Wait i gotta ask. Are you south african? Originally i thought maybe german, then Dutch but your emotional non-english reactions dont sound Dutch (im dutch) and the 'ah neee' at 23:19 sounded really south african :P.
I wouldn't bother. The second one is only an OK film, the last one is actively bad. There are so many other great movies you could watch before that like Terminator 1/2.
@@nicktube1857 The funny part is that Morpheus was wrong about the date. It's more like 2699. The Matrix had been through 5 full cycles and the movies take place at the end of the 6th. A Matrix cycle (from one Anomaly to the next) is ~100 years.
There are a ton of little treats in this movie, like when they tell Neo "we don't have time for 20 questions", Neo had actually asked exactly 20 questions to that point
I believe if you listen very closely when Neo is asleep at his computer, the song playing in his headphones is Dissolved Girl by Massive Attack. It's this weird trance electronic trip-hop song about losing yourself in another life and relationship. Some of the lyrics fit pretty well to the movie.
@@vsGoliath96 That certainly fits well with the trans narrative in the film, ie. rejecting the arbitrary mores and identity laid upon you from without in favour of embracing sometimes-difficult truths and your real self.
The four main characters-Keanu, Carrie-Ann Moss, Laurence Fishburn, and Hugo Weaving-spent about 6 months doing extensive martial arts training, so the fighting they’re doing is really them. So impressive.
It was one of the first movies that asked this from their actors. Nowadays its kinda the norm that actors go through weeks or months of physical preparation and martial training for a role. But before Matrix it was unthinkable, Stunt doubles where there for this right? (unless you where an Hong Kong action movie star like Jackie)
@@Mugthraka I saw a stuntperson reactor on RUclips note, and I can't unsee it so you have to suffer too, that Keanu has a habit of grabbing the two support wires attached at either side of his hips when he does flips. You can see it right at the end of his flip out of the way of the subway train; he reaches up and grabs them. Sounds like one of those instinctual things that he's fought to overcome but hasn't quite managed. Pretty fair tradeoff for all the benefits of having the actors so involved in the stunts, though.
It took me a while to realize that what they were doing in that scene was using electric stimulation to build his undeveloped muscles. I suppose they must have flipped him to do his back. Wonderful world-building detail.
Keanu had to read "Simulacra and Simulation" to prepare for this. It's basically a 164 page discourse on philosophy. Specifically the relationships between "reality, symbols, and society, in particular the significations and symbolism of culture and media involved in constructing an understanding of shared existence." It's some deep shit lol
The book Neo hides his illegal programs in is titled "Simulacra and Simulation", while the chapter next to his hidey-hole is titled "On Nihilism". The first is by Baudrillard, the second, Nietzsche. Both works had much to say on the idea of reality and representations thereof. A "simulacra", in post-modernism, is the theoretical concept of a copy that has no original. Let that knock around your skull for a bit; it's a fun one.
Smith's explanation of how he sees human beings as a cancer of the planet is my favorite scene in the movie. There is just something about the dialogue and delivery that is just so perfect.
It's funny when you said "you wouldn't want to know" and "ignorance is bliss," anticipating exactly what the character that betrayed them said to Agent Smith.
It was one of those quantum leap forward things, like ILM's visual effects for Star Wars and Star Trek, Stan Winston's morph effects in Terminator 2 and dinosaur effects for Jurassic Park, and more recently the reverse aging effects in the MCU. Bullet Time was everywhere for the next five years.
In cinema, yes... buuuuut I’d already seen similar effects in games before this, as well as in a couple of car commercials. The effect had a huge impact at the time (cue clones and imitators in all kinds of shows, films and ads), but it didn’t have the same impact on me. That was the same thing with Avatar - Everyone was wowed by that film’s look and design, but I just spent the film thinking “That’s a bit of Halo... that’s a bit of Panzer Dragoon...” but sure, I know it just happened that in my own case, many of these things were familiar to content I’d already seen, but back then gaming wasn’t quite as commonplace as it’s since become. Anyway, the first Matrix film was by far the best; the sequels were generally awful; unfocused, bloated cash grabs.
It's a modern take on an old concept, going back at least a few hundred years. René Descartes, a French philosopher from 1596 wrote _"I shall think that the sky, the air, the earth, colours, shapes, sounds and all external things are merely the delusions of dreams which he has devised to ensnare my judgement. I shall consider myself as not having hands or eyes, or flesh, or blood or senses, but as falsely believing that I have all these things."_ There's also the thought that the external world is always filtered through your own senses - so is anything real? Are you alone inside your own head? If you want to go down that rabbit hole, there's a lot of literature on the subject - if you don't mind giving yourself an existential panic attack.
@@rikk319 Solipsism is an interesting concept to consider for idle musings, but it holds less value than even full-blown post-modernism when held to any standard o consistent logic.
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You didn't need to redact us an essay on the subject and it is in reality more ancient than you think… all drugs' users know this, even cave people from the dinosaur era.
The Matrix was partially inspired by Ghost in the Shell (1995). It is an animated cyberpunk sci-fi about humans and AI. Well worth the watch and reaction.
It absolutely was, although I would say the ideas in _Ghost in the Shell_ (Both the movie, and the manga on which it is based) are a lot more intriguing than those in _The Matrix._ The manga in particular is excellent, and so is the _GITS: Stand Alone Complex_ series that came in the early 2000s.
@@shaytal100 OH THEY DID, believe me THEY DID. Back in teh early days of the Internet, when there was NO Google or Yahoo yet, ther was a site called "The Internet ORACLE" As a user you could Ask a question,and the other users would give an answer selected by the Moderators amongst all the relevant Answers to that question. And while you where waiting for your answer, you would be asked to, yourself in turn, help with answering someone's else Question. It was a give and take, just like the Orcale in the movie does, she ask questions, collect information about a various many subjects( the other "Talents" that is in her appartement) and use that knowledge+her Immense Probability Calculation programme, to make "Oracles" and deliver "Prophecies". NOTHING in these movies where left ot chance or hasard, the Wachovsky's are Nerds, and EVERYTHING in those movies ARE from Nerd underground culture of the 80's/90's.
