Hard To Explain

[poliphilo]

In the past 24 hours I've watched three films by the Wachowskis.

1. Cloud Atlas- which is just about OK

2. Jupiter Ascending- which is barely OK

3. The Matrix- which is a work of genius.

And the difference in quality between the movie that made the sisters' reputation and the ones they've turned out since is so enormous I can't account for it except by saying....

...that it's as if with the Matrix they were channeling the Spirit of the Age- and afterwards, job done, they went back to being film-makers again.

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[sovay]

...that it's as if with the Matrix they were channeling the Spirit of the Age- and afterwards, job done, they went back to being film-makers again.

Their non-sf debut Bound (1996) is a beautiful neo-noir inversion of femme fatale tropes and I recommend it very highly.

[poliphilo]

Thanks. I'll look out for it. Maybe they should be working on a smaller scale. As it is, I understand there's a new Matrix film in the works.