The Matrix Resurrections - Nostalgia Critic

[@ChannelAwesome]

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[@jerricablackcat4303]

Can you review Madeline? Or maybe Eloise at The Plaza?

[@jessetorres8738]

The Matrix is a good example of franchise that got worse with each film, so much so I didn't even see the newest film. I lost interest in the franchise and felt it was too long a wait for a new film. The negative reviews from various KZbinrs made me glad I didn't watch it, but I am glad to see Doug finally talk about it.

[@Freakingbean]

I thought it was a little better on a second viewing when I was stoned. It was so Ok it was average.

[@stormshadowproductions1660]

Please Review The Lego Batman Movie & National Treasure 2 Book of Secrets

[@erikcubias]

PLEASE REVIEW UNCUT GEMS!!! I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR LIKE 2 YEARS

[@averymerrick]

“A FOURTH WALL BREAK INSIDE A FOURTH WALL BREAK? THAT’S LIKE…SIXTEEN WALLS!” Quote from Deadpool to properly describe the Matrix Resurrections.

[@a.f.watcher8888]

Speaking of my comment includes Deadpool

[@IgnatiusBlaze4]

... yeah that's a perfect sum up of this movie, thanks Deadpool we can always count on you.

[@bonbondurjdr6553]

I would attribute this quote to Green Lantern myself. 🤔

[@sonicsucks20]

Deadpool sucks.

[@Forsoothious]

@@sonicsucks20 bot

[@JohnnyElRed]

Honestly, I like the scene of Smith punching Neil Patrick Harris, because I love the trope of an old villain coming back to kick a new villain's ass.

[@ThePa1riot]

“Hijacked by Ganon,” is the phrase for that.

[@Fingerling2012]

Would've been a lot better if it was actually Hugo weaving tho

[@JustinCoasters]

Guess he saw the HIMYM Finale

[@ЯАга-я4л]

@@Fingerling2012 or at least a deepfake Hugo

[@mrcritical6751]

Would’ve even been cool if Groth was slowly turning into Weaving throughout the fight

[@johnnysparkle]

No Stunt Double: According to Keanu Reeves, Neo and Trinity's tandem leap from San Francisco's 44 Montgomery Street building, was mostly accomplished without CGI effects. Even though the building is officially 43 stories high, they had to climb a further 2-3 floors to reach the rooftop. The pair made the jump as many as twenty times over a two-day period with body descender cables attached.

[@Zireael83]

thank you for the information :)

[@Spazzboy911]

very nice

[@mohdamerulaidilbinrazisahm7317]

Still can't save this horrendous movie

[@jessedellross3245]

Can we all agree Reeves has balls of steel to rival Tom cruise?

[@jjmah7]

K

[@Destinychanged]

A story I heard was that Will Smith was offered the role of Neo. He turned it down because he felt the pitch was bad and did Wild Wild West instead. He would later describe this as the “worst decision of his career.”

[@Naiverine]

ironic.

[@Comicalamityclub]

What!??

[@jeremiahhester6408]

I freaking love Wild Wild West

[@RedTail1-1]

Matrix probably would have sucked if Will Smith starred.. not really a will smith film..

[@Jebu911]

I think in the original matrix the main character didnt need personality so keanu was a perfect fit as he is such a bad actor at least back in the day. Now he is decent.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Fun Fact: When he was first asked if he'd be up for a fourth Matrix movie, Keanu Reeves wanted to do it immediately. But he also admits that he was baffled and had no idea how it would work. He told Lana Wachowski, "but I'm dead," referring to the end of The Matrix Revolutions. However, Reeves also said that he was quickly won over by Wachowski after her pitch and that she wrote a wonderful story. But based on the critical reception and general audiences' feelings on the movie, after seeing the film, everyone is just as perplexed as Reeves was when he first read the script.

[@a7000zo]

I loved Resurrections. To me it works slightly better than Reloaded and is definitely the most insightful installment since the first, even if not everything sticks the landing. If the action was better choreographed I would've loved it even more. I know there's some people that say the choppy editing was also an intentional choice, but too much self awareness can backfire and result in alienated feelings.

[@flyguy7825]

After watching this movie he should have remind dead.

[@mortalkombatarcadelover4479]

Matrix 4 sucks.

[@aaronwimmers8904]

@Hans Hoffmann Once I realized it was a farce, I was able to enjoy myself. People took it too seriously and missed out on the fun.

[@tonybippitykaye]

Bruh, why do you have like 100 comments on this video…

[@kylearchbold5189]

As someone who enjoyed the whole trilogy, I appreciated that it didn’t try to pretend 2 and 3 didn’t exist. The matrix mythos is fun if not poorly executed. I’m glad all the movies exists as they are.

[@josh72456]

@kyle archbold The Matrix Resurrections is the worst.

[@kylearchbold5189]

@@josh72456 definitely the bottom of the list but I do still enjoy it, the meta commentary in the first half always gets a laugh out of me. It was also nice seeing how the real world responded to what neo did in the trilogy.

[@josh72456]

@@kylearchbold5189 I guess.

[@adam1984pl]

For me first half of Matrix 2 and this one doesn`t exist.

[@kylearchbold5189]

@@adam1984pl I’m curious, what in the first half turned you off? I have a friend that hates everything about Zion. Says it bores him to tears.

[@summerskull9379]

Gotta love how Doug's filter gets progressively greener with each take

[@lordbread2083]

Good I thought my TV was broken for a second

[@charliecomer6001]

I quickly noticed that. Well played Doug.

[@Gadgetman1989]

Before long, we're gonna enter Fallout 3 levels of Green, which makes me ask, which is more green, Matrix or FO3?

[@Dargonhuman]

They literally point that out around 15 minutes in.

[@summerskull9379]

@@Dargonhuman yeah but I didn’t get that far before I made the comment 😆

[@Master_Yoda1990]

Hey Critic, honestly Scream being self aware is perfect as well because being self aware was always part of the Scream franchise.

