If you didn't realize...The Oracle tells Neo that he is the one and that he will die before he becomes the one. "You have the gift" "Looks like you are waiting for something" "Another life maybe"
Don't forget the parallel to her comment about breaking the vase. "...would you still have broken it if I hadn't said anything?" If she straight up told him he was the one, he may not have become the one. She merely said the words that were needed to push him into the right direction. Causality.
Everyone has a bit of a laugh at the not-a-fight after he awakens as The One, but Niamh exclaiming "oh my god he's bored!" was such a funny way to say it 🤣🤣
Fantastic reaction! I think you're the only reactors that realized why Neo was able to come back to life. Everyone else thinks it is a "love's first kiss" kind of thing. Noticing the hotel, Alice in Wonderland, and how the agents worked. It was so much fun watch you two. Subscribed. Keep going!
In a sense, Neo actually "dies" in that scene, at least symbolically. It's the old initiatory symbolism of the neophyte who has to die to be reborn as a new person (the entire structure of the film is initiatory, in fact).
I think it was suppose to invoke the idea of "true loves kiss" but with a scifi twist. No, it wasn't specifically the kiss that brought him back, it was realizing his mind only thought he was dead, and she was able to get through to him and pep talk him into realizing that. But I doubt if Tank said it that it would have had the same effect, you know? Lol.
16:16 that moment was really powerful in the cinema. The change in the sound, the sudden silence, the empty space with the naked voice of morpheus. Really good writing and screenplay.
I like they had a number of comments about the fashion in this edit, because that changed everything too haha. _The Matrix_ is the reason all the X-Men wore black leather in the 2000s :)
The oracle never explicitly says that Neo isn’t the one. HE said he wasn’t, he didn’t believe it, so when she said being the one is like being in love, you just know it. Neo had to accept it, just like in his training with Morpheus. The more confident he becomes, the more he starts accessing his true potential
@@Thom1212 I don't think that's what qualified him as The One. That's just what he was waiting for. neo:"I'm not the one" oracle: "sorry kid." (sorry that you are the one instead of 'not the one' as you are hoping for) she says he 'has the gift', already has it, already is the one. But he's not ready, waiting for something. Maybe in his next life he will BE READY. Not that in his next life he will BE THE ONE. Then he dies, comes back, and is now ready. That's my interpretation anyways.
It’s difficult to describe today the profound effect this incredible film had when it came out on all future sci-fi movies and also on teenagers who saw it.
So many cool references... "Mr. Wizard; get me the hell out of here". (A reference to cartoon episodes from my childhood. Tooter Turtle: "Help me, Mr. Wizard" Mr. Wizard: "Drizzle, Drazzle, Druzzle, Drome, time for this one to come home.").
I'm glad I found your channel. I enjoy reaction videos, but you edit it in a way that's very pleasant. You don't use filters/obscure the video footage too much, you move your cameras around appropriately. I love the editing. Thanks for giving us a chance the content with you and not obscuring it so aggressively :)
Ah this is such a nice comment. We’ve been teaching ourselves how to edit from no prior experience and we’re still learning, so I appreciate hearing that you enjoy the style of our videos, thank you for joining us!! 💙
@@CoyzyMovieNight You earned a subscriber today :) I know the guy (sorry, don't know your names yet, I literally found you today), has seen at least the first episode, but I appreciate first time reaction of the woman. I hope you both get into the other episodes. She seems interested. looking forward to more content :) thanks for your time!
As a trucker that watches a lot of movie reactors to pass the time, I fully agree with this comment. I'd put this channel in my top 3 for best/most digestible editing.
I’ve watched a few of these Matrix reactions. Yours is the best so far. I guess the only way to kind of capture the thrill of watching it the first time is to see someone else’s first time.
_The Matrix_ is a fantastic film that holds up to this day with its trippy narrative, specific themes, and unique tones through its color palette, music selection, and most importantly its revolutionary visual FX. A representative of 90s counterculture with questioning authority and freedom allowed within the digital realm, _The Matrix_ is also one of the great “gun fu” films ever made - paying direct homage to Hong Kong style action filmmaking popularized by filmmakers such as John Woo. Yet it also paved the way for action and sci-fi films to come afterwards. Truly a classic American achievement of film. Also, one of the great endings of all time with the song “Wake Up” by Rage Against the Machine.
44:53 Tooter Turtle in his 1960-61 cartoon Would cry "Mr. Wizard" for help! Since he always wound up botching the jobs that Mr. Wizard sent him on. So when he got in trouble, he'd cry out "Help, Mr. Wizard!", it invoked the powers of Mr. Wizard to get him home. Mr. Wizard complied, with his magical chant: "Drizzle, Drazzle, Druzzle, Drome, time for this one to come home!" I loved the show when I was a kid!
Definitely watch 2 and 3! 2 goes a lot more in depth and explains the creation of the Matrix. When they explain it it will make you think even more that this could actually be our reality. Plus the fight scenes are great. Trinity is one of the most badass female characters of all time!
I remember walking out at 10 pm on opening night. Jaw hanging down I checked if there was any tickets left for the 10:30 showing. None . Then I got real mad and came back for the first showing the next day.
A lot of people hate on the sequels. They are not at the level of the first one, but still really cool movies in a very interesting world with thought provoking themes. Hope you watch them.
@@Zaiqahal no. The wachowskis literally tell the audience in the movie they didnt want to make it but were contractually bound with the whole game dev teams dialogue
Finally! Reactors who don't think it's True Love's Kiss bringing Neo back to life 😅 I first saw this film in 1999 when it came out, and then multiple rewatches with friends over the following years. No-one I know ever thought it was the kiss itself bringing him back to life; that seems to have been a post-00's Disney influenced thing which has suddenly become a popular opinion with people only watching the film now. My take on it was always that his subconscious reasserted itself, finally recognised the Matrix for what it was and realised that death in the was simply another digital rule that could be broken or bent. Perhaps Trinity speaking to him made a difference and triggered this - the brain remains active for some time after the heart stops (which constitutes clinical death) and coma patients have been proven to hear things even when not awake - but the kiss itself was nothing more than symbolic IMO.
