Im lactose intolerant and i keep eating and drinking milk almost everyday and i never answer the phone i only text (im easily scared of everything) so i feel this too much
For some reason, when I read this, I had an image come to mind of a young, female Tiefling with a very cute accent asking me "you poopin?" Did anyone else have that happen? 😏😏😜😜
@@andersthecrow6588 How do you know you are lactose intolerant? I have diabetes, but what if it is a lie? Maybe the Matrix has generated random traits and programmed them into our interface. How could you tell? MY GOD MAN, HOW COULD YOU TELL ? 😱
One important distinction about the agents. The people aren’t agents, the agents can take over any person in the matrix, like they replace their “code” with themselves. It’s not that anyone can be an agent, but anyone connected to the matrix can become an agent. Subtle difference, I know, but it does make a difference regarding free will or lack thereof within the matrix.
I was going to say the same thing. It's basically like anyone in one of those pods still attached to the Matrix is like a car in GTA. The agents will just rip you out of the car and take it for a ride themselves.
Honestly its not even a subtle difference, its a major difference and rather important aspect to understand how the matrix functions, with what smith does in the later movies
It's actually those that are "deeply entrenched" in the matrix. So those that are questioning the reality they are in likely won't be as accessible by the agents. And in the movie world, it was touched on (Neo is "searching for the answer"), but people can wake up without any outside assistance. I think an animated short showed a track and field runner getting so in tune with their running that their mind realized their actual body wasn't the one running and they just woke up in their pod (or something to that effect). A really neat concept, especially for its time.
You made one small mistake that bears pointing out: the agents weren't disguising themselves as humans. They were uploading themselves INTO the humans because they were in proximity to their enemies. Remember that Neo, Morpheus, Trinity, etc. were NOT hardwired into the Matrix at that point, but all of the OTHER humans were. Remember what Morpheus said when he was training Neo? As long as they haven't been freed from the Matrix, they are all enemies. They are all enemies because an agent can enter their bodies at any time.
And, they are not only enemies because of that. They are enemies because they are fully convinced that the Matrix is real and they will obey the power structures in that world, acting against the Zion humans in their efforts. For example, a typical cop or security guard, or even a citizen who thinks they are reporting terrorists - will follow the orders of their superiors and reinforce the status quo. So the only way to free humanity is to sometimes harm the humans who stand in the way of that - even if they are innocent and do it out of ignorance.
The problem I have with your explanation is that I'd prefer to describe all the apparent humans who occupy the metaverse of The Matrix as avatars for a computer program. They are not people. They have no bodies. They are computer code. Very sophisticated computer code, probably best-described as discrete A.I units. The machines running The Matrix can manipulate the code that, as a whole, makes up the simulation that is The Matrix, and that includes swapping out Agent coding for that of any "person" (actually just discrete A.I. code) running within the overall software simulation that is The Matrix.
I thought that was also an odd description. I've also never talked to anyone who hated it. Quite a few that didn't "get it" and didn't give it a second chance. I always tried to get them to watch it a second time, but gave them a couple of things to consider while watching. Usually the people just didn't quite get the difference between reality and the computer program and once you impress that on them then there's like this huge light bulb over their head and they are eager to watch a second time
Its not Trinity's kiss that brings Neo back to life. The oracle told Neo that "You got the gift, but it looks like your waiting for something, your next life perhaps." Neo was always suppose to die inside the matrix, and resurrect as "the one" Trinitys fate was to fall in love with the person that was the one, and when she can finally admit to Neo that she loves him and kisses him, her fate has come to fruition, its just a happy coincidence that it happens at the same time as he reawakens as the one :)
He also reawakens because although Neo's heart has stopped, his brain is still functioning and he can still hear her and feel her lips on his. This helps him realize that he is the One (helped by how strongly Trinity believes in him) and that he's not actually dead yet. So you can even leave prophecy out of it. Pretty much every reactor dismisses the scene as a stupid cliché and it always irritates me, because this is actually the one time where a kiss bringing someone back to life is plausible and internally consistent.
The greatest part of this movie is that Laurence fishbourne, carrie-anne moss, Keanu reeves, and Hugo weaving all did 95 percent of their own stunts. I saw behind the scenes of them all training with exercise and weapons
I remember an interview with the trainer the Wachowskis wanted. He said he didn’t really want to do it so he made crazy demands like “he’ll need six months of training with the actors before filming” thinking they would say no and they agreed to all of them.
