The fact both Hugo and Keanu did this mostly without stuntmen it's amazing. Pretty raw talent from both two top 10 Hollywood actors, in the dawn of their raising to superstars!
Taradhish Thats true, in the early 2000’s they thought “ We can cgi everything.” They knew in 1999 to use it as a tool, not a crutch and it turned out amazing!
@@StanpapiTV mmh no not really, I mean the stakes were very different. For the whole movie we're led to believe some things: 1) You can't win against an Agent, no matter what 2) Only one man believes that Neo COULD potentially do it, but we're never shown HOW up until that climax 3) If you decide to fight (which is madness) you're automatically sacrificing yourself and you're aware of that 4) If you lose THAT fight, all is lost So yeah Neo looking at the stairs (which symbolizes the Escape route) and turning his back to it is powerful AF because it takes guts and it takes faith (faith on who he's constantly told he is), in his specific case
This is one of my favorite scenes. When Neo just says, "fuck it, I'm fighting him," it feels so much like someone giving up on running to face their fears. That's empowerment, really.
Oddly enough, I commend Smith for accepting the challenge and not calling for help. Makes him a bit respectable and shows why he stood out from all the agents. He truly was an anomaly.
It's one of the most powerful 'in not scared of you anymore' scenes. And deeper still, it's when he decides he is more than the system. Wish society could learn more from these type of stories.
The one thing I love about this scene is how well it portrays the very human nature of Agent Smith despite him being a computer program. He makes alot of overtly aggressive moves that aren't necessary and relishes in inflicting pain. He also does gestures that shows he is amped to fight after throwing his gun away. The best part is when he holds Neo in front of the train and talks about his inevitable death despite having the opportunity to just snap his neck. He took such an unnecessary risk at the end of the fight just to ensure Neo got to suffer before his death. He truly was corrupted by humanity
@@raven4k998 i'd rlly love to try out no limit attacks and those things which red pill shall give but i'd pick blue pill bc i would be to scared if i was there
@@lewisdavidson571 Bill and Ted's adventures was very minor. Keanu by the masses was more known for Speed with Sandra Bullock than Bill and Ted's. And to put that on the same cultural pedestal as the Matrix or John Wick... Is a bit silly tbh.
Yes, amazing storytelling, structure, and themes. A masterpiece. The 2nd and 3rd are at best popcorn action movies with a few interesting (if a bit dull at times) monologues on human nature and purpose.
@@marcodestefano7119 above average?? lol no. the very first fight between neo and smith looks like a bad rendered ps2 cutscene. Its a pure shitfest through and through
Yuen Woo Ping is a genius. Props to both Hugo and Keanu for learning this choreography. Their dedication and execution is what makes this scene so timeless.
What's more impressive is that they've done this after both of them had gone through medical surgery. Keanu had one for his spine and Hugo for his neck!
Seeing the behind the scenes and watching the interview between Keanu and Scott Adkins is great. There was a part right before the "slow-mo bullets" and the "dodge this" scene, where Keanu had to kick two SWAT officers in a " Z " motion. Keanu said Yuen Woo Ping kept shouting out "MORE POWER!!!" and they just kept having to do that take again and again for hours. Great dedication.
@@LeedleLee457dude I've been a fan of adkins for years and it's great to finally see him getting recognition dudes one of the best martial artists out there and he is the perfect choice for batman can pull off the physical side of without a stunt double like Pattinson who didn't even film in Edinburgh/Glasgow it was his double the whole time 😂😂
The look of shock/disbelief on smiths face when neo gets up at 2:22 is legendary, like hes realizing in this moment neo really is everything that was said about him, and hes not gonna go down easily
Everyone who has ever gone up against an agent might have made it that far, but that would have been their limit. This is the part where they go down and they know their fate is sealed. Neo got back up and challenged him to a round 2 and agents in this iteration of the Matrix have probably never seen anyone do that with one of them before. He was shocked and angry, which made him sloppier. Normally impossible for a program, but he was already being infected human traits like anger and resentment. Smith was already different from the other agents and this shows it even further.
@@Xylarxcode That speech he delivers when he’s alone with Morpheus reveals that Smith has “gone native” in the Matrix. It think that’s what makes it possible for him to “disobey” and become such a threat in the next two films.
Internet's been around since the 70's and publicly since the 80's. By the 90's it was already powering a lot of industry and many people were using it.
@@flippedoutcookie not like those days. Internet was not worldwide, even though lots of people had personal computers, most of them were not connected to the Web. The connection speed was slow as fuck 20 years ago, what to say about the 90'? Dial-up was your destiny back then, and you could perfectly survive without any discomfort having no access to the i-net. Now without the internet you can't make online payments, order most of the taxi companies, can't send an intstant message for almost free, upload photos and vids, etc. No RUclips
@@Имбирнаяпеченька-ю6ь That has nothing to do with what he said. OP stated the internet had only been around for a few years by 99, yet it has been around publicly since the 80s. What you’re saying isn’t relevant here.
I remember the marketing for the movie when it came out was really mysterious. They used that Morpheus line “no one can tell you what the matrix is. You have to see it for yourself”.. really enticing and some friends and I went to see it not having any idea what was in store. Needless to say, it was an awe inspiring experience. I came out of the theatre with my mind blown. So good!!
I was working at a movie theater at the time. On one hand it hurt them, because people weren't interested in watching it from the trailers and promos. On the other hand, after people actually saw the movie, the popularity exploded! It was really amazing they were able to keep the movie under wraps that long, and definitely can't be done today.
I was 15 when I saw this at the cinema with my friend and after the film we were lost for words. A superb example of cinema and I'm so happy my son loves it too. Poor boy won't be old enough to watch matrix 4 when it comes out 😂
Keanu did all his fights and combats. See behind the scenes and his interviews. Although the part where he crashed into the wall after Hugo throws him there is CG
That, and also the fact that they keep the fight on full display with little cuts, only transitional cuts after certain blows. oh and absolutely no god damn shaky cam.
And no friggin shaking camera in the fights. I so hate that in modern movies... Like.. they can film everything properly, but the fights are shaky? Jeez..
Hats off to Hugo Weaving for doing this entire scene in a suit. I mean I'm sure the suit was custom made for this but still him doing it in a jacket, tie, and button down shirt is impressive.
That makes me wonder about higher-end security personnel-such as the presidential detail associated with the US Secret Service. The dress suits they wear just MIGHT be fitted to allow for quick movements.
I always liked how when Smith's glasses are broken and he takes them off. He starts to take the fight more personally. Like the veneer of the cold agent falls off.
The irony is that he hates humanity yet is somehow the closest thing to human the matrix produced, from telling morpheus he hates the place to showing genuine fear at the end of matrix 3
@@ashm4938 I personally believe he had been around so long without deletion that Smith gained some of of the qualities of humans but it was suppressed when fully in "agent mode" aka with the sunglasses and earpiece. Headcannon for me is the earpiece is a direct connection to the mainframe, and the sunglasses represent the uniform anonymity that allows an agent to freely move around the matrix. Both of those things if true do express a form of control from the mainframe. Without them they are effectively a free agent, no longer gaining benefits but also not being directly suppressed. When Smith was destroyed he was a free agent... What ever anomalous code neo carried was able to affect Smith and change him into the virus he was later.
You guys do realize that agent smith was “the one” before neo right? That’s where the original legend came from. Neo is the second coming, the true one. This is why agent smith and neo are the ultimate rivalry.
Agent smith willingly accepted the system but retained a small margin of his humanity. In other words, he’s the evil one. That’s why no matters how many clones are made of agent smith, they are all re-enacted in his image. He is the original one, so the system uses him as it’s most powerful conduit. The system never possessed the ability to change people, only the one can do that. This is why agent smith is able to modify and change code. This is why agent smith can do the things he can do. The system never possessed that power until possessing smith. And although anybody can alter code, harness the ability of the ones to a small extent, only the true one can defeat the one who was his predecessor. Hence why neo has to be the one to defeat smith. Why only neo can defeat the agents/agent smith.