The 90s was the first generation when everybody had a computer and everyone started getting access to he internet. There were a bunch of dystopian sci movies involving the internet from"Johnny Mnemonic", "Hackers", "The 13th Floor", "Lawnmower Man", "The NET" etc.. culminating with The Matrix Series. By the time personal computing and the internet were common place, the genre kind of dies out.
Possible; I'll have to think on it. Though I'm not sure you can say a genre "died out" when basically every modern work builds on its tenets. You could just as well claim that everything is now of that genre, to a degree.
I think that, if you see "The Matrix," you almost _have_ to see "V for Vendetta," because of their Gnostic elements, the idea of a hidden reality behind the one people know, day-to-day.
Ah fellow philosophy friend I see 😁 I believe it was after learning the allegory of the cave that our tutor had us all watch the matrix in class... It was a good day
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Plato did publish it first, but Did he discover it? Hell no. 😉
"You got the gift kid, but it looks like you're waiting for something." "What?" "Your next life maybe, who knows?" The Oracle basically tells him the plot of the rest of the movie, including the twist ending, and yet we all missed it. There's another movie VERY much like this that came out a year before, that's not _quite_ as well done as this, or as well known, called "Dark City." It's similarly toned and mind effy.
@@mikemath9508 Fair. But "disappointment" implies expectation and unrealized desire. Rather than dislike for being what it is, instead it seems disliked for not being what it isn't? Which is a weird effing film with great set design, unsetting tone & acting giving off an otherworldly, disconnected vibe and perhaps, if one squints, a commentary on the mutability of life and those that determine it's shape and our agency in shaping it as well... or some other nonsense deep analytical art critque. It is _like_ the Matrix in many ways. But it is *not* the Matrix. Instead of being mindscrew Action Sci-fi, it is lower budget mindscrew noir sci-fi. It also has a prominent automat which makes it memorable to me, given my odd fondness for the idea. And Jennifer Conelly as well.
@@RP_Williams They weren't nearly as good but they certainly weren't money grabs. The Wachowski siblings had a story they still wanted to tell but it turns out it just wasn't that good.
@@mandalore1089 Yes The only reproach i would do, is that the Dialogues became so much more convoluted and unneccesary "High stakes". But for the rest it is just as the first movie, there is a slight tone shift as you come closer to the Climax, but thats to be expected.
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@@RP_Williams they were “money grabs” because you didn't understand them. 😂
This isn't the 1st movie character that could dodge bullets, the lead in the 1985 "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins" could do that as well. The Wachowskis would go on to make "V for Vendetta" which stars Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith) as the protagonist V although he wears a mask throughout. I highly recommend that one. Another film from this era that used similar effects and was unfairly dismissed as a Matrix knock-off is "Equilibrium" which stars Christian Bale. It's a very good film in its own right.
Wow, you are the first person I have ever known who has seen Remo, and also loved it. Although Yog-sothoth, where did you get that name? from a bedpan? ( lol , hope you get that)
@@TheRagingwerepanda Believe it or not ( i didn't, crazy spelling) it is Chiun , portrayed by Joel Grey, *Korean* is the most perfect creature ever to sanctify the earth with the imprint of its foot. lol
When this first came out, nobody knew about the real world/simulation twist. The ads just made the movie look like a stylized action flick. Many minds were blown.
This movie was jaw dropping when it came out. It redefined what movies could, and would do with CGI. I think it also opened the door for more actors who wanted to do their own stunts, since these actors were actually trained to do the fighting sequences themselves.
Filmmaking is the word you're looking for. The movie was visually inspired by Hong Kong cinema from the shoot em ups of John Woo and specifically the Jet Li martial arts movie Fist of Legend which has those wide angle steadicam shots they used in this film for the fight sequences, the comic books of Frank Miller with the weird angles and anime like Ghost in the Shell and Akira which is where they got the iconic bullet time from. Also 23:36 lol
Yes they used "wire dancing", which is a technique of suspending the actors on wires for the air time, flying type scenes. Used in Hong Kong martial arts cinema and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
The idea wasn't new back then, but the cinematography was something we've never experienced before. e.g. Dark City (1998) and especially The Thirteenth Floor (1999) - a remake of Welt am Draht (1973) - had similar concepts.
This movie had everyone talking about it with stunned expressions. This was before the internet, so people would bring it up at social gatherings and at dinner. Philosophy classes were formed to discuss the Matrix, determinism, and the nature of reality. Other movies were doing spoofs of bullet time. People still say "there is no spoon" 20 years later. You can do an entire comparison on the similarities with Buddhism and Christianity (The One resurrecting to save Zion, Trinity, Nebuchadnezzar). For a movie, it has some serious cultural impact.
"before the internet" Please tell me you were joking there. The internet had been getting huge for years prior to this movie. There was even a famous crash of 'dot com' businesses the same year this released.
The world wide Web was rolled out the year before I was born so that would be 1989 and I think email was created all the way back in the 70s. So no this film was not before the Internet... But I'm assuming you mean more along the lines of before Internet culture? Like social media etc?
People don't realize that the Matrix actualy gives you a hint to see your own imprisonment. I don't believe for one minute that the person who wrote the book and agreed to have it filmed, hoped that people would discuss the special effects instead of contemplating the hint. The matrix is real but not litterally.
The Matrix has a lot of parallels with Dark City, which was released prior. The Matrix takes a more kung fu/action approach while Dark City leans more heavily on fantasy noir.
I don´t know is it important, but i have to mention that you can tell when in matrix or in real world by the colour of the world; matrix is greenish tint and world is blueish. Also when in matrix you can see that code dropping effect in many places, like rain in backround or raindrops on car window. I have to mention these, because i haven´t seen anyone else mention it before in any another comments or any another reactvideos.