I remember they used a ton of cameras to capture the action, that's why they can rotate the view like you do in a 3D video came. The also used CGI to remove the safety cables.
I think it kind of necessary to explain, since no one else has, that they clipped to the bridge of your nose. They were kind of a thing in the late nineties. Highly uncomfortable, but that's the price you pay for cool.
Back when Matrix came out, we still used phone lines to connect computers over the Internet. The phones is a reference to that. If it was made today, it would probably be cell phones over 5G or something like that, but I think the terrestrial phone line idea gives it a bit more weight.
Exactly. The landlines give the plot something to visually break and they create action and suspense when the characters have to locate and reach a phone.
I’m glad you caught that the Oracle said he IS the one but that he wasn’t ready to accept it. Most people hear “Sorry kid…” and assume she’s saying no, when really her entire sentence is “Sorry kid, you got the gift, but…”
She also tells him "maybe in the next life". Which I took for that he has to die to become the one. Which he essentially did. He died in the matrix but didn't believe in it. It's great.
right is mind blogging that decades seasoned matrix fans miss that, I got that as soon as she said "seems like you're waiting for someting" when I saw it with my ex in 99
She literally tells him he will die trying to rescue Morpheus (True) and that he will become the One in another life (true). She just left out the resurrection.
Smith - "He is considered the most dangerous man alive." Ashleigh - "But he sent me a free phone." ☹️🤔 Bahaha! My dad had a Nokia 8110 when they first came out. When The Matrix came out, it was already a few years old, and he had a new phone. He gave it to me. I used to run around pretending I was Neo. Fun times.
Ashleigh: "Why are they all wearing punk style clothes if they're trying to blend in?" {A few seconds later} Ashleigh: "I love his trench coat!" Me: "THAT'S why." 😏
It's so funny that you mentioned Will Smith in your intro because the studio wanted him to star in this movie. He passed on it, did Wild Wild West instead, and Keanu Reeves ended up getting Will's role.
Which ended up being the better outcome. I enjoy Will as an actor, but I definitely can't see him as a Neo. Especially off the coattails of the Men in Black movies and Independence Day.
I thought it was funny that she had just reviewed Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures and recently Speed but looked at a picture of Keanu Reeves and said she didn't recognize him.
Phone calls are likely based on dial-up modems, which were still predominant in '99 when the movie was made. Here's something to "bake your noodle": Wi-Fi wasn't fully realized and released for consumer use until 1997, and didn't become commonly used until sometime in the early 2000's.
When this movie came out, it was such a game changer in cinema and beyond. There were even some serious conversations of philosophy and the perception of reality based on what this movie proposed. And of course, everybody wanted to wear trenchcoats and sunglasses hehe.
No, the movie didn't engineer those philosophies. The concepts of solipsism and simulation are as old as philosophy itself. Its just that this movie used a visual means to explore and explain those concepts to everyone.
@@mdwquiz yep, the matrix was heavily referenced in philosophy 101. I can only imagine how much of a slog teaching Descartes was without such a touchstone.
Explanation for how Agents switch bodies… Agents are simply codes within the matrix. So all they do is move their code wherever they want within the Matrix. Simply put… an Agent can take over the body of anyone who has not been unplugged from the Matrix. So if an Agent dies, the person they took the body over from dies & the Agent takes over the body of someone else. So you have to destroy the code itself, not the body.
They made a straight to DVD movie called "The Animatrix". It's an anthology of animated shorts. "The Second Renaissance" episode shows the history of how the matrix came to be. It's one of my favs. ❤️
@@SamuelBlack84 Yeah that definitely a shocking scene. That whole story was messed up, but visually done well. I can't get over the ending of the storyteller over all the pods. 😳❤️
That agent looked familiar because he played the Red Skull in, "Captain America", and Elron (elf king) in, "The Lord Of The Rings." My whole reason for watching this movie, was it had something in common with another favorite film of mine. The fact that the premise is something that could actually be currently happening. Our reality is false and we are unaware of it. So you should check out, John Carpenter's, "They Live." It will blow your mind with its plot. It stars WWE Hall of Famer, the Hot Rod, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. ✌️❤️🌹
"Our reality is false and we are unaware of it." Not a new concept, of course. Descended from Plato's Cave with it's allegory of people who's only reality is the shadows they see cast on the wall of their cave; and Buddhist belief that a person's reality is that which is projected from their own mind. Then there's the holographic universe concept that suggests our three-dimensional existence could be a projection from a higher dimension. Combine that with "the singularity" and the Prometheus myth wherein attempts to make or enhance a new intelligent creation backfire to cause your own destruction, and you have The Matrix, and Frankenstein, and Wagner's Ring Cycle, and The Terminator, and Westworld, and the Aliens sequels, and Battlestar Galactica, and I Robot...
