Yeah. Had to stop about mid-way to get my Covid booster. Was about to comment just now but had to double check to see that this wasn't the Black Panther 2: Black to the Future thread. Dafuq LOLOLOLOLOL
Anyway, yeah what a piece of trash this was. Not only was the first hour garbage, but the entire movie had call backs to the trilogy. Every unique character interaction, fight sequence, story line, all were a rehash to tell what really ended up being a irrelevant story. The last hour I had to laugh and shake my head at how they continually just rehashed an old story point and couldn't conjure up anything new.
I can't believe they put this in the movie, but the quote FROM THE MOVIE I will essentially summarize this movie with, "WB wants to bring back the franchise and they either want us or will go ahead without us." WTF?
Also when Neo said, "I can't believe this is happening" also sums up this movie entirely. This is a way worse TFA. Imagine ol' Georgie making Ep7, using clips from the old trilogy to remind you what they are talking about. Constantly going over and reusing plot points, character moments in a lazy attempt to actually make a new movie.
Jessica Henwick was the best part of the movie. I liked the villain reveal as well, but it was a rehash moment for me as well. This makes the Matrix trilogy worse after seeing this. Should have been called Matrix: Resuscitation.