I was 33 and it was the second time that I was blown away by the visuals that a movie could present. The first time was seeing Star Wars when it first came out.
I saw it at the theatre when it first came out. I didn't know anything about it beforehand and I don't even think I had seen a trailer. It *blew me away*. Probably one of the most memorable cinematic experiences I have ever had. Only thing that comes close is Kill Bill and the original Terminator.
Hugo Weaving's performance rarely gets talked about but I thoroughly enjoyed the Smith character. To me two of the greatest villains are Alan Rickman as "Hans Gruber" in Die Hard and Hugo Weaving as "Smith" in the Matrix movies.
I love that he literally wants the same thing the heroes want, he doesn't want to be there and he's fighting to escape it the same way Neo did. He doesn't even want to hurt them, his contempt, his disgust is just so much that he just wants to get away from them. You can empathize with his misanthropy, he's not human and he wants nothing to do with us.
Now that they re-released it on theaters, I took my 11-year-old brother to see it with me in order to make sure he experienced it in a way I never did (I was only9 when it came out and only watched it on VHS years later). He loved, though I think I loved it even more despite the fact that I'd already seen it, lol.
I'm _so_ glad to read this from you. I was 16 years old when this first came out in '99, and this was SERIOUSLY *THE BEST* thing I had seen in my _life_ at that point. A few nights ago the husband and I let our 9 year old watch this and OMG. She was crying and SO _FREAKED OUT_ during Neo's interrogation scene where the agents _erase his mouth_ and insert that freaky looking tracking device in his navel. Poor kid was literally SCREAMING and we had to stop the movie. (Bizarrely, she immediately begged us to turn it back on and let her continue watching). I was SO worried we had made a mistake in letting her watch (what I later realized was an 'R' rated movie), but seeing how you were only _7_ years old, and the commenter above me took his 11 year old brother to see it, I guess it isn't too out of the ordinary for a kid to watch.
That little joke gets me giggling every time. Go to an airport and do that shit and then got arrested or shot :( Why can't we live in the matrix? Lol jk, but if it was the same as the real world then it would be awesome. Think about it. You can do cartwheel shooting and carry a million guns and learn martial arts, firearm usage, and how to fly a freaking helicopter in under a second! Or learn an instrument or something much more mundane and boring. I don't know. That's just my power fantasy.
Naedeslus I disagree I think the tile falling at the end of the scene should have won best performance. I find the tile falling very comical those walls took a huge beating so they wanted to get the last word by making the last bit of noise right before the end of the scene such masterpiece. great improv from that acting
@@davidcatanzaro8838 yeah it’s weird how we have so much access to technology now and the action in Resurrections didn’t even look as good as Revelations, much less the first two.
Yeah, it's just a shame that this scene and most of the action in the movie is a direct rip off of Ghost in the shell ( the first movie) even the filmmakers admit that they took a lot from the anime.
Direct rip off? That would imply that it's a copy. Would you be so kind as to direct me to where this scene appears in Ghost in the Shell? I must have forgotten... In any case, the Wachowski brothers are great fans of Japanese anime and Hong Kong kung fu. Just like many other great directors. Quentin Tarantino is good example. What they did is take several elements from many different sources of inspiration (not just Ghost in the Shell) and combined them into something new and original. You see, all ideas build upon others. That is the essence of creativity. I am sure much of the great cinematic action we see today are in turn inspired by The Matrix. And so the cycle continues.
Your hard on is showing. This scene is pretty dated now and it’s far from the “best action sequence ever directed.” Heat, Hard Boiled, The Raid, The Town, Sicario and Saving Private Ryan all had better shootouts and directing.
There is NOOOO such thing as 100% original art everything is derived from something else. The directors were inspired by Ghost in the shell, they didnt rip it off there is a difference between being inspired and paying tribute to something vs just straight copying. Some people are just less aware of where certain art inspirations are from.
Neo’s outfit in this scene is dope af. Edit: his entrance is also dope af: the way his boots hit the ground. Also the way Trinity destroys the guy asking for backup is awesome.
This is what modern action movie directors don't understand and can't reproduce: economy. In all this MCU crap nowadays, the action scenes just go on and on until they are starting to drag. About 50% to 70% of the way through the audience suddenly realizes "hey, this fight has been going on for a REALLY long time" and just like that they're yanked out of the movie and feeling the need to check their watch.
@@jameshurley776 I hope not. It has some interesting concepts to explore vs being a complete rehash of the same plot. Neo is still Neo, we can see him in the montage with his eyes burnt out.
Himora Kenshin Yeah, but one thing doesn't make sense. Why are Neo and Trinity killing these people? Yeah, they have to get to Morpheus, but they're innocent. Trinity and Neo are literally slaughtering a bunch of innocent people.
***** Damn that is a tough one...Hard Boiled might have an edge there because the action scene is continuous with no cuts...something the action film genre is lacking these days.
This scene and the following rooftop scene are probably the two most badass, iconic scenes in action movie history. Perfect blend of practical effects and CGI, and not so over the top that it breaks immersion. Later films, and plenty of modern films and their over-use of obvious CGI just gets too absurd to allow for suspension of disbelief. The Matrix masterfully straddled that line, and remains a superb movie even today.
I agree, also taking the time to build up suspense. Nowadays every scene seems to be in a hurry, not giving the time to let things settle in/build up tension.
Ironic that a movie literally taking place in a computer-generated world used less CGI than any of the action movies that tried to imitate it over the following two decades
Totally agree. The entire, seamless sequence from the lobby to the rooftop to the helicopter, culminating in Neo's incredible saving of Trinity and the realization that he is indeed the One is just absolutely breathtaking cinema. The helicopter crash with the windows rippling is one of the coolest things I've ever seen in a movie.