The part of this movie i didn't realize until recently is that despite the techno-dressing, this is really a classic fairytale. Except we're seeing it from the perspective of the magical princess destined to save the world. It even has the magical kiss from the questing knight that saves the day! I don't know why this makes me appreciate the movie even more, but it _really does._
So you were born in the 80's then right? I was born in 1983. And since your first 7 years people dont really remember and the main part of your childhood is after that, it makes me a 90's kid. Hence why i like 90's music and movies and yada yada! Hope this helps!
@@WheresWaldo05 also born in 83 but I can remember being oohed and aahed over in my crib. Partial photographic memory complete phonographic memory and total recall. I remember most of what I see all of what I hear and five years later I can tell you what I heard or saw. Wanna trade?😁
For me the only 2 that don't hold up are the bug and when he dives into Hugo. But from seeing people react to em and their intended purpose still holding up, they get the job done.
This movie was a game changer when it came out in 99. I was a sophomore in college and they had a free showing of it before it came in theaters. Me and a group of friends went thinking it going to be just a good action movie because the marketing gave zero away. We walked out it minds blown and high on adrenaline. Glad you loved it.
"What Is The Matrix?" IN THEATERS (DATE) The above is pretty much the ENTIRE marketing campaign Warner Brothers did for the movie, and it was BRILLIANT! I mean, even now 23 years later, with thousands books, comments, memes - oh, Lordy, the MEMES! - pastaches, outright copies and parodies, people STILL have trouble finding a way to explain what the Matrix is...
@@luminousdragon It did come out "today" and the trailer did, indeed, explain the whole plot. Still, I'm one of the people that actually really liked Resurrections.
Something people seem to miss is that when Cypher is at dinner selling everyone out he is called Mr. Reagan by Agent Smith, and asks to be someone important - like an actor. Such a great subtle joke
I LOVE Agent Smith! "I'm going to be honest with you. I hate this place, this zoo, this reality whatever you want to call it. I can't stand it any longer. It's the smell if there is such a thing" My spirit animal indeed
The Matrix isn't "classic" just because it isn't old enough.Other than that it was instantly, iconic, pivotal, revolutionary, and an absolute game changer. As for the love it or hate it part. In my experience everyone loves the first one, and the second and third films are where it gets divided. I love the entire trilogy. A lot of people think the third is weak, but I loved it. I'll speak more on it when you get there though.
I dunno, I saw it in theaters opening week and now all I have to do is look in the mirror, and buddy, lemme tell ya, it sure feels like it's old enough!
A lot of people were surprisingly not into the first one either. I think it's a focus thing, some people don't like to think a lot when watching films...
The only thing I disagreed with her about was how "everybody's special." Didn't she watch The Incredibles? Doesn't she know that "when everyone's [special], no one will be"? Haha
Nobody thought about Deja Vu the same again. When we walked out of the theater after this film, we were checking the back of our heads for connections. Also a trip thing is how vivid the color of the world is after you come out of the theater. In the theater you're immersed in the colors of the film. The Matrix has this sickly green lighting, while the actual world is pale blue. So going back outside into full color is a visual shock.
Philip K. Dick wrote an essay in the 70s about how the world we experience might be a computer simulation, and that "glitches" in the programming might be what we experience as Deja Vu.
One thing that always annoyed me a little though is that the scene with the cat isn't Deja Vu at all. Deja Vu is when you do something you've never done before but seem to remember doing it previously anyway. The same cat walking by the same door twice in 5 seconds is not Deja Vu.
There is a MAJOR Mandella effect with the movies color saturation. The original thatrical release and initial home video release does not have the green tint for matrix scenes. You and MILLIONS of people have misremembered that. The sequels had the green tint. The initial vhs and dvd release of the matrix did not have a green tint. It is the only way to see the original Theatrical "Cut" The green tint was added to the HD versions to make it match the sequels when it was all released on blu ray. I have both original vhs and dvd copies (It was the first MUST own DVD back in the day) and have had to show many friends and relatives how they remember incorrectly. Kind of cool how stuff like that happens.