I really enjoyed that, truly, you are the first reactors I've seen understand that when Neo "dies" and comes back alive after hearing Trinity that it was because his brain still was able to process it. Folks tend to think "his heart stopped, so this is just a magic "truly love's kiss" filler" or open ended "how did that work?". What, exactly, do people think CPR is for?
Guns. Lots of guns. Do you remember it from John Wick? The Oracle told him that he was waiting for something, maybe a new life. He died and came back as the one. Agent Smith was waiting for him because he remembered that was the room Trinity was in at the beginning of the movie. I worked in the theater when this movie came out. I saw Morpheus fight Neo six times a day!
Don't make the mistake of not watching Reloaded and Revolutions after this from listening to people who also haven't seen them claiming that the sequels are somehow bad. They're actually awesome (if different from the first) and if you want to know how the story ends you obviously need to see them.
Some people get joy from hating all sequels of movies. It really pisses me off when they always say to never watch the sequel to pretty much everything. Theyre ruining reaction channels and theres so many of these butthole haters
100% agree, they're not perfect sure, but they're really good, 4th one however, should be a hard miss as it was a complete piss take and there is reasons for that. It was deliberate.
Yeah they are not as mindblowing as the first one .. but how could they. It's never the same to recreate the awesomeness of the first episode. But yeah overall I think they are pretty solid.
You are absolutely right. It doesn't matter if you love the Matrix or hate it. In order to understand the entire story watching all three movies is required. Like Lord of the Rings, each movie in the Matrix trilogy only tells one third of the story. In order to properly criticize the Matrix all three movies must be watched.
Great reaction! Y'all made me smile a lot 😊 29:52 I appreciate how strongly you reacted to Mouse's death. He's low-key my favourite crew member and it always made me so sad that he was the first to die. At least he went down fighting.
I appreciate that the Oracle explicitly references the concept of a self-fulfilling prophecy during her meeting with Neo. This movie didn't try to pretend they were doing anything revolutionary with that. They called it out right from the jump.
Niamh also said something here that hadn't occurred to me, that any of the other "potentials" not only could've been The One AS FAR AS THEY KNOW, but they could've ended up being The One IN ACTUALITY if Neo didn't quite make it, like if the sentinels got there a couple minutes earlier or a bullet richocheted the wrong way during the chase. Like, it's not about "who was born with The One powers", it's that enough people are born with that strength of mind to resist the Matrix to that extent, that it's only a matter of time before someone fulfills the prophecy.
Now the way the second movie describes it, that doesn't sound like it's the case - it seems pretty clear there is a very specific nature of the powers that is truly invested in a specific person and would even be different from other iterations of The One. But you could probably still bend that explanation enough to still fit the "many could've been The One" interpretation, and in any case it's an interesting way to look at the first movie.
27:36 I saw a breakdown of all three films that had some really cool theories pieced together about things, this scene being a key moment, the Oracle gives Neo a "Cookie" which he eats... and "Cookies" track your visits and preferences to various websites - really cool bit of information as you watch the other two films.
I was only 14 in 1999.. I was exposed to cable TV only in 1997, and this was the first English movie I watched at the theater.. I remember my cousin brothers(they're siblings; they were 19 and 20 back then), dragging me with them to the theater even when I wasn't interested in watching this in 1999.. But by the 3rd installment, it was me who had to drag those two(because they were through with studies and had jobs by the time Matrix: Revolutions released).. That's how impactful these movies were back then on my younger self..
You Guys gave me more insight to residual self image ( it's what you think about yourself) 20 something years and I'm still learning new things in this movie.
43:28 No, the guns can't just magically reload just because they're "not real". They said before that some rules can be bent, and others can be broken...they are still in a world that is based on rules.
37:12 if you watch one of the John Wicks, I can't remember which one but either 3 or 4, he says the line in John Wick that he said in the Matrix. "Guns. Lots of guns."
Someone interviewed a Neo Matrix virus that blanked your computer screen....displayed "Wake up Neo", then ejected your CD rom drive and said "Here, a cup holder for your coffee." lol They got me.
This was a great reaction to one of my all time favorite movies! Yes, mark1354 already exemplified it, but you saw the implications of the movie more than many others! Loved it! Just one thing, I would like to add. I hope you don’t mind me doing it - and this is is not related to the movie, but your production value. You’re using Blue Yeti microphones. And you point them towards you like end address microphones. But the sensitive end of them is, where the gain knob is located. That’s why the sound of you has such a distant quality to it. Of course, after putting them upright, they will be further away from you, so you’ll need to put them closer to make up for it. But in the end, you will be surprised by the added clarity and presence!
All of the main characters took months of martial arts training because the action sequences depended on seeing rhe actors doing things close up. If they use stunt doubles they cut it so you can't see their faces,
What a reaction! You two are the most perceptive people who I've ever seen react to this movie. You understood what was going on right from the start and your hunches were right on the money! It's so unfair that you make such a handsome couple. 😄 The other films in the series are good, but get a bit self-indulgent with their own cleverness in the fight/chase sequences and they drag on just that bit too long. You'll enjoy them though, as I did. 👍
The Oracle never told Neo that he wasn't the one, those were his words. She told him "you've got the gift but it seems like you're waiting on something". Basically saying to him that he is the one but he hasn't manifested that potential yet.
a blink and you miss it line is the random guy at the door of Neo's apartment who refers to him as 'my own personal Jesus Christ' (for getting him the stuff on the disc..) .. aaaand that's kind of important for the entire setting :D
Such a great reaction, you two! Wow, I rememeber what a sensation this was when it came out. And it still holds up so well. Now the Wachowski's may have fumbled the story towards the end, but its not terrible and definitely deserves a watch to the end (the recent movie, eh, not great not terrible). But how I long for the days of creative storytelling in film. Cheers!