+AMN O-Jay You know why? These films are disclosing a little secrete about ourselves that the ruling families took into secret. These films are the ESOTERIC Masonic (not Lodge) underground disclosure to back back, what the evil jerks took underground. This is depicting the Left brain (Neo / Jachin pillar) having been through therapy & training (w Morpheus) finally learning to listen to the RIGGHT side of the Brian (Trinity / Boaz) - the INTERNALS - the Commpass & NOW - as the TWO united pillars coming back to the world working in unison! Neo is to learn to navigate by the Heart & his Over Soul ("one eye") & thus hear Universal Law enabling him to leave the lower dimensions (Machine City / Matrix / Cube). He came down into the lower Matrix/s to learn the Universe, but has to get his butt back home as well. This is great film because it's recording in us - symbolically triggering us to remember the path home. These are giving us the alagory of the Widow's Son; the Left brain marrying the Right, but the Left must surrender and follow, or "die" to bring the birth of the Son. Hence our resurrection. Esoteric Masonry comes out of the Egyptian Mystery Schools, and the key thing the temple priests knew was HOW the mind works. The Left side of the brain has the executive functions (tending to the body, energy reserves, it wants consistency & strictly takes life at face value. The Right side of the brain holds the Inner Compass & laws of the entire Universe, but you have to train to hear it. The Cabals & rulers keep us sick, tired, burnt out & using the Left side of the brain to survive 24/7. This locks us into Left brain & it's blue pill sleep. The right side will reintroduce us to our Over Soul if we "follow her - the white rabbit"... IF we do we Morpheus is going to be there & ask us to side with him, so he can walk us through this matrix gauntlet - thus the red ill is the surrender to the Compass & Morpheus and nothing & no one else. THEN we are dodging bullets (mind controls that would have normally gotten us). In this scene BOTH pillars of the brain 7 & 7 are fighting propaganda, degradation, injuries to our value etc --- THE shoot out --- and getting back so that we don't pull even out Over Soul down. THIS IS LIKE THE BEST SCENE EVER!!!! ***ITS CODE to trigger us back up***
This movie is seriously a Hollywood masterpiece. This will never happen again, it was so iconic, and i'm so glad I was alive to witness it for the first time.
Unfortunately I think you're right: I'll never be able to understand how amazing it must've been to walk into the Cinema and then see this scene for the first time. Its way too late for me to even try and comprehend how amazing it felt. I'll just have to settle for re-watching this film again because of how great it is: but I won't ever be able to realise what it was really like when it was released. :(
To be fair, Matrix 4 was never really about the action. They just included it 'cause Warner Bros would probably freak if they didn't see any of that. It was ultimately a movie about why the movie shouldn't have needed to be made in the first place.
Almost entirely done with practical effects instead of CGI. It's why this scene holds up so well even in 2018 when Matrix: Reloaded scenes became dated after only a couple of years. Truly this was a golden age of Cinema.
To me, the first one is a masterpiece in cinema, Reloaded was pretty good overall, not as good as the first, but still pretty solid IMO and Revolutions was a disappointment honestly, thinking it could have used the 4 year gap like between Matrix 1 and Reloaded. Still, a pretty good trilogy overall.
Wanna know what I really like about this? The fact that none of the SWAT/Soldiers are doing the "Jaw drop, deer in headlights" crap while these two are pulling all these reality-defying stunts. Even if they're getting their asses handed to them, they're still professional enough not to be distracted.
+sonrouge I hear you. There are so many generic bad guys that are just way too easy to kill, and it looks like they don't even try. While they could not hold a candle to Neo and Trinity's skills, at least they were a convincing SWAT team.
Benjamin Cooper Yes they can. Their bullets miss Neo and Trin by inches. Neo and Trinity, due to their computer-downloaded physical training, are just ahead of them enough to dodge the fire.
@@couragew6260 I wouldnt call John Wick shootout badass, more like Hitman-ish type that prioritized effiecency instead of flashy and unesessary but totally kickass move(like that dangerous melee move trinity and neo pulls on a gunmen).
I'll never forget the first time that I saw this movie as a 10 year old kid. At the time, I didn't understand most of it, I just knew it was the absolute coolest thing I'd ever seen in my life and to this day, this scene is still one of my top 3 all time favourite movie scenes. The movie in general is an absolute masterpiece!
In all honesty, after Neo and Trinity just killed 5 innocent security guards in cold blood, why the hell would the assault team bother saying "Freeze!" and not just open fire immediately?
@@subhasisdey2011 isn't it possible they were others plugged into the matrix, still being used as power by the machines? Remember morpheus says, the body cannot survive without the mind, you die in the matrix you die for real? I dunno, I'd like to think they were just code.
Simple Play I can’t imagine seeing this live, I saw Spider-Man 1 in theaters around the same time as this, was like 7 so it probably would’ve been too intense, but theaters must’ve just been losing their minds on this movie I bet.
Just watched this today in a theatre where I live - it’s playing all weekend and is being shown in one of the special Dolby theaters. Absolutely amazing. It still holds up as a spectacular action movie even 20 years later.
This interrogation and shootout is probably the most iconic scene (scenes) in movie history. The transition from interrogation to the lobby is perfect. Amazing work nearly a quarter century on.
No one's appreciating how awesome the music is, not just the tune itself but the building up to it with that industrial clanging. Love that genre of music.
@@stoneymahoney9106 Also John Wick: How ya doin? Guard: Good, how about you? John Wick: 'Member you owed me that pencil in 2nd grade? Guard: What about it? John Wick: I just wanted to give you another one for old times sake
It's mind blowing to me that Matrix still seems like a cutting edge modern movie to me, but people have been born, gone to school, gone to college, become adults, gotten jobs, bought cars, moved out, gotten laid, and had kids of their own since it was made.
@@PsychedelicArchaea yeah? Most things from the 90s, if not basically everything seem clearly dated. It should be mind blowing, and I feel sad for you that it isn't
John Wick is a man of focus, commitment, and sheer will. His aim is precise and deadly, he barely ever misses a shot. Neo is just like “fuck it, I have 17 other guns. SPRAY AND PRAY!!!”
The scene is so awesome you don't even think "Why does the building have a fully kitted and prepped SWAT team already waiting in the employee break room?!" :D
Yesterday there was a 20th anniversary in my local cinema for this movie so i finally got to experience it on the big screen.. best movie i've ever seen in cinema history..
Trinity kicking that Spas over the dudes shoulder to the blast in the back, is one of the coolest things ever. Then her shooting the other guy without showing him get shot, is just so badass. 10/10
When The Matrix came out nobody could stop talking about it for weeks in my school. For months and years, there's always that Matrix reference everywhere. It was something we didn't see before! It was ahead of its time.
