Opinion: that was a thing
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loloteheTook me long enough, but watched Matrix: Resurrection last night. For the record, I have not seen the third film.
I saw the second, in theaters. That was the second-to-last movie I saw with my now ex-husband. The last flick we saw was "The Butterfly Effect" and he cried in the car on the way home. "The best thing he could do for her was not be part of her life."
Keep crying, bitch.
Anyway, this just means I missed the thing with Sati or whoever that was and the whole blinding thing. From what I have seen, this is less about Samson and more about Paul in Dune Messiah. Myths are myths.
As for the newest, I have issues.
First of all, there's the whole "White Rabbit" montage as Neo is taking his blue pills. Now, if he's been taking them all along and just asked for a refill, he would not have a big trip like he did in the film. In reality, he would have felt more focused and better able to concentrate on the task at hand. If that's what the pills were supposed to do.
If you've ever taken anti-psychotics, that is what they do. You're going to be more manic than dissociative. They are supposed to ground you. If they aren't doing that, get a new shrink.
I did like the occasional flashes in mirrors or someone else's memory.
Neil Patrick Harris would be perfect for a Max Headroom reboot.
The "bots as bombs" sequence was well done. I got flashes of old Quatermass stories from that and it was genuinely terrifying. There is something about watching people be reduced to raw materials that has always disturbed me, so that worked.
How the hell was this two-and-a-half hours long? It just sucked the life out of me. I watched Oh Her Majesty's Secret Service (It's a Christmas Movie!) and that theme hits harder than Spybreak ever will.
I hope this puts an end to it all.
I saw the second, in theaters. That was the second-to-last movie I saw with my now ex-husband. The last flick we saw was "The Butterfly Effect" and he cried in the car on the way home. "The best thing he could do for her was not be part of her life."
Keep crying, bitch.
Anyway, this just means I missed the thing with Sati or whoever that was and the whole blinding thing. From what I have seen, this is less about Samson and more about Paul in Dune Messiah. Myths are myths.
As for the newest, I have issues.
First of all, there's the whole "White Rabbit" montage as Neo is taking his blue pills. Now, if he's been taking them all along and just asked for a refill, he would not have a big trip like he did in the film. In reality, he would have felt more focused and better able to concentrate on the task at hand. If that's what the pills were supposed to do.
If you've ever taken anti-psychotics, that is what they do. You're going to be more manic than dissociative. They are supposed to ground you. If they aren't doing that, get a new shrink.
I did like the occasional flashes in mirrors or someone else's memory.
Neil Patrick Harris would be perfect for a Max Headroom reboot.
The "bots as bombs" sequence was well done. I got flashes of old Quatermass stories from that and it was genuinely terrifying. There is something about watching people be reduced to raw materials that has always disturbed me, so that worked.
How the hell was this two-and-a-half hours long? It just sucked the life out of me. I watched Oh Her Majesty's Secret Service (It's a Christmas Movie!) and that theme hits harder than Spybreak ever will.
I hope this puts an end to it all.
Kevin likened the Matrix trilogy more to Gilgamesh
Date: 2021-12-31 09:11 am (UTC)I completed forgot the Sati situation, in fact, I still can't access it. I THINK her parents spoke to Neo and were in the train/subway depot you see him briefly laying in, explaining that they were afraid she would be destroyed because programs aren't suppose to make new programs.
I'm pretty sure I only watched #3 once because I really don't remember a damn thing about it.
The Ref is one of my fave Christmas movies. Ever see it?
Re: Kevin likened the Matrix trilogy more to Gilgamesh
Date: 2021-12-31 08:14 pm (UTC)He was also in "Small Soldiers", which appeared and then disappeared just as quickly. Honestly, the only thing I really remember about it was his PA was named Ms. Kegal and we couldn't believe that joke made out alive in a kid's flick.