On the way back from seeing this movie, with a car full of friends all talking animatedly about it, I came to Road Junction A, but in the dark it looked like Junction B. Then when I hit the real Junction B a few minutes later, I unthinkingly said, "wow, deja vu". Everybody in the car instantly stopped talking, looked at each other and had a 'moment'...🤣
One thing I loved about this film was how well they did the Show Don't Tell for a lot of the subtle storytelling details. Like how they establish Trinity as this physics defying badass, who can calmly take out a room of cops, but the second she's told there is an agent involved, she is visibly terrified. Even to go so far as the superman dive through a window into another building, tumble roll down a set of stairs, and INSTANTLY pop up with 2 guns facing the way she came, fully expecting the agent to be hot on her heels. And she's SHAKING she's so scared. You don't need to show the Agents being insane to establish them as a threat, just show how the established badasses are scared by comparison. Also subtle hints that Neo is the One early on, like when he is being chewed out by his boss for being late, and he keeps getting distracted by the window cleaner and his squeaky cleaning method. It kept making Neo lose focus on his boss being an ass, so he didn't really feel bad about the "chewing out session". By the time it's over, he literally wasn't even paying attention when he realizes his boss is done bitching at him, and he goes back to his desk, relatively unaffected. To me, that felt an awful lot like an example of him unconsciously altering the Matrix, to help him out. He was probably in his head, mentally screaming "oh god, I want to be ANYWHERE than here, listening to this asshole drone on. Man what I would give for anything to alleviate this monotony..." *squuueeeeeaaak!* Oh look, something to distract you, what a crazy random happenstance! The fantastic method of teaching the rules of the Matrix via the sparring session with Morpheus. Illustrating how they can defy the conventions of physical limitations, by sheer thought. How we see this reinforced later when Morpheus is fighting Smith in the bathroom, and we see him literally "shake it off", after being thrown into the wall. he shakes his head, reminding himself "it's not real" and he comes back out fresh and ready to go. This movie is just SO well done on so many levels, both technical and narrative. It's a fantastic example of what young, creative talent, with enough resources, and an eager drive to get their vision out, can do. They can make a movie that ends up fundamentally altering the way action movies are made, from that day forward.
People say that the RUclips comment section is a wretched hive of scum and villainy, but here you are out here proving that thoughtful, intelligent exchanges can happen. Great comment, and great observations.
@@jeffmansfield914 well thank you, i do what i can to move that toxic metric into the ph balanced range as much as I can. 😆 can't say I always succeed, as I've been known to get heated at times, depending on the topic. but I try to keep that to a minimum.
I 100% agree with you and love the opening Trinity scene. Another awesome example is the fight in the bathroom, we saw Morpheus kick the almost chosen one around in the dojo, but the whole agent fight he is fighting a losing battle further showcasing the agent’s abilities.
@@aaronfarrell6484 Yep, I also loved how Smith was basically fighting Morpheus to break his will to recover. Once he actually didn't get up, shrugging off the injuries, he was basically broken, and that's when he lets the regular people attack Morpheus to arrest him. I also REALLY love the sequence with Morpheus being interrogated, how he is almost broken, and then he overhears that one agent say "I think they are trying to save him." And you see a very subtle shift, in Morpheus' demeanor. He's still hurt, still mentally exhausted, but, that little sliver of hope returns to his eyes. And then when Neo clears out the agents, and starts whispering "come on Morpheus, get up, get up get up get up!" And the horns start to rise, in that emotional swell, while we see his eyes flutter and unroll from being pure white, as he snaps back into focus, the way you see him straining and screaming as he reclaims his strength and breaks his chains. I...fucking....LOVE that moment. Every time it gets me choked up. Even just writing this description of it has me teary eyed. IT'S JUST SO DAMN GOOD!
There have been a lot of 'paired' movies, where very similar themed movies come out very close to each other. Volcano/Dante's Peak, Armageddon/Deep Impact, Tombstone/Wyatt Earp, Friends With Benefits/No Strings Attached. The Matrix had a paired movie as well that I, personally, like better. *Dark City* plays a lot of the same themes of questioning the nature of reality and having an outside agent controlling you. It is a real mind twister and is worth a look.
- Dude, that is an excellent movie, although I had not realized it came out at the same time, honestly I think I ran across it years later, and never would have thought it was meant to be compared to The Matrix - but man, Dark City is a really cool movie. I wonder if it can somehow be brought to Ashleighs attention, sadly I feel like it would never win a poll vote because I honestly doubt enough people even know about it for it to get the maximum votes to win the poll. But maybe if someone who has her ear sees this comment, they might push for her to check it out, as an extra movie, that doesn't require voting on, otherwise I feel it won't get on many reaction channels.
i vaguely would throw Strange Days into the mix, which was a very sweet, prescient, pretty dark Bigelow movie. Best representation of braindances in a movie, D'Onofrio's featured too.
