Lol I’ve often heard the other movies weren’t as good but I’ve only seen the first. Are they that bad?
Neo becomes Superman in the Matrix, and the agents escape into the real world. It’s stupid, and everything else is irrelevant.
The first one is the only one worth watching. If you want more, check out the Animatrix. It’s a series of Anime shorts by different artists and directors that’s much more entertaining.
The sequels are good, if a bit different from the first. Saying they’re bad/don’t exist is just a meme
I watched the second one in theatre and don’t want to talk about it. Lot of people like it. But that is where I stopped. I don’t even know what happens after. :D
I’m one of the dozen who enjoyed all three movies. The Animatrix is also pretty good and some lore.
But with stuff like this, I always say: don’t rely on others’ opinions. Liking or disliking a movie/show/book/game/etc. is entirely subjective.
From a lore point of view, they’re not that bad and it all makes sense when you consider what the Wachowskis were TRYING to do. All the sequels and all the media associated with the sequels were ambitious to say the least. Reloaded, 4 shorts from the Animatrix, Enter The Matrix (the game), and a collection of comics all tie together the overall lore. it’s a lot. Basically back in the day if you wanted the COMPLETE story for Reloaded you had to watch like 2 shorts from the Animatrix and play Enter The Matrix. The issue is for the third film, while it was filmed at the same time as Reloaded, doesn’t really expand on some of the stuff revealed in the other media that tied into Reloaded.
The third film simply felt like was something that was forced on the Wachowskis by Warner Bros. Like I imagine very little was cut from both films because they really couldn’t cut anything and it was clearly evident they NEEDED to cut stuff.
All that being said The Matrix Online continues the story and expands the lore, which was canon, and it actually got quite a bit better.
The fourth one has a shockingly good electronic soundtrack.
Rose_Thorne@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
2 is okay, but nowhere near as good as the first. 3 is absolutely forgettable outside of “Neo Does A Superman” for his flight.
Animatrix, an animated anthology released between 1 and 2, holds up pretty well, in my opinion, but isn’t heavily connected to the main movies outside of one particular story. Kinda wish they went more down that route, it was neat seeing other stories in the universe outside of The Second Coming of Neo arc.