[@mrcritical6751]

And he put Bill & Ted 3 in that list when the movie wasn’t even self aware, it was just the same old shit from the 80’s and 90’s just done in 2020

[@coranbaker6401]

Yeah, but they put too much focus on being self aware. With the first movie, the self aware aspects serve as a highlight to an actual plot. While in the last one, the self aware aspect *IS* the plot. At least in my opinion.

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

@@coranbaker6401 um not really? Maybe in the 3rd one but 5? Nah

[@DSan-kl2yc]

Scream was very good. It worked well because scream isn't really about the survivor or the killer. Not any specific one. Not really.

[@brandonspain12345]

​​@@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 The whole scene with the Dead Meat cameo debunks your argument. You need glasses if you're gonna say the 5th movie wasn't too self aware. Buddy I'm sorry but when they mentioned how "there's no number in the title like the actual movie" and "no legacy characters so it sucks" are a little on the nose. Especially with people complaining about Neve Campbell not being in S6 but now they she will in S7, everyone is still not happy.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Honestly say what you will about the man, but when you give him the right to just let him act and let him just be badass that's when Keanu Reeves shines the most in my opinion not long overextended dialog scene just let him fight and be badass and you will get that megastar that you want

[@PurpleWind64]

The Goofy screams over the citizens trying to give Neo and Trinity the mother of all body slams was amazing.

[@kingsleycy3450]

It doesn't work on a narrative level, but it is a such a middle finger to WB I can't help but admire the audacity. The movie wouldn't have been nearly as interesting if it had done a Force Awakens (ie. legacy characters guiding the new generation because the original actors are so old they can't even stand).

[@Dargonhuman]

It took a lot of balls to go that route, which is incredibly ironic all things considered...

[@albertthepeacock8020]

I'm surprised Sequel haters aren't here with their essays on why they consider TFA to be the worst things they've seen with tired repeated arguments

[@ryckarduhryckarduh180]

@@albertthepeacock8020 there's no need, we all know TFA is crap

[@Guillaume_sono]

Wb wrote the movie tho, it’s not a middle finger

[@kingsleycy3450]

@@albertthepeacock8020 TFA is definitely the right way to soft reboot a nostalgic IP. It's just that type of soft reboot has been done to death lately.

[@simranbiryani3068]

From some of the best choreographed fight scenes of all time and jaw dropping action, to quick cuts and effects that resemble a fan made film. Cobra Kai, a TV show about children fighting, literally has better fight choreography than the Matrix Resurrections.

[@FoxyChariot]

That’s not even a hot take bruh

[@RhythmGrizz]

No lies detected.

[@themydnighthour]

I totally agree with ur ending synopsis. If they could have kept it ambiguous the entire time, kept it meta, it would have been taken a lot better. Like a psychological thriller or something.

[@enzi87]

The thing I really loved about this movie was watching almost the whole of Sense8 cast together again, I would love a nostalgia critic episode about that show

[@khaleesireyna731]

I honestly got really excited when I saw that the actor who played Brian (the cop) was in the movie. You can really tell the Watchowskis bonded with the cast of that show (the actress who played Sun has been a few other movies of theirs as well).

[@francisfatta]

I feel like if Matrix Month was done much later, this would be included. Though I guess if that were the case, I never would’ve learned about the Animatrix

[@Friendlysociopath]

One of my main gripes of Resurrections is that it had so many interesting ideas but... didn't want to explore them. Machines fighting machines? Awesome idea! And it... gets all of one or two sentences describing it. Agent Smith (or any program really) gaining their own will and desire to fight the Matrix? Awesome idea! And 'Smith' spends most of his runtime just... fighting Neo. 'Morpheus' also gets massively shafted imo when it comes to actual impact on the movie. Humans actually learning of their past history and how to harvest real food again? Awesome idea- ripe with potential! And then... it's openly insulted by the movie it takes place in. It just feels like there was a lot of potential that nobody actually wanted to tap- all so we could get Neo and Trinity basically replaying the original movie but in a mirror.

[@simranbiryani3068]

If it had been all about the machine wars it would have been incredible. They could have just set it far in the future with a completely new cast of characters. The Neo/Trinity story was already complete, there was no need to bring these characters back.

[@philseven1351]

I disagree, Resurrections had many good ideas, but could only explore a few in great detail, such as: -Morpheus being a program created by Neo that gained sentience in the modal simulation. -The Analyst, a new antagonist that manipulates people through emotion and uses their greatest strengths against them such as convincing Neo the life he lived was nothing more than a video game he designed and that he now suffers from mental illness. -The meta commentary and critique of Hollywood, the entertainment industry as a whole, and the NPC social media obsessed consumers that act as mindless drones that can't think for themselves and simply follows trends. Even the idea of bots in the matrix that manipulate real people could be a critique of social media that also uses bots to manipulate people. -The power struggle/politics of the machines to control the matrix and energy production was discussed in the movie, though there wasn't much actions scenes of the actual war, if that was what you were expecting. Resurrections had the difficult and time consuming task of needing to pick up, explain, and continue the characters and 60 year time gap that Revolutions left off at, which leaves very little time to go into deep detail for every concept presented. At the very least Resurrections setup the ground work to further explore those ideas if there were to be any more sequels (which is unlikely). Rogue programs that do not follow the Matrix such as Smith is an idea already established in the original trilogy, they're called exiles like the Merovingian.

[@wolfrainexxx]

@@philseven1351 Sequels? No. Wouldn't work. Spin-offs that explore the verse? Yes.

[@josh72456]

@Friendlysociopath It's the worst of the bunch nothing makes sense and it's so self indulgent.

[@josh72456]

@@wolfrainexxx That one doesn't work.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

To quote the late great Norm Macdonald and something i'm sure Keanu Reeves should think about sometime is "With the ambitious, the failure of one expedient is the suggestion of another; but with the irresolute, defeat usually occasions abandonment of purpose.”

[@clubbedsandwich1128]

RIP, Norm

[@liamn.watson4867]

What exactly is that supposed to mean?

