It’s fascinating how we have three different examples of nostalgia film-making running all through possible outcomes:
Spidy: No Way Home: Nostalgia fuel film that stands on it own that takes out like a rocket and can’t be stopped.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife - Nostalgia fuel film that stands on the shoulders of the previous films. Does decently, pleases fans, general audiences seems okay.
Matrix 4: Nostalgia fuel film that’s at best considered “divisive” and “terrible” at the worst. Reboot/Remake/Sequel that requires understanding of previous films also considered subpar. Tanks completely.
All three came out during a global pandemic, all three running all three possible outcomes.
We finally got comic booky ass batman fighting comic booky ass villains and now were heading back to more realistic nolan esque shit, a trilogy was more than enough for that
As for Matrix, releasing it beside NWH was a terrible idea, not to mention its available to stream and itsnt getting the best reviews, of course its not doing well
apparently matrix may be the quickest a film lost its IMAX screens. NWH had them for a week, then Matrix got them (mostvlikely contract with HBO) and apparently in some areas, IMAX are already going back to NWH