u/neonfox45

What a moment, and I loved seeing Tony Bloom taking it all in, like: "Wow, this is special."

I work with a lot of youth, and one thing I see over and over is this: no matter how many generations a kid’s family has been in Canada, if they have ties to a club in Europe or South America, that’s the club they care about. I was just at a local event about growing soccer here, and a big focus was “getting kids to support Canada and MLS.” But honestly, the kids already see the difference. When they look at their parents’ or grandparents’ clubs, they see history, identity, something rooted in a community that can’t just be taken away. It feels real to them.

Then they look at the North American systems, franchises, relocations, uncertainty, and it feels hollow by comparison. Just look at the potential sale or relocation of the Whitecaps just reinforce that feeling. Why emotionally invest in something that might not even exist in the same form in a few years? In most of the world, clubs don’t just move on the whims of the market, and kids pick up on that.

I know The Matrix Revolutions was controversial in 2003, but “controversial” still means a lot of people liked it, and I genuinely don’t think it deserves to sit anywhere near a 6.7. When I first saw it, I thought it was very good, but coming back to it years later, I appreciate it way more.

The brilliant mix of CGI with practical effects, Don Davis’ score might be the best in the trilogy, excellent acting throughout and the final battle is one of the most visually and emotionally striking climaxes in sci fi history. Honestly last 45 minutes, to me, are close to cinematic perfection, and superior to almost anything we’ve seen since.

Edit: I actually recently showed the trilogy to a few friends of my nephew, all in their mid-20s, and everyone in the room gave Reloaded/Revolutions above a 7.5. When I told them the actual IMDb score, no one could believe it.