As an adult watching this, after all the other fighting movies I have seen, what really stands out is how well it is shot. It is clear what is going on, we can see everything, the camera is either fixed or doing steady tracking shots, and they are letting the actors do quite a few moves/hits before cutting. We know exactly what is happening every moment in the fight, and even now still learning more about both of the characters. Probably considered too "simple" these days but god is it amazing to watch.
The choreography is fantastic too. Stays true to the rules they set up. Smith is strong and fast but is confined by rules, therefore his style is very simple. Neo can bend the rules since he isn’t as confined, so there are more acrobatic moves in his style. Plus when they are hit it tells a narrative too. Neo’s best shot can only push Smith back a little. Every hit Smith lands drives Neo back. You can feel that threat, Neo can hit as hard or take as much damage.
Moat action scenes still can't hold a candle to this. Action movies now rely to heavily on up close ups and rapid cuts. Really takes you out of the action.
@@shaunince6336 They did that since the early 00's to be fair. This is a throwback to the classic kung fu/Hong Kong action film style of directing, where long stretches of choreography are captured by longer shots/fewer cuts.
It's an interesting irony in this movie that an essential element of Neo's emergence as the One was that he not believe it at first. He went in to rescue Morpheus believing that he was an ordinary man, expendable for the cause. And through his battles with the soldiers, the Agents, Smith here, and finally death itself, he came to understand who he truly was. But to emerge as the One, he had to initially believe that he was not.
I somewhat agree here. I don't agree that him initially NOT BELIEVING he's THE ONE is what led him to actually be the one. I think his lack of faith within the first movie served as a stumbling block per say but he needed to mentally believe in order to accept his role as the savior of the matrix. :: That's parallel to Aangs role in The last Airbender. Aang's initial rejection of accepting his role to become the Avatar is what directly caused the world to be overthrown by the Fire Nation. It's not until he fully accepted his destiny and worked towards it that everything worked out for them.
Well Smith's moves are much less complex than Neo's as an agent he just tanks it thru Neo's barrage and uses brute force moves to hit Neo not anything overly clever
@jamesbutler8821 Even though Smith's moves are less agile or difficult to pull off, there is still an art to _reacting_ to Neo's moves in a way that sells the impact of the choreography. Which requires his part of the scene to be just as involved and precise.
@@GenUrobutcher It was relevant here, as someone dared to believe that the arctic is safe. But let's talk about politics when it is already too late. Fuck humanity and all the garbage that keeps calling peoples' lives "sad" because they care about anything at all. To hell with them all.
Never get over the fact that Smiths fighting style in this scene is just tanking hits from Neo while every single hit landed on Neo has more weight behind it. Love it
I'm old enough to have seen Keanu grow as a actor, Bill and Ted got him started, Speed put him on the radar of alot of people, The Matrix movie's made him famous, The John Wick movie's made him a legendary.
One of the things I've enjoyed about the Neo/Smith fights, especially on rewatches, is how it steadily gets more and more _personal_ for Smith as it goes on. He's supposed to be a machine merely carrying out deletion protocol, but fighting Neo is odd. Unique. He wants to _hurt_ him, to break his spirit, to make Neo understand defeat. Smith gets provoked, he gets angry, he inexplicably begins to take a certain _pride_ in meeting Neo in a fistfight. Each time Neo fights Smith, Smith becomes just a little more...human.
The Matrix is the best movie of all time. The choreography, the action, Kung fu, the suspense, the pick up lines, no bullshit just pure movie madness!!. The matrix trilogy will never age.
He called him mr Anderson to try and keep neo tied down to his old life by using his old name. The whole point is that nothing there is real and can be bent and broken.
@@Wayne-hs6gm I think, its because he know him as ID in matrix. So in his program, when he go to his file, there will be always his Matrix ID name. You can then ask me, why is he still there if he isnt in matrix anymore. IDK.........maybe files are deleted in like 3years and everytime he join, its restore time again.
@@Wayne-hs6gm you don't know how accurate what you said was... *Ephesians **4:22**-24* 22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; 24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
The fighting choreography in this movie is beyond incredible. That moment when Smith is head butting Neo, so Neo lifts his knee to put distance between himself and Smith in order to stop the head butts, is genius. That level of thought into a fight is hardly ever seen in Hollywood.
That's bcos they had a Hong Kong fight choreographer and action director come in for the first 3 movies. His name is Yuen Woo-Ping. They really needed him for the 4th movie.
@@zuriyel5368 That's the thing, I don't think they really needed him because the remaining wachowski sister clearly managed to get the agenda and tongue in cheek moments where they were actually making fun of the idea of doing a 4th and eventually just saying "YEP, TRINITY IS THE ONE, IT WAS NOT NEO, NOT IN THE FUCKING SLIGHTEST" And the fighting in the fourth movie was fucking was not good at all, IMO anyway. The cut editing was like the Liam Neeson Taken jumping over the fence cut editing.
Hugo was one of the stars of the trilogy. His portrayal of Agent Smith is unlike anything I've seen with an antagonist and there's this energy and charisma he emanates that makes this role truly his. I will never not get chills when he berates Neo through gritted teeth; "Why, why WHY, Mr Anderson? WHY DO YOU PERSIST?!" One of the best villains ever created and one that may have had a fair point!
hugo weaving practically deadass CREATED tha character of smith; go search & peep tha notes he made on his copy of a working draft of tha script; dude annotated tha fuck outta it like a english teacher grading a shitty essay lol & insisted upon numerous changes bein made 2 tha wachowskis original vision of tha character. for ex, originally he was presented as somethin of a stereotypical villain, laughing evilly & such, toying wit cypher, takin sadistic pleasure in his hateful monologue bout humanity 2 morpheus, but weaving categorically refused & argued dat smith is a literal machine & should display as lil emotion as possible thru tha entire movie
I love the conviction of Morpheus when he delivers the "he is beginning to beleive". Honestly fishbourne did an amazing job bringing that character to life. Nobody could havevl done better
Ikr, how tf did they screw up so bad in that department? The least I expected from the new movie was to get the action sequences right. It's almost like they deliberately made it look terrible.
@@Bullistic777 Honestly I don't know. Some people are even saying that the movie was INTENTIONLY bad but that is such another poor excuse to justified the pile of horse s**t that movie was.
Ah yes back when Matrix had clean looking, longer take action cuts instead of trying to chop every scene into a blender. This movie has aged EXTREMELY well.
@@Chepicoro Ok, that could be the case with neo, although we've seen keanu doing long take fights scenes on john wick... but whats the excuse with the younger actors? all the fight scenes in the newer one are terrible
Once I had a worker whose name is Kevin Anderson. And yup....you guessed it right. Every time we would have a project together , I would approach him exactly like Mr. Smith did. Do the walk, do the tone. The whole enchilada. He never got tired of it. Good kid.
1:54 I love his extremely presice robotic movements here as he counters Neos attacks. Always reminding you Smith is a machine; calculated to win and defeat his enemies at all costs.
@@zoxyy.1x A pretty sizeable chunk of them - Keanu and Hugo were also trained in Martial Arts alongside some other members of the cast. Reloaded and Revelation had more stunt smith usage thanks to their astronomically higher budget
All the action is done by the actors. The studio brought the legendary choreographer Yuen Woo-ping, and he suggested to work with every single character for 4 months for the fights in the Matrix to be as much realistic as possible!
I never put it together in previous viewings that Agent Smith had no intentions of dodging the train, instead holding Neo there until they both died, knowing that as an Agent, he can just come back. That adds a whole new level of menace and badassery.
Yea. Also, killing agent means killing the person he posseses. One think that always bothered me in Matrix (still exceptional movie) was not adressing the problem of countless deaths red pills cause, killing people on their way. While it is very hard to kill an agent, it could also add great barrier for many people, because they would not want to kill innocent person behind the agent, making possessed person a living sheald, so "just run" stategy could be also ethical, in addition to very wise.
That was Agent Smith trying to prove that, as a human, Neo’s death was inevitable. As part of the machine, Agent Smith could never die. That Neo could fight all he wanted, the outcome would never change.
