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The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
Thoughts from an old Matrix fan...
As many of you, if not all, I've been a fan of the Matrix film franchise throughout the years since it came out. I dived deep into the whole Matrix universe, from the plot to the production aspects, everything. I remember saving all my lunch money for a week in order to buy The Matrix Revisited DVD that came out around 2001. Yes, I've been a matrix pot head since I was a kid and what I always found interesting and weird about the entire Matrix universe, are the creators themselves, The Wachowskis....
It amazed me how 2 siblings managed to create such an amazing film without prior experience (They directed just one movie before The Matrix, BOUND), and the fact that they were refusing to give interviews to any other people outside of Warner Bros caught my attention, why?.... Because, if you create such a groundbreaking piece of art, a landmark of the field you work on, Why would you refuse to give interviews to any outside source aside from your production company?.... why only appear on Warner Bros conducted interviews? All of these questions, combined with my curiosity and obsession with the film, led me to some deep rabbit holes.
I started digging deeper and deeper, researching about previous projects of the people involved in the film, reading production journals, magazine articles. The deeper I dug throughout this, I came to realize that The Matrix trilogy wasn't just an idea from two people, there was a lot of people involved in this, not only on the production but in the script, plot and themes of the films. This information led me to a Theory, which it's just my opinion.... and I always liked to discuss this theory with my friends, this is the first time I post my theory on an internet forum.
My theory is that The Wachowskis aren't really the creators of The Matrix films, not even the directors. Lilly Wachowski was always into comics and drawings... so maybe she was involved in the storyboards.... Just maybe. All The Matrix trilogy is a huge collective work and very reserved and anonymous, What I'm saying with the word anonymous is that the people involved with this idea did not want to be featured.... It's not an idea from one individual, or two individuals or three... It's an idea from a group of individuals... a highly creative work from a group of very creative people. And I think The Wachowskis were just featured because the films just needed a name. The people involved in this were probably saying something like... "The audience and the film industry are going to need a name, someone responsible for this, someone to point fingers at when people ask Who Created This?"
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I saw the movie last night, and I have to say this confirmed all the thoughts I had for the last 20 years. I could tell that THIS movie was indeed made by a Wachowski because it resembled Speed Racer, Jupiter Ascending and Cloud Atlas throughout all the runtime. (btw, many people think that V for Vendetta was directed by The Wachowskis, it was directed by James McTeigue, look it up)
Matrix Resurrections is horrendous, Basically it's Lana Wachowski making fun of the franchise she was paid to put her name on 20 years ago, at least Lilly Wachowski had some respect for the films and decided not to be involved. But the fault of all this is from Warner Bros, They wanted a 4th installment of the Matrix because by contract they still hold the rights for everything regarding The Matrix. But also The Wachowskis hold a portion of the creative rights which means that if both parties did not collaborate, this was going to be settled down in court, with Warner Bros having more chances to win.
Anyway, if you really love The Matrix like I do... Take this movie as a stand-alone tribute project, nothing more.