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“Spiderman No Way Home” - all the spoilers have been impossible to miss, but still every big reveal was so good. I saw it with a group from ages 8 to 75, and everyone thought it was a blast. Looking forward to Dr Strange 2 for sure.
 
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Buckeneye said:
Your first lines are not lost on me. Beyond the jab a WB, the social, media and political commentary (along with some nods to the human psyche) were all very spot on.
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It's hard to improve upon the original Matrix movie's awareness of the human psyche, but they did it in Matrix Resurrections.
What saved the back half of the original 3 was, as you put, the fight choreography. Resurrections was a complete letdown in that regard. The problem is I can't tell if it's intentionally bad or was production just rushed after everyone returned to set when the CoVid surge slowed?
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Fight choreography defined 2. The video game cheat codes used instead of choreography ruined 3.
Either way, what began as a brilliant middle finger to sequels, reboots, big time studios and originality ended up fizzing out in the 2nd half that, IMHO, just gave way to some pretty mediocre material. Especially that ending, and don't get me started on a cover of Wake Up. That ending scene from The Matrix was what first introduced me to RATM.
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Kinda hard to do anything fitting when the entire music genre (if not the word itself) has been destroyed.
In the end, I feel the movie fell flat because I think it's possible to have a self-aware film, but to also realize that like what was said in the movie - "The story doesn't really end". Something wholly original could have come out of that script and transformed into it's own film with just the first 45 minutes of content. The ground work is there for new material, new characters, new dialogue and new direction just with a classic foe - The Matrix. That in and of itself can be drawn as a parallel to how the world has become since 1999.
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1) I have to say I enjoyed
Neil's character. After a lot of pretentious, oxygen sucking dullards in the past like the Architect and the Merovingian, it was nice to have a villain speak that made you lean in to listen to the deviousness. The others you just wanted to punch, not for being evil, but for their tediousness.

2) Where the potential genius of the reboot was, and maybe they'll return to it more prominently, is the possibility that the sentients are the real matrix. They are the much harder to escape blue pill.

3) Am I really supposed to get worked up over an ending like that given how all three escaped despair at the end? C'mon.
All in all, I thought it was an enjoyable reboot.

And having just watched the much maligned 2nd and 3rd movies, I've come to appreciate that they weren't terrible movies, they just were not worthy of following the first and its limitless potential. Once you accept that it would not be realized, they're flawed but can be entertaining. I recommend a decade or two between viewings though.
 
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A friend told me that he saw the Scream remake in theaters, so I searched Netflix to re-watch the original. It wasn't on there, but this one was, so I watched it instead.

Not the biggest horror fan, but this was entertaining. Got a real kick during the part when they were in a rural part of NC looking for this guy's sister's house, and they had the mapquest directions printed out instead of a GPS. Really gave some perspective on how much the technology has evolved and its impact on our daily lives and culture.
 
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No time to die.

Beautiful filmography in spots. I enjoyed the villain, thought he was a little better than Greene and far better than Blofeld.

Casino Royale and Skyfall still enjoy a giant lead, but after a lot of Ill matched endings for actors or series, I thought this fit well. Decent not great film.

I expect to rewatch it a few times, not repeatedly like CR or Skyfall.

Sidenote, like an idiot, I decided to look at the Amazon reviews for this film. All seven at the top were rage reviews about how woke the movie was.
 
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'Eternals'

I've read how divisive this is/was, but put me in the camp that really enjoyed it. It definitely had some slow parts and wasn't as full of the trademark Marvel wit, but the story was engaging, the characters were good and the action was excellent. Probably could have used some trimming to bring it down to ~ 2 hours, but I didn't find myself exactly bored at any point. I'd call it an 8/10.
 
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jwinslow said:
And having just watched the much maligned 2nd and 3rd movies, I've come to appreciate that they weren't terrible movies, they just were not worthy of following the first and its limitless potential. Once you accept that it would not be realized, they're flawed but can be entertaining. I recommend a decade or two between viewings though.
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Your first sentence just captured what I spent 18 years struggling to do: succinctly define why I HATED the sequels so much. I saw them both in the theater in 2003 and haven’t watched them again since. I was so jacked about ‘Reloaded’ that it’s impossible to express in words the disappointment I felt walking out of that theater…and I wasn’t alone, there was a lot of “wtf was that shit?” grumbling from my fellow moviegoers.

I went into “Revolutions” with much lower expectations but a faint hope that “it can’t be worse, right?” Well, it WAS worse. I left pissed off that I wasted a Saturday night in that theatre when I could have been at a bar chasing tail instead.

But, yeah; it’s not so much that the sequels were just piss poor movies, it’s that they wasted seemingly limitless potential.

I debated whether watching “Resurrection” was even worth it, but I figured maybe they learned from their mistakes of 2003 and would do some justice to the original. For what it was, I don’t have much to complain about. A lot of it may be the nostalgia bump, but I enjoyed it…especially that it didn’t take itself too seriously. I doubt I’ll watch it again. Maybe I will at some point. But if I need a mind warping fix, I’ll likely just dial up the original for the 20th time and be satisfied.
 
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The Batman.

Haven't walked out of a theatre feeling that way about a DC movie since Begins/TDK.
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It's definitely the most unique telling of a Batman story that we've seen on screen. I'm still trying to decide how I feel about some portions of it, but overall it was a quality watch. Wont' say much more to avoid spoiling anyone's impressions.
 
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It's definitely the most unique telling of a Batman story that we've seen on screen. I'm still trying to decide how I feel about some portions of it, but overall it was a quality watch. Wont' say much more to avoid spoiling anyone's impressions.
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Ultimately the critiques I have pale in comparison to the things I feel Reeves did right.

The Riddler was, IMHO, the most fascinating character. And there were definite current social references to his psyche and way he operated. The film itself had several, but they weren't so bashed over your head that you roll your eyes.
Ultimately it sits right there next to Batman Begins as my favorite DC material and possibly in my absolute favorites regardless of genre.

And the soundtrack, along with the Nirvana piece, fit the movie to a T. Better than the Danny Elfman or Hans Zimmer track, and I love the latter, so that should tell you how much I gushed over the atmosphere music can provide.
Either way, very much worth the watch even if you aren't a fan of comic movies or the Bat. Would easily stand up as a crime thriller on its own.
 
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