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Matrix (4) Resurrections : Highly Recommended

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I thought the new Matrix Resurrections was excellent. Highly recommended. And it certainly delivers as a trans allegory . It took somebody pointing it out to me, but when The Suit (new-Smith) keeps referring to Tom, he's dead-naming Neo. And Neo, who's been wearing pants the whole movie, ends up wearing a cassock-dress and in a supportive role. Neo and Trinity are willing to commit suicide to avoid being forced into a box that's not their desire. There is an awful lot of suicide in the movie, and in the series (going back to The Kid in the Animatrix). It's not a subtle thing - weaponizing people to jump out of buildings to maintain the economy's progress. I did appreciate that Smith's last line ('know what the difference is between us?') pays homage to the last line in Bound. It's not a perfect movie. So what. It is a great movie. The pitch room scenes took too much time and overworked the banality. The fight scenes took too long and ofte...