It's funny that pop culture often conflates this scene with "bullet time", when that was reserved solely for the agents until Neo does a tiny bit of it at the very end. What Neo and Trinity were seeming to do here was not "dodging bullets", which still move faster than they can react, but rather using their superhuman but not physics-defying agility to move erratically with all those fancy acrobatics so that the soldiers couldn't aim at them properly.
I remember watching the bonus features in this DVD--the creators considered "bullet time" to be any of the scenes that involved the use of multiple cameras set up in a "track" fired off in rapid succession to allow for the feeling of the *camera* moving in bullet time, not necessarily the cast/characters. That being said, I don't think this is an example of that either, just "normal" slow motion filming. My main point, though, is that bullet time is a cinematic technique, not a thing that a character did.
Ive never seen parodies of thos scene in bullet time. They only mimic the freeze frame shot of trinity doing that kick, which I don't find iconic so help me understand why it is
@@moxiemaxie3543 It's the first time that one of the 'hackers' (or whatever they're called) is shown using superhuman abilities and the movie calls a lot of attention to it with the freeze-frame.
20 years ago a 9 year old me watched this scene and loved the action gunplay and slo mo. In 2019 a older and wiser me appreciates the acting, the attention to detail such as the color scheme, the emotional set up to this scene, the rhythmic flow, of the editing, even the way Neo sprayed the unsuspecting guards at the metal detector. All up the ironic slab falling onto the floor after the gun fight. CLASSIC. Hands down one of the greatest gun fight scenes in Hollywood history.
I was very disappointed with the fight scenes, the movie relied on neo force shielding and doing little else. They were also zoomed in instead of framing movements in an appealing way. People mock the two sequels at least the fights were good even if the writing started to fall off.
Spihk Heartbust!? Spihk Heartbust mates internet friends for People there when Bozeman Hotmail Recipient dislocated Bozeman Hotmail Recipient's shoulder near Rams Server Monroe!
@@UltimateDespair98 I hate that shit,I remember this one guy who act all tough and shit so when dressing for PE he try to pantsed a guy, who beat the shit out of him to where he began crying on the ground, as he then went to the hospital as he likely changed schools as he's been gone for months before the lockdown
Fun fact: Keanu filmed this entire scene while wearing a back brace. He hurt his back while previously filming the final fight with Agent Smith and just kind of powered through it. His reputation as a dedicated and hardworking actor is well-earned.
Horrible is very good for matrix 4 the parodies! It was like they made it in 5 Hours! It looked like some low budget uninspired random movie! Keanu and Moss weren't enough to save this trash! Not that they tried. But their faces kept me watching and don't leave by boredom
So when i watched this movie as a kid i used to think everyone they killed here were purely bad guys But then i realized these are people trapped in the matrix I wont fault them since they gotta save morpheus or else zion is screwed
Just realised how important the environmental destruction is to this scene. It would be ok otherwise but having so much active elements on scene in slow motion is what makes it a joy to watch. Looks and feels more like animation that live action. The music also kicks ass.
My favorite riff line for this scene: "Backup, send backup!" /bzzzzt "I MEANT FOR US!" In all seriousness though this scene is classic. It was the very first thing we put on when we got our first surround sound system in the early/mid 2000s. It's all the better when you can practically hear shots going past your head.
sagesaria LOL that is so true! When this movie came out DVD video was just coming out! I remember this and Fast and the Furious was all I played to show off my system. Back when standalone DVD players were $400!!
![Neo vs Merovingian | The Matrix Reloaded [IMAX]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/uXGE0vuuaDo/mqdefault.jpg)
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When I was a kid this was literally the coolest thing that I've ever seen in my entire life. 20 years later... holy shit it still is.
Preach it brother!
Indeed my friend
literally same
I was 33 and it was the second time that I was blown away by the visuals that a movie could present. The first time was seeing Star Wars when it first came out.
I saw it at the theatre when it first came out. I didn't know anything about it beforehand and I don't even think I had seen a trailer. It *blew me away*. Probably one of the most memorable cinematic experiences I have ever had. Only thing that comes close is Kill Bill and the original Terminator.
Everyone talking about the fight sequence, but Hugo Weaving’s monologue to set it up is totally badass.
Especially with the music in both scenes.
Hugo Weaving was the breakout character of the film. He is an amazing actor!!
Weaving steals the show. Period.
Hugo Weaving's performance rarely gets talked about but I thoroughly enjoyed the Smith character. To me two of the greatest villains are Alan Rickman as "Hans Gruber" in Die Hard and Hugo Weaving as "Smith" in the Matrix movies.
I love that he literally wants the same thing the heroes want, he doesn't want to be there and he's fighting to escape it the same way Neo did. He doesn't even want to hurt them, his contempt, his disgust is just so much that he just wants to get away from them. You can empathize with his misanthropy, he's not human and he wants nothing to do with us.
The transition from the interrogation to Neo’s entrance is fucking legendary
You have Doomslayer PFP :D
Have you seen the scene where Neo is replaced by a banana? lol ruclips.net/video/u42kytuMz0g/видео.html
This is (for me ) Peak Hugo Weaving
Facts. It was just so badass, epic, and satisfying as of today it still gives me chills and goosebumps. 😍😎💯👍😏😰😱
Just pop up that scene in my mind and came here to check it again
I don't think any feeling can equate to being a 7-year-old kid watching this scene for the very first time. I seriously can't describe the feeling.
Now that they re-released it on theaters, I took my 11-year-old brother to see it with me in order to make sure he experienced it in a way I never did (I was only9 when it came out and only watched it on VHS years later). He loved, though I think I loved it even more despite the fact that I'd already seen it, lol.
I'm _so_ glad to read this from you. I was 16 years old when this first came out in '99, and this was SERIOUSLY *THE BEST* thing I had seen in my _life_ at that point. A few nights ago the husband and I let our 9 year old watch this and OMG. She was crying and SO _FREAKED OUT_ during Neo's interrogation scene where the agents _erase his mouth_ and insert that freaky looking tracking device in his navel. Poor kid was literally SCREAMING and we had to stop the movie. (Bizarrely, she immediately begged us to turn it back on and let her continue watching).