@Coyzy Movie Night One of the biggest things most people miss with this particular movie is exactly how Neo becomes the One. The Oracle tells him, "Sorry kid. You got the gift, but it seems like you're waiting for something. Your next life perhaps." During the rest of the movie until the end, he demonstrates little to say that he definitely is the One. Only when Neo is killed by Agent Smith at the door to his escape, then resurrected by Trinity's voice, does Neo transition into his next life and become the One, and gaining all the powers to go with it.
I had loved this movie when it came out but, like Danny, didn’t remember much. So, just so I could watch this reaction, I watched the movie again. It was worth the 2+ hours of my time! I think I would have taken the red pill. It’s the freedom aspect of it. Niamh, nice catch on the significance of the name “Morpheus”. I never made that connection. I did remember that Neo was an anagram of “One”, so I can still look at myself in the mirror. The “YOU!” count was hilarious! You guys are fun to watch, even when you are retching at the sight of bloody mechanical body wormy things. I don’t know if you guys already have a list of movies that you plan on reacting to but, if I may, I would like to put in a request. One of my favorite movies is The Equalizer with Denzel Washington. Of course, if you guys have already seen it, the point is mute. But, if not, the added bonus with this movie is that you see a younger [(and more much more foul-mouthed (I actually lost count how many times he said the “F” word!)} David Harbour (Hopper). Anyway, it starts slow but really pays off in the end. Just think about it.
Damian I am so excited that we inspired you to give this movie a rewatch 😭😭 I love that! I hope you had the best time. I have to tell you that my dad (Niamh here btw) has been telling me non-stop to watch The Equalizer on the channel for soooo long now. It is on the list for sure so thank you for this added recommendation 💙 I’m pretty sure Danny hasn’t seen it either and we both love this genre so much. Thank you for joining us again!! 🙂
I would HIGHLY recommend watching The Animatrix before the next films. It's an anthology of short films that begin adding lore to the franchise, rounding out the world -- and some of the shorts introduce new characters and plot points that lead in directly to the sequels. Also, during the making of The Matrix 2, extra scenes were filmed and used as cut scenes for a video game. I found a collection of those scenes on youtube. They're a nice bonus to watch after seeing Matrix 2, kind of like deleted scenes in DVD extras.
Fun facts. The matrix was the first big budget American feature film to be made at Australia's Fox Sudios. Many of the scenes were filmed in Sydney and Melbourne, so it's extra fun to watch as an aussie. The lead Agent is played by Australia's own Hugo Weaving, famous for his role in priscilla queen of the desert. Many. Other famous Aussie faces are in smaller roles. The Matrix movies put Australia on the map as a filming destination. Keanu loved the chance to live in Australia again for the movies, as he grew up here with his family from the age of 2, moving to Canada when he was 7. H said at the time it felt like a homecoming
Trinity shooting an Agent on the roof ("dodge this..." moment) is the first time a human is known to have killed an Agent. And it wasn't Neo. Trinity also kills an agent in the 2nd movie (falling out the building, she hits the agent and we see his blood 3 times - and he hits the ground). I can't be 100% sure but by the end of the series, I think Trinity has "killed" more agents than Neo.
Great reaction to such an amazing movie. I really hope you watch the sequels (Only 2 and 3). Despite the bad rep they have they are in fact just as good as the first one and logically continue and conclude the story that was in the heads of the creators from the start. P.S. In the original script and concept the machines were using the human brains as a neural network that enabled them to evolve and sustain themselves. They were able to harness the full 100% potential of the human brain instead of the 5% humans normally use. They were able to harness the power of the full potential of the human brain but were not able to replicate it mechanically which forced them to keep humans alive for their brains. The studio thought that concept was too complex and they were forced to dumb it down to batteries.
I suspect that a large part of the qualification to be a studio exec is a consistent ability to grossly underestimate an audience. It also seems like they tend to bring in some of the dumbest people they can find as test audiences.
@@0okamino True.. The original concept was so much better. Some of the same concepts still remain like "the power of the mind" but in the original concept it was much better explored and properly set up.
Please watch *Memento* starring Guy Pearce, Joe Pantoliano (Cypher) and Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity), also watch *Arlington Road* starring *Jeff Bridges* (The Big Lebowski) and *Tim Robbins* (The Shawshank Redemption).
I had something that was beyong a dream feeling real. I once had a dream so influential that when I awoke, I actually couldn't remember if it what I had seen had actually happened or not; it was like the dream had implanted a memory. I couldn't tell if it was a dream or a memory that I had forgotten. It took me a good 10 mins to finally piece it together. As I was recalling the dream, I realized that one of the details that had to do with the timing of events was off and that what I dreamt couldn't have been real because where the dream took place didn't exist in the right time period that the dream took place in. Basically, the building that I was in wasn't build until after I had dated this girl that was in the dream. That's how I figured it out. It was incredibly bizarre.
I somewhat believe in reincarnation. And the possibility that after we die we can be born again in another time period. Even the past. Sort of like the Matrix being that we're all just in a simulation anyway. Therefore time is just an illusion. Which would fit your dream/reality experience.