@@mathuraphael9196 It's a war, unfortunately, even if one side doesn't even know the real reason they are fighting. To them the red pills are just terrorists blowing up buildings for fun.
That's what I thought when watching it, but then he does that little reach at the end and it undoes it. He should have just looked at him angrily for the second before he got hit.
Quarter of a Century ago, as of next week, this film showed up in theaters. "Game changing" does not describe the effect it had. Masterful in every way.
“I’m going to enjoy watching you die, Mr Anderson” Even before Neo made Smith go defective and become what he was in the second and third movies, there was something different about him. Programs shouldn’t enjoy anything, or say anything that emotionally charged.
Yeah it's implied earlier in the movie as well when Smith takes off his ear piece to say how he really feels about the Matrix that he's at the very least thinking about going rogue
@@xAlundrax Hugo Weaving has a sinister look even if he doesn't do anything, the fake agent Smith in Matrix 4 looks like your typical asshole in the high school movies
@@viktordelacroix6208 Exactly! I came back to this video after watching 4 and realized just how much of a difference there is between both Smiths. Hugo got it right
Dude I know its crazy how far off and how trash matrix 4 is this scene alone and you could tell this was special that fact that matrix 4 has not one good scene is mind blowing
@@torstent8979you should check out strong style wrestling there's a few variations on it from Japanese to British but focuses on a mixture of hard strikes like elbows forearms discuss lariats along with an amazing technical game someone like Pete dunne who just straight up snaps your fingers stands on them boots the back of your knees or ankles 😂
What a Year 1999 was - American beauty, Magnolia, The Green mile, The Sixth Sense, Fight Club and of course The Matrix. Edit - I think we can add The Hurricane, The Straight Story, Being John Malkovich & The Insider to this elite List.
But behind 1994, forrest gump, shawshank redemption, pulp fiction, dumb and dumber, the lion king, the mask, ace Ventura etc in short no one can beat 1994
There's two parts about the beginning of this scene that always stood out to me (especially considering Smith is an Agent and thus a computer program.) First, he misses all his shots in such a small space, but then second, when Neo says "so are you", he actually glances at the gun to confirm that he's actually out of bullets...almost showing a human aspect to his character.
The sunglasses also do well to help hide the eyes and some emotion. When Agent Smith takes off his glasses, far more emotion shows through. Even going so far as to try to use the train to kill Neo. More signs of the agent becoming... flawed.
Don't forget that he's a program inhabiting a human thus making him limited as well. While they were shooting Neo was matching his speed. The "so are you" glance was disbelief and perhaps fear which was something he never felt.
2:19 The dust coming off his shirt is such a simple visualization, the sublime effect is practically unmatched in cinematic technique for hand to hand combat. The music adds a… 'Do you believe this?', aura to it…
Since they managed to copy from two other movies in this scene, "Once upon a time in the West" and "Escape from NY", I'd bei careful with verdicts like "Most XYZ in History"
I love how the Agents are kept terrifying all the way up until the very end of the movie, even though progress on them is always being made. Before you learn they're AIs they're scary government agents with supernatural physical capabilities and reality bending powers (as seen in the interrogation scene). When you learn how they work they're still just as scary because even with hacked physical abilities they're still so many leagues stronger than the heroes that their only option to deal with them is to RUN. Then later when the heroes actually start to win scuffles with Agents, those victories are nullified because Agents come back within a few seconds if they're somehow beaten. It's only at the climax, when Neo realizes his power as The One when the Agents are _finally_ not completely overpowering anymore, and that payoff is cathartic as hell.
It's like Morpheus told Neo in the training program, the agents are programs that are faster, stronger than the average person, but they are still based on rules. Once Neo became the One, the rules simply didn't matter to him.
I think my favorite part about this movie and about this fight is that it proves Neo is "only human". Agent Smith may be stronger, throwing Neo is walls and pillars, but Neo adapts, which is arguably humanity's greatest strength, that adaptation that Smith could never do. At 1:38 Smith grabs both of Neo's arms and headbutts him, but Neo adapts and break out. At 2:29 Neo does the exact same maneuver to Smith and he fails to adapt. At 2:38, Neo throws a punch at Smith and he grabs the wrist, but Neo quickly adapts and extends his fingers to go for the Agent's throat. This entire fight is Smith overpowering Neo, but Neo having the advantage of the natural human ability to change tactics based on a scenario. Brilliant.
While in principle this is true to this scene it is not true for the entirety of the trilogy. Smith is seen adapting throughout the entire movie, although his approach is more calculated. The irony with smith is that although he is only a program he showcases almost all of the negative traits he hates about humanity. However he adapts in the most ruthless of ways. Because he is a program confined to the matrix his ability to adapt was limited but he is later freed and able to adapt in ways I’m sure you’ve seen. I think the two greatest differences is that smith doesn’t adapt internally he remains the same he believes he is already better and superior to Neo in every way making him only create copies of himself. Neo understands he has flaws that can be improved and as you stated adjust as the situation presents itself. Almost like Pride or Arrogance Vs Humility or Meekness
It's been more than twenty years, hardly modern. For a splash of ice water - I taught a class in game artificial intelligence a few years ago and referenced this movie, and nobody in the room had any idea what I was talking about. None of them had ever seen it.
i wanna agree with you! i'd really appreciate it if you could kindly explain why Smith, right before he's crushed by the train at 4:05, reaches out his arm to Neo as if he's trying to ask him for help.
Yeah it felt more like a Marvel movie. The plot was interesting enough for me, and I get that Neo is weaker and is missing a part of himself (as the Smith guy says during their fight) so he's not fighting as good. But ALL the choreography looked off. All the punches and kicks were slower.
I remember seeing this in the movies when it came out and it was the first time I'd seen actually decent fighting in a movie compared to all the action movies of the 80s etc.
![Neo - 'The One' | The Matrix [Open Matte]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/H-0RHqDWcJE/mqdefault.jpg)
I love how the old fights have these "round one round two" vibes...
Old fights? Hey let me tell you something xD
All movie fights have that but mostly movie fights in the end of the fight
Old? 😒
1999 was kinda a long time ago. This movie can vote & drink
@@Mdautkreix and drive...and buy a gun in most of the nations of the world(if it does all the bureaucracy stuff)
"He's beginning to believe" will never stop giving me chills.
iconic line
Klein und .
Indeed.
Made me wanna take a dump
Especially when he says "He is the One" after coming back alive.
The "Mr. Anderson" just gives me chills. Hugo Weaving played Smith to perfection
True.
Facts!!
He’s the only good actor in the first Matrix
@@smtandearthboundsuck8400 morpheus as well...
He defined Smith, there's no surpassing in this role
The fact both Hugo and Keanu did this mostly without stuntmen it's amazing. Pretty raw talent from both two top 10 Hollywood actors, in the dawn of their raising to superstars!
They knew what they were doing was ultra special and would change the world.
this is my favorite movie of all time.. but top 10 actors.... cmon man.
I don't know about Hugo but Keanu was already well established by the time the original matrix was filmed
@@Mechaneer dont worry about the context, nobody in the matrix film has EVER been a top 10 actor lol
Lawerence fishburn and Keanu? Where were u
The fact that the special effects and CGI in this movie holds up after 21 years is just an atest to how well this movie was made.
Few CGI and more man's made effect that's why it still holds up.
Just look at Matrix 2, orgy of CGI and imo it didn't age well :/
Taradhish Thats true, in the early 2000’s they thought “ We can cgi everything.” They knew in 1999 to use it as a tool, not a crutch and it turned out amazing!
I can't believe it's 21 years 😱
This film was came to 2002
New camera techniques were actually invented for this film in order to create these scenes
The moment when Neo looks at the stairs & decides not to run is legendary ...
