Ok, watched Matrix Resurrections today and it was awesome! For context, I did not love 2&3, but this one totally worked for me.
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-t - Jan 02, 2022 8:10:50 pm PST #3066 of 3424
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
megan walker - Jan 04, 2022 4:13:47 pm PST #3067 of 3424
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Ok, watched Matrix Resurrections today and it was awesome! For context, I did not love 2&3, but this one totally worked for me.
I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it. We had rewatched the trilogy a couple of weeks ago and I wasn't quite sure where they would take it but both the new directions and the meta really worked for me (even though I'd get very confused when I thought about the tech or world-building too much).
-t - Jan 04, 2022 5:08:05 pm PST #3068 of 3424
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I started thinking of it like Narnia, sort of. Like a portal fantasy, I guess? Hard to let go of that cyberpunk sheen that was so exciting about the first one, but made me feel better.
Tom Scola - Jan 05, 2022 1:05:37 pm PST #3069 of 3424
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-t - Jan 05, 2022 1:29:20 pm PST #3070 of 3424
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ooooh. Sounds like it's imaginary Gene Kelly, which is even better! Holland as Astaire is making me very happy.
Jesse - Jan 05, 2022 7:18:50 pm PST #3071 of 3424
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I love both of those ideas!
Fiona - Jan 06, 2022 12:42:55 am PST #3072 of 3424
Seriously? Physically they have got it completely the wrong way round. They should swap roles.
(It's like when tall Nicole Kidman played short Princess Grace, and short Naomi Watts played tall Princess Diana. They should have swapped too, though I doubt that would have made the films any better).
Calli - Jan 13, 2022 7:13:54 am PST #3073 of 3424
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Gene Kelly had a more muscular, athletic approach to dance. I see Chris Evans portraying that better than Tom Holland. Astaire is more slender, with kind of an upper-class veneer. I could see Tom Holland in that.
Either way I'm looking forward to a movie with both of these men dancing.
Calli - Jan 13, 2022 7:14:58 am PST #3074 of 3424
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I also believe that Gene Kelly had the best butt in mid-century cinema and I will die on that hill. (So Chris Evans is also a good choice for that purpose.)
-t - Jan 13, 2022 7:30:31 am PST #3075 of 3424
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Very good points, Calli. But I think they are in 2 different movies.