Matrix 4s MovieInAMovie Is Riskier Than Anything The Hated Sequels Did

Matrix 4’s Movie-In-A-Movie Is Riskier Than Anything The Hated Sequels Did

A Matrix Resurrections trailer points toward a movie-within-a-movie concept, which is even riskier than what the series’ hated sequels did.

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Matrix 4s MovieInAMovie Is Riskier Than Anything The Hated Sequels Did

The Matrix Resurrections will hit theaters and HBO Max on December 22nd, but here’s how the fourth installment’s “movie-in-a-movie” concept is even riskier than anything the franchise’s hated sequels ever did. Two decades after 2003’s The Matrix Revolutions (which followed up The Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded), Keanu Reeves will return as the series’ Christ-like protagonist, Neo. Other cast members, like Carrie-Anne Moss and Jada Pinkett Smith, will also return in their previous roles. Resurrections also seems to be heading in a rather dicey thematic vein that’s semi-reminiscent of the last two entries in the series.

Written and directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski, The Matrix won over sci-fi film fans’ hearts and garnered widespread pop-culture interest when it hit the screen in 1999. The series debut introduces Reeves’ Neo, who undergoes a dramatic transformation from a computer programmer immersed in the Matrix’s collective, oppressive illusion of reality to embracing his destiny as “The One” – a machine-battling, prophesized savior for humans everywhere. Drawing from, as well as posing ideas and queries related to, various philosophies and aspects of religion, the way the film questioned the nature of reality and consciousness – as well as the ability to manipulate or reframe it – caused the explosively popular flick to practically require follow-ups. Though they were widely criticized sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions have garnered interest in another sequel since the latter dropped in 2003.

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With Resurrections finally releasing nearly 20 years later, new promotional materials have been popping up. Plenty of intriguing moments from the forthcoming film are captured within different ads, but there’s a confusing scene in one recent Matrix Resurrections trailer where Neo and Trinity are watching a TV that shows the two of them causing a helicopter crash. The franchise has heavily dealt with the idea of reality, what constitutes it, general awareness, and deeply meta, philosophical themes in its past three installments. However, this moment goes beyond meta: it completely obliterates the film’s fourth wall. At this point, it can’t be said whether or not the scene is actually a part of the film or just an enticing way to make fans scratch their heads. Though it’s an intriguing and buzz-generating inclusion in the Matrix Resurrections trailer, this concept also seems like an inherently risky creative undertaking. There’s already plenty of pressure to deliver a 2021-worthy franchise entry for the beloved series, and being too meta could be a real problem.

After all, one of the recurring fan critiques of Reloaded and Revolutions (which are widely regarded as duds in comparison to the ’99 series debut) is that the additional structural and philosophical concepts added by the sequels tried to take on too much and became too heady – even by the Matrix franchise’s standards. Many fans have voiced discontent with what they perceived as a lack of answers to lingering questions about the universe within sequels that were (in some peoples’ opinions) largely unnecessary. As Reddit user AWindintheTrees said in a recent comment, “[mo]st general audiences found 2 and 3 to be too cryptic and too recondite.”

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They also point out that once a viewer understands The Matrix’s basic human-versus-machine premise, the rest is fairly easy to follow. Reloaded and Revolutions, on the other hand, “basically invert and challenge and complicate all these things more fundamentally.” Now, with The Matrix Resurrections, there’s another chance to gift fans with a more widely loved, more unique franchise entry. If this particularly ultra-meta movie-in-a-movie theme is part of the film, careful handling can still allow for this to work, in addition to making up for some of what went wrong with the Matrix sequels. Even so, with the widely perceived over-complexity of those projects in mind, it’s an undeniably ambitious and risky undertaking.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/matrix-4-resurrections-movie-meta-tease-sequels-risk/

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