The Matrix was prophetic in many ways. In fact, it was quite amazing that such a movie was even made. Maybe the hope was that most people would not understand. Enjoying the special effects and completely missing out the hard truths which were coming the ones after the others.
The first two movies where superb, the last one absurd, except for one detail: The stunning monologue of the architect, where complex concepts were dispensed at such a speed that it takes at least 2 or 3 hearing to understand what is being said.
In fact, the 1990s marked the beginning of the end for Hollywood. A long agony followed, where original movies were one by one replaced by absurd superheroes and woke monstrosities. But even without this veering into the ditch, it is unlikely that high quality movies like the Matrix, presenting dangerous ideas would have been made again. And guess what? In spite of the success, there were not.
Now Hollywood is dying. A dearth of ideas combined with the arrival of AI will probably signal the end of Tinseltown. Well, thank you for 100 years of fun and so long cowboys!
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