The last film introduces the colour of gold/yellow as representing the soul as well. The philosophers' commentary on the old Matrix DVDs explained the colour theory behind the film grading as being green = mind, blue = body, and yellow = spirit. I gained a bit more appreciation for and insight into what the Wachowskis were doing with their sequels after listening to that commentary, even though I still find they did a much more efficient job with the original movie in both direction and storytelling.
Right? I went to see it one nigh, went again the next day, then had to wait until the weekend to take my wife to see it (she worked swing shift and I worked days.)
The ideas used in the Matrix that seem cool or "original" weren't really original ideas. The idea of connecting your brain to a machine so that you can dream a reality of your choosing was explored in Laurence Manning's 1933 novel "The Man Who Awoke". The ideas of linking the mind and nervous system to a virtual cyberspace world as well as storing consciousness in a computer were explored in William Gibson's 1984 novel 'Neuromancer', and the concept of a mind-machine network interface where brains access other brains through a computer network was explored in Masamune Shiro's 1989 manga 'Ghost in the Shell'. So while the Matrix wasn't the first form of media to involve projecting consciousness into virtual worlds, as far I know it was the first film to suggest the idea that our very reality itself might actually be a mass computerized simulation and introduce it to mainstream thought.
One think to keep in mind about this film is that it was made by two trans women who were closeted at the time, and they filled it with metaphors for the trans experience. The most notable being that the red pill was modeled after Hormone Replacement Therapy, and the blue pill was meant to be the prozac that was often prescribed to trans persons who had depression from their gender dysphoria.
I love that the costumes in the 'real' world (2199) are mostly old knitwear, which is of course something that the last bits of humanity could still produce! Making thread/yarn is one of the oldest skills. Compared to the leather and latex of the matrix!
I saw this in the theater on a whim without having ever seen a trailer. Hadn’t even heard about it. Needless to say I left the theater with my mind blown by the awesomeness I had just witnessed.
There is a nine part animation called Animatrix 2003. That gives parts and pieces of the world of The Matrix as back story components. I suppose you would want to watch it after the trilogy as I guess it deals with all three movies. The one story I remember from it, apart from a CGI version of Neo and Morpheus Kong Fu fight, was how the robots first rose up and revolted against the humans. Another very well done movie involving difficult subjects involving robotics/artificial intelligence is the 2001 movie A.I.
Not directly related to this movie, but I caught part of your livestream earlier and thought I would mention that given your interest in crime and estate planning you really should check out Knives Out. An amazing movie and it has some sweet crossover with your real life interests. Great reaction as usual!
This movie does two things that are so brilliant I cant actually think of any other movie that has done them this well, and they are: 1) Every single "special effect" is actually part of the story and moves the plot forward, the fact that things are sped up, or slowed down, or zoomed in, or a different color, are all actual plot elements not just spectacle to look cool. I cant think of many movies that have done that. 2) Every single individual moveent of every action sequence is also a part of the plot and not just cool moves for spectacle. Many movies have done that, but rarely as well and as consistently as this.
@@StreetHierarchy I don't think it's really a comparison. T2 is excellent, but it's basically T1 without much of the philosophical punch (because the second one wasn't derived from Harlan Ellison, though Cameron had to be sued to acknowledge it, something he's still whining about to this day). Philosophical punch, on the other hand, is a great deal of what the Matrix does. Same applies to Aliens and Predator, though I'm not sure it's a fair evaluation for Predator, as it's less sci-fi than an action movie that gets stalked and dispatched by a slasher film. The original Terminator has a better chance, but it's slaughtered on production value. I would make a case for Fury Road, though.
Most people don't really see it this way, but the best action scenes, while well shot, tend to be in films that would be great even without the action scenes themselves. The reason for this has to do with how we connect to characters and story. If we actually care about the characters in an action scene, this automatically makes the scene far more engaging then if we didn't. Since we like the characters of Trinity, Morpheus and Neo, we didn't want anything bad to happen to them. This makes scenes where they are potentially put in peril all the more intense and satisfying. Couple this with the fact we just lost half the cast in the prior scenes, and we feel real threat and exhilaration in these scenes. Ultimately, as nice as all the revolutionary and cool shots that make up the action scenes, without such a captivating plot and characters, they would be nothing but empty shells without meaning.
Definitely worth a re-watch! You'll notice more stuff, like the reason Agent Smith is waiting in the hotel room for Neo when he shoots him is because it's the same hotel from the beginning of the movie and Smith already knows where their exit phone is.
the question about living in a matrix-like construction has been addressed in Philosophy - basically - if you can ask the question: 'am I living in a matrix?' then you can semantically prove that you are not living in a matrix.
Holy smokes, I need to dust off the old DVD. I hadn't remembered how deeply this movie helped send a shockwave throughout... just with the hindsight of 20 years, this film was something like the herald of a seismic shift in society... it's really exciting to get that hindsight!... thank you for the rewatch through a first timer's eyes!
"You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of the are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it." - Morpheus (in the Agent Program while Neo and the viewers are distracted by the crowd)
I don't know what international plans they have for the anniversary but Regal cinemas are rereleasing this in theaters across the US on April 3rd and 4th. Highly recommend checking it out if you can.
Am I the only person who paused to ready the cats reply to "Do know what the Matrix is?" I saw this in high school (Class of 2000) Talk about mind blowing. I've questioned everything ever sense
I think the crime genre has some true gems. In RUclips you can find To live and Die in LA (1985). Even if you don't find it is still worth checking out.