The way I see it, to be "The One" it's not enough to simply be born with an unusually strong mind. As we saw with the kids, lots of people have "the gift," but the gift of a strong mind alone won't lead you to the unwavering self belief required to bend and break the rules of The Matrix. It was Neo's experiences, particularly in the third act of the film, that allowed him to reach that level of self belief. Experiences like having Morpheus believe so strongly in him. Experiences like having The Oracle confirm that he has the gift. Experiences like when faced with no time to think, no time to doubt himself, he instinctually moved faster than anyone Trinity had ever seen before. Experiences like leaping from a chopper to catch Morpheus mid-air and then deliver him safely to a rooftop. Experiences like securing his grip on the cable and using it to miraculously save Trinity from an exploding helicopter. Experiences like fighting Agent Smith in the subway and surviving when nobody had before. And finally, the experience of Trinity telling him she loved him and that The Oracle told her that the man she fell in love with would be The One. No one experience was enough, instead it was this accumulation of experiences that helped Neo grow his self belief and transformed him from being one with the potential, to him fulfilling his potential and becoming The One. This brings me to the fact that a lot of people are confused by what The Oracle tells Neo - if she's always right, how can Neo be the one when she told him he wasn't. In the film it's explained away when Morpheus tells Neo that The Oracle only tells you what you need to hear, but that's only half the story. When The Oracle told Neo he wasn't The One, she was right because he wasn't The One..... until he was, until the moment he reached such a level of self belief that he stopped being simply someone with The Gift and became The One. Of course, this was something she eluded to him having the potential to do when she told him that he had the gift, but seemed to be waiting for something. Also, she was right when she said either Neo or Morpheus would die. Neo did die..... she just left out the part about him coming back to life. Anyway, thanks for a great reaction to a great movie. P.S. I first saw this film maybe a week after it first released here in Australian cinemas at the age of 17yrs with a group of school friends. I remember walking out into a dark night, the surrounds lit by the street lights, and saying to them, "F_ck me, this could all be The Matrix." It was pretty mind altering since the concept that we could all be living in a simulation really hadn't permeated the public consciousness like it has today, in no small part due to this film. For me it really was and remains quite a unique movie experience, one where it seemed my thinking had been forever changed in some fundamental way..... plus the aesthetics were just really f_cking cool, haha.
I would say how can you not remember anything about this movie, but the first time I watched it I was so confused in the first 15min that I lost interest and fell asleep. Watched it a couple years later and now it's my favorite movie. I still have the Matrix code as my screen saver.
The Wachowskis, along with Tom Tykwer (director of Run Lola Run and Perfume: The Story of a Murderer), also directed Cloud Atlas (2012), starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith in The Matrix), Hugh Grant, Keith David, Susan Sarandon, and so many more you'll know. Cloud Atlas is an epic science fiction film that has multiple plots occurring during six eras in time. The cast members perform multiple roles in these time periods. Critics were polarized when it came out and it got nominated for awards in various "best" and "worst" categories, but I love it and have seen it quite a few times. I think it's time has come. Highly recommend.
Oracle "You have the gift, but it looks like you're waiting for something." Neo "What?" Oracle "You're next life. Who knows." Never occurred to me to combine that with the Oracles statement about Morpheus or Neo dying.
“Do you know what that means? It’s Latin. It means know thyself.” -Mother Matrix Great reaction, yous guyses. Entertaining as always. Keep on keeping on and Gritos from Tejas. “Oh, sh*t.” -Neo “Yeeeeeehhhhhhhsssssss.” -Morpheus
Extremely impressed with you two for realising why Neo came back to life after Trinity kissed him. You are the only pair that got it. Her kiss gave him the stimulous to realise that he wasnt actually dead, so the matrix’s “illusion” on the brain making it believe it is all real, became undone. What this technically means is that you can have someone on the ship bitch slapping people awake after they flatline in the matrix but yeah…
If you didn't realize...The Oracle tells Neo that he is the one and that he will die before he becomes the one. "You have the gift" "Looks like you are waiting for something" "Another life maybe"
Couldn't tell you how many times I needed to see the movie before I realized it was his next life.
I would rather be Morpheus than Neo.
Smith is the One.
If you didn't realize...
Don't forget the parallel to her comment about breaking the vase. "...would you still have broken it if I hadn't said anything?" If she straight up told him he was the one, he may not have become the one. She merely said the words that were needed to push him into the right direction. Causality.
Everyone has a bit of a laugh at the not-a-fight after he awakens as The One, but Niamh exclaiming "oh my god he's bored!" was such a funny way to say it 🤣🤣
Fantastic reaction! I think you're the only reactors that realized why Neo was able to come back to life. Everyone else thinks it is a "love's first kiss" kind of thing. Noticing the hotel, Alice in Wonderland, and how the agents worked. It was so much fun watch you two. Subscribed. Keep going!
I've watched so many of these I cheered out loud when she understood him coming back to life right away. Favorite reaction so far!
In a sense, Neo actually "dies" in that scene, at least symbolically. It's the old initiatory symbolism of the neophyte who has to die to be reborn as a new person (the entire structure of the film is initiatory, in fact).
I think it was suppose to invoke the idea of "true loves kiss" but with a scifi twist. No, it wasn't specifically the kiss that brought him back, it was realizing his mind only thought he was dead, and she was able to get through to him and pep talk him into realizing that. But I doubt if Tank said it that it would have had the same effect, you know? Lol.
Yeah,as Morpheus sead your mind is what makes it real, neo controls the matrix by relizing that the matrix is not real
watching this in the theaters was the most amazing thing on earth
Indeed...I walked out in a daze
I saw this in the theater seven times!
Me too
i watched it on my NEW $360 dvd player lmao.. and my kickass 90s sony home surround sound with kickass base....what a movie!
ye i stolen money from my parents and Go to Cinema Again on Matrix!
16:16 that moment was really powerful in the cinema. The change in the sound, the sudden silence, the empty space with the naked voice of morpheus. Really good writing and screenplay.
This movie blew my mind in 2000. Still one of my favorite movies of all time.
That’s so amazing, sooo glad I watched this movie 💙
@@CoyzyMovieNight There's 3 other Matrix movies that go deeper, but the movie really stands on it's own pretty well.
*1999
I saw it opening night and it was my favorite movie experience of all time (seen hundreds of movies in my 60 years).
@@super_arcane_boy The Animatrix is worth checking out as well.
Nice. This movie changed everything.
I like they had a number of comments about the fashion in this edit, because that changed everything too haha. _The Matrix_ is the reason all the X-Men wore black leather in the 2000s :)
The oracle never explicitly says that Neo isn’t the one. HE said he wasn’t, he didn’t believe it, so when she said being the one is like being in love, you just know it. Neo had to accept it, just like in his training with Morpheus. The more confident he becomes, the more he starts accessing his true potential
Maybe he was just waiting for his next life. He didn't really "become" The One™ until he got shot a bunch of times and flat-lined!
