r/matrix • u/BobRushy • 1d ago
My main takeaway from Resurrections
... is that both Reeves and Moss aged like fine wine. They were beautiful people to begin with, but now they're just drop-dead gorgeous.
I also think their acting improved tremendously. I never really cared about their romance until this film, where it felt so real and immediate. Especially the scene in which they exit the Matrix, and they both look so aged and weary, but clinging on to each other.
Their performances were so good that I found myself not actually missing Weaving and Fishburne that much, which is very impressive. The absences of the real Smith and Morpheus actually enabled me to focus more on the isolation that Neo and Trinity would be feeling after 60 years.
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u/amysteriousmystery 1d ago
Especially the scene in which they exit the Matrix, and they both look so aged and weary, but clinging on to each other.
Emotionally, the film could have ended there really. Superb scene.
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u/mrsunrider 1d ago
It was her turn in Jessica Jones what put me on how much finer Anne-Moss had gotten; like she was always pretty but then she's playing this amoral high-powered lawyer and suddenly I'm all STEP ON ME MOMMY.
Then there's Resurrections and Jude said it best... total effin' milf.
There's the scene in the cafe where she's talking with Neo about the game, and the way she identified with Trinity. She gets to Chad's reaction and there was this look of dejection that was just fuckin' perfect.
Frankly I've felt for a long time that Reeves simply does not get the credit he deserves, the subtleties of his performance are often lost on general audiences because that man should have been in the running for an Oscar at least once by now.
Frankly the way he spent the first act of Resurrections on the edge of a nervous breakdown, that desperation screaming behind his gaze (especially after Morpheus II shows up and pulls out the red pill)... fuckin' masterwork.
And if you absolutely can't get Weaving back for the role then it's hard to do much better than Groff. This is a Smith who's fully aware of the cage he's in and has plenty of time to take stock of his situation and--well... it's Groff's role now.
If they were to do follow-up and bring back Weaving that'd be great... but imagine both of them playing Smith. Together. AT THE SAME TIME.
And Abdul-Mateen II was something fresh and new. He gave us a Synth with a kind of personality we hadn't seen yet (though imo The Merovingian was the closest equivalent).
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u/ruralmagnificence 1d ago
I agree with what you said. However I wish the film was better recieved in a climate that is apathetic to reboots and remakes and sequels. Only because in a different world, this movie comes out to real hype in theaters and in the final battle scene where she says “my name is Trinity” and then flips the dude into the ground…that totally should have been a big standup and cheer in the theater moment.
She looked great. I wish we could have gotten a few more moments of her hitting guys though.
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u/mrsunrider 1d ago
Coming out in the wake of MCU saturation and a global pandemic absolutely did not help at all.
Dual-releasing for theaters and streaming was the stupid-cherry on the top though.
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u/false-forward-cut 1d ago
Ahem. What scene with Moss's acting did you like so much? Considering that very meager amount of screen time that she got in M4. Frankly speaking i didn't like so much any. Nothing criminal but nothing impressive.
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u/BobRushy 1d ago
All of them, but specifically the moment where she and Neo are removed from the Matrix at the end of the film and they're together on the Mnemosyne.
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u/false-forward-cut 19h ago
One more remark. Back in 1998-2003 Keanu had another style of face playing. Another mimics. IDK, may be this is because of aging , but Keanu who we have today plays his mimics in quite different way and we now have to look at his crooked bottom row of teeth almost all that time that camera is focused on his face. Unfortunately.
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u/PatientGiraffe 1d ago
I agree 100%. I just finished watching it for the first time. The ending was a little lame, but I think it was a great movie and a great story overall. Better than I expected honestly.