To avoid spoilers, this article does not interpret the core plot of the film
In March 1999, the Wachowskis made a new breakthrough in the world's performance of science fiction films and changed the way movies are made to some extent.
The Matrix creates a dystopian world in which humans are trapped in a digitally simulated world where robots use their sleeping bodies as a source of energy, while an unsuspecting person holds the key to saving humanity.
The Matrix is widely regarded as one of the most influential films of the past few decades, but the two subsequent sequels have not received the same praise. Matrix reloading and matrix revolutions became victims of the law of diminishing returns, especially the latter.
After nearly twenty years, the "Matrix" trilogy, which belongs to this new century god work, has launched the latest fourth episode, "The Matrix: Matrix Restart", which brings us back to the matrix world where virtual reality is inseparable. And this time, lana Wachowski, the creator of this world, began to deconstruct her own work.
What has aroused the consensus of everyone is that the concepts created in The Matrix are extremely advanced. It has both Hollywood-specific and frequent special effects scenes, oriental action design, and most importantly, it can use the virtual as a background to carry out a philosophical discussion of the existence of our current society, no matter how you look at it, it is a near-perfect movie.
Its advanced thinking even has a bold imagination of the future direction of scientific and technological development, in which we have seen VR virtual reality, electronic money, artificial intelligence, and even the hot meta-universe proposition that everyone is just beginning to familiar with.
For such a landmark film, it is very difficult to continue to remake it and avoid a serious decline in word-of-mouth, in fact, everyone knows very well, whether it is the second or third part, and even the current Matrix Restart. "No sequel can compare with the influence of the first one" ——, this almost never happened, except for The Lord of the Rings.
And the Wachowskis sisters, who are the "fathers of the Matrix World", may also know very well in their hearts: it is very difficult to step over the giants, let alone stand on their shoulders. In order to fly another step on the previous game, which was already close to perfection, Matrix Restart had to choose a new narrative method.
The Matrix: Matrix Reboot is set 60 years after the third episode, the Matrix World has undergone its sixth reboot, humanity lives in a new fantasy world, the savior of the year "Neo", became a game designer with a "mental illness", 20 years ago he once made the "Matrix" trilogy game, becoming the top work in the industry.
Until the copy of the character Morpheus in the game suddenly enters reality, once again giving him a choice of two pills, one red and one blue - to continue to sleep in it or to come to reality? Eventually, he becomes neo the savior again, once again trying to subvert the rule of the Matrix.
In the film, "The Matrix" has become a "real" cultural symbol, and the director has also had a "face-to-face" exchange and self-reflection with all the fans of the "Matrix" Empire universe through such a setting.
"Why are you making a fourth film?" - We don't really want to! ”
The first half of "The Matrix Reboot" uses this concentric circle penetration method to wrap the plot of the previous trilogy in a game carrier, and then turn Neo into a game designer who develops and creates matrix games and has psychological illusion anxiety.
Through the packaging of the game shell, the creators have been constantly telling the fans of "The Matrix" that in the past 18 years, everyone's interpretation and divergence of the trilogy, the creators have absorbed, and now through this film to a self-reflection and feedback.
May have met some fans of the new work "fried cold rice", "just bad money" accusations, the Wachowski sisters in countless small places revealed self-deprecation, such as borrowing the character to bluntly say "the story is the same, but always have to change the skin to tell it again"; and Neo's superpower that was intended to launch another flight during the battle, but crouched and stood up, but finally could not take off again...
The film uses black humor to clearly tell the audience: "Look, it was Warner who asked for it to be filmed, even if we don't shoot, they find other people to shoot, then it is better for us to shoot it ourselves, we also hope to use this "Matrix: Matrix Restart" to break the myth created by the previous trilogy, but we really can't do it!" ”
The film gathers the second half of most of the funds, except for inheriting the old work, there is really nothing new, it is really just a change of skin to tell the story again. The only ones that have been updated are the ages of Neo and Trinity, watching the two obsessive women who add up to about 100 years old are still playing the love bridge of "you find me, I look for you", the audience may really have some aesthetic fatigue.
From the beginning of the rescue of Trinity, it was the real "Matrix" sequel that Hollywood wanted. All kinds of martial arts actions are played again through the current technology, the huge world under exquisite special effects, a large number of pictures that stimulate the senses, and the brainless plate is on the plate, and finally form such a work that is so severely separated from the plot style before and after.
This is also roughly the same as most fans' evaluations - a sequel to fried cold rice with feelings, maybe it shouldn't have appeared.
Watching such a well-made official fanwork is a torture for new audiences who have never understood the Matrix World before; for die-hard fans of the Matrix trilogy, it may be a "chicken rib" – useless and a pity to abandon.
But whether you're a big fan of the trilogy or not, and whether you're passionate about deconstructing the possibilities of a virtual world, it's worth going to the cinema to see this masterpiece because it's still a quality Hollywood entertainment.
As for whether its reputation is good or bad, after the release of "Matrix Restart", Morpheus put the red and blue pills in front of the audience for us to choose.