@@Thom1212 I don't think that's what qualified him as The One. That's just what he was waiting for.
neo:"I'm not the one"
oracle: "sorry kid." (sorry that you are the one instead of 'not the one' as you are hoping for)
she says he 'has the gift', already has it, already is the one. But he's not ready, waiting for something. Maybe in his next life he will BE READY. Not that in his next life he will BE THE ONE. Then he dies, comes back, and is now ready. That's my interpretation anyways.
@@doomburger8433 but the oracle needs him to believe this because she's playing her own game. So really she's "the one"
It’s difficult to describe today the profound effect this incredible film had when it came out on all future sci-fi movies and also on teenagers who saw it.
So many cool references... "Mr. Wizard; get me the hell out of here".
(A reference to cartoon episodes from my childhood. Tooter Turtle: "Help me, Mr. Wizard" Mr. Wizard: "Drizzle, Drazzle, Druzzle, Drome, time for this one to come home.").
I'm glad I found your channel. I enjoy reaction videos, but you edit it in a way that's very pleasant. You don't use filters/obscure the video footage too much, you move your cameras around appropriately. I love the editing. Thanks for giving us a chance the content with you and not obscuring it so aggressively :)
Ah this is such a nice comment. We’ve been teaching ourselves how to edit from no prior experience and we’re still learning, so I appreciate hearing that you enjoy the style of our videos, thank you for joining us!! 💙
@@CoyzyMovieNight You earned a subscriber today :) I know the guy (sorry, don't know your names yet, I literally found you today), has seen at least the first episode, but I appreciate first time reaction of the woman. I hope you both get into the other episodes. She seems interested. looking forward to more content :) thanks for your time!
As a trucker that watches a lot of movie reactors to pass the time, I fully agree with this comment. I'd put this channel in my top 3 for best/most digestible editing.
I’ve watched a few of these Matrix reactions. Yours is the best so far. I guess the only way to kind of capture the thrill of watching it the first time is to see someone else’s first time.
Thank you very much. You’re right, seeing someone else’s first experience reminds us of our own. I’m glad we could share this 💙
_The Matrix_ is a fantastic film that holds up to this day with its trippy narrative, specific themes, and unique tones through its color palette, music selection, and most importantly its revolutionary visual FX.
A representative of 90s counterculture with questioning authority and freedom allowed within the digital realm, _The Matrix_ is also one of the great “gun fu” films ever made - paying direct homage to Hong Kong style action filmmaking popularized by filmmakers such as John Woo. Yet it also paved the way for action and sci-fi films to come afterwards.
Truly a classic American achievement of film. Also, one of the great endings of all time with the song “Wake Up” by Rage Against the Machine.
I wouldn't even call this aesthetic "cyber punk" It's its own thing, they sort of invented this look. With the sunglasses, and the long coats
20:16 "maybe you'd lack a sense of achievement though..." -Niamh
what I like is you're still thinking about this a minute after the scene 😆
These are the things that keep me up at night
44:53 Tooter Turtle in his 1960-61 cartoon Would cry "Mr. Wizard" for help! Since he always wound up botching the jobs that Mr. Wizard sent him on. So when he got in trouble, he'd cry out "Help, Mr. Wizard!", it invoked the powers of Mr. Wizard to get him home. Mr. Wizard complied, with his magical chant: "Drizzle, Drazzle, Druzzle, Drome, time for this one to come home!" I loved the show when I was a kid!
oh nice Lore egg! Thanks, never knew!
I’d forgotten about that completely!
Still my favorite movie to this day. It beat out "Back to the Future" and "Jurassic Park"
i loved those movies you mentioned as well. The matrix just really messed with my mind as a kid on top of being a great movie!
Definitely watch 2 and 3! 2 goes a lot more in depth and explains the creation of the Matrix. When they explain it it will make you think even more that this could actually be our reality. Plus the fight scenes are great. Trinity is one of the most badass female characters of all time!
I remember walking out at 10 pm on opening night. Jaw hanging down I checked if there was any tickets left for the 10:30 showing. None . Then I got real mad and came back for the first showing the next day.
A lot of people hate on the sequels. They are not at the level of the first one, but still really cool movies in a very interesting world with thought provoking themes. Hope you watch them.
Including the most recent movie?
@@Zaiqahal Personally speaking Resurrections isn't included in the same sentence as the other movies.
@@Zaiqahal no. The wachowskis literally tell the audience in the movie they didnt want to make it but were contractually bound with the whole game dev teams dialogue
@@ZaiqahalI believe that Resurrections is worth watching just for the scenes between Neo and Trinity
Finally! Reactors who don't think it's True Love's Kiss bringing Neo back to life 😅
I first saw this film in 1999 when it came out, and then multiple rewatches with friends over the following years. No-one I know ever thought it was the kiss itself bringing him back to life; that seems to have been a post-00's Disney influenced thing which has suddenly become a popular opinion with people only watching the film now.
My take on it was always that his subconscious reasserted itself, finally recognised the Matrix for what it was and realised that death in the was simply another digital rule that could be broken or bent. Perhaps Trinity speaking to him made a difference and triggered this - the brain remains active for some time after the heart stops (which constitutes clinical death) and coma patients have been proven to hear things even when not awake - but the kiss itself was nothing more than symbolic IMO.
This is my second time watching you guys. This was super fun. Olá de Portugal. I just subscribed and look forward to your future efforts.
the Agents in the Matrix are sentient programs, meaning they have a mind of their own...
I really enjoyed that, truly, you are the first reactors I've seen understand that when Neo "dies" and comes back alive after hearing Trinity that it was because his brain still was able to process it. Folks tend to think "his heart stopped, so this is just a magic "truly love's kiss" filler" or open ended "how did that work?". What, exactly, do people think CPR is for?
Found you guys on your dune reaction , so good! It's more fun watching another couple react. More fi of the sci variety please.
they're actually cousins. 🙂
@@YoureMrLebowski k 😂
Every Keanu Reeves movie is worth watching at least once.
This includes Johnny Mnemonic which no-one today seems to recall.
"Constantine"
One more run, Johnny.