[@Borgyboy09]

Sounds like some convoluted shit the architect would say

[@KetwunsGamingPad]

The fact that Keanu acts well in this could have played a great meta joke with the meta joke already about how he imagined the trilogy via the game but forgot how to program how to act for the protagonist because Neo was the player in the trilogy and wanted the player to feel like they were being Neo to fill in and feed the emotions haha

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I honestly love Keanu Reeves is having this Hollywood comeback because for a lot of us we thought he was done, but man is it so great to see a actor who you always knew could be something if he was given better dialog and better lines just come back and exploded onto all of our screens is still a pretty cool thing

[@Ihartwalrusguy]

But between this film and Cyberpunk 2077 which do you think is his most modern misfire?

[@666slateran666]

@@Ihartwalrusguy His acting in cyberpunk is great, you're like 2 years late for that meme dude. The game is in a way better state now, I enjoyed it at launch despite bugs personally.

[@BrentWigginsWords]

6:29 This reminds me of the Wizard of Oz's monologue as he gifts Scarecrow, Lion, and Tin Man their rewards. Impressive, absolutely maddening, but impressive.

[@questworldiangreenknight7455]

No joke 3 days ago my brother got his boss at work to laugh when he called his name, “MR. ANDERSON!” In the Mr. Smith voice 🤣🤣🤣😂

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Honestly Keanu Reeves could get in a street fight with Bert and Ernie and it would still be awesome

[@chayden153]

He could do a movie all about taxes and I'd watch that shit

[@SukiNoKoe]

I'd enjoy watching that probably even more 😂

[@littleredruri]

@@chayden153 he made a movie about being a baseball coach for a bunch of inner city kids if you'd be interested in that

[@chayden153]

@@littleredruri ooh!

[@vincentcrow6075]

ok, i want to see it now

[@johnenigma8506]

I would love to see a Fanscription episode with the first hour being the beginning story point get made. Lana definitely had a better film in here that got lost in the second hour. It feels like something she was trying to get out.

[@brandonspain12345]

Man, if they did a Fanscription on Matrix, they have to get to Reloaded and Revelation before reaching Resurrections.

[@johnenigma8506]

@@brandonspain12345 Walter has been at floating the idea out there on Twitter. What if Zion was in the Matrix? Like Doug said, you could've counted the preceding trilogy as a guy's mental breakdown especially in that time period.

[@somethingclever8916]

Wachoskis need to work on editing, pacing and tempo. But like Shaymaylan they are obsessed with their genius and probably won't be questioned

[@MacNava]

I love how the screen slowly becomes more green as the review goes on. That's a nice little detail to notice.

[@jason_henricks]

Oh thank God I'm not the only one who noticed! I thought I was going insane for a sec there. Lol

[@FistfulOfCourage]

At least we can agree this movie predicted the current state of Warner Bros., now that WB made the biggest mistake of their almost-100-year life: merging with Discovery.

[@Agent29416]

They didn't choose that they were sold but their previous audience

[@josephmonasky9495]

That I can agree with.

[@ChrisMerkelStudios]

@@Agent29416 They may not have chosen their new corporate overlords, but as far as I know, the decision to sink $90 million into a Batgirl movie then mothball it for a $3 million tax write-off was all them. They clearly don't need Discovery's help to make bad business decisions.

[@nathank2289]

Their biggest mistake was trusting DC to Zack Snyder instead of Bruce Timm. Everything else was just a snowball effect from that dumbass decision.

[@ChrisMerkelStudios]

@@nathank2289 Zack Snyder hasn't had anything to do with the DCEU (with the exception of the Snyder Cut) since Joss Whedon took over production on Justice League. Say what you will about his movies, but at least they actually released.

[@glennwelsh9784]

The Matrix series never managed to match the first film's "the world is a super-realistic VR simulation" mindfuck twist. They tried to keep things thought-provoking in the sequels with a lot of "fate vs. free will" philosophical themes, but none of it was as shockingly revelatory. The Matrix Resurrections suffers from the same problem Reloaded and Revolutions did, but also makes the mistake of being way too self-aware and self-referential for its own good. And yes, the action scenes are severely, bafflingly subpar for a Matrix film.

[@jeuryrabassa4724]

This is why John Wick is a much more better and superior action movie trilogy than the entire Matrix franchise.

[@mrkwrbl]

@@jeuryrabassa4724 John Wick 1 is lame af

[@jeuryrabassa4724]

@@mrkwrbl Whatever Matrix fanboy. John Wick is so worth it.

[@juuliq6]

Exactly... and the atmosphere of M4 no longer has the suspense and mystery that was the soul of the trilogy. My expectations were so high I ended up breaking my own heart but what can you do...

[@A-Smartass-that-people-love]

Yeah, the Fate vs. Free Will" debate can flop easily and the other 2 OG films relied on it too much since it is hard just to introduce it right. Hell, the show Lucifer had a hard time utilizing it and that is what the source material, the comics, were built on, so even the best of things can mess up that message

[@ak47dragunov]

Makes me really want to see a proper Dark City review by the NC

[@enriquejoseantequerasanche6180]

Pretty sure he actually did one

[@matrix91234]

Isnt it just guys in a fedora walking around?

[@chasehedges6775]

@@matrix91234 I saw the trailer for the film and that is VERY ACCURATE

[@optimascrime5235]

I love how they did the comic tie in without doing the comic tie in😂

[@imsomewhatcertain1024]

Spider-Man: No Way Home did a much better job of nostalgia baiting that this movie.

[@josh72456]

@I'mSomeWhatCertain Yeah but that and Ghostbusters Afterlife shared similar things with The Matrix Resurrections fan service except yes one of them is the worst I think I found the other two watchable.

[@DmonHiro]

I enjoyed the first part of this movie, where it was obviously shitting on WB as much as it could. I suspect they told Lana that they were going to do M4 with or without her, so she took the job, got paid, shat on them, then ran it into the ground. I can somewhat respect that. I mean, it would have been terrible without her anyway, might as well get paid, right?

[@SolarisKane]

Nah, they aren't that smart. And who would willingly destroy their creation to spite a soulless corporation that doesn't really care?