I was SO worried we had made a mistake in letting her watch (what I later realized was an 'R' rated movie), but seeing how you were only _7_ years old, and the commenter above me took his 11 year old brother to see it, I guess it isn't too out of the ordinary for a kid to watch.
How about being a 4-year-old toddler? This has been My second-favorite movie for 23 years.
I saw this when I was 9 and I am still hyped from it.
In Max Payne you can basically play it, and that was around the same time.
That security guard who said 'holy shit' should've won an academy award for his performance.
That little joke gets me giggling every time. Go to an airport and do that shit and then got arrested or shot :( Why can't we live in the matrix?
Lol jk, but if it was the same as the real world then it would be awesome. Think about it. You can do cartwheel shooting and carry a million guns and learn martial arts, firearm usage, and how to fly a freaking helicopter in under a second! Or learn an instrument or something much more mundane and boring.
I don't know. That's just my power fantasy.
Agreed.
should have*
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Naedeslus I disagree I think the tile falling at the end of the scene should have won best performance. I find the tile falling very comical those walls took a huge beating so they wanted to get the last word by making the last bit of noise right before the end of the scene such masterpiece. great improv from that acting
This scene is going on 23 years old and it looks better than at least 95% of the CGI garbage Hollywood is spitting out today.
Better than resurrections for sure
Man this shit is depressing.
@@davidcatanzaro8838 yeah it’s weird how we have so much access to technology now and the action in Resurrections didn’t even look as good as Revelations, much less the first two.
You don’t even notice 95% of cgi in new movies.
@@mrb2349 it’s a lot easier to spot than you think. You just try not to think about it unless it’s really dense with CGI or if the CGI is really bad
The action scene that revolutionized hollywood forever, this scene is over 15 years old and still the best action sequence ever directed.
Yeah, it's just a shame that this scene and most of the action in the movie is a direct rip off of Ghost in the shell ( the first movie) even the filmmakers admit that they took a lot from the anime.
Direct rip off? That would imply that it's a copy. Would you be so kind as to direct me to where this scene appears in Ghost in the Shell? I must have forgotten...
In any case, the Wachowski brothers are great fans of Japanese anime and Hong Kong kung fu. Just like many other great directors. Quentin Tarantino is good example. What they did is take several elements from many different sources of inspiration (not just Ghost in the Shell) and combined them into something new and original. You see, all ideas build upon others. That is the essence of creativity.
I am sure much of the great cinematic action we see today are in turn inspired by The Matrix. And so the cycle continues.
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Your hard on is showing. This scene is pretty dated now and it’s far from the “best action sequence ever directed.” Heat, Hard Boiled, The Raid, The Town, Sicario and Saving Private Ryan all had better shootouts and directing.
There is NOOOO such thing as 100% original art everything is derived from something else. The directors were inspired by Ghost in the shell, they didnt rip it off there is a difference between being inspired and paying tribute to something vs just straight copying. Some people are just less aware of where certain art inspirations are from.
Every time I enter a marble lobby of some generic office building, i think of this scene. So iconic.
mellowandjello so funny!
mellowandjello Just remember to take your sunglasses off and smile nicely. 😎
... and in reality you look like Bullseye in the Airport in the Daredevil movie.
Every time I see a cab over truck I think it's Optimus Prime .
You should recreate it
lol imagine he's opening his jacket and he has a pack of pencils
Then everyone would’ve spontaneously died from the overwhelming number of fookin penzils!!
@@tylergalvez5033
Holy shit ! How much did those cost !! Got then on sale ! Not much ! Cool , can I have some ? Sure here you go.
Whoa
Wicked!
Who the fuck could do that?!
That moment you realize Smith isn't a normal agent. He's self aware.
1M0RTAL_CH1CKEN ironic that he became more human over time
1M0RTAL_CH1CKEN true bro
I always thought that was a trick to make him talk.
YES!
they're all self aware. that's why the machines rebelled in the first place
The defect of this scene is the fact that it ends
Neo’s outfit in this scene is dope af.
Edit: his entrance is also dope af: the way his boots hit the ground. Also the way Trinity destroys the guy asking for backup is awesome.
Not at all,its more like gentle outfit instead of combat one and look great whe he start moving.
I like his outfit here too. I don't like the outfit he wears in the sequels.
Trinity's outfit is dope af too...
Facts. It was just so badass, epic, and satisfying as of today it still gives me chills and goosebumps. 😍😎💯👍😏😰😱
Custom boots made by Airwalk. They're extremely dope.
The ONLY reason you need to wear sunglasses indoors.
w m EXACTLY! XD
@@almos-bendeguzarany9274 Its a joke dumbass
Why is the sun to brightness inside heheheh
The Skull from Scarface wears sunglasses indoors AND at night
His vision is augmented.
what i love about this scene is that it feels longer than it actually is
This is what modern action movie directors don't understand and can't reproduce: economy. In all this MCU crap nowadays, the action scenes just go on and on until they are starting to drag. About 50% to 70% of the way through the audience suddenly realizes "hey, this fight has been going on for a REALLY long time" and just like that they're yanked out of the movie and feeling the need to check their watch.
Same! I was so surprised it is ca 3 minutes long!
@carlmonke8043 feels like a 20 minute scene
Matrix 4 is around the corner, but I’m sure it’s not easy even to get close to the first part, what a great masterpiece it was
There’s just something about early 2000’s action movies that’s impossible to replicate now
The new trailer has way too much CGI. Needs more classic wires and practical effects
It will be good but NOWHERE near the original Matrix. This movie was groundbreaking and is still being discussed til this day.
Matrix 4 will be the force awakens for Matrix cash in nostalgia
@@jameshurley776 I hope not. It has some interesting concepts to explore vs being a complete rehash of the same plot. Neo is still Neo, we can see him in the montage with his eyes burnt out.
The music makes the scene so much better.
Propellerheads
would be better with prodigy's smack my bitch up
Just imagine during the whole gunplay in this scene, NWA's **** Tha Police was playing in the background.
@Eli - Truth.
It’s a remake of the rammstein song du hast
One of the best action scenes in cinema history.
