy the sabotage claims. Warner Brothers isn’t going to hand $200 million over to any single person and just be like “well, I guess we get what we get!”.
- ruined 5y ago>I care about the nature of reality and the fate of humanity i don't think you'll find that in a film
- pessimizer 5y agoI found it in the first Matrix. edit: and the third one at least looked like some advanced level of Galaga, and that was pretty alright.