[@CB0Otz]

@@SolarisKane Probably somebody who A: doesn't care anywhere as much as their fanbase about their creation, B: really wants a fat paycheck, and maybe C: won't be coming back to the industry ever again.

[@Dim4323]

What about the middle and the end

[@ThatGuysPie]

Tamara saying, "just call me Rachel Tietz" I died XD

[@tomnorton4277]

What's Rachel been doing since she left anyway? She came back at least once but that was ages ago.

[@DicePunk]

The coffeeshop scene was one of the most heartfelt scene I've seen this decade.

[@GBmovieluv]

I wished it could have been stretched out a bit

[@DicePunk]

@@GBmovieluv same. I agree with NC, the deconstruction throughout the first half was the good part.

[@highonfire885]

🤣😂😅😂😅😅🥹 clown

[@EnsignRedshirtRicky]

@@highonfire885 Heartfelt.

[@kurojima]

Keanu really likes Carrie-Anne Moss, he almost sounds nervous when talking about her, its kind of endearing, so maybe it was just great for these two to have the opportunity to work with each other again that made the coffeeshop scenes so great!

[@wstine79]

Here's a tale about the great Keanu Reeves returning to a franchise after coming off a career Renaissance. But enough about "Bill and Ted Face the Music." Here's "The Matrix Resurrections."

[@questworldiangreenknight7455]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@manuelalbertoromero9528]

So...how is Bill and Ted 3?

[@chrissonofpear1384]

@@manuelalbertoromero9528 Could be better. Good basic idea, underwhelming execution, often time. And an extremely abrupt ending, too. Felt like a lot was cut.

[@KristenDETW]

@@manuelalbertoromero9528 if you enjoy the first two you'll have fun. Ends really abruptly, but that's my only complaint. Bogus Journey is my favorite and I feel the best movie in the series.

[@mrcritical6751]

@@manuelalbertoromero9528 it’s fun but flawed

[@DuelaDent52]

One detail I liked was that Neo never directly fights anyone. He always uses the force to push people back and defend himself but he never starts a fight himself. Like he says, he’s tired of fighting, he’s done being the One, he just wants to rest,

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Honestly this just proves how underrated Keanu Reeves has been since he's resurgence in Hollywood.

[@SneakyVito]

how tf is he underrated????????? you fishing for likes

[@Regfife]

@@SneakyVito Konehead has a point; people like Nostalgia Critic keep talking about how Reeves can't act, as if every protagonist needs to be a bombastic, shouting drama king/queen.

[@SolarisKane]

@@Regfife Exactly. How Keanu played Neo in the trilogy was perfect. How he plays John Wick is perfect.

[@666slateran666]

He was great in cyberpunk as well despite all the haters

[@TheFire1290]

@@SolarisKane That's because the roles require relatively little talent when it comes to acting. It's cool that he does his own stunts, though.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Neo: and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Honestly Keanu kind of feels like the next Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee where he doesn't need a lot of dialog he can just fight and you can still be pulled in by the story the film wants to still tell

[@ninjanibba4259]

I rather watch Wesley Snipes, and both those actors know how to act but be intriguing to engage the audience, Keanu is hit and miss constantly

[@alphadream953]

bruh he's like 60

[@LucyLioness100]

My dad always said that’s the appeal of Keanu: few words and kicking your ass

[@wjzav1971]

My guess is that this is Keanu working around his weaknesses. That man just gives off the most awkward line delivery you can imagine and it comes off weird and unnatural in his ealier movies. But if you look at his later projects, you notice that he has few lines and mostly acts with body language and mimicry. And when he plays characters that don't talk much (John Wick for example) his weird line delivery actually works because a man of few words is gonna sound weird when he talks.

[@FoxyChariot]

Literally why Matrix 1 works

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

If only Cookie Monster hadn't decided to rob that bank with Danny DeVito in order to pay for his addiction to cookies

[@saveriopanaccione996]

Oh boy Johnny Young Bosch is my favorite voice actor I even met him in a convention a while back nice guy

[@jeuryrabassa4724]

And he voices Ichigo from Bleach and Nero from Devil May Cry. Which is awesome.

[@krysala]

I've watched this movie twice and I didn't notice it until Critic mentioned the Discovery merger. At 11:26 behind Smith there's a paperweight that looks suspiciously like an older Discovery logo as if to solidify that Lana was throwing shade at WB. Look closer and you see a stylized M in the center of the D as if to mean foreshadowing that she'll give the studio the fluff they think they want (just like the previous two sequels), but will still hope that Discovery will allow her to give the series a proper epilogue.

[@AllenHerns]

That 1st Act was the best part of the film. The Matrix world doesn't have that green hue and it's more colorful. In certain scenes, you see the avatars that Neo and Trinity embodied in the reflections. And The Analyst/Therapist character wears glasses with blue frames and constantly trying to keep Neo suppressed in the new Matrix with blue pill perscriptions.

[@KingOfMadCows]

I did really enjoy the first 30 minutes of the movie when they were just shitting on WB non-stop. In fact, I wonder if Lana Wachowski intentionally screwed up the rest of the movie to crash the franchise. I have a feeling the scene where Agent Smith tells Anderson that WB is going to make a sequel no matter what, was something that happened in real life so Lana accepted the deal and purposely sabotaged the movie.

[@kuromiLayfe]

Pretty sure it was what she did … the last hour they could just have filled with how it all was just in Neo’s mind and him getting to terms with it.

[@Zireael83]

i don´t know what you are talking about. the movie was fine. not the best movie of all time but fine. not srewed up.

[@tomnorton4277]

I feel like James Cameron may have done the same thing with Terminator: Dark Fate. He was the producer so he was probably looking over Tim Miller's shoulder and whispering stupid ideas into his ear, knowing that Miller would take the blame. Dick move but I think Cameron was basically giving his franchise a mercy killing to stop people from exploiting it.

