While 1999’s The Matrix is still widely cited as one of the best sci-fi films in recent history, 2003’s The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions were critically panned.
“Everything that was good about the first experience [on The Matrix] was not good about the last two,” he said.
Bill Pope, the cinematographer who worked on the Matrix trilogy, has described his time on the franchise’s two sequels as “mind-numbing and soul-numbing”.
Pope, who is also known for his collaborations with Sam Raimi and Edgar Wright, spoke about his time making the sequels on the Team Deakins podcast.