Just like in John Wick when he's scrubbing the blood and vengeance takes over
Fight or flight
@@StanpapiTV mmh no not really, I mean the stakes were very different. For the whole movie we're led to believe some things:
1) You can't win against an Agent, no matter what
2) Only one man believes that Neo COULD potentially do it, but we're never shown HOW up until that climax
3) If you decide to fight (which is madness) you're automatically sacrificing yourself and you're aware of that
4) If you lose THAT fight, all is lost
So yeah Neo looking at the stairs (which symbolizes the Escape route) and turning his back to it is powerful AF because it takes guts and it takes faith (faith on who he's constantly told he is), in his specific case
@@StanpapiTV not at all
@@thefourbeastrevealed7565 this life or next life?
Smith is an incomparable antagonist. Hugo Weaving was transcendent in this role.
One of the most underrated actors for sure
His cromulence embiggened the roll in a way noone else could, irregardless of their status
Few people know but smith was "the one". Not neo
Sadly he won´t be in Matrix 4 :(
@@hansolo631 Sir, I am enthralled by your, expertly loquacious, employment of spurious vernacular.
The subtle smirk Neo gives to Smith after breaking his glasses is the cherry on top of Keanu's acting skills! Such a great actor!
I love how Smith speaks in a sort of calculated and stilted poetry.
“That is the sound of inevitability, that is the sound of your death”
I bet Thanos is a huge fan 😂😂😂
Angry A.I. poems
"Evidently Mr. Smith is an educated man. Now I really hate him."
Extra cookie for reference.
@@M0butu In Vino Veritas. ♥
@@Kacey_Jaymes 🤣 I'm your huckleberry
This is one of my favorite scenes. When Neo just says, "fuck it, I'm fighting him," it feels so much like someone giving up on running to face their fears. That's empowerment, really.
Facts.
e.g. Grizzly bear encounter.
Oddly enough, I commend Smith for accepting the challenge and not calling for help. Makes him a bit respectable and shows why he stood out from all the agents. He truly was an anomaly.
It's one of the most powerful 'in not scared of you anymore' scenes. And deeper still, it's when he decides he is more than the system. Wish society could learn more from these type of stories.
@@alfa-psi ?????? What the hell do you even *MEAN* with that?
Smith was one of the greatest villains ever.
Both him and Davy Jones off Pirates of the Caribbeans are two of my favorite film antagonists of all time.
was he really a villain though or a representation of an open minded program
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SO true so true. amazing acting work.
Yep
Without a doubt, this film was the one that closed the millennium
Word.
So Is fight club
The one thing I love about this scene is how well it portrays the very human nature of Agent Smith despite him being a computer program. He makes alot of overtly aggressive moves that aren't necessary and relishes in inflicting pain. He also does gestures that shows he is amped to fight after throwing his gun away. The best part is when he holds Neo in front of the train and talks about his inevitable death despite having the opportunity to just snap his neck. He took such an unnecessary risk at the end of the fight just to ensure Neo got to suffer before his death. He truly was corrupted by humanity
He was an insane robot
It’s crazy the more human Smith became the weaker he got
@@TheSnoozeFoxand the less human Neo become the stronger he got
Someone could say, he was a corrupted virus...
Yeah and it's just hard to not write human emotion into anything, including AI dialogue.
The fact that this movie is 22 years old and it still hold up today.
common and be honest if you were given the choice take the blue pill or the red pill which would you take and why?
💯
WIRE FU LOL
@@raven4k998 i'd rlly love to try out no limit attacks and those things which red pill shall give but i'd pick blue pill bc i would be to scared if i was there
@@raven4k998 Blue pill easily, Cypher had the right idea.
Craziest part is the new generation is gonna know Keanu as John wick. Not neo.
Millennianls......
DootDoot
Craziest part is your generation knew him Keanu as Neo.
Not Ted.
@@lewisdavidson571 Bill and Ted's adventures was very minor. Keanu by the masses was more known for Speed with Sandra Bullock than Bill and Ted's. And to put that on the same cultural pedestal as the Matrix or John Wick... Is a bit silly tbh.
Espartano 301 millennials are ‘81-‘96 and so they probably grew up with The Matrix. What are you talking about?
Doesn't matter, both are badass
That raw power in agent Smith's punches. Awesome choreography
The small details like the dust flying off of Neo's clothes from the hits, is so good
The first matrix film is a masterpiece.
Yes, amazing storytelling, structure, and themes. A masterpiece.
The 2nd and 3rd are at best popcorn action movies with a few interesting (if a bit dull at times) monologues on human nature and purpose.
Yeah, it's a shame that sequels suck
I mean the sequels were above average movies, it's just that the first movie was so good it outclassed them
@@marcodestefano7119 above average?? lol no. the very first fight between neo and smith looks like a bad rendered ps2 cutscene. Its a pure shitfest through and through
@@ahabduennschitz7670 i wasn't talking about the cgi in detail, also it doesn't look bad for '03
"You're empty." "So are you" Neo wasn't talking about the gun. Mr. Smith got his digital feelings hurt.
wow…
wow…
Never have I ever thought this way.
Nice
I don’t get it.
The CCC ,agent Smith took it as an insult to his Hollow digital life...which is virtual.
Yuen Woo Ping is a genius. Props to both Hugo and Keanu for learning this choreography. Their dedication and execution is what makes this scene so timeless.
Hugo Weaving actually looks like he can throw hands at 1:23
What's more impressive is that they've done this after both of them had gone through medical surgery. Keanu had one for his spine and Hugo for his neck!
@@fenerliuzun4476 that’s very impressive from them both. Must have hurt to move alot
Seeing the behind the scenes and watching the interview between Keanu and Scott Adkins is great. There was a part right before the "slow-mo bullets" and the "dodge this" scene, where Keanu had to kick two SWAT officers in a " Z " motion. Keanu said Yuen Woo Ping kept shouting out "MORE POWER!!!" and they just kept having to do that take again and again for hours. Great dedication.
@@LeedleLee457dude I've been a fan of adkins for years and it's great to finally see him getting recognition dudes one of the best martial artists out there and he is the perfect choice for batman can pull off the physical side of without a stunt double like Pattinson who didn't even film in Edinburgh/Glasgow it was his double the whole time 😂😂
The look of shock/disbelief on smiths face when neo gets up at 2:22 is legendary, like hes realizing in this moment neo really is everything that was said about him, and hes not gonna go down easily
Everyone who has ever gone up against an agent might have made it that far, but that would have been their limit. This is the part where they go down and they know their fate is sealed. Neo got back up and challenged him to a round 2 and agents in this iteration of the Matrix have probably never seen anyone do that with one of them before. He was shocked and angry, which made him sloppier. Normally impossible for a program, but he was already being infected human traits like anger and resentment. Smith was already different from the other agents and this shows it even further.
@@Xylarxcode That speech he delivers when he’s alone with Morpheus reveals that Smith has “gone native” in the Matrix. It think that’s what makes it possible for him to “disobey” and become such a threat in the next two films.
People have to remember that we only had the internet for a few years when this movie came out.
This movie was mind blowing for many of us.
Back then it were the awesome graphics to me , now it's the archetypes and story behind the characters. It's almost biblical to me
Still the greatest film I've ever wtached at the theatre.
Internet's been around since the 70's and publicly since the 80's. By the 90's it was already powering a lot of industry and many people were using it.
@@flippedoutcookie not like those days. Internet was not worldwide, even though lots of people had personal computers, most of them were not connected to the Web. The connection speed was slow as fuck 20 years ago, what to say about the 90'? Dial-up was your destiny back then, and you could perfectly survive without any discomfort having no access to the i-net. Now without the internet you can't make online payments, order most of the taxi companies, can't send an intstant message for almost free, upload photos and vids, etc. No RUclips
@@Имбирнаяпеченька-ю6ь That has nothing to do with what he said. OP stated the internet had only been around for a few years by 99, yet it has been around publicly since the 80s. What you’re saying isn’t relevant here.
I remember the marketing for the movie when it came out was really mysterious. They used that Morpheus line “no one can tell you what the matrix is. You have to see it for yourself”.. really enticing and some friends and I went to see it not having any idea what was in store. Needless to say, it was an awe inspiring experience. I came out of the theatre with my mind blown. So good!!
ikr
I was working at a movie theater at the time. On one hand it hurt them, because people weren't interested in watching it from the trailers and promos. On the other hand, after people actually saw the movie, the popularity exploded! It was really amazing they were able to keep the movie under wraps that long, and definitely can't be done today.