I have to cross a level crossing every day for work and every time I use the crossing phone I tell my colleague I'm calling the "train man"... I think he just thinks that's what I call the signaller 😔 😔
About minute 25:41. Yes you have seen such movie before. Its called "The Truman Show": A guy living in simulated world kept by the "Agents of this simulation" in it. Then he realized that it is not real. Then he try to escape it and is guided by someone who knows that he is "The One" and all that around him is just a simulation; then this guiding person is abducted by the Agents and he tries to found this abducted person; then found out that he really is the "Chosen One" right from the beginning of the simulation - by seeing the behind the curtain of the simulation. Then he leaves the simulation with last greetings to the "makers of the simulation". Sounds equally like "The Matrix" and "The Truman Show".
Saw this in a theater in San Francisco on its first night with no idea what it was... needless to say, it just blew me away! Thanks for reacting to it :)
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Wait i gotta ask. Are you south african?
Originally i thought maybe german, then Dutch but your emotional non-english reactions dont sound Dutch (im dutch) and the 'ah neee' at 23:19 sounded really south african :P.
The new channel name fits you perfectly!
@@mistrants2745 She's said before that she's Dutch.
@@SaRENRampaiger I don't think the sequels are as good as the first one, but I don't hate them,
I liked the second matrix movie better than the first and third.
Do you want me to record reactions to the sequels too? :)
Yes
Don't waste your time.
Yes, please. To all of the Matrix movies plus the Animatrix as it adds more lore and depth to the Matrix Universe.
I wouldn't bother. The second one is only an OK film, the last one is actively bad. There are so many other great movies you could watch before that like Terminator 1/2.
Animatrix next, then the other two.
And during Fellowship of the Ring, half the theatre went "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson."
I wish I had seen the movie in your theater, lol.
I actually shrank back into my seat when I heard him speak in that movie. It took me a moment to understand why.
And then the entire elevator became sentient and started clapping
"She oracled him good" will be the best line of this movie reaction from Mary. 😂😂
Lol "oraculated" is a great word, too.
I dunno, I thought “my balls are tingling” was a particularly memorable line lol
Personally, I think the "I'm a belly sleeper" when his front is full of needles was a subtle piece of pure gold.
What got me laughing was 24:23
_"GET UP! . . .I mean…please, get up."_ 🤣
@@Warlocke000 That one made me chuckle too because I'm a belly sleeper lol.
"Your appearance now is what we call 'residual self-image.'"
Mary: "At least he's not a clown or something."
I laughed so hard at this! 🤣😂🤣
She said it so nonchalant but I was dying too
I choked on my breakfast laughing!
"Oh, so I just think I'm fat" -Rifftrax
The MATRIX was the proper way to end the 1990’s
Yeah in the 2010s we found out Smith was probably right...
It’s crazy because it’s the most 90s action movie of all
Ah, the 1990s. The golden age -- after the fall of the Wall, before the fall of the Towers.
You haven't ate the red pill? It was a proper way to end the 2190's.
@@nicktube1857 The funny part is that Morpheus was wrong about the date. It's more like 2699. The Matrix had been through 5 full cycles and the movies take place at the end of the 6th. A Matrix cycle (from one Anomaly to the next) is ~100 years.
There are a ton of little treats in this movie, like when they tell Neo "we don't have time for 20 questions", Neo had actually asked exactly 20 questions to that point
Or that the number 404 as his apartment number means 'file not found' in computer langauge.
Good catch, I didn't know.
I believe if you listen very closely when Neo is asleep at his computer, the song playing in his headphones is Dissolved Girl by Massive Attack. It's this weird trance electronic trip-hop song about losing yourself in another life and relationship. Some of the lyrics fit pretty well to the movie.
@@vsGoliath96 That certainly fits well with the trans narrative in the film, ie. rejecting the arbitrary mores and identity laid upon you from without in favour of embracing sometimes-difficult truths and your real self.
The four main characters-Keanu, Carrie-Ann Moss, Laurence Fishburn, and Hugo Weaving-spent about 6 months doing extensive martial arts training, so the fighting they’re doing is really them. So impressive.
It was one of the first movies that asked this from their actors.
Nowadays its kinda the norm that actors go through weeks or months of physical preparation and martial training for a role.
But before Matrix it was unthinkable, Stunt doubles where there for this right? (unless you where an Hong Kong action movie star like Jackie)
@@Mugthraka I saw a stuntperson reactor on RUclips note, and I can't unsee it so you have to suffer too, that Keanu has a habit of grabbing the two support wires attached at either side of his hips when he does flips. You can see it right at the end of his flip out of the way of the subway train; he reaches up and grabs them. Sounds like one of those instinctual things that he's fought to overcome but hasn't quite managed.
Pretty fair tradeoff for all the benefits of having the actors so involved in the stunts, though.
And for the 4th movie, Keanu clearly did not and it shows.
This movie was groundbreaking for its time. The pausing the shot and then moving the camera while still paused was epic!
“Ummm I’m a belly sleeper...” and “At least he’s not a clown or something...” are why you’re my favourite reactor on RUclips. Applause.
First time I've seen her- and those comments made me chuckle.
It took me a while to realize that what they were doing in that scene was using electric stimulation to build his undeveloped muscles. I suppose they must have flipped him to do his back. Wonderful world-building detail.
Keanu had to read "Simulacra and Simulation" to prepare for this. It's basically a 164 page discourse on philosophy. Specifically the relationships between "reality, symbols, and society, in particular the significations and symbolism of culture and media involved in constructing an understanding of shared existence."
It's some deep shit lol
The book Neo hides his illegal programs in is titled "Simulacra and Simulation", while the chapter next to his hidey-hole is titled "On Nihilism". The first is by Baudrillard, the second, Nietzsche. Both works had much to say on the idea of reality and representations thereof.
A "simulacra", in post-modernism, is the theoretical concept of a copy that has no original. Let that knock around your skull for a bit; it's a fun one.
Smith's explanation of how he sees human beings as a cancer of the planet is my favorite scene in the movie.
There is just something about the dialogue and delivery that is just so perfect.
And he makes valid points.
He makes me sympathize with the machines lol
I think it's also a reference to Bill Hicks, who famously called humanity "a virus with shoes".