[@AlejandroLZuvic]

That was actually what happened. WB "threatening" making the movie with or without them I mean. However, I don't believe Lana screwed it up intentionally, I just think it's another kinda terrible not so terrible but yet terrible movie from (one of the) Wachowskis.

[@SuperFlawless2010]

She can sabotage whatever the hell she wants but not at the cost of shitting in audiences mouth who paid to see this in theaters. I was baffled by how sense assaulting this pos movie was.

[@angelicafigueroa0221]

Can you imagine this has been one long misunderstanding Like the Oracle kept trying to explain to them about the one but it was entirely different than what we thought**** The Oracle to Morphius: You're gonna have a dream that will lead you to the one... *Morphius runs off with purpose* Oracle:...the one conclusion that to defeat the sentinels is with everyone working together...oh...ok..bye?? The Oracle to Trinity: Ok you're finally gonna fall in love with the one... *Trinity runs off determined* ... Oracle:....the one aspect of yourself you previously despised to help you realize your true potential..wtf..where did she go????? The Oracle to Tom: *grabs his shoulders* Ok listen, look at me, you are not the one- *Tom walks out confused* Oracle: who is destined to shoulder this alone FFS! What is happening??? this is why this is the sixth version 😆 they kept running out thinking it was all about the one and the Oracle just stands there every time like what the hell is wrong with you when they go out the door

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

It turns out Neo was the Iron Giant this whole time

[@eradicatedpulse6896]

Yuen Woo-ping choreographed every action scene for the Trilogy of that matrix the directors just shot the action that's why the first movies are so damn fun to watch in terms of action.

[@KeyBladeMaster-Dan]

That montage of Goofy screams had my sides splitting 😂😂😂😂😂

[@shockt9221]

🤣

[@IAmInfinitus208]

25:32

[@bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257]

Happy to see this show return to the world of the Matrix! I love how the video slowly changed into what the previous Matrix videos looked like. 25:20, what's this music from?

[@NTWoo95]

You’ll Be Back from Hamilton, sung by Jonathon Groff

[@averymerrick]

Surprised that they didn’t call ☎️ back Lawrence Fishburne to represent his famous role.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Keanu Reeves could do a Snickers ad and it would still be entertaining to watch

[@josejuanandrade4439]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3XLapKdaK6VpLM ima leave this here...

[@eclat4641]

Same with Patrick Stewart

[@HB-fq9nn]

Aw man. Well hopefully we'll get a Dark City review someday.

[@VicHD]

There's a reason why Neo couldn't fly in the third act. He just wasn't "high" enough, if you know what I mean.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Honestly Keanu Reeves can just walk in a door and still be badass

[@chasehedges6775]

💯💯💯

[@RandomGuy-qh7tl]

When I heard that Christina Ricci was in this movie, I was going to go see it. When I found out it was a short cameo, I didn't bother.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Man this remake of Enter the Dragon is a lot different than i remember it being

[@grogc6942]

Let's face it, the best Matrix movie was Dark City. Also, minor thing on Paul Atreides not bringing peace to Dune is the point. The entire foundation of the book, as said by Herbert, was that putting all your faith into a leader to save you always ends up horrible. That's how you get psychic tyrannical worm monsters, after all.

[@ROUGHSEES]

Well, psychic tyrannical worm god son. Poor Paul. 😂

[@lucinae8512]

Which is the real issue with Dune 1982. The novel was meant to be an antithesis of the Hero's Journey, but the studio wanting to make the next Star Wars made it the complete opposite and turned Paul into a Messiah who controls sand worms and make it rain in a desert planet because..... He's the one!

[@SolarisKane]

Dark City is great, but it doesn't hold a candle to The Matrix.

[@wiilov]

You're barking up the wrong tree. Doug has missed the point of Dune so often, it's now a drinking game for me.

[@motor4X4kombat]

@@lucinae8512 basically they "i am legend" it. At least i am legend have an alternative ending that was more faithfull to the theme of the book

[@shmikex]

It would have been fantastic if they treated this as all being in Neo/Tom's head. What I did like is when they had glimpses on how the people in the Matrix actually view Neo and Trinity and had other actors playing Tom and Tiffany. It even makes sense when they're in the coffee shop and she remarks how she feels she looks exactly like Trinity from the game but everyone else waived it off. It's because they both see her as Trinity but everyone else sees her as Tiffany. I still wish they had just done a John Wick/Matrix crossover, where it gets revealed that the John Wick world is the next iteration of the Matrix they put Neo and Morpheus in. Hence why John Wick is basically unkillable. That was always my fan theory. He felt grief from the loss of his wife (Helen/Trinity) and wanted to live a peaceful existence after his years of killing, until he was provoked.

[@WickedElfie]

25:19 greatest meta nod! I just love Groff as a villain, he was great in Glee (one of the few great things there) and just wonderful as King George. He's even able to bring some coolness to his Agent Smith here.

[@jessetorres8738]

The Matrix is a good example of franchise that got worse with each film, so much so I didn't even see the newest film. I lost interest in the franchise and felt it was too long a wait for a new film. The negative reviews from various KZbinrs made me glad I didn't watch it, but I am glad to see Doug finally talk about it.

[@TheNerdCinema]

Too bad you are basing your perception on KZbinrs opinions lol.

[@sebastiancintron29]

@@TheNerdCinema if a person tells you something looks like shit, another one tells you it might be shit and then the last person tells you it is shit, then guess what, most of us don't want to eat that shit.

[@Stonk5331]

@@sebastiancintron29 Nice phrase, still not a good one I can find you 3 or X persons who will tell you the same shit. Make you own opinion or don't.