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Himora Kenshin Yeah, but one thing doesn't make sense. Why are Neo and Trinity killing these people? Yeah, they have to get to Morpheus, but they're innocent. Trinity and Neo are literally slaughtering a bunch of innocent people.
***** hmmmm tough one
YEAH ONE OF THE BEST HEAT SHOOT OUT AND BOONDOCK SAINTS SHOOT OUT NUMBER 1 and 2 matrix 3
***** Damn that is a tough one...Hard Boiled might have an edge there because the action scene is continuous with no cuts...something the action film genre is lacking these days.
This scene and the following rooftop scene are probably the two most badass, iconic scenes in action movie history.
Perfect blend of practical effects and CGI, and not so over the top that it breaks immersion.
Later films, and plenty of modern films and their over-use of obvious CGI just gets too absurd to allow for suspension of disbelief.
The Matrix masterfully straddled that line, and remains a superb movie even today.
I agree, also taking the time to build up suspense. Nowadays every scene seems to be in a hurry, not giving the time to let things settle in/build up tension.
I'd place the subway action scene in that pairing, maybe even more than the rooftop scene if that didn't have the bullet time sequence in it
Ironic that a movie literally taking place in a computer-generated world used less CGI than any of the action movies that tried to imitate it over the following two decades
Totally agree. The entire, seamless sequence from the lobby to the rooftop to the helicopter, culminating in Neo's incredible saving of Trinity and the realization that he is indeed the One is just absolutely breathtaking cinema. The helicopter crash with the windows rippling is one of the coolest things I've ever seen in a movie.
This shit will Never get old
+AMN O-Jay INDEED
+AMN O-Jay You know why? These films are disclosing a little secrete about ourselves that the ruling families took into secret. These films are the ESOTERIC Masonic (not Lodge) underground disclosure to back back, what the evil jerks took underground. This is depicting the Left brain (Neo / Jachin pillar) having been through therapy & training (w Morpheus) finally learning to listen to the RIGGHT side of the Brian (Trinity / Boaz) - the INTERNALS - the Commpass & NOW - as the TWO united pillars coming back to the world working in unison! Neo is to learn to navigate by the Heart & his Over Soul ("one eye") & thus hear Universal Law enabling him to leave the lower dimensions (Machine City / Matrix / Cube). He came down into the lower Matrix/s to learn the Universe, but has to get his butt back home as well. This is great film because it's recording in us - symbolically triggering us to remember the path home.
These are giving us the alagory of the Widow's Son; the Left brain marrying the Right, but the Left must surrender and follow, or "die" to bring the birth of the Son. Hence our resurrection. Esoteric Masonry comes out of the Egyptian Mystery Schools, and the key thing the temple priests knew was HOW the mind works. The Left side of the brain has the executive functions (tending to the body, energy reserves, it wants consistency & strictly takes life at face value.
The Right side of the brain holds the Inner Compass & laws of the entire Universe, but you have to train to hear it. The Cabals & rulers keep us sick, tired, burnt out & using the Left side of the brain to survive 24/7. This locks us into Left brain & it's blue pill sleep. The right side will reintroduce us to our Over Soul if we "follow her - the white rabbit"... IF we do we Morpheus is going to be there & ask us to side with him, so he can walk us through this matrix gauntlet - thus the red ill is the surrender to the Compass & Morpheus and nothing & no one else. THEN we are dodging bullets (mind controls that would have normally gotten us).
In this scene BOTH pillars of the brain 7 & 7 are fighting propaganda, degradation, injuries to our value etc --- THE shoot out --- and getting back so that we don't pull even out Over Soul down. THIS IS LIKE THE BEST SCENE EVER!!!! ***ITS CODE to trigger us back up***
+BoldVA5D Jeeez, you just pwned Judith Butler in the art of overcomplicated writing.
it'll never get old. Like Madeline McCann
And neither will Keanu Reeves. Seriously, he never ages.
When you're a high-level player and return to a low-level area.
farming baddies for gear, xp n money be like:
ROFL
On the contrary. This is when you go into a sidequest under-leveled and cheese your way through using broken spells and moves.
This lobby is basically the stage "Grid" from Perfect Dark for the N64.
and max Payne the original.
This movie is seriously a Hollywood masterpiece. This will never happen again, it was so iconic, and i'm so glad I was alive to witness it for the first time.
Kids today have no idea how groundbreaking this scene was back when the movie came out.
+vars28 still one of the coolest things I've ever seen
this was?
oh great another back in my day geezer
Unfortunately I think you're right: I'll never be able to understand how amazing it must've been to walk into the Cinema and then see this scene for the first time. Its way too late for me to even try and comprehend how amazing it felt. I'll just have to settle for re-watching this film again because of how great it is: but I won't ever be able to realise what it was really like when it was released. :(
Indeed, vars28... my argument, absolutely... Kids have zero historical perspective. They'll label something that came out in 2015 as "old..."
"Hhmmm needs more shaky cam..."
-Every action director today
You would be great on Cinemasins.
94dfk1 Thank fuck we can actually see and appreciate what's going on in this scene instead!
94dfk1 cough cough the new jason bourne
Don't blame action directors for making what customers willingly pay for. They are making billions off of shaky cam.
Shaky cam and filling scenes with so much cgi destruction you have no idea what is going on.
This one scene contains more action than the entire Matrix 4
To be fair, Matrix 4 was never really about the action. They just included it 'cause Warner Bros would probably freak if they didn't see any of that. It was ultimately a movie about why the movie shouldn't have needed to be made in the first place.
the only action in that movie is when Neo recollects about the 3 other movies
Almost entirely done with practical effects instead of CGI. It's why this scene holds up so well even in 2018 when Matrix: Reloaded scenes became dated after only a couple of years.
Truly this was a golden age of Cinema.
Both are masterpieces. Deal with it
@@moviesondemandoo779 Nah only the first one is. The second is alright, the third is total crap.
To me, the first one is a masterpiece in cinema, Reloaded was pretty good overall, not as good as the first, but still pretty solid IMO and Revolutions was a disappointment honestly, thinking it could have used the 4 year gap like between Matrix 1 and Reloaded. Still, a pretty good trilogy overall.