@@Pixelologist humans are not the problem, our programming is the problem.
hollywood ( along with religion and idiologies) have brainwashed us into believing WE are "a mistake ".
It's funny when you said "you wouldn't want to know" and "ignorance is bliss," anticipating exactly what the character that betrayed them said to Agent Smith.
This film was the first ever to have those “bullet time” effects. It was a leap forwards in effects which was very impactful at the time.
In the 3D community literally everyone, EVERYONE was searching "how to do Matrix bullet time" at the time, lol.
It was one of those quantum leap forward things, like ILM's visual effects for Star Wars and Star Trek, Stan Winston's morph effects in Terminator 2 and dinosaur effects for Jurassic Park, and more recently the reverse aging effects in the MCU. Bullet Time was everywhere for the next five years.
Nah, Wing Commander movie with Brie Larson.
In cinema, yes... buuuuut I’d already seen similar effects in games before this, as well as in a couple of car commercials. The effect had a huge impact at the time (cue clones and imitators in all kinds of shows, films and ads), but it didn’t have the same impact on me. That was the same thing with Avatar - Everyone was wowed by that film’s look and design, but I just spent the film thinking “That’s a bit of Halo... that’s a bit of Panzer Dragoon...” but sure, I know it just happened that in my own case, many of these things were familiar to content I’d already seen, but back then gaming wasn’t quite as commonplace as it’s since become. Anyway, the first Matrix film was by far the best; the sequels were generally awful; unfocused, bloated cash grabs.
And then you eventually saw bullet time so watered down that it was appearing in TV adverts.
Just as Neo is about to face off with Agent Smith, Mary: "There is no spooon!" : D
I remember when this movie came out - the effects were amazing, nothing like it before, not at that quality. This was a groundbreaking movie.
even now the SFX holds out pretty darn well, with a photography that always absolutly stunning.
It's a modern take on an old concept, going back at least a few hundred years. René Descartes, a French philosopher from 1596 wrote _"I shall think that the sky, the air, the earth, colours, shapes, sounds and all external things are merely the delusions of dreams which he has devised to ensnare my judgement. I shall consider myself as not having hands or eyes, or flesh, or blood or senses, but as falsely believing that I have all these things."_
There's also the thought that the external world is always filtered through your own senses - so is anything real? Are you alone inside your own head? If you want to go down that rabbit hole, there's a lot of literature on the subject - if you don't mind giving yourself an existential panic attack.
All the way back to Plato's Cave.
Yes, the concept is called Solipsism, and it's been around for centuries.
@@rikk319 Solipsism is an interesting concept to consider for idle musings, but it holds less value than even full-blown post-modernism when held to any standard o consistent logic.
You didn't need to redact us an essay on the subject and it is in reality more ancient than you think… all drugs' users know this, even cave people from the dinosaur era.
@ That made me chuckle.
The Matrix was partially inspired by Ghost in the Shell (1995). It is an animated cyberpunk sci-fi about humans and AI. Well worth the watch and reaction.
It absolutely was, although I would say the ideas in _Ghost in the Shell_ (Both the movie, and the manga on which it is based) are a lot more intriguing than those in _The Matrix._ The manga in particular is excellent, and so is the _GITS: Stand Alone Complex_ series that came in the early 2000s.
Glad to see others recommending this. I drop it on ever Matrix video I come across.
@@tarmaque Probably true, but I'm not sure it's a fair comparison. Matrix is meant to be far more accessible than GITS.
“Flush me J, flush me!”. For some reason I have always loved that bit from MIIB! Nice reaction Mari!
The Oracle said, "You're next life maybe..." --- Agent kills Neo.. Neo gets another life...
Oh I never thought about it! Cool!
How about the Oracle ( computer program) giving Neo cookies (data)
@@bxpolo Well I don't think the Wachowski Brothers thought about this :)
@@shaytal100 OH THEY DID, believe me THEY DID.
Back in teh early days of the Internet, when there was NO Google or Yahoo yet, ther was a site called "The Internet ORACLE"
As a user you could Ask a question,and the other users would give an answer selected by the Moderators amongst all the relevant Answers to that question.
And while you where waiting for your answer, you would be asked to, yourself in turn, help with answering someone's else Question.
It was a give and take, just like the Orcale in the movie does, she ask questions, collect information about a various many subjects( the other "Talents" that is in her appartement) and use that knowledge+her Immense Probability Calculation programme, to make "Oracles" and deliver "Prophecies".
NOTHING in these movies where left ot chance or hasard, the Wachovsky's are Nerds, and EVERYTHING in those movies ARE from Nerd underground culture of the 80's/90's.
@@Mugthraka Oh, I had no idea!
Thx for this verbose explanation!
It’s amazing how this movie still holds up, no wonder it’s a classic.
The 90s was the first generation when everybody had a computer and everyone started getting access to he internet. There were a bunch of dystopian sci movies involving the internet from"Johnny Mnemonic", "Hackers", "The 13th Floor", "Lawnmower Man", "The NET" etc.. culminating with The Matrix Series. By the time personal computing and the internet were common place, the genre kind of dies out.
You mean cyberpunk? I'm pretty sure that genre is still actual.
@@ExtremeMadnessX No its not.
Possible; I'll have to think on it. Though I'm not sure you can say a genre "died out" when basically every modern work builds on its tenets. You could just as well claim that everything is now of that genre, to a degree.
"V" for Vendetta is a great choice too!
Awesome!
8.1 on imdb, I think it is overrated
@@PaulWinkle Thanks for your opinion!
I think that, if you see "The Matrix," you almost _have_ to see "V for Vendetta," because of their Gnostic elements, the idea of a hidden reality behind the one people know, day-to-day.
@@PaulWinkle Kind of underrated tbh. It's not a very well known movie.
Who could not LOVE that little furball you got there :) Absolutely adorable :)
Plato did it first 2369 years ago. He called it The Cave.
