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I thought the movie was entertaining.. but also trash and way too long.

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Going in, the bar was pretty low given the reception of the 2nd and 3rd movies. I went in to this thinking it would be their "star wars ep 7", and it kind of was. Except comparing apples to apples, Ep 7 was much better than this, which isnt saying much. I love Keanu but his acting just isn't that good. He's the same character as in the John Wick series. The writing is a lazy attempt to be meta and deep. They make direct self references to Warner Brothers forcing them to reboot. "Stories never really end, we keep telling the same ones again and again but with different characters". Okay. There are some hot takes about the zeitgeist, how the new matrix manipulates our feelings instead of our facts (hint Twitter and facebook).

So yeah, the first 30 mins are a slog, but then the action kicks in and the action scenes are pretty fun.

The ending is what you'd expect, the good guys escape the matrix - again. As for humans vs machines, to be continued.

Hopefully the sequels don't further mirror the star wars reboots.