[@kidder83]

@@sebastiancintron29 ya but the vehement dislike that some people pump their opinions with completely cloud their judgment. The Last Jedi was great

[@brianfuller757]

Yeah the Matrix movies definitely got worse after the first . I've watched every one including this one and was quite excited about this one. It was not worth it for myself or the other 6 die-hards watching.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

So this is why Keanu Reeves lost in that Soda contest

[@EmiaRaine]

Honestly, when I first heard they were doing a fourth film and even saw the trailer, I thought they might be doing something similar to Doug's idea of a Matrix-within-a-Matrix (a Matrixception, if you will). I thought the idea of Neo not having fully escaped and instead plopped into another Matrix where they continued to feed off him and reality slowly breaking through might have been interesting. Maybe making him choose what reality to stay in. I haven't actually seen the film yet, this was my first insight into what happened and what it was really about. And I gotta admit, the first third, like you said, seems like the most interesting part. Questioning reality and relating that back to simulations and such. Hell, they maybe could've continued with that theme. Especially with Trinity. Again, haven't watched the scene, but first impressions from here - she chooses somebody she doesn't fully remember yet instead of her family? Or even if she does remembers him, is there any lip service given to those virtual children she had? It might have been cool if Neo was more on the side of 'THE MATRIX IS REAL' and Trinity was the opposite. Perhaps ending without her choosing to stay in the simulation because she was so attached to it and Neo was in and out of realities - nothing is confirmed to be real or not. And it's all down to choice. But then again, didn't the AniMatrix do something similar? Could be they decided to make the Matrix real so they didn't get into too much trouble with the pills idea - 'if you're on medication get rid of it so you can see past reality'. Not a great message to send out, I suppose. Eh, just throwing ideas around (Hollywood, hire me) Anyway, great review as always!

[@TheSchaef47]

I had the opposite problem as you, Critic: having them remake the opening scene from the first movie established IMMEDIATELY for me the reality of the original Matrix (in particular because it was Bugs, not Neo, witnessing it), and that completely killed any ambiguity for me. The rest of that segment was just me waiting for that inevitable moment when they wake him up. Again. I've said this elsewhere, but my armchair rewrite of this would have left Neo in the Matrix a lot longer, and leaned much more heavily into blurring the lines between all the different realities. It probably would have been way too esoteric and half the audience would not know what was happening, but I think this story as a psychological thriller is a much better story. Plus you would get some of that acting stuff you liked so much. It would be like The Father but cyberpunk. The first part didn't work unless you make the audience question whether the first trilogy ever happened, and they killed that in the first scene. We're no longer looking at the question from Neo's perspective after that. If that ambiguity is left longer, we even could have some of those Matrixy scenes left in without breaking the wall, but maybe even reinforcing it. Even with NPH's tedious slow mo monologue, you have the interesting dichotomy of him as the bad guy or him as the therapist whose characteristics (like all the BLUUUUE) were projected into Thomas's delusion. Then the moment they grasp hands is not some weird skadoosh battle ender (I mean, it still could be) but the emotional and narrative climax at the same time: Neo's awakening. That's a movie I might have watched for reasons other than masochism.

[@LeeroyTheWrathBear]

From what I know, Luke especially in the spin-off, “Legends” was never perfect in that one either. He still had so much hurtles to overcome and even into his middle ages becomes something of a neglectful father due to the lack of inclination of being a Jedi. So really, in both continuities, neither version of him became perfect.

[@questworldiangreenknight7455]

True. But I do prefer legends

[@LeeroyTheWrathBear]

@@questworldiangreenknight7455 oh, same here, hands down.

[@Ghostel3591]

@@LeeroyTheWrathBear in Legends we kinda got to see his path. Like you look at imperfect older Luke, look back on previous adventures and go "Yeah, I get why he is like that" Episode 8 just shoves into your hands Luke in Self Exile and goes "This is it, shit happened, I will be explaining almost nothing and whatever I do explain will have zero setup and VERY out of character"

[@questworldiangreenknight7455]

@@Ghostel3591 true. I actually enjoyed Star Wars 8 but I do admit that was out of character

[@brentambrielcabigas1086]

There are no sequels in ba sing se

[@theruoc147]

I didn’t know Fishburne wasn’t brought back because of the video game thing, I thought he just didn’t want to do it. Wow that is stupid dedication to your spin off media that no one cares about.

[@northwindkey]

This was a so bad it's good one for me. It's so aware of how pointless it is that its post-credits scene is literally a guy saying "Yeah that was pointless, how about some cat videos?". It's Lana Wachowski just kinda trolling WB and the audience and I kind of love it, even though there are some ideas here that could be legitimately good like the meta stuff and the whole war with machines and humans working together.

[@josh72456]

@Thunder of the North Wind Yeah I don't stay for post credits for any film it's automatic I get up thoughI stayed for some on occasions. Now that post credits in that have a self awareness of the film pffff.

[@muigokublack6487]

You should check out The Matrix Online which also takes place post-Revolutions and it's premise is that the humans and machines made a truce and allow people to re-enter The Matrix willingly, even become an Agent and the idea that Agent Smith was not TRULY gone and that fragments of his code survived and he along with Neo were slowly recompiling themselves.

[@mr.silverthorne8355]

honestly what would have made this movie amazing would be having this neo be a program designed to replace the original who died. He never leaves the Matrix but he keeps on going through the spaces that don't make sense of the physical world with Bug's team coming to him for help. Making the movie a struggle of what is and isn't reality.

[@justanotherchannelonyoutub126]

I’m glad the John Wick movies exist, because that means Keanu Reeves will be known to be in a good film franchise. Yeah I said it

[@ikillfurries]

@UnderWaterFurry 🗿

[@questworldiangreenknight7455]

🤣🤣🤣

[@greggpeterson2443]

what about the bill and ted series?

[@justanotherchannelonyoutub126]

@@greggpeterson2443 okay, two good film series (TBH I’ve never seen those movies)

[@Zireael83]

i like the matrix franchise wwaaaaaaaay more then the john wick franchise. yes, i said it. the john wick movies i watch 1 time and that was it. the matrix movies...i could watch each of them dozenz of times (and already have for the most part)

[@ThePkmnYPerson]

My favorite part was when he said his trademark catchphrase "It's alligatin' time!" and he revealed he's an alligator. I learned recently that a neologist is a person who invents new words, so they should've did some fact checking before including that line.