Dangerous Liasons
Don't forget about the Bill and Ted movies, Much Ado About Nothing and My Own Private Idaho
I assume losing your memories of Johnny Mnemonic is intentional :)
I watched this as a 16 year old kid at the drive in movies. It haunted my thoughts for years after. The next ones are totally worth a watch.
Guns. Lots of guns. Do you remember it from John Wick? The Oracle told him that he was waiting for something, maybe a new life. He died and came back as the one. Agent Smith was waiting for him because he remembered that was the room Trinity was in at the beginning of the movie. I worked in the theater when this movie came out. I saw Morpheus fight Neo six times a day!
Don't make the mistake of not watching Reloaded and Revolutions after this from listening to people who also haven't seen them claiming that the sequels are somehow bad. They're actually awesome (if different from the first) and if you want to know how the story ends you obviously need to see them.
Some people get joy from hating all sequels of movies. It really pisses me off when they always say to never watch the sequel to pretty much everything. Theyre ruining reaction channels and theres so many of these butthole haters
100% agree, they're not perfect sure, but they're really good, 4th one however, should be a hard miss as it was a complete piss take and there is reasons for that. It was deliberate.
Yeah they are not as mindblowing as the first one .. but how could they. It's never the same to recreate the awesomeness of the first episode. But yeah overall I think they are pretty solid.
You are absolutely right. It doesn't matter if you love the Matrix or hate it. In order to understand the entire story watching all three movies is required. Like Lord of the Rings, each movie in the Matrix trilogy only tells one third of the story. In order to properly criticize the Matrix all three movies must be watched.
Please dont listen to these baiters, do not watch Reloaded and Revolutions.
Great reaction! Y'all made me smile a lot 😊
29:52 I appreciate how strongly you reacted to Mouse's death. He's low-key my favourite crew member and it always made me so sad that he was the first to die. At least he went down fighting.
I appreciate that the Oracle explicitly references the concept of a self-fulfilling prophecy during her meeting with Neo. This movie didn't try to pretend they were doing anything revolutionary with that. They called it out right from the jump.
Niamh also said something here that hadn't occurred to me, that any of the other "potentials" not only could've been The One AS FAR AS THEY KNOW, but they could've ended up being The One IN ACTUALITY if Neo didn't quite make it, like if the sentinels got there a couple minutes earlier or a bullet richocheted the wrong way during the chase. Like, it's not about "who was born with The One powers", it's that enough people are born with that strength of mind to resist the Matrix to that extent, that it's only a matter of time before someone fulfills the prophecy.
Now the way the second movie describes it, that doesn't sound like it's the case - it seems pretty clear there is a very specific nature of the powers that is truly invested in a specific person and would even be different from other iterations of The One. But you could probably still bend that explanation enough to still fit the "many could've been The One" interpretation, and in any case it's an interesting way to look at the first movie.
27:36 I saw a breakdown of all three films that had some really cool theories pieced together about things, this scene being a key moment, the Oracle gives Neo a "Cookie" which he eats... and "Cookies" track your visits and preferences to various websites - really cool bit of information as you watch the other two films.
"The woman in red, what's she going to do" lol
Sure hope you get around the the rest. You are in for a wild ride! Excellent reaction!
I was only 14 in 1999.. I was exposed to cable TV only in 1997, and this was the first English movie I watched at the theater.. I remember my cousin brothers(they're siblings; they were 19 and 20 back then), dragging me with them to the theater even when I wasn't interested in watching this in 1999.. But by the 3rd installment, it was me who had to drag those two(because they were through with studies and had jobs by the time Matrix: Revolutions released).. That's how impactful these movies were back then on my younger self..
Such a great reaction! I´v re-lived the Matrix with you, thanky you!
You Guys gave me more insight to residual self image ( it's what you think about yourself) 20 something years and I'm still learning new things in this movie.
So much fun! You are my favourite reaction-channel, hands down. Looking forward to see many more!
Come for Matrix fun. Subscribed for the accent.
"Seems like you're waiting for something... Your next life, maybe"
What a film❤
43:28 No, the guns can't just magically reload just because they're "not real". They said before that some rules can be bent, and others can be broken...they are still in a world that is based on rules.
Awesome. Hope you guys do the whole trilogy...Animatrix is an excellent supplement before Episode 2 or 3 too!
37:12 if you watch one of the John Wicks, I can't remember which one but either 3 or 4, he says the line in John Wick that he said in the Matrix. "Guns. Lots of guns."
This was a great reaction.
This is the first time I’ve seen you guys.
New sub.
This was the first movie I ever purchased on DVD. Nearly 25 years later and I still have that same DVD.
Me too, and back then I had to watch it on my computer, because I didn’t have a stand alone DVD-player.
Brilliant. Love you guys. Thanks for sharing your reactions.
Is this an extended version? There's a few moments I don't remember.
One of if not the best reactions to this movie love this good job.
lol so cute she mixed up the pills because at first I thought "wtf?". Thank god she realized her mistake :)
Someone interviewed a Neo Matrix virus that blanked your computer screen....displayed "Wake up Neo", then ejected your CD rom drive and said "Here, a cup holder for your coffee."
lol
They got me.
This was a great reaction to one of my all time favorite movies! Yes, mark1354 already exemplified it, but you saw the implications of the movie more than many others! Loved it!
Just one thing, I would like to add. I hope you don’t mind me doing it - and this is is not related to the movie, but your production value. You’re using Blue Yeti microphones. And you point them towards you like end address microphones. But the sensitive end of them is, where the gain knob is located. That’s why the sound of you has such a distant quality to it. Of course, after putting them upright, they will be further away from you, so you’ll need to put them closer to make up for it. But in the end, you will be surprised by the added clarity and presence!
If you're on a Keanu Reeves kick, you need to check out "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" and "Speed."
43:21 "can't you just magically refill?" -Niamh
i'm not sure about the "rules" of the matrix.
