Yeah, Lois is excellent and i adore this version of Clark because he feels like Clark first and Supes second which i think is just so. The actor portrays him with genuine warmth and not an over the top gawkiness that previous incarnations fell into the trap of doing, as much as i admire Reeve he could be guilty of playing up the clumsiness.
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Mrs. Akbar and I are greatly enjoying this. The story is interesting enough (yet familiar) and the music and VA is excellent. The environments and visuals are top notch (yet character design and animation leaves a little to be desired.)
Taking place in between the two films (and post blackout) its neat to see some holes filled in and some seeds planted for the future.
If you are a fan of either film I recommend it. If you were a big fan of the Westwood Blade Runner game from the late 90s then this should be right up your alley.
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Damn that looks good. Almost seems like “what if…?” (especially the Strange episodes) are required viewing.
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I think that watching Marvel movies now is a lot like picking up an issue of the comics: you might get a largely self-contained storyline but unless you’re a really dedicated superfan it’s probably also gonna reference a bunch of earlier events from stuff you likely didn’t read so you gotta just roll with it sometimes. From the previews of Spider-Man: No Way Home I counted up at least a dozen movies you’d have to watch across at least three different franchises if you wanted to be up to speed on what all the characters had been through.
Earlier this evening I just had to go to Google to figure out what was so special about that watch in Hawkeye because I never watched Agents of Shield.
One thing I enjoy is when they find a fun way to put a recap of the important stuff in the movie itself. Like how Thor: Ragnarok had Loki’s play summing up the events of Thor: the Dark World for any viewers who wisely skipped that one.
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The TVA’s “This Is Your Life” Holoprojector in Loki was a good way to do a quick recap as well. And I appreciated that someone apparently took the time to edit the Holofilm to the main highlights rather than show the unabridged version.
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I watched it yesterday. It wasn’t bad. To me it suffered from the same problems as the second two of the trilogy.
The world building of the first film was straightforward, simple, but from there on there was just too much to do in a couple of hours for each film. Resurrections plays with the fandom and the earlier material in a really entertaining way, but the new material never gets the time to really feel immersive and real.
I think it would have made an awesome 10 or 12 episode miniseries.
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Just watched season two of He-Man.
I don’t think I’ve been more bored watching a cartoon. All the actors read their lines with no excitement whatsoever. They may as well be having prostate exams.
Skip it.
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Just watched this. Although it’s a comedy, this movie scared the shit out of me because… humanity is going through all of this in slow motion…
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When two generations of feminists watch a ‘bro’ action movie and all give it a thumbs-up, you know it’s worth watching. The Matrix Resurrections was our Christmas movie, and I was surprised how engrossing it was on multiple levels.
Here’s one strand (out of many) that it weaves:
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At first a cartoon full of anthropomorphic animals should be comedy, specially it was made in Japan. But “Odd Taxi” is more than this. It is very odd with an intricate plot about criminals, idols and people with serious mental issues.
It took me a while to understand what was going on as there were so many characters who had their lives connected by a single taxi driver in Tokyo. But it’s worth watching. The web of weird crimes and criminals is reminiscent of Takashi Miike’s movies.
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Thank you for the article, it’s great!
I saw the movie, and I enjoyed it. There’s a lot of layers of meaning there, depending on where you’re at in life. I felt a strong vibe with contemplation of aging, on doubting whether one can still be as strong and capable as one was when they were younger; there’s also a question of whether or not to stay on a path, if it’s too late to recreate yourself… but that’s probably because those are thoughts I’ve been having lately. 
I’ve seen a few critical reviews that are disappointed in the movie’s action sequences, but I just wanted see if the movie told a good story, and I think it did, so I’m good. I doubt any Matrix movie will top the first in the series, but it was a lovely addition to the saga. Resurrections gave us some much-needed and satisfying resolutions to all the “what happened next?” questions the trilogy left us with.
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The new Matrix reminds me of various other decades-later sequels like TRON: Legacy and Terminator: Dark Fate
and of the immediate sequel Star Trek III, which was also a whole lot of drama just to undo the ending of the previous film
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I’m still trying to figure out how machines manage to be evil…
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A diabolical subroutine? A nefarious bug?
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