[@EchoX860]

and now we wait for all the Matrix reviews to be combined into one epic video

[@prod.bydylAn]

Did you know: some point during the movie, where some game devs come up to neo, one of them is an actual game dev, Donald Mustard, who works at epic ganes

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

This honestly makes me think they could make Speed III with Jack Traven and it would still be awesome

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I like how they were able to keep this film original without having to retcon the first three films and still make a fun and enjoyable film after just letting you just sit and wait they did deliver and went so much more than they had to go in making this film

[@ninjanibba4259]

Except they did retcon the 3 films

[@mikeduncan3953]

@@ninjanibba4259 No they didn't. Within the new Matrix the machines presented the first trilogy as having been a video games that didn't actually happen, but it all did. It was actually pretty clever of them, as someone awakening to the fact that they were living inside a construct would be viewed as losing touch after playing too much of the game.

[@ninjanibba4259]

@@mikeduncan3953 that was literally the plot of the 1st movie....he was already aware something was wrong and so were certain others in the Matrix, why do you think the Resistance kept trying to gather more people to be saved from the Matrix? So they can build an army to stop the machines so the war can end, with The One to be the final punch, This video game crap is nothing but failed meta to the studio that didn't care about a sequel, all by repeating the same exact thing Neo did in the 1st movie...you call that creative and fun? Seriously?

[@Handlelesswithme]

It was technically a retcon, I wouldn’t say it’s a good movie, though I do agree with Doug the reconstruction bit would’ve made me recognize their can be a good revival franchise movie

[@mikeduncan3953]

Saying this is a retcon is like saying that in the original Matrix it was a retcon that Neo was living in the real world after he found out he wasn't.

[@solidskullz5736]

I’ve heard this get ripped apart a lot. I heard the writing and characterization was just fucked

[@andromidius]

Honestly I don't see it. Is better to see something for yourself rather then base opinions on the opinions of others. Which is, alas, what I think happened to this movie. A lot of people paid attention to people raging about it (usually for poorly defined reasons) and then decided to take their word for it. *shrugs* Their loss.

[@NoahGooder]

it kind of is more of a meme machine then an actual propagation of the Matrix IP

[@ninjanibba4259]

Oh it is

[@manuelalbertoromero9528]

Not to the degree you are implying. Though the effects were a common of criticism.

[@dustwarewolf5532]

Technically, crocodiles are MUCH more aggressive, and therefor dangerous, than alligators are. Not a lot of people comment on the advertisement skits, do they? This was one of the funnier ones in a while I would say.

[@SukiNoKoe]

yes, I agree :D it was very funny

[@MasterGeek-mk5ne]

Oh. I thought it was Dark City, but this works too.

[@marquis911]

Those Goofy yells elevated the scene by 1000%.

[@justingochioco1121]

I just wished Agent Smith would sing lost in the woods

[@yourfriendlynerd1914]

The part of Look at me I’ve been calm for FREAKING YEARS killed me I’ve been watching this man for at least 10 years of not more and I love every video Every so often I go back to my first and second video I saw Batman and robin Judge Dredd

[@saveriopanaccione996]

Probably should’ve saw this one coming since he did dedicate a whole month to matrix a couple years back I’m not too worried I only saw the first movie and I didn’t really get into it

[@kyuubifox33]

I was pretty invested at first, but I did still want fighting and gun fu. I think the shift from the first third to the last half would have worked if it had been choreographed better and maybe returned to the introspective by the very end.

[@justanotherchannelonyoutub126]

I don’t celebrate April Fools, I celebrate May Trix

[@lachlanfarthing4009]

nice video! love the little detail of the room getting more and more green as it goes on.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

So this is why Keanu poured soup on Mr. Mime

[@wittyreviewer]

Regarding the fight choreography, I think you're right about the other Wachowski being the guy behind that. I vaguely recall in an interview Keanu and Carrie both saying they were immediately concerned about them because they didn't go through nearly as much training beforehand as they had for the originals. None of the strikes ever really feel like they have impact, compare that to John Wick where every punch looks like it hurts.

[@rmsgrey]

The fight scenes in the original Matrix Trilogy were choreographed by Yuen Woo-ping, not by a Wachowski.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

If only Keanu Reeves hadn't decided to fight Radiated Kool-Aid Man maybe the world could of been saved

[@CB0Otz]

Man. I wish there was more to talk about with this movie. I think the idea of Neo and Trinity getting to know each other better would've felt more impactful if we actually cared about them as characters in the past films. In that regard it does make sense to frame the original trilogy as a power fantasy, but at least try and do something to try and make us care about said past films, beyond the one that was good. Like that's where you could have 'Bugs' (whom I wonder if she was actually supposed to be the character intended to "replace" Neo beyond this film) watching the simulations of the original movies to try and get something out of them beyond what the audience sees. Then you have a character who is actively revealing some more interesting stuff about Anderson as a person, giving Neo a reason to connect with Bugs about this stuff to make his storyline about being unsure about what is reality more interesting, AND you're making Bugs more likable as a character for revealing a whole new aspect of the character everyone loves. They could have easily set her up to fight alongside the friendly machines in the still-ongoing machine war (bc as Doug mentions, her being a more open-minded product of the world without Neo and liking the machines that ally themselves with humanity makes her better suited to facing the challenges ahead of humanity). Honestly I think the shrink would've worked best if they didn't make him the face of the enemy machines. He should've been ambiguous as to whether he was real or not the whole time. Have Neo be doing a lot of the heavy lifting in the machine war, but have him be slowed down by the shrink every time he uses his powers as The One to do stuff that would be considered unthinkable in the real world. Morpheus could try to be the one that gets through to Neo, but Anderson can't even trust that Morpheus is real, so he can't be pushed by him to accept the Matrix universe as reality. Therefore Bugs has to reveal to Neo that it's real because she was one of the people he's made realize it's a simulation through one of the things he's done in past movies. Anyway, I've rambled on about how I would've made the movie seem more cohesive and interesting, but having a new female character that inherits the role of an old classic character is enough to trigger people into saying I'm "too woke" and would probably hate the idea regardless of how good it is. Even if you use the argument that it's a trope, they still could've done it in an interesting way that makes people wanna see more.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

So this is why Keanu Reeves mortal enemy is Oscar the Grouch

[@original_caffeinator]

Surprised there was no mention at all of the "don't take away her agency" line. I could HEAR my eyes rolling after that line.

