The Matrix may the best of the three but I think about the ideas in Part 2 and Part 3 (+ some of the Animatrix) a lot more, especially what you said about the Architect (his first scene when he meets Neo is my favourite of the entire series).

I can’t begin to imagine what it felt like to go through those things at that point in her life, but I can absolutely understand not wanting to revisit it.

it makes it harder and harder to say that these are assembly line. Like, we know they’re going to fight a bad guy at the end and 95% chance they’ll win, but if every other major franchise is any indication there is no formula for consistently making lovable characters that we want to return to other than hard…

There are now almost as many MCU films as there are James Bond films, which are really the only two franchises that can be compared. And there are a lot of James Bond films that don’t hold up today, either subject wise (You Only Live Twice) or for the problematic content (a whole lot of them). But there are also…

I’ve said this before around these parts but after a year of watching HBO Max’s “straight to the dumpster” quality Blockbusters, it makes it harder and harder to say that these are assembly line. Like, we know they’re going to fight a bad guy at the end and 95% chance they’ll win, but if every other major franchise is…