Matrix Resurrections

Are the action scenes just rubbish because everyone is old now?

John Wick would seem to disprove that.

Is there any way to make a poll? I'm really interested just because it seems half the people here thought it was great and the other half thought it was terrible.
It seems like a real Marmite Mince Pie movie.

Regardless of how I felt about the sequels (they had ALOT of issues) at least I can say they were quite well thought out and had a "vision" in terms of its story and meanings behind it.

This though, it's like 14yr old fan wrote it. It's genuinely just a bit stupid.

It’s 3.99 on iTunes. I bought it the other day

I came out of the cinema thinking that. It was rather pointless and felt like a couple of new bonus tracks on a greatest hits album by one of your favourite bands.

Enjoyable but doesn't really further the narrative of neo and trinity. More resets it.

I liked it, marginally better than 2 for my money - doesn’t have anything as jaw dropping as the highway scene but overall I think it held together better. Obvs not a patch on the original.
As others have mentioned the super machine race’s habit of failing to hit a cow’s ass with a banjo whilst shooting is puzzling. And there are plenty of ‘eh?!’ moments, but I had fun with it

I didn't think this was awful and enjoyed the meta-ness of it. It's a good thing I did, as it practically has nothing else going for it plotwise. The action setpiece at the end was alright, I suppose. There's also absolutely no reason for it to be two and a half hours long.

I liked it. Different type of action this time around but still worked for me. You aren't going to get Neo or Trinity jumping about like they did last time so they will need to rely on the younger cast going forward.

Felt like the Matrix but also Different enough and not playing it completely safe like SW:FA did.

All that was great at the start and then they didn't run with it. I actually think the supporting cast was pretty good, especially with what they had to work with.

But for action scenes in a matrix film to be boring is a tad disappointing. And what, it turned into a heist movie half way through??

I also don't get any chemistry between the two leads; that could have actually carried the film, but yeah, I didn't give a monkey's about them.

I watched it again today. The first hour is really excellent. The bit with Niobe is a total drag. The end is good, but Keanu's age limits the action. The final couple of scenes are great.

Ok, now I need to watch it.

Not sure how Keanu's age limits the action... has anyone seen John Wick? Plus he's probably 90% cgi anyway.

Since we can't have a poll, and I apparently have too much time on my hands, I totted up everyone's opinions as best as I could. 
I make it:

Great: 7
Ok: 4
Shit: 7

So that's conclusive then. 

I mean it was a successful film in that I want to talk about it still....but I want to talk about how they messed it up?

I think it's had a poor box office, so we won't see another Matrix film for at least another 10 years.

Well not ALL of them. However if you’re watching it trying to place someone you’ll know what I’m talking about.

That tallies with critic and audience reactions on Rotten Tomatoes too - it's 66% so "fresh", but that I think the "rotten" threshold is like 60% or something so it's not far from it. Certainly reviews I've read have been divided between "Bah" and "Cool".

Not surprised it's done poorly at the box office - you'd practically have to get a gun to my head to make me go in a cinema in this giant omicron party we're having, and it's not going for the same demographic as Spider-Man (just a subset of it), nor does it have threat of spoilers if you don't go down there, and if you're going to risk it, it'll be for Spider-Man.

I'm always suspicious of films that are 2.5 hours long, especially reboots or belated sequels.

It's as if they're trying to make up for lack of quality with quantity.