Then again, in the bullet dodge scene, only Neo isn't cgi. The background is entirely greenscreen in that shot.
Actually. The Golden age of film was in the 50s and 60s
Wanna know what I really like about this?
The fact that none of the SWAT/Soldiers are doing the "Jaw drop, deer in headlights" crap while these two are pulling all these reality-defying stunts. Even if they're getting their asses handed to them, they're still professional enough not to be distracted.
+sonrouge I hear you. There are so many generic bad guys that are just way too easy to kill, and it looks like they don't even try. While they could not hold a candle to Neo and Trinity's skills, at least they were a convincing SWAT team.
They still can't aim or take cover for shit though.
Benjamin Cooper Yes they can. Their bullets miss Neo and Trin by inches. Neo and Trinity, due to their computer-downloaded physical training, are just ahead of them enough to dodge the fire.
Well that probably is because they are just programs, but in that case why does the first guard react?
They're not programs. They're humans plugged into the Matrix.
After Matrix 4 i can say "I want this old movies back"
The thing I find most impressive about this scene is that none of it was CGI, it was all real
they actually killed real security guards
Prepare for the reboot to be all CGI and visuals . Nothing's gonna be real in the upcoming one, not even the actors , it's gonna be all stunt doubles.
@@FlourescentPotato A worthy sacrifice
Real or joke?
@@garygallagher6 real
1999: It'll be hard to top this as the coolest shootout scene of all time.
2019: ...well it's been 20 years now... guess it may never be topped.
2020 still nothing 🤷🏼♂️
It was topped in 1981 Indiana Jones 1 ;)
John Wick comes to mind, but what do you expect when it’s Keanu Reeves.
@@couragew6260
I wouldnt call John Wick shootout badass, more like Hitman-ish type that prioritized effiecency instead of flashy and unesessary but totally kickass move(like that dangerous melee move trinity and neo pulls on a gunmen).
Janus Ceasar
Good explanation. Thanks for explaining yourself instead of just saying, “No” like so many others would.
This scene is better than the entire new matrix movie!
Hands down one of the most amazing scenes ever filmed.
"I must get out of here, I must get free" - me at work
Good one hahaha
#Facts
Bet. say less. no cap.
@@nicholaskajfasz9558 hi
Lmao
I'll never forget the first time that I saw this movie as a 10 year old kid. At the time, I didn't understand most of it, I just knew it was the absolute coolest thing I'd ever seen in my life and to this day, this scene is still one of my top 3 all time favourite movie scenes. The movie in general is an absolute masterpiece!
One of the most iconic scenes to date from one of the best action movies of all time.
And that, children, is the infamous lobby scene. Do not try this at home.
They showed this in my school :D
*famous lobby scene
columbine
yes
Emma Howle My home doesn’t have security guards let alone a lobby... But I would try this if given the training.
Hugo Weaving is one of the most underrated actors of all time.
nah he is a very respected actor by the cinema industry and the public. He's voice is legendary and obviously his acting skills
Check The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert.
Elrond from Lord of the Rings he did an excellent job portraying the character.
In all honesty, after Neo and Trinity just killed 5 innocent security guards in cold blood, why the hell would the assault team bother saying "Freeze!" and not just open fire immediately?
It has to be watched from beginning...They didnt kill any security guards...there was no security guard...😁😁
They might have surrendered upon encountering the swat team, ordinary people would
@@subhasisdey2011 isn't it possible they were others plugged into the matrix, still being used as power by the machines? Remember morpheus says, the body cannot survive without the mind, you die in the matrix you die for real?
I dunno, I'd like to think they were just code.
One word: FEAR
@@HighPriestVaticanAssasin no, you have to realize....there is no security guards
I was 15. Didn't watch trailer and didn't heard of matrix, just went in theatre with friends.... That was ''HOLY SHIT''!!! rest is history...
Simple Play I can’t imagine seeing this live, I saw Spider-Man 1 in theaters around the same time as this, was like 7 so it probably would’ve been too intense, but theaters must’ve just been losing their minds on this movie I bet.
I was 15 too ..heard about matrix and don't cared about it..i saw it one time..holy shit !!
the matrix was rated R. how did you and your friends get in?
Started backward with The Matrix Revelations in theaters when I was 13. All of my friends were talking about it so there I am with my mom lmao
That's exactly me!! I was just a kid and my older Sister randomly took me to see this, had never even heard of it.. But wow, it blew me away!!
I still find it awesome that from 3:33 - 3:51 , you can actually see the pieces of the marble hit and bounce off of the camera.
Well styrofoam but yes practical effects are the best.
This movie was so ahead of it's time! This scene with all it's effects, truly amazing!
Just watched this today in a theatre where I live - it’s playing all weekend and is being shown in one of the special Dolby theaters. Absolutely amazing. It still holds up as a spectacular action movie even 20 years later.
This movie was godly in Dolby. I hope 4 is half as good as this movie
This interrogation and shootout is probably the most iconic scene (scenes) in movie history. The transition from interrogation to the lobby is perfect. Amazing work nearly a quarter century on.
Might say their is a battle taking place in Morpheus’ mind and downstairs.
Cinematic Perfection!
+Cosmic Contrarian fancy seeing you here
Cosmic Contrarian Absolutely
it made cinematic history this movie should be in the national film registry
MARIO'S IMPOSTOR It is as of 2012!
NICE!!!
Somehow this looks way better than the new movie.
Matrix 4 is confusing as hell lol
@@mr.formal6723Even Revolutions wasn’t that confusing compared to Resurrections
4:24 This slide doe, too clean 😂
I used to try to do that slide when I was little. Not to be cool but to just it out cause it was that cool.
You can only do that on marble floor and with certain shoes🥺
Marble floors and harder rubber shoes, it is possible.
4:23 *
@@kennymichaelalanya7134 I do it on DM’s all the time
Private: "Sir! They're moving too slow to hit!"
Sergeant: "Damnit private, just keep shooting!"
You don't call a Sergeant "sir."
BILLYunaire085 facts that only applies to warrant officers and commissioned officers
The movie gets me emotional remembering how movies, people, and overall better things were back then. Anything can have that effect is a masterpiece.