Ah fellow philosophy friend I see 😁 I believe it was after learning the allegory of the cave that our tutor had us all watch the matrix in class... It was a good day
Plato did publish it first, but Did he discover it? Hell no. 😉
@ Nothing new under the sun 👍
This is what happens if Elrond keeps the one Ring, he turns into Agent Smith!!
"You got the gift kid, but it looks like you're waiting for something."
"What?"
"Your next life maybe, who knows?"
The Oracle basically tells him the plot of the rest of the movie, including the twist ending, and yet we all missed it.
There's another movie VERY much like this that came out a year before, that's not _quite_ as well done as this, or as well known, called "Dark City." It's similarly toned and mind effy.
Dark City was a huge disappointment and I won't watch it again
@@mikemath9508 Fair. But "disappointment" implies expectation and unrealized desire. Rather than dislike for being what it is, instead it seems disliked for not being what it isn't? Which is a weird effing film with great set design, unsetting tone & acting giving off an otherworldly, disconnected vibe and perhaps, if one squints, a commentary on the mutability of life and those that determine it's shape and our agency in shaping it as well... or some other nonsense deep analytical art critque. It is _like_ the Matrix in many ways. But it is *not* the Matrix. Instead of being mindscrew Action Sci-fi, it is lower budget mindscrew noir sci-fi.
It also has a prominent automat which makes it memorable to me, given my odd fondness for the idea. And Jennifer Conelly as well.
@@bustedsim Ebert gave it 4/4 so I watched it, and gave it 1/5
The ending with the battle is especially sour in my mouth and I saw it years ago
Dark City's great.
The whole Matrix trilogy is a marvel of meticulous predesigning.
I LOVE Hugo Weaving’s performance in this movie. It’s absolutely perfect.
NOT a spoiler: The second and third movies were filmed at the same time, and in my personal opinion they are more like one single movie.
And not at all as good as the first film, and were more or less box office money grabs.
They definitely should be watched back to back because they really do work as a single movie rather than a trilogy.
@@RP_Williams They weren't nearly as good but they certainly weren't money grabs. The Wachowski siblings had a story they still wanted to tell but it turns out it just wasn't that good.
@@mandalore1089 Yes
The only reproach i would do, is that the Dialogues became so much more convoluted and unneccesary "High stakes".
But for the rest it is just as the first movie, there is a slight tone shift as you come closer to the Climax, but thats to be expected.
@@RP_Williams they were “money grabs” because you didn't understand them. 😂
This isn't the 1st movie character that could dodge bullets, the lead in the 1985 "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins" could do that as well. The Wachowskis would go on to make "V for Vendetta" which stars Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith) as the protagonist V although he wears a mask throughout. I highly recommend that one.
Another film from this era that used similar effects and was unfairly dismissed as a Matrix knock-off is "Equilibrium" which stars Christian Bale. It's a very good film in its own right.
Wow, you are the first person I have ever known who has seen Remo, and also loved it. Although Yog-sothoth, where did you get that name? from a bedpan? ( lol , hope you get that)
I remember "Remo Williams"; it had its moments.
@@howiedavis2316 Remo is a classic. Fred Ward was almost as good in that as he was in Tremors
Don't forget Chun! Choon?
@@TheRagingwerepanda Believe it or not ( i didn't, crazy spelling) it is Chiun , portrayed by Joel Grey, *Korean* is the most perfect creature ever to sanctify the earth with the imprint of its foot. lol
"Get up".
"That's me in the morning"! hahaha
Neo getting shot 19 times
Mari: (cursing in dutch)
lol
When this first came out, nobody knew about the real world/simulation twist. The ads just made the movie look like a stylized action flick. Many minds were blown.
I love that Luna already knew what The Matrix is.
21 years after it came out this movie is still blowing ppl's minds. A modern classic if there's ever been one!
Hard to believe there is someone who hasn't seen Matrix yet.
I loved when neo and agent smith face off Mari says “There is no spoon!” So mater of factly. Had a great laugh at that
The Usual Suspects, but it's one of those "You can only see it for the first time once"- movies.
Didnt age well. Kevin Spacey movies are not too hot anymore lol
@@themiIes It has a bit of an unfortunate double whammy in that respect, seeing as Bryan singer directed it as well...
This movie was jaw dropping when it came out. It redefined what movies could, and would do with CGI. I think it also opened the door for more actors who wanted to do their own stunts, since these actors were actually trained to do the fighting sequences themselves.
The cat intently watching the opening scene is hilarious. lol
Filmmaking is the word you're looking for. The movie was visually inspired by Hong Kong cinema from the shoot em ups of John Woo and specifically the Jet Li martial arts movie Fist of Legend which has those wide angle steadicam shots they used in this film for the fight sequences, the comic books of Frank Miller with the weird angles and anime like Ghost in the Shell and Akira which is where they got the iconic bullet time from.
Also 23:36 lol
Yes they used "wire dancing", which is a technique of suspending the actors on wires for the air time, flying type scenes. Used in Hong Kong martial arts cinema and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
The idea wasn't new back then, but the cinematography was something we've never experienced before.
e.g. Dark City (1998) and especially The Thirteenth Floor (1999) - a remake of Welt am Draht (1973) - had similar concepts.
Queens English we had never
Jk fam
@@21gunsalute79 No Queen's English here... only Swabian English.
This movie had everyone talking about it with stunned expressions. This was before the internet, so people would bring it up at social gatherings and at dinner. Philosophy classes were formed to discuss the Matrix, determinism, and the nature of reality. Other movies were doing spoofs of bullet time. People still say "there is no spoon" 20 years later. You can do an entire comparison on the similarities with Buddhism and Christianity (The One resurrecting to save Zion, Trinity, Nebuchadnezzar). For a movie, it has some serious cultural impact.
the term glitch in the matrix is maybe the most iconic thing to come out of it.
The internet predates this movie.
