{"id":396787,"date":"2022-01-20T17:30:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T14:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-matrix-resurrections-movie-of-the-year-2021\/"},"modified":"2022-01-20T17:30:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T14:30:15","slug":"the-matrix-resurrections-movie-of-the-year-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-matrix-resurrections-movie-of-the-year-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Matrix Resurrections \u2014\u00a0Movie of the Year (2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25707267067\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25707267067\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-matrix-resurrections-movie-of-the-year-2021\/#Recommended_Reading\" >Recommended Reading<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#The Matrix Resurrections \u2014\u00a0Movie of the Year (2021)<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-media \">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Movie_of_the_Year_2021_The_Matrix_Resurrections.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Movie Of The Year The Matrix Resurrections\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Movie_of_the_Year_2021_The_Matrix_Resurrections.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Movie_of_the_Year_2021_The_Matrix_Resurrections-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/>                            <\/figure>\n<p>        <!-- START BYLINE --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\">\n            By\u00a0Anna Swanson\u00a0\u00b7 Published on January 20th, 2022\n            <\/div>\n<p>        <!-- END BYLINE --><\/p>\n<p>        <em>This article is part of our 2021 Rewind<\/em>.\u00a0<em>Follow along as we explore the best and most interesting <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a>, shows, performances, and more from this very strange year.<\/em>\u00a0<em>In this entry, Anna Swanson explores our choice for Movie of the Year \u2014 The Matrix Resurrections<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Ask anyone who\u2019s even so much as walked past a movie theater lately and they can tell you that reboots are the topic du jour. Reboots, remakes, sequels, and spinoffs are everywhere. This is, of course, not inherently a bad thing. But it does loan itself to a certain brand of cynicism. Indeed, it\u2019s tempting to feel as though originality has been lost in favor of recognizable and nostalgic rehashes of other beloved movies.<\/p>\n<p>But this is not the whole story, and it\u2019s not totally fair to bury our heads in the sand and bemoan the current state of cinemagoing. At least not without considering that originality can be found inside worlds we already know. Revisiting stories we\u2019re familiar with can be an opportunity to deepen narratives and deconstruct mythologies. It can open up storytelling and offer creators a reclamation of their own work. And in this regard, <em><strong>The Matrix Resurrections<\/strong><\/em> reigns supreme.<\/p>\n<p>The movie is at once a reboot and a sequel, coming 18 years after directors Lana and Lilly Wachowski wr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed up the original <em>Matrix <\/em>trilogy. With Lana Wachowski returning to spearhead\u00a0<em>The Matrix<\/em> <em>Resurrections<\/em>, anticipation and speculation ran wild in the months leading up to its release. But to truly understand the impact of the movie in 2021, we have to go back much further than when the first trailer dropped.<\/p>\n<p>Since <em>The Matrix<\/em> was released in 1999, the movie and the concepts within it have become a lightning rod of critical theory, pop culture ubiquity, and metaphorical pontifications. This is mostly unsurprising. After all, a film series about people breaking free of a life lived inside a simulation certainly speaks to our relationship with the internet. From the concept of the \u201cRed Pill\u201d being <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lilly_wachowski\/status\/1262104754496339968?lang=en\">appropriated<\/a> by those with the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> literacy skills of infants to the thoughtful and robust assessments of the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/caelkeegan.com\/lana-and-lilly-wachowski-sensing-transgender\/\">franchise\u2019s trans allegories<\/a>, <em>The Matrix<\/em> has taken on a life of its own.<\/p>\n<p>The latter of those examples is, of course, the more fruitful one. And the one that will be most beneficial in understanding\u00a0<em>The Matrix<\/em> <em>Resurrections<\/em>. The new movie picks up years after the events of the third <em>Matrix<\/em> feature and finds Neo (<strong>Keanu Reeves<\/strong>) once again living as Thomas Anderson in the matrix simulation. This time, he\u2019s a video <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> developer who subconsciously utilized memories of the events of the trilogy to build the video game that made him famous. His co-developer and the company have called on him to make another sequel to the game (you can see how this is getting pretty meta) and this coincides with Bugs (<strong>Jessica Henwick<\/strong>), a human from the real world, tracking Neo down in an attempt to free him once again.<\/p>\n<p>As Neo discovers, the events of the trilogy occurred 60 years prior. After he and Trinity (<strong>Carrie-Anne Moss<\/strong>) sacrificed themselves, they were rebuilt by The Analyst (<strong>Neil Patrick Harris<\/strong>), who wanted to monitor them and who manifests in the matrix as Neo\u2019s therapist to keep him compliant. With Neo freed, the focus turns to whether Trinity \u2014 who believes that she is a woman named Tiffany with a husband and children \u2014 will be willing to recognize the truth and join the fight.<\/p>\n<p>The answer leads to some of the most triumphant and touching moments in any movie this year, but the journey we take to get there is one that is inevitably divisive and unendingly brilliant. The trick here is that many of the ideas in\u00a0<em>The Matrix<\/em> <em>Resurrections<\/em> are not original, at least in so far as they have been present since the original <em>Matrix<\/em>. But they are vitally reclaimed and often doubled-down on, pulling some of the franchise\u2019s most integral ideas to the forefront.