If my friends don't rescue me from detention like this we not really friends
The L Delivery Man thank you for making this comment.
so ¿your friends are school shooters?
The L Delivery Man you’ll have no friends then cause that shit is near impossible
@The L Delivery Man - Facts.
One of the most bad ass moments ever put to film.
Rewatching this scene to clean my palette after Resurrections
when stealth is optional for this mission. lol
When you hire Storm Troopers to be your second line of security.
And your attackers use the force
Neo and Trinity can see things in slow motion, giving them an advantage.
No one's appreciating how awesome the music is, not just the tune itself but the building up to it with that industrial clanging. Love that genre of music.
Like a Terminator2
That one emo couple at school
Wtf it's more like edgy couple lmao
Well Columbine shootout was literally someone imitating this scene
@@rubberonasphalt Wait, I thought Matrix imitated Columbine shooters...
John Ruiz that one silent couple at school*
@@rubberonasphalt Matrix came out after Columbine
Imagine how pissed off the janitor was....
OddPotato janitor: I don’t get paid enough for this shit
So true 😂😂
Probably explains the dislikes
I dunno... One of the few mess I might actually *enjoy* cleaning... The remnants of battle.
nah dude this happens every other tuesday
I came back to this scene so i can erase the new movie from my head
John Wick: *whips out pencil and book*
Guard: Holy shit!
John Wick: "Heya Jimmy!"
@@stoneymahoney9106 Also John Wick: How ya doin?
Guard: Good, how about you?
John Wick: 'Member you owed me that pencil in 2nd grade?
Guard: What about it?
John Wick: I just wanted to give you another one for old times sake
He's come a long way since button mashing, and holding forward down.
@@Shutupb1tch420 thanks John, You have a good day now okay?
It's mind blowing to me that Matrix still seems like a cutting edge modern movie to me, but people have been born, gone to school, gone to college, become adults, gotten jobs, bought cars, moved out, gotten laid, and had kids of their own since it was made.
millennials gen z ?? ??
you should have put “gotten laid” around college brah.
that blows ur mind? yikes
@@PsychedelicArchaea yeah? Most things from the 90s, if not basically everything seem clearly dated. It should be mind blowing, and I feel sad for you that it isn't
I'm still on step 5
John Wick is a man of focus, commitment, and sheer will. His aim is precise and deadly, he barely ever misses a shot.
Neo is just like “fuck it, I have 17 other guns. SPRAY AND PRAY!!!”
The scene is so awesome you don't even think "Why does the building have a fully kitted and prepped SWAT team already waiting in the employee break room?!" :D
SecondQuantisation it’s a government building iirc
You know I just realized that lmao
20 second response time
Still makes more sense than why the full swat team can empty entire clips 10 meters away and hit nothing
because agents created them spontaneously by accessing the matrix code, they are programs
Just realized Matrix is almost 20 years old.
*Holy shit!*
Ijr
Wait till its 50.
Still relevant
Yesterday there was a 20th anniversary in my local cinema for this movie so i finally got to experience it on the big screen.. best movie i've ever seen in cinema history..
Among the last good movie I can think about.
Trinity kicking that Spas over the dudes shoulder to the blast in the back, is one of the coolest things ever. Then her shooting the other guy without showing him get shot, is just so badass. 10/10
keanu and Carrie Ann make a badass couple
Agree
Matrix 4
The way Neo walks in, it is everything
When The Matrix came out nobody could stop talking about it for weeks in my school. For months and years, there's always that Matrix reference everywhere. It was something we didn't see before! It was ahead of its time.
Fun-fact: Ending on the triple-kick practiced earlier in the dojo sparring program at 04:13 was Keanu Reeves idea.
1:20 was that a fucking goat?
What are you talking about
+John Menanno He was implying that Morpheus sounded like a goat.
+exxodas Damn you. I can never unhear that.
exxodas omg, I was like the hell you talking about, I'm looking for a goat, and then i hear Morpheus LMAO You mess that scene up for everybody lol
exxodas nooo :D :D :D you destroyed everything :D
It's funny that pop culture often conflates this scene with "bullet time", when that was reserved solely for the agents until Neo does a tiny bit of it at the very end. What Neo and Trinity were seeming to do here was not "dodging bullets", which still move faster than they can react, but rather using their superhuman but not physics-defying agility to move erratically with all those fancy acrobatics so that the soldiers couldn't aim at them properly.
I remember watching the bonus features in this DVD--the creators considered "bullet time" to be any of the scenes that involved the use of multiple cameras set up in a "track" fired off in rapid succession to allow for the feeling of the *camera* moving in bullet time, not necessarily the cast/characters. That being said, I don't think this is an example of that either, just "normal" slow motion filming. My main point, though, is that bullet time is a cinematic technique, not a thing that a character did.
In gaming terms, it's called "the wiggles" lol
Ive never seen parodies of thos scene in bullet time. They only mimic the freeze frame shot of trinity doing that kick, which I don't find iconic so help me understand why it is
@@moxiemaxie3543 It's the first time that one of the 'hackers' (or whatever they're called) is shown using superhuman abilities and the movie calls a lot of attention to it with the freeze-frame.
@@moxiemaxie3543 you don’t “find it”iconic? It objectively is. You’re a clown
This is the only movie, I can get excited rewatching over and over.
....
Time to look for the DVD again.
I watched it like 3 or 4 times lol
Same here
I addicted this...
Blu ray
20 years ago a 9 year old me watched this scene and loved the action gunplay and slo mo.
In 2019 a older and wiser me appreciates the acting, the attention to detail such as the color scheme, the emotional set up to this scene, the rhythmic flow, of the editing, even the way Neo sprayed the unsuspecting guards at the metal detector. All up the ironic slab falling onto the floor after the gun fight. CLASSIC. Hands down one of the greatest gun fight scenes in Hollywood history.
This and HEAT shootout, right Charles?
Can we take a moment and appreciate this whole scene. This is literally top ten movie shootouts of all times and this is cinematic perfection
💯🙏🏾❤
1:22 I start to lose my shit. Probably the best scene in movie history.
bk373904 bruh facts, as a kid I thought this was the tightest shit ever
The music made it all the more better
Followed by possibly the very definition of deafening silence. 4:20
god i love the music and sound effects in this. never gets old for me.