"before the internet"
Please tell me you were joking there. The internet had been getting huge for years prior to this movie.
There was even a famous crash of 'dot com' businesses the same year this released.
The world wide Web was rolled out the year before I was born so that would be 1989 and I think email was created all the way back in the 70s. So no this film was not before the Internet... But I'm assuming you mean more along the lines of before Internet culture? Like social media etc?
People don't realize that the Matrix actualy gives you a hint to see your own imprisonment. I don't believe for one minute that the person who wrote the book and agreed to have it filmed, hoped that people would discuss the special effects instead of contemplating the hint. The matrix is real but not litterally.
Fun fact. Keanu Reeves stunt double on this film later directs the Keanu Reeves movie John Wick and its sequels.
Back in 1999, all the hype was for Star Wars Episode I. But Matrix came out a couple of months before that and was like a revolutionary game changer.
The Matrix has a lot of parallels with Dark City, which was released prior. The Matrix takes a more kung fu/action approach while Dark City leans more heavily on fantasy noir.
Dark City is also a Gem and under-rated movie.
The difference between the two is _The Matrix_ is hardcore science fiction while _Dark City_ falls in normal science fiction.
Pretty sure you just invented that distinction out of thin air.
I don´t know is it important, but i have to mention that you can tell when in matrix or in real world by the colour of the world; matrix is greenish tint and world is blueish. Also when in matrix you can see that code dropping effect in many places, like rain in backround or raindrops on car window. I have to mention these, because i haven´t seen anyone else mention it before in any another comments or any another reactvideos.
The last film introduces the colour of gold/yellow as representing the soul as well. The philosophers' commentary on the old Matrix DVDs explained the colour theory behind the film grading as being green = mind, blue = body, and yellow = spirit. I gained a bit more appreciation for and insight into what the Wachowskis were doing with their sequels after listening to that commentary, even though I still find they did a much more efficient job with the original movie in both direction and storytelling.
0:26 I think the cat is trying to tell you she wants some milk :3
The Matrix is a metaphor and most people seem to have choosen "ignorance is bliss".
"Fun" fact, science still can't say with certainty that we're not in a simulated universe
Everytime u snork it makes me laugh!!!
I remember seeing in the theatre. When they’re shooting up that lobby I was frozen in awe.
Right? I went to see it one nigh, went again the next day, then had to wait until the weekend to take my wife to see it (she worked swing shift and I worked days.)
@@tarmaque myself and a lot of my friends did the same thing. Some people I knew saw it five times in the theatre.
The ideas used in the Matrix that seem cool or "original" weren't really original ideas. The idea of connecting your brain to a machine so that you can dream a reality of your choosing was explored in Laurence Manning's 1933 novel "The Man Who Awoke". The ideas of linking the mind and nervous system to a virtual cyberspace world as well as storing consciousness in a computer were explored in William Gibson's 1984 novel 'Neuromancer', and the concept of a mind-machine network interface where brains access other brains through a computer network was explored in Masamune Shiro's 1989 manga 'Ghost in the Shell'.
So while the Matrix wasn't the first form of media to involve projecting consciousness into virtual worlds, as far I know it was the first film to suggest the idea that our very reality itself might actually be a mass computerized simulation and introduce it to mainstream thought.
I'll say it again, my friends and I checked the back of our heads on the way out of the theater after watching this. It was very intense.
You didn't find anything because you know what pill you took.
@ and which one did you take?
One think to keep in mind about this film is that it was made by two trans women who were closeted at the time, and they filled it with metaphors for the trans experience. The most notable being that the red pill was modeled after Hormone Replacement Therapy, and the blue pill was meant to be the prozac that was often prescribed to trans persons who had depression from their gender dysphoria.
The character Switch was originally written to be trans too, with the idea that they would be one gender in the matrix and the other outside of it
No such thing.... "your mind makes it real" 😉
I love that the costumes in the 'real' world (2199) are mostly old knitwear, which is of course something that the last bits of humanity could still produce! Making thread/yarn is one of the oldest skills. Compared to the leather and latex of the matrix!
Movie recommendation of the day: Dark City (Alex Proya - 1998). Preferably the director's cut if you can find it.
Or if you watch the original, mute it (to avoid spoilery voiceover) until the close-up of the pocket watch
I saw this in the theater on a whim without having ever seen a trailer. Hadn’t even heard about it. Needless to say I left the theater with my mind blown by the awesomeness I had just witnessed.
There is a nine part animation called Animatrix 2003. That gives parts and pieces of the world of The Matrix as back story components. I suppose you would want to watch it after the trilogy as I guess it deals with all three movies. The one story I remember from it, apart from a CGI version of Neo and Morpheus Kong Fu fight, was how the robots first rose up and revolted against the humans.
Another very well done movie involving difficult subjects involving robotics/artificial intelligence is the 2001 movie A.I.
I laughed so hard when you added in that clip about being flushed.
I saw this movie in the theater when it came out when I was in high school. It blew my teenage mind.
We should eventually discuss the sound you made immediately after he said, "My name is Neo".
Please react to Arrival (2016)! It's one of the best science fiction movies!
Yess plzz!!
Oh that's a great movie! The genius of Denis Villeneuve.
Super Yess!!
the cuteness of the kitty is too distracting 😍
"No one else can tell you whether you're the One. Oh, by the way, you're not the One. Wink wink."
I watched this in theatre when it came out, and I was so mind blown I went back and watched it again the next day. It's fantastic!
The kitten is just beautiful... Watch any film you like, and Luna will develop her own fan-base alongside yours.
Favorite commentary quote: "She oracled him good..."
Loved seeing this with you, great reaction! :-)
I remember when this movie came out. No one had seen anything like it! That is what makes certain movies truly great.
Not directly related to this movie, but I caught part of your livestream earlier and thought I would mention that given your interest in crime and estate planning you really should check out Knives Out. An amazing movie and it has some sweet crossover with your real life interests. Great reaction as usual!
