I agree it’s not full on bad…it’s a great mindless action flick with unexpected one-liners from Keanu. Should have been one-and-done…but Animatrix was great, for the most part.
I’m basically over reacting because it has too much cultural significance ie the whole blue pill red pill thing. I guess it’s not my problem that conservatives misunderstand a really simple movie.
Most people can hide it better than Peterson…he seems always on the edge of tears. I almost feel sorry for him. Almost.
Not necessarily.
The Matrix is iconic…but when you break it down, it’s not very good. From it being a recycled premise, to terrible acting, lazy hole-filled writing, to it stealing (stealing, not paying homage to) scenes from other action movies…it’s just not objectively very good.
Good thing for us films are subjective.
Corey Feldman
Sounds like a job for Gabor Mate…
Urm. Not sure what you mean. Isn’t that’s the only thing it should do?
Of course. I’m just saying you ask before you test.
I think directors like Ridley Scott get corrupted by seeking spectacle. He indeed took a “big swing”…but it was a swing to make the next Avatar or The Matrix…he’s already checked his amazing filmmaker box…he wanted a mega blockbuster. The obvious problem being that Avatar and The Matrix aren’t actually very good movies…they just hit the zeitgeist.
Sounds like you’re talking to a mirror. You’re the one who attacked it.
I got “worked up” over your reply because it was one of many replies changing the premise. I found it really interesting.
…but since you’ve abandoned your argument and switched soft gaslighting…I’ll just assume you didn’t understand it.
You’re just repeating the comment I replied to, and ignoring my reply. I’ll return the favour and ignore yours and repeat mine with more detail:
Did you or did you not see the first 6 panels? I’ll explain them: the doctor ignored critical and immediate problems.
At no point did the strip (or I) say that a doctor should never ask that question. The question he asked isn’t even specifically important. He could have said “are you pregnant” or “are your breasts sore” or “do you have a yeast infection” or “have you had a Pap smear recently”.
I literally can’t understand why you’re getting all preachy about something everybody agrees with and that has nothing to do with the comic. It’s really interesting..and strange.
Yeah…obviously it’s fine to ask that question when it’s relevant…you just don’t ask it first when you walk into a room with a gunshot victim. How is that too complicated? I don’t know what it’s called when you ignore the premise and make up your own premise so you can be angry about it…but that’s what you’re doing.
I’m Canadian…so.
Agree pretty much on all points. That’s a good way to enjoy The Matrix: as a high budget b-movie. It didn’t scratch the surface of existentialism…but in a roundabout way it brought us the pseudo-Lynchian Neon Demon, which I really enjoyed and where Keanu Reeves played a world class creep - to tie it back together.