[@philversion1383]

Loved this review!!! As a massive Matrix fan it took me forever to get round to watching this. I was genuinely impressed with the film overall, lets face it, I was expecting it to be much much worse. But like you mentioned, there are some really good elements and idea's behind it, Keanu and Carrie Anne really stand out in their scene's and I feel Neil Patrick Harris was being geared up for a 'Smith' type role going forward into future films. By all means this was not a bad film, was it amazing?, No way, but I would put it on par with Revolutions/Re-loaded (and I say that as a huge fan of all Matrix films). Looks like we wont see any more films but holding out hope we do get an animatrix part 2, as was hinted at by studio and will hopefully tell some of the machine civil war story.

[@josh72456]

@PhilVersion1 It's interesting you would put it on par with the other two because I think it's the worst of the franchise. I The Matrix Reloaded I keep changing my mind on it thinking it's ok to average for some reason as a kid I saw it twice in theatres. The Matrix Revolutions I do think it's a terrible film but I can view them as entertaining they kinda told their stories though I think they don't make sense. The Matrix Resurrections amped these things up with things making less sense and the story is self indulgent by retelling the story of the first one and bits of previous sequels. The fan service in that I thought was worse than the one Spiderman No Way Home, though that was hyped but there are some good acting in it at least and Ghostbusters Afterlife was ok I think but predictable. That was a retelling of the first Ghostbusters. These came out around the same period so I noticed a pattern there.

[@philversion1383]

@@josh72456 Don’t get me wrong, I like all the matrix films, however I would rate revolutions as the weakest of the 3. Re-loaded seemed to set up a loads of potential ideas for the finale, really good ones too. But a lot of it seemed to loose traction towards the end (a bit like Resurrections 😂) But what revolutions/reloaded lacked was character building, as pointed out nearly every line of dialogue was a speech or science lesson delivered like what they were saying has great importance. However the neo/million smiths fight was insanely good as was the final fight in revolutions (also side gripe, why did we never get a fight between Smith and Seraph, if he “protects that which matters most”? ) However in character building, this is where resurrections does better as we get some real genuine moments from Keanu and others. So action isn’t insane, but dialogue and ideas better, hence I put it on a par. The fact I’m still taking about it shows it’s done enough to keep me interested for more. 👍

[@josh72456]

@@philversion1383 I think for sequels the first two they wanted to expand the philosophies, but I think they over did it with the complexities and for one reason though in the last one, it had to be meta and reboot to some extent and that one for some reason also was even more non sensical in my view. The first one yes it's also complex but I think structurally as a story it works better.

[@Megasnoop]

The Racheal Tietz line got me hahahaha I forgot how long I've been watching this series now

[@grapeshot]

Never was the biggest fan of this franchise. And by what everybody is saying about this movie I doubt this movie will convert me. But if I'm over somebody else's house and they're watching it. I'll give it a watch.

[@aryastark575]

I fell asleep while watching it in the theater & was very glad because it was sucking so bad & didn't make any darn sense. I was super mad when I woke up & there was a lot left 😂

[@sarysa]

23:19 - You know what's funny about that zinger, it's not true in that universe. "Facts" in a simulation can easily be altered, and he of all people should have that power.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

So this is why you don't play Uno with Keanu Reeves

[@SpectrumPOV]

It would have been a good idea to mention in this movie that the first Morpheus died in a video game since Keanu Reeves' character is a video game designer who created The Matrix as a video game.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Honestly i had no zero big expectations when this was first announce because i just thought it was gonna be another way for Hollywood to make more money by revitalizing a series nobody really wanted revitalizing in the first place, but man this film blew me away but the punches it was willing to take and was not shy about holding back

[@andromidius]

Yeah it did really have a dig at a certain kind of 'fan'. Was unapologetic about it too.

[@Edward-6909]

Yeah a very Scorsese pesci type of "fuck you & your matrix sequel ideas, reboots & fucking tv shows & what the fuck are you doing here anyway... fuck (you) pay (me)" .lol I loved it for being what it is .

[@josejuanandrade4439]

Bruh... how manny comments did you leave... i think theres a ratio 3:1 For each 3 comments... 1 is yours...

[@simranbiryani3068]

Hi Lana

[@herobrinesblog]

Matrix fans actually loved this because it gave us so much lore, literally, dive into the theories. Fans figured out that the new lore about the new version of the architect (the analyst) and the new matrix that controls humanity is LITERALLY a parody of modern movie industry-. The new matrix system works in ALL aspects, like a reboot of things that were better, because the machines figured out that getting blue balls produced more power than making new and original ilusions.

[@GeekCredTrivia]

I know nobody else will agree with me but I really want a matrix show

[@psychoninja84]

Okay

[@bradentwidwell7955]

Here's the thing though. In what style? Would u want it to be more like Animatrix? The original trilogy style or the new film style?

[@greggpeterson2443]

not a bad idea they could make it anthology like each episode focus's on different character's and different aspects of the matrix itself

[@akarueben8460]

Try severence on apple tv

[@corneliusfarrell8673]

Or make it to a anime series like they did wit the anthology anime movie Animatrix

[@xAlreadyOverx]

23:39 I know this video has been out for a year but this girl isn’t a random character. She was the little girl that was a program with her parents at the train station in Matrix Revolutions. I remembered her as soon as they showed the flashback to her as a little girl and I kinda like that she was brought back as someone to help them.

[@dhbillings]

I actually liked the movie up until the end, and that was where it got to me. They should have ended it in that jump, leaving it ambiguous whether Neo and Trinity were actually going to fly or fall. Would have been ballsy as fuck, and would have fit in perfectly with the theme of ambiguity.

[@cjames22dox]

Tamara dropping Rachel's name made me smile. I miss Rachel