If you’ve watched the new footage you know that Neo is saying: “Yeah… definitely asked for that.” In a very “funny/sarcastic” way.
Let me tell you why just that tiny bit of sentence makes me cry of joy: because THAT, that witty little remark (probably as a reaction to a punch Trinity just threw ad NPH’s character) would not in a million years have been possible 20 years ago.
They were talking in the article about how this movie is so much more “relaxed” than the trilogy, about how there is time for little jokes here and there now, and they were also talking about how Lana’s directing style has evolved over the years.
This moment makes me cry because that level of genuine “intimacy” between Neo and Trinity never before graced our screens (and we did see them doing it, let me remind you). It’s such a familiar, almost domestic moment that I only found in fanfiction over the years, and was never really shown in the movies… the only other one that comes to mind is the little smile from Trinity during the “I missed you/I can tell” exchange in the Temple.
It’s like Neo is saying: “Hey! There you are! That’s you, and you are reallyback.”
Let’s go out in flames so everyone knows who we are ‘Cause these city walls never knew that we’d make it this far We’ve become echoes, but echoes are fadin’ away So let’s dance like two shadows, burning out a glory day Just hold me
