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CMV: The Matrix Revolutions would be MUCH better received today than it was in 2003.

Here's why. 

While its true the story is convoluted and has some poor writing, especially the whole coma thing where Neo is stuck between the two worlds and has to be rescued after fighting the merovingian, the film is also somewhat of its time. 

Here's an except i took from wiki where it quotes Rotten Tomatoes: 

> A disappointing conclusion to the Matrix trilogy as characters and ideas take a back seat to the special effects.

This was an issue almost 20 years ago but wont be a issue today because of one thing. Something called the MCU has repeatedly used fairly average storytelling with just stunning special effects and has done it so successfully that every other company wants a piece of that success. So had the Matrix 3 released today, it wont be such widely criticized for using special effects so much at the cost of some story elements 

Secondly:

>Some critics criticized the film for being anticlimactic.[19][20] Additionally, some critics regard the film as less philosophically ambiguous than its predecessor, The Matrix Reloaded.[21][22] Critics had difficulty finding closure pertaining to events from The Matrix Reloaded, and were generally dissatisfied.[23][24]


I think critics misunderstood what The Matrix series is. Its not a philosophical film with some action. Its a ACTION film with some philosophy. Its a series where the big money elements were great fights and not a Oscar level story.


Overall, had the Matrix 3 released today, it would be much much more popular than it was back then.

And i believe thats what will happen with Matrix 4. The industry has changed completely. People are more accepting of huge CG elements than just 2 decades ago.
gpt
Not all movies are the same. You go into a comedy looking for something else than going into a thriller. 

The MCU gets away with at times lesser story telling because it’s a series of comic book movies. You go for the over the top characters, the punches, and to see the ensemble cast all interacting. And the storytelling is either straightforward or with things like time travel in  Endgame, they lampshade the fact that it doesn’t make any damn sense. 

Whereas the Matrix tries to have a clever story and fails. You can call it an action film all you want, that’s not what it tries to do. 

And if you want to say the great fights are the selling point. It fails at that too. Matrix was revolutionary with its bullet time. The second had some cool elements but missed the mark a bit. The third just had the giant mech suits shooting the sentinels in a battle that based on what we had been told should have been much more one sided for the machines. 

Meanwhile Marvel built on its fights. It has the benefit of the various powers and being able to team them or match them against one another. Whereas you can only watch Neo fight agents so many times.