<\/p>\n<p>The choice to make \u201cThe Matrix\u201d a video game within the matrix is both a vehicle for some on-the-nose meta-jokes (the game development company\u2019s parent company, Warner Brothers, have insisted that the original creators return for a fourth iteration \u2014 haha). But it also offers the idea that audience consumption of <em>The Matrix<\/em> (the movies) has been an active process, with viewers perhaps being more involved, or at least feeling more involved, than with the average movie.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, much has been written about <em>The Matrix<\/em> as a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/12\/22\/1066554369\/the-matrix-original-trans-fans-resurrections\">trans allegory<\/a> and some of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/culture\/2019\/3\/30\/18286436\/the-matrix-wachowskis-trans-experience-redpill\">the best writing<\/a> on the movie comes from trans writers who found that the films articulated their own feelings. It goes without saying that the importance of <em>The Matrix<\/em> to trans people and the value of the Wachowskis working in the film industry as trans women is immeasurable. But the franchise\u2019s perspective on self-discovery that transcends the divisions of the world, particularly as it\u2019s expressed in <em>The Matrix <\/em><em>Resurrections<\/em>, goes far beyond any individual.<\/p>\n<p>The core idea here is about breaking down boundaries and binaries, with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/702888\/the-matrix-resurrections-lana-wachowski\/\">a multitude of examples that illustrate this idea<\/a>. The simulation is a world of divisions: zeroes and ones; Neo and Smith (first played by <strong>Hugo Weaving<\/strong> and now by <strong>Jonathan Groff<\/strong>). In <em>The Matrix <\/em><em>Resurrections<\/em>, Smith the agent has become Smith, Thomas Anderson\u2019s co-developer, but his role is still to keep everything in order. When Neo and Trinity are rebuilt by The Analyst, he keeps them divided enough to be separate, but close enough to instinctually recognize their separation. Each is defined as being distinct from the other. Even the idea of The One \u2014 the hero who will bring salvation and freedom, whom the original trilogy posits as being Neo \u2014 is a concept built on division. There is The One and then there are the others, those who help him in his quest.<\/p>\n<p>While there are many interpretations of the movie that could all hold water even when they conflict with each other, one of the more successful arguments to be made is that <em>The Matrix <\/em><em>Resurrections<\/em> takes apart the concept of The One. Rather than an individual offering salvation, The One is the power forged by Neo and Trinity together. Their love, the driving force that brings them together when they\u2019ve been wiped of memory, is what offers true freedom. When Trinity makes her choice and she and Neo ascend to the roof of a skyscraper, they assume that Neo\u2019s power has returned and he\u2019s capable of flight once more. Instead, it\u2019s her that carries him through the sky.<\/p>\n<p>Atop the building, Trinity begins to see the code of the simulation, just as Neo did in the original film, but she does it while also taking in the beauty of the sunset around them. In the end, it\u2019s Trinity who awakens to the terror and wonder that exist simultaneously in the matrix and it\u2019s her who wields the ability to master the conflicting binaries of the system and to transcend them. The power in the movie comes from Trinity and Neo uniting and doing away with their separations to become something more than either of them are as individuals.<\/p>\n<p>What has been interesting to watch unfold since the film\u2019s release is pushback against supposed \u201cchanges\u201d in\u00a0<em>The Matrix<\/em> <em>Resurrections<\/em> that are, actually, aspects that have always been there. <em>The Matrix<\/em> has always been a trans text and it has always been unapologetically earnest.<\/p>\n<p>After years of seeing concepts from the movie be taken in bad faith and appropriated, Wachowski returning to the franchise with a message of love and unification is as much of a reclamation as it is a continuation. <em>The Matrix <\/em><em>Resurrections<\/em> affirms what <em>The Matrix<\/em> has always been about and where its true power has always been. It is an unabashed movie about transness, both as it relates to gender and identity and as it relates to a broader, universal freedom from an imposed system.<\/p>\n<p>The revelation that Neo and Trinity\u2019s love is a force more powerful than the codes that dictate their lives and the systems that rule everything around them has always been a vital part of this story. It has saved both of them before, in the original <em>Matrix<\/em> and in <em>The Matrix Reloaded <\/em>\u2014\u00a0is it any wonder that love is the thing that will bring them back after all this time?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s cliche to say that affirming and positive narratives are what we need after enduring a rather grim and unpredictable year, so I won\u2019t say that\u00a0<em>The Matrix<\/em> <em>Resurrections<\/em> is the movie we need. But perhaps it\u2019s a movie that Wachowski deserved to make. It\u2019s a movie that will offer a deeply resonant allegory to viewers, and it\u2019s a movie that captures a beautiful story of salvation and selfhood that is invaluable. We don\u2019t need it, but we can still be grateful for it.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Topics: 2021 Rewind, Movie of the Year<br \/>\n        <!-- AUTHOR BOX --><\/p>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/anna.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>            Anna Swanson is a Senior Contributor who hails from Toronto. 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