Sun RA
Yeah it was so weird how little we seemed to know about it before it actually released! Definitely harder to do that these days!
I was 15 when I saw this at the cinema with my friend and after the film we were lost for words. A superb example of cinema and I'm so happy my son loves it too. Poor boy won't be old enough to watch matrix 4 when it comes out 😂
I watched it 3 times in the cinema, when it first came out. Such a good film!
What makes this scene even better is the fact that Hugo Weaving and Keanu Reeves did most of their own stunts.
Keanu did all his fights and combats. See behind the scenes and his interviews. Although the part where he crashed into the wall after Hugo throws him there is CG
That, and also the fact that they keep the fight on full display with little cuts, only transitional cuts after certain blows. oh and absolutely no god damn shaky cam.
And no friggin shaking camera in the fights. I so hate that in modern movies... Like.. they can film everything properly, but the fights are shaky? Jeez..
25 years old and still one of the greatest sci fi action martial arts films ever made.
Hats off to Hugo Weaving for doing this entire scene in a suit. I mean I'm sure the suit was custom made for this but still him doing it in a jacket, tie, and button down shirt is impressive.
Seriously. The first time I put on a suit, I instantly asked how did people fight in this thing.
But then again Keanu fought in 3 whole John Wick movies in a suit :D
@@dunjam1194 true but those are custom suits designed for him to move in, there are customizations in the inseams for example.
Not to mention it must have hot asf in that Subway too!!! Unless they did it in a set.
That makes me wonder about higher-end security personnel-such as the presidential detail associated with the US Secret Service. The dress suits they wear just MIGHT be fitted to allow for quick movements.
I always liked how when Smith's glasses are broken and he takes them off. He starts to take the fight more personally. Like the veneer of the cold agent falls off.
Baxter Rhodes Banshee!
The irony is that he hates humanity yet is somehow the closest thing to human the matrix produced, from telling morpheus he hates the place to showing genuine fear at the end of matrix 3
@@ashm4938 I personally believe he had been around so long without deletion that Smith gained some of of the qualities of humans but it was suppressed when fully in "agent mode" aka with the sunglasses and earpiece. Headcannon for me is the earpiece is a direct connection to the mainframe, and the sunglasses represent the uniform anonymity that allows an agent to freely move around the matrix. Both of those things if true do express a form of control from the mainframe. Without them they are effectively a free agent, no longer gaining benefits but also not being directly suppressed. When Smith was destroyed he was a free agent... What ever anomalous code neo carried was able to affect Smith and change him into the virus he was later.
You guys do realize that agent smith was “the one” before neo right? That’s where the original legend came from. Neo is the second coming, the true one. This is why agent smith and neo are the ultimate rivalry.
Agent smith willingly accepted the system but retained a small margin of his humanity. In other words, he’s the evil one. That’s why no matters how many clones are made of agent smith, they are all re-enacted in his image. He is the original one, so the system uses him as it’s most powerful conduit. The system never possessed the ability to change people, only the one can do that. This is why agent smith is able to modify and change code. This is why agent smith can do the things he can do. The system never possessed that power until possessing smith. And although anybody can alter code, harness the ability of the ones to a small extent, only the true one can defeat the one who was his predecessor. Hence why neo has to be the one to defeat smith. Why only neo can defeat the agents/agent smith.
As an adult watching this, after all the other fighting movies I have seen, what really stands out is how well it is shot. It is clear what is going on, we can see everything, the camera is either fixed or doing steady tracking shots, and they are letting the actors do quite a few moves/hits before cutting. We know exactly what is happening every moment in the fight, and even now still learning more about both of the characters. Probably considered too "simple" these days but god is it amazing to watch.
The kung fu scene is pretty bad ass too! Stop trying to hit me and hit me lol
The choreography is fantastic too. Stays true to the rules they set up. Smith is strong and fast but is confined by rules, therefore his style is very simple. Neo can bend the rules since he isn’t as confined, so there are more acrobatic moves in his style.
Plus when they are hit it tells a narrative too. Neo’s best shot can only push Smith back a little. Every hit Smith lands drives Neo back. You can feel that threat, Neo can hit as hard or take as much damage.
@@awilmart I think Neo is also using martial arts movies that he learned from Morpheus.
Moat action scenes still can't hold a candle to this. Action movies now rely to heavily on up close ups and rapid cuts. Really takes you out of the action.
@@shaunince6336 They did that since the early 00's to be fair. This is a throwback to the classic kung fu/Hong Kong action film style of directing, where long stretches of choreography are captured by longer shots/fewer cuts.
It's an interesting irony in this movie that an essential element of Neo's emergence as the One was that he not believe it at first. He went in to rescue Morpheus believing that he was an ordinary man, expendable for the cause. And through his battles with the soldiers, the Agents, Smith here, and finally death itself, he came to understand who he truly was.
But to emerge as the One, he had to initially believe that he was not.
I somewhat agree here.
I don't agree that him initially NOT BELIEVING he's THE ONE is what led him to actually be the one.
I think his lack of faith within the first movie served as a stumbling block per say but he needed to mentally believe in order to accept his role as the savior of the matrix.
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That's parallel to Aangs role in The last Airbender. Aang's initial rejection of accepting his role to become the Avatar is what directly caused the world to be overthrown by the Fire Nation.
It's not until he fully accepted his destiny and worked towards it that everything worked out for them.
Everyone always gives Keanu praise for his martial skills. But let's appreciate Hugos too
Masterpiece of a performance
Lord Elrond its appreciated.
Well Smith's moves are much less complex than Neo's as an agent he just tanks it thru Neo's barrage and uses brute force moves to hit Neo not anything overly clever
@jamesbutler8821 Even though Smith's moves are less agile or difficult to pull off, there is still an art to _reacting_ to Neo's moves in a way that sells the impact of the choreography. Which requires his part of the scene to be just as involved and precise.
Hugo was pushing 40 and just like Keanu, had just had surgery. Very impressive.
20 years later, after seeing so many movies, this is still one of the best
This movie is the very definition of the word “badass” :)
true
“Is” tha best🍂
Will always be
A Game changer in modern cinema
That throat poke at 2:38 has to be one of the most gangster moves I've seen in a movie fight scene ever.
💯😂 exactly
Just like a ball-flick. They never see it coming, and it brings them to their knees.
Yes, I always laugh at that part 😂
watching this a year after your comment. it's a hilarious move
YURRRD MEEEE LI WODI
2:39 Neo used 100% of his brain
The train killed him and he re-spawned as Elrond
Not re-spawned but isekai to LOTR with the help of Train-kun
LMAO..throw it to the fire!!! Isildur!!
@@krytoderp6920 you have no idea how much I hate that sentence
@@brotherchungus5464 i did't ask or care or wanna know, just keep it to urself
@@krytoderp6920 yea, well, it's the internet. Talking shit and expressing thoughts and opinions are two of the mainstays
this movie should be archived and stored in the arctic as a record of human achievement!
Unless Trump single-handedly messes up the world so much that the arctic melts.
@@Tasorius imagine how sad a person's life must be, to bitch about politics in a movie clip.
@@GenUrobutcher It was relevant here, as someone dared to believe that the arctic is safe. But let's talk about politics when it is already too late.
Fuck humanity and all the garbage that keeps calling peoples' lives "sad" because they care about anything at all. To hell with them all.
Tasorius 😂😂😂 you sad fuck find something better to do.
@@Tasorius you are right - there are sightings of Mr. Trump in the Arctic with a hairdryer plugged to a mobile diesel generator...
You are a moron...
Never get over the fact that Smiths fighting style in this scene is just tanking hits from Neo while every single hit landed on Neo has more weight behind it. Love it
He is the boss level after all
Vegeta ultra ego!!!
Smith doesn’t feel pain like neo, since smith is just a computer program
@@СилаКозака He definitely got stunned when he got slammed into the roof of that tunnel, though!
I like how Neo flexs after picking himself up and the dust flies. Great scene.
