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<blockquote data-quote="Mallus" data-source="post: 8523094" data-attributes="member: 3887"><p>For starters, it would help you appreciate what the film was trying to do.</p><p></p><p>As for your points...</p><p></p><p>#1 The flashbacks are important because Matrix 4 is about The Matrix (ie, the film franchise). This is why I brought up metafiction.</p><p>#2 Zion was run by a Council of (Mostly) Elders. This is fairly common in genre fiction. Not sure why Old Niobe running Io is an issue.</p><p>#3 Bugs and her crew rescuing Neo was a provocation. There's peace between the humans & machines. Niobe was reacting to Bugs threatening that.</p><p>#5 That scene was beautifully shot (the warm colors, the Buddhist lake house). And it starts with Morpheus tossing what looks like a cocktail out a window, which made me laugh.</p><p>#6 The French guy was the Merovingian from Matrix 2. He was a metafictional joke about meaningless cameos in sequels/reboots.</p><p>#7 Despite leaning heavily into metafiction, Matrix 4 is still a sci-fi movie. The transhuman heist to free Trinity from her pod was a cool bit of sci-fi.</p><p>#8 The digital natives incarnating in the physical world as nanomachines clouds was clever - you're right, though, could have used more personality when in cloud-mode.</p><p>#10 It changed into a zombie <em>video game</em>.</p><p>#11) Well he is The One (mostly). God Mode cheats are kinda his thing.</p><p>#12. You're mad because Trinity got to fly this time? Can't help you with that.</p><p></p><p>I thought 4 was really interesting. But I admit, it's definitely not for everyone. In part, that's why I like it - expensive blockbusters that still feel like personal films are rare (and rarely bit hits - James Gunn & Taika Watiti movies being some of the exceptions).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mallus, post: 8523094, member: 3887"] For starters, it would help you appreciate what the film was trying to do. As for your points... #1 The flashbacks are important because Matrix 4 is about The Matrix (ie, the film franchise). This is why I brought up metafiction. #2 Zion was run by a Council of (Mostly) Elders. This is fairly common in genre fiction. Not sure why Old Niobe running Io is an issue. #3 Bugs and her crew rescuing Neo was a provocation. There's peace between the humans & machines. Niobe was reacting to Bugs threatening that. #5 That scene was beautifully shot (the warm colors, the Buddhist lake house). And it starts with Morpheus tossing what looks like a cocktail out a window, which made me laugh. #6 The French guy was the Merovingian from Matrix 2. He was a metafictional joke about meaningless cameos in sequels/reboots. #7 Despite leaning heavily into metafiction, Matrix 4 is still a sci-fi movie. The transhuman heist to free Trinity from her pod was a cool bit of sci-fi. #8 The digital natives incarnating in the physical world as nanomachines clouds was clever - you're right, though, could have used more personality when in cloud-mode. #10 It changed into a zombie [I]video game[/I]. #11) Well he is The One (mostly). God Mode cheats are kinda his thing. #12. You're mad because Trinity got to fly this time? Can't help you with that. I thought 4 was really interesting. But I admit, it's definitely not for everyone. In part, that's why I like it - expensive blockbusters that still feel like personal films are rare (and rarely bit hits - James Gunn & Taika Watiti movies being some of the exceptions). [/QUOTE]
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