looking forward to this a bunch
but mostly, I've already been having fun discussing the original three films with people in the context of this trailer bringing back all sorts of discussions about the original three films':
- the balance between story, theme, and ideas.... and the way the sequels couldn't balance them the way the original movie did
- development/production and the differences in the way the first movie was made compared to the sequels
- disappointment with how the sequels turned out despite genuine appreciation for the big swing the Wachowskis made by turning the sequels into a transmedia event (movies, shorts, video games, etc)
- the usual "are they in another matrix????" questions (a theory that I find narratively/thematically redundant)
I've long kept myself out of the "trailer dissection" game that people online have gone exhaustively cuckoo about over the past decade, but this takes me back to those days back in 2003 when I was watching trailers over and over again to 'crack' the eventual movie. It's fun to get into it again for this... and I don't even care if I'm right or wrong about any details.
(reserved seating in theaters allows me to arrive late in order to avoid sitting through 20-25 minutes of loud marketing)
In the context of the way the trilogy ended, I think John Toll's more sun-drenched digital cinematography for RESURRECTIONS actually suits what a modern Matrix movie would look like today. I dig the fact that it looks/feels very different from the original films. And its artificial look reminds me of the final sunrise that ended MATRIX REVOLUTIONS. To me, it doesn't feel like a cheap Netflix thing... although I can see why someone would say that.
As for the suggestion that Joel Silver was always the real comic book/HK action/anime fan that guided the Wachowskis' tastes.... now, that's a take I've never heard. hahahahah
but mostly, I've already been having fun discussing the original three films with people in the context of this trailer bringing back all sorts of discussions about the original three films':
- the balance between story, theme, and ideas.... and the way the sequels couldn't balance them the way the original movie did
- development/production and the differences in the way the first movie was made compared to the sequels
- disappointment with how the sequels turned out despite genuine appreciation for the big swing the Wachowskis made by turning the sequels into a transmedia event (movies, shorts, video games, etc)
- the usual "are they in another matrix????" questions (a theory that I find narratively/thematically redundant)
I've long kept myself out of the "trailer dissection" game that people online have gone exhaustively cuckoo about over the past decade, but this takes me back to those days back in 2003 when I was watching trailers over and over again to 'crack' the eventual movie. It's fun to get into it again for this... and I don't even care if I'm right or wrong about any details.
(reserved seating in theaters allows me to arrive late in order to avoid sitting through 20-25 minutes of loud marketing)
In the context of the way the trilogy ended, I think John Toll's more sun-drenched digital cinematography for RESURRECTIONS actually suits what a modern Matrix movie would look like today. I dig the fact that it looks/feels very different from the original films. And its artificial look reminds me of the final sunrise that ended MATRIX REVOLUTIONS. To me, it doesn't feel like a cheap Netflix thing... although I can see why someone would say that.
As for the suggestion that Joel Silver was always the real comic book/HK action/anime fan that guided the Wachowskis' tastes.... now, that's a take I've never heard. hahahahah
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