I'm old enough to have seen Keanu grow as a actor, Bill and Ted got him started, Speed put him on the radar of alot of people, The Matrix movie's made him famous, The John Wick movie's made him a legendary.
Yes!! Loved all these movies! One of my favorite actors!
I think he got legendary with Neo. He's the matrix chosen one. Come on
Knock knock
@@twiyze1562....
Ken Bradley the hell? John Wick is trash.
This movie never gets OLD. I need to watch a 4K version of this.
"I love movies"
"I love watching them"
"I love making them"
*~Keanu Reeves*
That's why I like him
Good man. Best of the best.
One of the things I've enjoyed about the Neo/Smith fights, especially on rewatches, is how it steadily gets more and more _personal_ for Smith as it goes on. He's supposed to be a machine merely carrying out deletion protocol, but fighting Neo is odd. Unique. He wants to _hurt_ him, to break his spirit, to make Neo understand defeat. Smith gets provoked, he gets angry, he inexplicably begins to take a certain _pride_ in meeting Neo in a fistfight.
Each time Neo fights Smith, Smith becomes just a little more...human.
"I killed you Mister Anderson, I watched you die, with some satisfaction I may add"
This movie blew our minds seeing it in the theaters. There was nothing like it, ever.
It was the best film I ever watched at the theatres back in 99.. and it's still the best film I've ever seen at the theatres...pure entertainment.
Interstellar?
Dark Knight for me.
The Matrix is the best movie of all time. The choreography, the action, Kung fu, the suspense, the pick up lines, no bullshit just pure movie madness!!. The matrix trilogy will never age.
I remember Terminator when that came out, that was the movie that changed how we view CGI forever.
Agent Smith may have been a villain, but at least he always had manners by referring to Neo as Mr. Anderson.
He called him mr Anderson to try and keep neo tied down to his old life by using his old name. The whole point is that nothing there is real and can be bent and broken.
@@Wayne-hs6gm I think, its because he know him as ID in matrix. So in his program, when he go to his file, there will be always his Matrix ID name. You can then ask me, why is he still there if he isnt in matrix anymore. IDK.........maybe files are deleted in like 3years and everytime he join, its restore time again.
@@Wayne-hs6gm or maybe it's just the first name he knew so he's never calling him a different name, like Vegeta calling Goku Kakarot all the time. 😅
@@Wayne-hs6gm you don't know how accurate what you said was...
*Ephesians **4:22**-24*
22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Professionals have standards.
Most popular quote of all time:
*"Mr Anderson."*
Second most popular:
*"Woah.."*
"I don't take responsibility", Donald J Trump... most popular quote
"Okidoki" also
the other way around, It's, to me
I know kung-fu.
@@copperface234 teach me.. erugh umm,.. show me...
The fighting choreography in this movie is beyond incredible. That moment when Smith is head butting Neo, so Neo lifts his knee to put distance between himself and Smith in order to stop the head butts, is genius. That level of thought into a fight is hardly ever seen in Hollywood.
That's bcos they had a Hong Kong fight choreographer and action director come in for the first 3 movies. His name is Yuen Woo-Ping.
They really needed him for the 4th movie.
@@zuriyel5368 there shouldn't have been a fourth movie in the first place
@@zuriyel5368 That's the thing, I don't think they really needed him because the remaining wachowski sister clearly managed to get the agenda and tongue in cheek moments where they were actually making fun of the idea of doing a 4th and eventually just saying "YEP, TRINITY IS THE ONE, IT WAS NOT NEO, NOT IN THE FUCKING SLIGHTEST"
And the fighting in the fourth movie was fucking was not good at all, IMO anyway.
The cut editing was like the Liam Neeson Taken jumping over the fence cut editing.
0:13
Trinity: "What is he doing?"
Morpheus: "He's picturing Agent Smith as the guy who killed his dog"
You are a genius.
Underrated
LOL
Trinity : oh...
That was good
Hugo was one of the stars of the trilogy. His portrayal of Agent Smith is unlike anything I've seen with an antagonist and there's this energy and charisma he emanates that makes this role truly his. I will never not get chills when he berates Neo through gritted teeth;
"Why, why WHY, Mr Anderson? WHY DO YOU PERSIST?!"
One of the best villains ever created and one that may have had a fair point!
Because I choose to...
hugo weaving practically deadass CREATED tha character of smith; go search & peep tha notes he made on his copy of a working draft of tha script; dude annotated tha fuck outta it like a english teacher grading a shitty essay lol & insisted upon numerous changes bein made 2 tha wachowskis original vision of tha character. for ex, originally he was presented as somethin of a stereotypical villain, laughing evilly & such, toying wit cypher, takin sadistic pleasure in his hateful monologue bout humanity 2 morpheus, but weaving categorically refused & argued dat smith is a literal machine & should display as lil emotion as possible thru tha entire movie
He had a bit of humor to him as well.
Agent Smith's point that humans are a planetary virus could bear out, but we gotta keep working together to make sure this villain wasn't correct.
Hail hydra
Jesus christ 23 years ago and it still looks so crisp and slick, no shaky cam bullshit, real actors fighting, long takes. fucking awesome
That shit was poetry. Sometimes u gotta die on your feet than live on your knees. (When he looked at the exit and turned around)
I love the conviction of Morpheus when he delivers the "he is beginning to beleive". Honestly fishbourne did an amazing job bringing that character to life. Nobody could havevl done better
Samuel L Jackson would like to have a word with you
Facts!!
This movie and Lord of the Rings were the best cinematic experiences I've ever had. Nothing has come close since.
And Weaving was in both!
The Batman movies I’d say as well
Blade.
Endgame, batman trilogy
@@allenmeza6786 endgame Looooool shitmovie, infinity war was much better
Hugo weaving as agent smith is arguably one of his most iconic roles. Including LOTR and Megatron in the transformers movies
Also V in V for Vendetta
@@colling2741 thanks . I didn't know that
I had no idea he was Megatron
@@papurrurru well, now you know
@@colling2741 wait what now?
Hugo and Keanu are brilliant actors! Movie still holds up 24 years later
24 years ??? This movie came out only 5 years ago tops! Right??? ...right??
My Friend: [Approaches hot girl in bar]
My other Friend: What is he doing?
Me: He's beginning to believe.
haha nice
underated
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Came here after watching "The matrix resurrections" to remember how a great choreographed, edited and filmed fight scene actually looks like.
Ikr, how tf did they screw up so bad in that department? The least I expected from the new movie was to get the action sequences right.
It's almost like they deliberately made it look terrible.
@@aeonlincoln5474 Everything felt so boring and lazy.
@@gabrielgerman359 and yet there exist people that claim it is better than the original. like wtf are those people even thinking?
@@Bullistic777 Honestly I don't know. Some people are even saying that the movie was INTENTIONLY bad but that is such another poor excuse to justified the pile of horse s**t that movie was.
@@aeonlincoln5474 because they didnt hire the legendary Yuen Woo Ping to do the choreography for the new movie.
Ah yes back when Matrix had clean looking, longer take action cuts instead of trying to chop every scene into a blender. This movie has aged EXTREMELY well.
I guess trying to put a 50 years old man to pretend to fight like a 20 years old man is hard.
@@Chepicoro Ok, that could be the case with neo, although we've seen keanu doing long take fights scenes on john wick... but whats the excuse with the younger actors? all the fight scenes in the newer one are terrible
@@Chepicoro He did awesome choreography in the John Wick films wdym
@@Chepicoro
Every fight in the new Matrix is terrible, no matter who's in it
new matrix is SO BAD, i couldnt believe the editing in the (few) fight scenes, not one action scene felt like the matrix from back in the day
Once I had a worker whose name is Kevin Anderson. And yup....you guessed it right. Every time we would have a project together , I would approach him exactly like Mr. Smith did. Do the walk, do the tone. The whole enchilada. He never got tired of it. Good kid.
:))))))
1:54
I love his extremely presice robotic movements here as he counters Neos attacks. Always reminding you Smith is a machine; calculated to win and defeat his enemies at all costs.