The concept of the Matrix is not too different from Plato's Allegory Of The Cave in his Socratic dialogue The Republic
This movie does two things that are so brilliant I cant actually think of any other movie that has done them this well, and they are: 1) Every single "special effect" is actually part of the story and moves the plot forward, the fact that things are sped up, or slowed down, or zoomed in, or a different color, are all actual plot elements not just spectacle to look cool. I cant think of many movies that have done that. 2) Every single individual moveent of every action sequence is also a part of the plot and not just cool moves for spectacle. Many movies have done that, but rarely as well and as consistently as this.
Carrie-Ann Moss, the actress who plays Trinity, is also in the Netflix Marvel shows.
Still the best Sci-fi Action movie ever made.
*T2 has entered the chat*
@@StreetHierarchy Hard to rank these things. I just put T2, Aliens, Predator and The Matrix all on about the same level and that's enough for me.
@@andrewzmorris Couldn't agree more.
You know what. I'm going to agree.
@@StreetHierarchy I don't think it's really a comparison. T2 is excellent, but it's basically T1 without much of the philosophical punch (because the second one wasn't derived from Harlan Ellison, though Cameron had to be sued to acknowledge it, something he's still whining about to this day). Philosophical punch, on the other hand, is a great deal of what the Matrix does. Same applies to Aliens and Predator, though I'm not sure it's a fair evaluation for Predator, as it's less sci-fi than an action movie that gets stalked and dispatched by a slasher film. The original Terminator has a better chance, but it's slaughtered on production value.
I would make a case for Fury Road, though.
Most people don't really see it this way, but the best action scenes, while well shot, tend to be in films that would be great even without the action scenes themselves. The reason for this has to do with how we connect to characters and story. If we actually care about the characters in an action scene, this automatically makes the scene far more engaging then if we didn't. Since we like the characters of Trinity, Morpheus and Neo, we didn't want anything bad to happen to them. This makes scenes where they are potentially put in peril all the more intense and satisfying. Couple this with the fact we just lost half the cast in the prior scenes, and we feel real threat and exhilaration in these scenes.
Ultimately, as nice as all the revolutionary and cool shots that make up the action scenes, without such a captivating plot and characters, they would be nothing but empty shells without meaning.
OMG, that kitten.
When Tank says, " Mikey I think he likes it " to Neo, it's a reference to a cereal commercial
I love how invested you got
Definitely worth a re-watch! You'll notice more stuff, like the reason Agent Smith is waiting in the hotel room for Neo when he shoots him is because it's the same hotel from the beginning of the movie and Smith already knows where their exit phone is.
the question about living in a matrix-like construction has been addressed in Philosophy - basically - if you can ask the question: 'am I living in a matrix?' then you can semantically prove that you are not living in a matrix.
The super slow-mo shots were done from "bullet time photography"; a newly invented process.
Holy smokes, I need to dust off the old DVD. I hadn't remembered how deeply this movie helped send a shockwave throughout... just with the hindsight of 20 years, this film was something like the herald of a seismic shift in society... it's really exciting to get that hindsight!... thank you for the rewatch through a first timer's eyes!
The Oracle tells them what they need to hear.
"You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of the are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it." - Morpheus (in the Agent Program while Neo and the viewers are distracted by the crowd)
"GET UUUP. I mean, please get up" killed me 😂😂😂😂 loved your reaction, keep it up!! Greetings from Chile🇨🇱
True Romance, please!
An incredible film with an incredible cast.
Yes! Great movie. Written by Tarantino should be enough to convince her if the cast doesn't.
By the way James VS Cinema reacted to it recently.
that snort at 23:37 tho
I don't know what international plans they have for the anniversary but Regal cinemas are rereleasing this in theaters across the US on April 3rd and 4th. Highly recommend checking it out if you can.
Am I the only person who paused to ready the cats reply to "Do know what the Matrix is?" I saw this in high school (Class of 2000) Talk about mind blowing. I've questioned everything ever sense
I think the crime genre has some true gems. In RUclips you can find To live and Die in LA (1985). Even if you don't find it is still worth checking out.
Can’t wait for you to meet
“The Merovingian”!
My favorite character is Seraph-
I vibe with his program.
You’ll love the trilogy.
I have to cross a level crossing every day for work and every time I use the crossing phone I tell my colleague I'm calling the "train man"... I think he just thinks that's what I call the signaller 😔 😔
You should check out the movie that expands the world building of the Matrix world called, "The Animatrix."
One of the great movies of all time. Brilliant on so many levels. Loved your reaction.
I can't wait for the new Matrix movie coming out next month!
What a cute kitty cat! Also, I can't believe you haven't seen this before :). Thanks for the fun videos.
I had to watch your intro twice, Luna is so cute!
And it's great to see you watching something I haven't seen others watching. Good call.
About minute 25:41. Yes you have seen such movie before. Its called "The Truman Show":
A guy living in simulated world kept by the "Agents of this simulation" in it. Then he realized that it is not real. Then he try to escape it and is guided by someone who knows that he is "The One" and all that around him is just a simulation; then this guiding person is abducted by the Agents and he tries to found this abducted person; then found out that he really is the "Chosen One" right from the beginning of the simulation - by seeing the behind the curtain of the simulation. Then he leaves the simulation with last greetings to the "makers of the simulation". Sounds equally like "The Matrix" and "The Truman Show".
Saw this in a theater in San Francisco on its first night with no idea what it was... needless to say, it just blew me away! Thanks for reacting to it :)
"No one can be told what the Matrix is, you have to see it for yourself" -Morpheus
"It's a virtual reality. There, I was able to tell you in only 2 words." - Me
@@whade62000 in 4, but okay
Dude the sounds you make when you watch an exciting scene are just hilarious... "old mc donnald had a farm"... 23:36
I think that one is by far the WOOOOOORST one I've ever done hahaha :D