![]() ![]() ![]() Why go back? I think part of this was the declining career of the Wachowskis as directors. Flash forward to 2021, and Lana Wachowski has resurrected The Matrix, and with the original actors for Neo and Trinity, both of whom died in Revolutions. ![]() They were talky, draggy, and just not what fans were hoping for jacking back into this strange world, and years later I think they're worth a critical re-evaluation. The Matrix sequels, Reloaded and Revolutions, became a shorthand joke for bloated artistic miscalculation. The 2003 sequels were filmed back-to-back and released to great anticipatory fanfare and then, later, derision. It was exciting, philosophical, challenging, and made an instant brand out of the Wachowskis, the writing/directing siblings who had previously only directed one indie movie. It rewrote the science fiction and action genres for Hollywood and introduced American audiences to many of the filmmaking techniques of Eastern cinema. It is hard to overstate how influential The Matrix was upon its release in 1999. ![]()
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