1:56
Funny thing is that the Kung Fu choreographer describes Hugo Weaving's strong qualities as being a precise robot. See behind the scenes.
Terminator vs Robocop vs Agent Smith: Agent Smith wins every scenario.
Also note how he's okay with being hit in the face a few times to lure Neo into a counterattack.
He is a not exactly a machine. He is a programm, a piece of code.
The fact that Hugo Weaving was doing those moves in a suit is impressive.
wait he did his stunts?
@@zoxyy.1x A pretty sizeable chunk of them - Keanu and Hugo were also trained in Martial Arts alongside some other members of the cast. Reloaded and Revelation had more stunt smith usage thanks to their astronomically higher budget
All the action is done by the actors. The studio brought the legendary choreographer Yuen Woo-ping, and he suggested to work with every single character for 4 months for the fights in the Matrix to be as much realistic as possible!
I never put it together in previous viewings that Agent Smith had no intentions of dodging the train, instead holding Neo there until they both died, knowing that as an Agent, he can just come back. That adds a whole new level of menace and badassery.
Yea. Also, killing agent means killing the person he posseses. One think that always bothered me in Matrix (still exceptional movie) was not adressing the problem of countless deaths red pills cause, killing people on their way. While it is very hard to kill an agent, it could also add great barrier for many people, because they would not want to kill innocent person behind the agent, making possessed person a living sheald, so "just run" stategy could be also ethical, in addition to very wise.
That was Agent Smith trying to prove that, as a human, Neo’s death was inevitable. As part of the machine, Agent Smith could never die. That Neo could fight all he wanted, the outcome would never change.
@@mathuraphael9196 It's a war, unfortunately, even if one side doesn't even know the real reason they are fighting. To them the red pills are just terrorists blowing up buildings for fun.
That's what I thought when watching it, but then he does that little reach at the end and it undoes it.
He should have just looked at him angrily for the second before he got hit.
@@mathuraphael9196 well in this scene, neo was about to take the exit. So he wanted to flee.
Quarter of a Century ago, as of next week, this film showed up in theaters.
"Game changing" does not describe the effect it had.
Masterful in every way.
“I’m going to enjoy watching you die, Mr Anderson”
Even before Neo made Smith go defective and become what he was in the second and third movies, there was something different about him. Programs shouldn’t enjoy anything, or say anything that emotionally charged.
Yeah it's implied earlier in the movie as well when Smith takes off his ear piece to say how he really feels about the Matrix that he's at the very least thinking about going rogue
Cyber Justiciar when he spoke to Morpheus it was evident he was beginning to develop emotions even before Neo hacked him
Unless they were AI's
"What are you doing?" - Brown
"He doesn't know." - Jones
He was always different than the rest.
ive seen theories that he was a former "one" from an earlier matrix, and thats why hes different from the others.
"Ah, Mr. Anderson"
"Ah, Mr. Wick"
"Ah, Mr Silverhand"
First time beating some corpo
"Ah, Mr. Constantine"
"Ah, Mr. Mnemonic"
"Ah, Mr. Logan"
"Ah, Mr. Reeves"
Mr mr
Ah, Mr. Traven
Ah, Mr. Klaatu
Jesus this fight alone is better than all the action scenes in 2021’s matrix
Not only that, this scene feels like there's an actual "threat", unlike Resurrections. Even the line "Mr. Anderson" sounds threatening here.
@@xAlundrax Hugo Weaving has a sinister look even if he doesn't do anything, the fake agent Smith in Matrix 4 looks like your typical asshole in the high school movies
@@viktordelacroix6208 Exactly! I came back to this video after watching 4 and realized just how much of a difference there is between both Smiths. Hugo got it right
Dude I know its crazy how far off and how trash matrix 4 is this scene alone and you could tell this was special that fact that matrix 4 has not one good scene is mind blowing
Agreed
The roundhouse kick that breaks Smith's glasses is pure class.
I like how aggressive both fighters are, this is how fight scenes should always look.
If I was a rich person, I would create a show fight league like WWE Wrestling, just in this Martix-Kung Fu style. ^^
@@torstent8979 I'd watch that.
@@torstent8979you should check out strong style wrestling there's a few variations on it from Japanese to British but focuses on a mixture of hard strikes like elbows forearms discuss lariats along with an amazing technical game someone like Pete dunne who just straight up snaps your fingers stands on them boots the back of your knees or ankles 😂
And without looking like the camera man is having a seizure on changing angles every 2 seconds.
@@torstent8979im down for that bro
Can we all just agree that "Mr. Anderson.." as Agent Smith is walking up is so damn Iconic and PERFECTLY Delivered..
What a Year 1999 was - American beauty, Magnolia, The Green mile, The Sixth Sense, Fight Club and of course The Matrix.
Edit - I think we can add The Hurricane, The Straight Story, Being John Malkovich & The Insider to this elite List.
and let’s not forget Mystery Men
The Mummy as well! 1999 was a great year for films
But behind 1994, forrest gump, shawshank redemption, pulp fiction, dumb and dumber, the lion king, the mask, ace Ventura etc in short no one can beat 1994
And compare it to the crap that is released for the last couple of years. Pathetic!
Boondocks Saints and Deep Blue Sea.
l'un des plus grand film de toute l'histoire du cinéma et qui resteras probablement une legende a jamais!
Hugo weaving makes an INSANELY GOOD villain. AND he makes an impeccable elf as well.
He was also good as the Red Skull in Captain America (2011)!
Don’t forget V for Vendetta
Don't forget hacksaw ridge where he played Tom Doss.
Abe S that was definitely one of his best roles
He was megatron in the transformers movies
I didn’t realize how badass kung fu in a suit and tie is.
Lol
Before He was an assasin he was an ass kicking worrior
I don't believe it's kung fu. I think it's just brute force, and super speed.
Its not kung fu.
Ask kiryu kazuma that from the yakuza series lol
There's two parts about the beginning of this scene that always stood out to me (especially considering Smith is an Agent and thus a computer program.) First, he misses all his shots in such a small space, but then second, when Neo says "so are you", he actually glances at the gun to confirm that he's actually out of bullets...almost showing a human aspect to his character.
His desire to leave the matrix was the same. The way he spoke to Morpheus was hatred. None of the other agents ever behave that way.
The sunglasses also do well to help hide the eyes and some emotion. When Agent Smith takes off his glasses, far more emotion shows through. Even going so far as to try to use the train to kill Neo. More signs of the agent becoming... flawed.
Smith wasn't an agent.... he was something else far more deeper.
@Hiram Viera Well, he calls The Oracle mom so it seems like he was never the same as the rest of the agents.
Don't forget that he's a program inhabiting a human thus making him limited as well. While they were shooting Neo was matching his speed. The "so are you" glance was disbelief and perhaps fear which was something he never felt.
2:14 incredible acting. Even though he beat him down Smith is so disgusted by all that blood. By Neo's humanity
2:19 The dust coming off his shirt is such a simple visualization, the sublime effect is practically unmatched in cinematic technique for hand to hand combat.
The music adds a… 'Do you believe this?', aura to it…
Hardly unmatched. This and the wall flex inhale/exhale after he kills Smith are very much Chinese kung fu elements.
So true
That is classical HunGar kungfu stance. That pose is meant to intimidate. HunGar is one of physical kungfu, unlike other branches of kungfu.
Still gives me chills nearly 25 years later.
when smiths glasses broken, his power rises up to 9000
Sharip F WHAT? 9000? There’s no way that can be right.
Second fase of the boss
Omg it's so true Leo flys against the walls!!!
He gets serious then before glasses get broken hes toying with you glasses gets broken he goes all out
@@bacilluscereus1299 Smiths reaction when neo blocks the bullets
The most polite villain in history
Funny coming from Bruce Wayne when Ra's al Ghul was ALWAYS polite and respectful to Batman.
"I can't let you do that, Hal."
@@muna5066 kinda negated by the fact that he was so savage and brutal in every other department
Since they managed to copy from two other movies in this scene, "Once upon a time in the West" and "Escape from NY", I'd bei careful with verdicts like "Most XYZ in History"
@@SentaiFGC Well spoken and being polite are two different things.
