Tonight's major major motion picture premiere was The Matrix Resurrections (2021) in which a lot of the same stuff happens but differently, and it's supposed to be that way. There's a lot of references to the older films and this one is also very self-referential in various ways, which is the kind of thing I like. Maybe not as much overt philosophising as there could have been. I enjoyed it for the most part, and I'll probably conclude that I like it eventually, but I reckon I'll have to watch it a couple more times to be sure I've caught all the nuances before making a final determination ![Smokin](https://forums.contractoruk.com/core/images/smilies/smokin.gif)
And then a rewatch of The Interpreter (2005), which is a very good thriller: not constant chases and shooting and all that, but a good underlying story about people and the ways their lives have become caught up in the complexities of global politics.
Though one does have to ask (spoiler alert): given that the eponymous interpreter is a woman who has grown up in an African country and, speaking the language widely used therein, is now working as an interpreter for that language at the UN; that she has been personally involved with the competing political leaders of that country; and that she is deeply concerned about the future of that country which she regards as her home; why, then, did they cast blonde-haired, blue-eyed Nicole Kidman for the part? Are there no Black women capable of playing such a role?![Confused](https://forums.contractoruk.com/core/images/smilies/confused.png)
Still, she plays her part well, and at least they didn't apply blackface to her![Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)](https://forums.contractoruk.com/core/images/smilies/rolleyes.png)
Goodnight all
![Smokin](https://forums.contractoruk.com/core/images/smilies/smokin.gif)
And then a rewatch of The Interpreter (2005), which is a very good thriller: not constant chases and shooting and all that, but a good underlying story about people and the ways their lives have become caught up in the complexities of global politics.
Though one does have to ask (spoiler alert): given that the eponymous interpreter is a woman who has grown up in an African country and, speaking the language widely used therein, is now working as an interpreter for that language at the UN; that she has been personally involved with the competing political leaders of that country; and that she is deeply concerned about the future of that country which she regards as her home; why, then, did they cast blonde-haired, blue-eyed Nicole Kidman for the part? Are there no Black women capable of playing such a role?
![Confused](https://forums.contractoruk.com/core/images/smilies/confused.png)
Still, she plays her part well, and at least they didn't apply blackface to her
![Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)](https://forums.contractoruk.com/core/images/smilies/rolleyes.png)
Goodnight all
![Wave](https://forums.contractoruk.com/core/images/smilies/extras/14.gif)
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