All of the main characters took months of martial arts training because the action sequences depended on seeing rhe actors doing things close up. If they use stunt doubles they cut it so you can't see their faces,
Hands down my favorite movie of all time
What a reaction! You two are the most perceptive people who I've ever seen react to this movie. You understood what was going on right from the start and your hunches were right on the money! It's so unfair that you make such a handsome couple. 😄 The other films in the series are good, but get a bit self-indulgent with their own cleverness in the fight/chase sequences and they drag on just that bit too long. You'll enjoy them though, as I did. 👍
Keanu Reeves was also in a bunch of earlier movies. A similar one to this style would be a cyberpunk movie called Johnny Mnemonic from 1995.
Masterpiece. Great reaction : )
The Oracle never told Neo that he wasn't the one, those were his words. She told him "you've got the gift but it seems like you're waiting on something". Basically saying to him that he is the one but he hasn't manifested that potential yet.
I remember seeing this in theaters when it came out with my step brother, we were obsessed. I hope you watch the others.
The Oracle offering cookies is brilliant
Irish gang! You have mo idea the excitement I feel when finding irish youtube channels! Its almost jaring like our accent doesn't belong on youtube
a blink and you miss it line is the random guy at the door of Neo's apartment who refers to him as 'my own personal Jesus Christ' (for getting him the stuff on the disc..) .. aaaand that's kind of important for the entire setting :D
great reaction! you must watch the next two!
46:53 - No coincidence that sparks fly in the backround during this scene
Such a great reaction, you two!
Wow, I rememeber what a sensation this was when it came out. And it still holds up so well. Now the Wachowski's may have fumbled the story towards the end, but its not terrible and definitely deserves a watch to the end (the recent movie, eh, not great not terrible). But how I long for the days of creative storytelling in film. Cheers!
@Coyzy Movie Night One of the biggest things most people miss with this particular movie is exactly how Neo becomes the One. The Oracle tells him, "Sorry kid. You got the gift, but it seems like you're waiting for something. Your next life perhaps." During the rest of the movie until the end, he demonstrates little to say that he definitely is the One.
Only when Neo is killed by Agent Smith at the door to his escape, then resurrected by Trinity's voice, does Neo transition into his next life and become the One, and gaining all the powers to go with it.
I got The Matrix for my birthday... on VHS! lol
I had loved this movie when it came out but, like Danny, didn’t remember much. So, just so I could watch this reaction, I watched the movie again. It was worth the 2+ hours of my time! I think I would have taken the red pill. It’s the freedom aspect of it. Niamh, nice catch on the significance of the name “Morpheus”. I never made that connection. I did remember that Neo was an anagram of “One”, so I can still look at myself in the mirror. The “YOU!” count was hilarious! You guys are fun to watch, even when you are retching at the sight of bloody mechanical body wormy things.
I don’t know if you guys already have a list of movies that you plan on reacting to but, if I may, I would like to put in a request. One of my favorite movies is The Equalizer with Denzel Washington. Of course, if you guys have already seen it, the point is mute. But, if not, the added bonus with this movie is that you see a younger [(and more much more foul-mouthed (I actually lost count how many times he said the “F” word!)} David Harbour (Hopper). Anyway, it starts slow but really pays off in the end. Just think about it.
Damian I am so excited that we inspired you to give this movie a rewatch 😭😭 I love that! I hope you had the best time.
I have to tell you that my dad (Niamh here btw) has been telling me non-stop to watch The Equalizer on the channel for soooo long now. It is on the list for sure so thank you for this added recommendation 💙 I’m pretty sure Danny hasn’t seen it either and we both love this genre so much. Thank you for joining us again!! 🙂
I've watched this movie many times I know about the oracles cookies, and neo is one, but just realized room 303 is used twice.
I would HIGHLY recommend watching The Animatrix before the next films. It's an anthology of short films that begin adding lore to the franchise, rounding out the world -- and some of the shorts introduce new characters and plot points that lead in directly to the sequels.
Also, during the making of The Matrix 2, extra scenes were filmed and used as cut scenes for a video game. I found a collection of those scenes on youtube. They're a nice bonus to watch after seeing Matrix 2, kind of like deleted scenes in DVD extras.
So GREAT to hear Beautiful Irish accents on RUclips! We need MORE Irish people! Create channels please! American accents are soooo ubiquitous!😂
Maybe the best reaction I have ever seen!
Fun facts. The matrix was the first big budget American feature film to be made at Australia's Fox Sudios. Many of the scenes were filmed in Sydney and Melbourne, so it's extra fun to watch as an aussie. The lead Agent is played by Australia's own Hugo Weaving, famous for his role in priscilla queen of the desert. Many. Other famous Aussie faces are in smaller roles. The Matrix movies put Australia on the map as a filming destination. Keanu loved the chance to live in Australia again for the movies, as he grew up here with his family from the age of 2, moving to Canada when he was 7. H said at the time it felt like a homecoming
Trinity shooting an Agent on the roof ("dodge this..." moment) is the first time a human is known to have killed an Agent. And it wasn't Neo. Trinity also kills an agent in the 2nd movie (falling out the building, she hits the agent and we see his blood 3 times - and he hits the ground). I can't be 100% sure but by the end of the series, I think Trinity has "killed" more agents than Neo.
the green text that rolls over the screen are Japanese recipes 😀
Great reaction to such an amazing movie. I really hope you watch the sequels (Only 2 and 3). Despite the bad rep they have they are in fact just as good as the first one and logically continue and conclude the story that was in the heads of the creators from the start.
P.S. In the original script and concept the machines were using the human brains as a neural network that enabled them to evolve and sustain themselves. They were able to harness the full 100% potential of the human brain instead of the 5% humans normally use. They were able to harness the power of the full potential of the human brain but were not able to replicate it mechanically which forced them to keep humans alive for their brains. The studio thought that concept was too complex and they were forced to dumb it down to batteries.
I suspect that a large part of the qualification to be a studio exec is a consistent ability to grossly underestimate an audience. It also seems like they tend to bring in some of the dumbest people they can find as test audiences.
@@0okamino True.. The original concept was so much better. Some of the same concepts still remain like "the power of the mind" but in the original concept it was much better explored and properly set up.