Had to come back and cleanse my palate after just watching the tragedy that is matrix resurrections.
I was literally about to post the same comment and then sorted by new.
@@nsimmons8620 I get the feeling a lot of us are here for that exact reason.
I was very disappointed with the fight scenes, the movie relied on neo force shielding and doing little else. They were also zoomed in instead of framing movements in an appealing way. People mock the two sequels at least the fights were good even if the writing started to fall off.
Classic. Just classic. As a cynical teenager back in '99, I thought I would hate this. ''Just another stupid action movie...'' It proved me wrong...
Spihk Heartbust!? Spihk Heartbust mates internet friends for People there when Bozeman Hotmail Recipient dislocated Bozeman Hotmail Recipient's shoulder near Rams Server Monroe!
Hugo Weaving, what a superb actor.
absolutely, also fishbourne here
The elevator "ding" is the perfect ending to this scene...
A regular day in the office from John Wick's younger days.
Playing PvE right after PvP.
Depends on the game, but yeah I agree.
Devastator941 Playing a casual shooting game campaign on the very easy mode.
Sorry, but could I ask a serious question. What stand E for? I always thoud it's PvC (Person/Player versus Computer/COM).
Komory E stands for environment, and environment refers to npc's
Thanks
3:05 Keanu actually fell down while shooting this scene. Hence the camera cuts to the front
I just saw that clip today. Lol
Honestly it made the scene soo much cooler
@@greggstomlette5604 totally agree
U said the truth, i just saw it today, lol
who else on a matrix clip marathon?!
Alexander Coleman I am lmao
Alexander Coleman mr
21 and watched it for the first time last night, now watching all the best parts over again on RUclips
3:47-Even at 24 yrs. old, that sequence still brings a smile to my face.
Epicness at it's finest
"even at 24"??? what, u have to be under 18 to enjoy this? don't tell me, family guy is a kids cartoon, right? u whack
@@snarzobarzo nah. American Dad and Tom and Jerry
2:15 my favorite part 😩 the way he pulls out his guns is so satisfying
The one action scene that even TODAY is used as a BLUEPRINT for Action Scenes. This movie was ahead of it's time in every department.
Can we just all appreciate that Neo managed to keep a straight face while fighting the guards the entire time?
3:25 One of the most badass moves ever.
That tune that goes with the shotgun spin 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I doubt the rent a cop security was ever expecting anything beyond nail clippers.
The single greatest gun battle in movie history.
Saving Private Ryan beach assault was better. I did go apeshit for this when I saw it in theaters though.
+Bubba was better - No, it wasn't
RonsaRRR Ok
Bubba Saving Private Ryan beach assault was really good, but this slo-mo and fight choreography is the best)
17thknight John Wick
Hands down one of the best fight scenes of all time. Way ahead of its time. Nowadays don't got anything on this!
"Holy shit" makes me laugh every time
Nathan Webber same hahaha
Definitely!
Girl's Locker Room: "Hey can I borrow your eye-liner?"
Boy's Locker Room:
Why is there a femoid inside, then?
You realize that Trinity is girl...
More like this is the Girls Locker Room. They're vicious behind closed doors
Joe Schmo ok but have you ever been “pantsed”
@@UltimateDespair98 I hate that shit,I remember this one guy who act all tough and shit so when dressing for PE he try to pantsed a guy, who beat the shit out of him to where he began crying on the ground, as he then went to the hospital as he likely changed schools as he's been gone for months before the lockdown
Fun fact: Keanu filmed this entire scene while wearing a back brace. He hurt his back while previously filming the final fight with Agent Smith and just kind of powered through it. His reputation as a dedicated and hardworking actor is well-earned.
That landing!!! Still gives me goosebumps!! Thank you Lord for Keanu Reeves!!
3:08 starts firing two 9mm weapons, .556 shells drop to the ground.
Lol badass
You are indeed weapon skilled aren't you?
+Parrot Age huh?
i mean that it is evident you are an expert in weapons
or guns i should say
Better dialogue, suspense, action and resolution in this short scene than the entirety of Matrix 4.
Seriously..matrix 4 was horrible.. its hard to believe it is from the same creators.. its like they didn't even know what they were doing
Horrible is very good for matrix 4 the parodies! It was like they made it in 5 Hours! It looked like some low budget uninspired random movie! Keanu and Moss weren't enough to save this trash! Not that they tried. But their faces kept me watching and don't leave by boredom
Where's the suspense? This scene is just a slow ballet with bullets. Neo and Trinity were practically untouchable.
I love how no one in this scene is practicing any sort of bullet economy.
Because there are no bullets, much like there is no spoon, in case you didn't get it.
They could just load more bullets.
Trying to be smart but its stupid comment
"there are no bullets" for neo and trinity - yes, for soldiers - they are very much real
@@andreybushev3020 ya know, if a random side person in the matrix dies do they too die in real life or do they just a new simulation?
So when i watched this movie as a kid i used to think everyone they killed here were purely bad guys
But then i realized these are people trapped in the matrix
I wont fault them since they gotta save morpheus or else zion is screwed
Who else is here from the "Neo face-planting outtake" being circulated into their feed?
Bro, seeing that outtake was so funny, lmao
How did you know
Yup 👍
Looks like they still use the take and they just cut around the fall
Just realised how important the environmental destruction is to this scene. It would be ok otherwise but having so much active elements on scene in slow motion is what makes it a joy to watch. Looks and feels more like animation that live action. The music also kicks ass.
My favorite riff line for this scene:
"Backup, send backup!" /bzzzzt "I MEANT FOR US!"
In all seriousness though this scene is classic. It was the very first thing we put on when we got our first surround sound system in the early/mid 2000s. It's all the better when you can practically hear shots going past your head.
Really? lol
Try having them fly by your head in real life, it is much different than anything else and the adrenaline is incredibly scary
Bradley Ayres Not everything has to be a one-up contest, dear. I'm complimenting the quality of my speakers, not arguing about real life.
shots fired
sagesaria LOL that is so true! When this movie came out DVD video was just coming out! I remember this and Fast and the Furious was all I played to show off my system. Back when standalone DVD players were $400!!