The Matrix Sequels Are Good, Actually [Patreon Version]

just rewatched your vid after watching the Matrix trilogy last weekend. I definitely appreciate the sequels much more watching them as one very long movie instead of months apart as they were on initial release. thanks for all the thought and hard work you put into all your videos!

Melissa

I watched the first Matrix long enough after the trilogy was finished that I had absorbed this idea that the sequels weren't worth my time and I should just leave it at the first one. In anticipation of this video I finally went back and corrected this grievous mistake and honestly I'm so glad I did.

Aisling Bones

So I watched the first Matrix really high off indica the other day and I think there may be something more to back up that reflection in Smith’s glasses shot. The Buddhist child who tells Neo there is no spoon is a great summary of one of the core ideas of Buddhist philosophy. The real world is an illusion, the spoon is something that was manufactured by our minds desires. The question I asked my friend when we were watching it was if the child, through his philosophy, recognized that he was in the Matrix or if that doesn’t even matter to him because no matter what there is no such thing as a real world. The scene where we see a light reflected in Smith’s glasses does set up the future plot point of Bane, but it also could be interpreted through a Buddhist lense. Smith exists in a movie, he is an illusion. The fact that Smith can manifest in the “real world” then proves that what we perceive as real is ultimately an illusion.

I decided to rewatch the Matrix films because of this video, & it was fantastic. I had missed so much the first time around, wayyy back in when I saw them the first time around in theaters, that this rewatching felt like it was them for the first time all over again. Mahalo to you & Sarah, for giving me the motivation to go back to something I enjoyed as a teenager, & widening my appreciation for it. Your video is amazing, & I can't wait to see what you talk about next. Keep up the good work, take care of yourselves, & aloha 'oe for now!

HawaiianJuicebox

Matrix or Smash the Cistem: The Movie

Thank you so much for this video. The Matrix series have been my favorite movies (and possibly work of fiction in general) ever since I was 13, back when the sequels were released and I played Enter The Matrix. The Wachowskis coming out made younger me re-evaluate and abandon the bigotries I was raised with in time for someone very close and important to me to come out, which I'll always be grateful for. The intense vitriol for the sequels has made it difficult for me to discuss the films with people I'm not highly comfortable around. But seeing a review that actually approaches the sequels in good faith and gives them a fair shot means so much to me. I loved all the the analysis here, things I knew, things I didn't, things that meshed with my personal interpretation of that ending, things that didn't. It was terrific and I really hope it helps more people revisit these amazing films with a more open mind.

This was incredible. I haven't seen the Matrix sequels since they came out, and I actually barely remember them. I always just sort of swallowed to commonly accepted opinion that they're bad. I will have to watch the again with fresh eyes now.

Liz Jackson

This was amazing

Xera XereX

I'm still mad mouse got hollywooded

Mulloy

PLEASE release the summary as it's own video. It's too good.

I loved this video. One problem, though: I have auditory processing issues and I found the background music to be too loud. It was pretty tiring trying to concentrate on your voiceovers, tbh, and I had to take a couple of breaks while watching. That said, I did finish it because the content is awesome.

Morgan Vega

My only frustration now is that I can't watch the companion video to this already on the other channel! Ahhh! This... So I can't say I'd rewatch them and enjoy them as films? I need to try it some day when I have the 5 hours to truly appreciate them, but... goodness. You made me go from someone who felt they were a bit vapid and style-over-substance films, to... really seeing, and respecting what's there. Thank you for opening me to these possibilities!

Madam Kistulot