He also accepted the cookie xd
Keanu became a 3 degree black velt or you could say there movies were training for John Wick?!
Please watch *Memento* starring Guy Pearce, Joe Pantoliano (Cypher) and Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity), also watch *Arlington Road* starring *Jeff Bridges* (The Big Lebowski) and *Tim Robbins* (The Shawshank Redemption).
Please react to Rush hour 1,2 and 3 starring Jackie Chan and Chris tucker. You will absolutely enjoy them
Point Break. Speed. Bill and Ted.
I had something that was beyong a dream feeling real. I once had a dream so influential that when I awoke, I actually couldn't remember if it what I had seen had actually happened or not; it was like the dream had implanted a memory. I couldn't tell if it was a dream or a memory that I had forgotten. It took me a good 10 mins to finally piece it together. As I was recalling the dream, I realized that one of the details that had to do with the timing of events was off and that what I dreamt couldn't have been real because where the dream took place didn't exist in the right time period that the dream took place in. Basically, the building that I was in wasn't build until after I had dated this girl that was in the dream. That's how I figured it out. It was incredibly bizarre.
I somewhat believe in reincarnation. And the possibility that after we die we can be born again in another time period. Even the past. Sort of like the Matrix being that we're all just in a simulation anyway. Therefore time is just an illusion. Which would fit your dream/reality experience.
"There's a city? Can we go?" That's for the next movie.
Great reaction to this amazing Movie!! I love all the Matrix movies, even the 4th one which a lot of people do not like!! Best wishes always!! 🙂❤
Great reaction guys! 😊❤
This girl is sharp as a knife, she’s on the ball in first five minutes.
Fab reaction video!
Great react - keep’em coming!
Red Hair, Porcelain skin, Irish accent! That's the Female TRINITY right here! 😂❤
Does he fly now ?
Nice reaction. Parts 2 and 3 are worth the watch. I think of it more like 1 movie in 3 parts.
Awesome reaction to an awesome movie. Well done 😃
The way I see it, to be "The One" it's not enough to simply be born with an unusually strong mind. As we saw with the kids, lots of people have "the gift," but the gift of a strong mind alone won't lead you to the unwavering self belief required to bend and break the rules of The Matrix. It was Neo's experiences, particularly in the third act of the film, that allowed him to reach that level of self belief. Experiences like having Morpheus believe so strongly in him. Experiences like having The Oracle confirm that he has the gift. Experiences like when faced with no time to think, no time to doubt himself, he instinctually moved faster than anyone Trinity had ever seen before. Experiences like leaping from a chopper to catch Morpheus mid-air and then deliver him safely to a rooftop. Experiences like securing his grip on the cable and using it to miraculously save Trinity from an exploding helicopter. Experiences like fighting Agent Smith in the subway and surviving when nobody had before. And finally, the experience of Trinity telling him she loved him and that The Oracle told her that the man she fell in love with would be The One. No one experience was enough, instead it was this accumulation of experiences that helped Neo grow his self belief and transformed him from being one with the potential, to him fulfilling his potential and becoming The One.
This brings me to the fact that a lot of people are confused by what The Oracle tells Neo - if she's always right, how can Neo be the one when she told him he wasn't. In the film it's explained away when Morpheus tells Neo that The Oracle only tells you what you need to hear, but that's only half the story. When The Oracle told Neo he wasn't The One, she was right because he wasn't The One..... until he was, until the moment he reached such a level of self belief that he stopped being simply someone with The Gift and became The One. Of course, this was something she eluded to him having the potential to do when she told him that he had the gift, but seemed to be waiting for something. Also, she was right when she said either Neo or Morpheus would die. Neo did die..... she just left out the part about him coming back to life.
Anyway, thanks for a great reaction to a great movie.
P.S. I first saw this film maybe a week after it first released here in Australian cinemas at the age of 17yrs with a group of school friends. I remember walking out into a dark night, the surrounds lit by the street lights, and saying to them, "F_ck me, this could all be The Matrix." It was pretty mind altering since the concept that we could all be living in a simulation really hadn't permeated the public consciousness like it has today, in no small part due to this film. For me it really was and remains quite a unique movie experience, one where it seemed my thinking had been forever changed in some fundamental way..... plus the aesthetics were just really f_cking cool, haha.
*alluded
@@mysteronix Haha, yes indeed, allude not elude.
I would say how can you not remember anything about this movie, but the first time I watched it I was so confused in the first 15min that I lost interest and fell asleep. Watched it a couple years later and now it's my favorite movie. I still have the Matrix code as my screen saver.
The Wachowskis, along with Tom Tykwer (director of Run Lola Run and Perfume: The Story of a Murderer), also directed Cloud Atlas (2012), starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith in The Matrix), Hugh Grant, Keith David, Susan Sarandon, and so many more you'll know. Cloud Atlas is an epic science fiction film that has multiple plots occurring during six eras in time. The cast members perform multiple roles in these time periods. Critics were polarized when it came out and it got nominated for awards in various "best" and "worst" categories, but I love it and have seen it quite a few times. I think it's time has come. Highly recommend.
Oracle "You have the gift, but it looks like you're waiting for something."
Neo "What?"
Oracle "You're next life. Who knows."
Never occurred to me to combine that with the Oracles statement about Morpheus or Neo dying.
“Do you know what that means? It’s Latin. It means know thyself.”
-Mother Matrix
Great reaction, yous guyses. Entertaining as always. Keep on keeping on and Gritos from Tejas.
“Oh, sh*t.”
-Neo
“Yeeeeeehhhhhhhsssssss.”
-Morpheus
great reaction and good editing
Thank you 💙💙💙
Love that soundtrack.... nice job
Extremely impressed with you two for realising why Neo came back to life after Trinity kissed him. You are the only pair that got it.
Her kiss gave him the stimulous to realise that he wasnt actually dead, so the matrix’s “illusion” on the brain making it believe it is all real, became undone.
What this technically means is that you can have someone on the ship bitch slapping people awake after they flatline in the matrix but yeah…