DCT Season 2 Episode 3: The Matrix Resurrections (2021), or Where are you, Laurence Fishburne?

Da Couch Tomato Podcast Season 2 Episode 3, discussing The Matrix Resurrections, and how we are undecided as to how we feel about it. Nagpaka-meta na rin sila rito, and pati ang filmmakers may mga jab sa sarili nila. May rant din si Rachel about 'yung make-up ni Niobe. And yes, magaling sina Jonathan Groff at Neil Patrick Harris, pero nasaan si Laurence Fishburne? May shinare din si Sting about how much the Matrix means to him, especially noong unang lumabas ito.

Sting Lacson's rating: 7/10

Rachel's rating: 6.8/10

Final ating: 6.9/10

Memento

What this film has proven about Christopher Nolan:

1. Christopher Nolan is undoubtedly one hell of a director, and is one of the best out there right now. I can only imagine how much the budget for this film was, but one thing's for sure: B-movie it ain't.

2. Christopher Nolan is a gifted storyteller. I haven't read the short story "Memento Mori", where this film's screenplay was based, but I can pretty much tell that both Chris and his brother Jonathan have storytelling in their blood.

3. Christopher Nolan is a master of non-linear narratives. I can't even explain it, since it's too complex to put into words.

Memento is like a sort of whodunit, except here you already know whodunit. You just want to know how it actually happens. And all this is done in reverse. It takes a writer with great skill to do that.

Guy Pearce is effective as the goldfish hero, while Carrie-Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano remind me of The Matrix.

And let me just end by saying that Joe Pantoliano is one really talented actor.


*some info from IMDb
pic from ew.com


Memento. USA. 2000.


Rating: Eight out of ten.
Joe Pantoliano's acting: Nine out of ten.