1:36 i always loved how smith let's neo kick his ass for a second😬
I come back to this fight like an old friend. I must have watched it more than a hundred times; I doubt I'll ever tire of it.
Bud, came out on vhs, not kidding, two days straight. Watched, rewinded, repeated. Great fight scene.
For me it is last fight of wheels on meals..
Holler at me when you get around the 300th time, kiddo...
@@edgarallanpoe8917 I think I must have got to that by now!
@@kef0205 ahh. Respect
There's never going to be another movie like the Matrix. Amazing on so many levels.
there were 3 others actually
Your profile picture is inspired by this film, you probably didn't even know
@@jamescricketson9464 pretty sure he did, his name and profile is a reference to it.
@@J8den no I bet he didn't even know
This movie was so ahead of its time, truly a masterpiece
Definitely underrated all time
@@brianjackson3031 underrated?? LOL
@LAD Teknologies people just tend to rate it as a good action movie but it’s much more than that.
@@brianjackson3031 no way. many film makers have said that Matrix 1999 is amongst their favourite movies!
It wasn't ahead of its time. A person wrote a book on this and they edited the movie and this is actually true. Some actually know this
Watched it last night. 24 years later and I do believe is like wine. It gets even better!
I love how the Agents are kept terrifying all the way up until the very end of the movie, even though progress on them is always being made.
Before you learn they're AIs they're scary government agents with supernatural physical capabilities and reality bending powers (as seen in the interrogation scene).
When you learn how they work they're still just as scary because even with hacked physical abilities they're still so many leagues stronger than the heroes that their only option to deal with them is to RUN.
Then later when the heroes actually start to win scuffles with Agents, those victories are nullified because Agents come back within a few seconds if they're somehow beaten.
It's only at the climax, when Neo realizes his power as The One when the Agents are _finally_ not completely overpowering anymore, and that payoff is cathartic as hell.
Wonderful observation
It's like Morpheus told Neo in the training program, the agents are programs that are faster, stronger than the average person, but they are still based on rules. Once Neo became the One, the rules simply didn't matter to him.
This comment examples the reason why I search for comments below the videos
This is an analogy to life itself
2:18 when Keanu flexes even the dust runs away
Lmao
Bruh chills every god damn time. Especially with the music!
Now that Matrix 4 is officially confirmed, I can't help but relive these memories before watching it
For some reason, I was looking for your comment😂
It’s been confirmed way before the amazing trailer yesterday
Rong video go to AOTs
Why are you commenting in every single matrix video now? Reported.
@@nikefan4779 whay not??????????
Agent just fights as its simpliest and effective way, no dancing around no extra moves.
I think my favorite part about this movie and about this fight is that it proves Neo is "only human". Agent Smith may be stronger, throwing Neo is walls and pillars, but Neo adapts, which is arguably humanity's greatest strength, that adaptation that Smith could never do. At 1:38 Smith grabs both of Neo's arms and headbutts him, but Neo adapts and break out. At 2:29 Neo does the exact same maneuver to Smith and he fails to adapt. At 2:38, Neo throws a punch at Smith and he grabs the wrist, but Neo quickly adapts and extends his fingers to go for the Agent's throat. This entire fight is Smith overpowering Neo, but Neo having the advantage of the natural human ability to change tactics based on a scenario. Brilliant.
While in principle this is true to this scene it is not true for the entirety of the trilogy. Smith is seen adapting throughout the entire movie, although his approach is more calculated. The irony with smith is that although he is only a program he showcases almost all of the negative traits he hates about humanity. However he adapts in the most ruthless of ways. Because he is a program confined to the matrix his ability to adapt was limited but he is later freed and able to adapt in ways I’m sure you’ve seen. I think the two greatest differences is that smith doesn’t adapt internally he remains the same he believes he is already better and superior to Neo in every way making him only create copies of himself. Neo understands he has flaws that can be improved and as you stated adjust as the situation presents itself. Almost like Pride or Arrogance Vs Humility or Meekness
Even at 1:30 Neo uses the same move Morpheus used against Smith in their fight and Smith hasnt adapted.
Neo is actually a machine that can adapt ;)
@@olafjurek2137 def a interesting perspective with the matrix 4 approaching. We don’t really know the truth behind Neo
@@olafjurek2137 I will say that with Trinity also coming back I can’t fully get behind it unless she is also a program
Hugo Weaving's performance as Smith was legendary. One of the greatest movie villians of all time
He's a modern Darth Vader to a particular generation, an iconic performance.
@@freddiegibbs101 my generation
It's been more than twenty years, hardly modern. For a splash of ice water - I taught a class in game artificial intelligence a few years ago and referenced this movie, and nobody in the room had any idea what I was talking about. None of them had ever seen it.
it’s not modern
Hugo Weaving did such an amazing job. You can see his absolute disdain of the human race with every frame.
Weaving is a specialist in roles who believe themselves to be above humans and despise humanity: Agent Smith, Elrond, Megatron, Johann Schmidt...
@@BarEscm red skull?
The shakin off the dust pose always made me laugh in a bad ass way
This is, to me, one of the greatest fight scenes in cinematic history. Every aspect of it is impeccable.
💯💯
So we jus gonna forget about Jet-Li, Bruce Lee, Tony Ja, Van Damn, Chuck Norris, and DOnnie?
@@dray7276 it says one of the greatest not the greatest
This is an average fighting scene
i wanna agree with you! i'd really appreciate it if you could kindly explain why Smith, right before he's crushed by the train at 4:05, reaches out his arm to Neo as if he's trying to ask him for help.
Way ahead of its time.
wrong it was THE time for movie fights like this one
Not really that far
more like putting a style and creativity and branded from old school chinese kung fu films
Still is
Everyone throws out that comment effortlessly. But perhaps consider - that everything else was simply behind.
How to annoy agent smith
1: knock off his glasses
2: break his glasses
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F5
cut his tie
You’re technically destroying part of his ego. It’s more the insult that, “this petulant human dares to even touch me.”
Throw dirt on his new clean suit.
Like Albert Wesker from resident evil 5 and 4
Still to this day, my favorite film of all time.
One of my all time favorite fight scenes. The fact that the movie makes it Neo's choice to fight Smith makes it all the more emotionally thrilling.
Agree!!
It's a shame just how poor the fighting was in Matrix 4 compared to this kino.
TERRIBLE
In pretty much every single action scene, all of them were done absolutely horrible.
thats what happens when you switch up the fighting choreographer.
Yeah it felt more like a Marvel movie. The plot was interesting enough for me, and I get that Neo is weaker and is missing a part of himself (as the Smith guy says during their fight) so he's not fighting as good. But ALL the choreography looked off. All the punches and kicks were slower.
@@mkultra2456 And the fight scenes didnt even look like fight scenes, all they were doing was punching air.
Always liked how Smith called him "Mr. Anderson." Like A Bond villain greeting James Bond with all the condescension in the world in two words.
The whole film basically acts as a giant setup for this one scene, which helps explain why it’s so iconic.
Still better than most todays fight scenes. This movie must‘ve been insane when it first came out in cinema
It was. Truly a great experience.
It was bro.. it was. Experienced it in real time. Man im old. Lol
It still is
It blew my teen mind when I saw it when it first debuted in theaters. Indeed, my generation has aged lol but this movie hasn't
It was i saw it
This film changed the reality of movies, it changed everything. An absolute legend.
OksanaAlma❤❤❤
The first Matrix was pretty original at the time for mainstream audiences.
i agree changed the whole entire world, the movie itself was the red pill
If Neo had a pencil, this would be over in 30 seconds.
Edit:
Top reply: In this version, he had a spoon.
In this version, he had a spoon.
John Wick reference
BENJAMINESTEBAN10 *_hehe yeah Boi_*
Music Boy I thought it was from Thomas the train
stevenstrumpf7 he is gay
I remember seeing this in the movies when it came out and it was the first time I'd seen actually decent fighting in a movie compared to all the action movies of the 80s etc.