Matrix 4

I like The Matrix, a lot.

Matrix II was so bad that I believe that The Matrix was kind of an accident. Matrix III got such bad reviews that I didn’t even watch it.

Then I watched their TV show, Sensate8, or whatever it was. Started off really interesting, and lost its way.

Seems like these sibling directors have really great concepts that exceed their storytelling reach. I dunno.

And am I wrong that Keanu Reaves was a JOKE a few years ago? Like…terrible, terrible actor stuff, and now seems like he’s a saint.

Media garbage, man. Don’t know.

Zooey wrote:

And am I wrong that Keanu Reaves was a JOKE a few years ago? Like…terrible, terrible actor stuff, and now seems like he’s a saint.

Reeves is popular because he genuinely carries himself as a non-diva, grounded person.

He doesn’t have great acting range but he does the work as a solid action figure, in the mold of Charles Bronson or Clint Eastwood, but with a completely different vibe to him. That kind of credit was extended to him long before the Matrix or the John Wick films–he was seen positively that way in earlier films such as Point Break and Speed. Another Matrix-like role was The Devil’s Advocate. He also had a lot of built up good will from the Bill and Ted movies.

We’ve all seen actors like Johnnie Depp actually come through with great acting chops (until Depp became a self-caricature). Same with DiCaprio. Or Robert Downey Jr. I don’t think Reeves is like that. But he is a credible version of what he is (again, action star) and is a different version of that kind of thing than what we usually get.

Most of the adoring good will he gets, though, is based on how he conducts himself as a star off camera, in the regular world. There is a genuine grounded humility to him. That’s been tested many times and it holds up.

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