I love Dark City, but never thought of it as being paired with The Matrix. The movie that is a direct pair with The Matrix is "The Thirteenth Floor" which also came out in 1999 and is about virtual reality. I rememger seeing it, but can't remember ANYTHING about it. (as oppsed to The Matrix that lost count of how many times I've seen it)
The two cornerstone movies for me when it comes to "Oh, holy crap, that is something i have never seen before" are The Matrix and Jurassic Park. They were both just such technological milestone movies on top of being fantastic narratives that I still remember the first time I saw each of them. Also, the phone thing that you struggled with? Older computers, pre-wifi, relied on telephone lines to access the internet. Millennials don't understand that unique frustration that was picking up the phone to make a call and hearing a terrible buzzing noise that meant your call couldn't go through because your son was downloading porn.
FALSE. I'm a millennial and I was RAISED on my mom shouting that she's on the phone so stop trying to get online. Biggest pain in the ass I've experienced in my short life.
But the Matrix movie wasn't just a technological advance, it was a new cinematic style that had lasting influence. As great as Jurassic Park is, it's a standard Spielberg movie in its style.
@@CaffieneKitty But she's not a millennial. Millennials are people who became adult at the turn of the century. Or at least that was the original meaning.
@@stephenolan5539 Oxford Living Dictionary - "millennial: a person born between the early 1980s and the late 1990s" Merriam-Webster Dictionary - "millennial: a person born in the 1980s or 1990s." So yes but also not strictly, and in any case it's the term used on the channel, and the primary concept of Ashley's videos soooo I don't know what to tell you, my good dude. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@stephenolan5539That’s the start of Millennials. They’re generally born from 1980/1982-1995. So unless she’s older than 40 or younger that 27, she’s a Millennial.
This movie came out at the perfect time. I mean, the Y2K scare, and ppl being afraid of computer tech. I saw this in theatres with my family in my teens. Just blew everyone's minds lol
Ashleigh, if you loved this mind-bending movie, I really believe you would love "Inception" directed by Christopher Nolan ("Memento"). 05:35 I think we all share the same fear😉. 07:51 There's a joke in there somewhere. 20:48 Morpheus tipped this over. THOUGHTS Names of characters add even more depth to the movie. "Neo" is an anagram of the "One." In mythology, Morpheus is the Greek god of sleep. "Trinity" is a reference to Christianity. Cypher (the double agent) is defined as a message written in code. His name could also be a play on the Devil's name: Lu-cypher.
Switch was originally meant to be male in the real world but female in the Matrix (or maybe I'm mistaken and it's the reverse, I can't remember)- I personally think that's a really cool idea to further the concept that you can be anything you want in the Matrix, but at the time this movie was made, the studio didn't think people would respond positively to any sort of gender-bending imagery. They settled for just making Switch more androgynous.
Another movie you should check out is Predestination ( Starring Ethan Hawke ). Mind you... it could take a few times to watch it to understand the context. But once you do you be blown away.
I had terrible night terrors the first couple months of my pregnancy, but one night I dozed off watching "The Matrix" and woke to realize I hadn't had any nightmares. My whacked out brain decided only this one thing could stop the dreams, and I watched at least part of this movie *Every Single Night* until he was born. Over 200 times. (whyyyy) I didn't have any more nightmares, and I still love this movie more than 20 years later. xD
If Trinity seems familiar, that is actress Carrie Ann Moss, who was in Memento. Also, the character of Cypher, played by Joe Pantoliano (AKA Joey Pants), was also in Memento as Teddy.
I think she might be conflating how people feel about the following movies. They do diverge enough from the first that it impacts the franchise for the worse.
Not sure if anyone else mentioned it but Agent Smith who you thought you recognised you saw him in lord of the rings. He’s Elrond the head of the elves who doesn’t want his daughter to be with Aragon.
Since The Matrix is a computer program and the Agents are software, the agents can "take over" any human plugged into The Matrix. It does not have to be any specific person. They can't take over the heroes because the heroes are entering The Matrix using a pirate satellite and are not connected to the system directly, but any other random person in the world is fair game. At the end of the movie, when Neo sees the code, that is the movie's illustration of why Neo can do anything. If everything in The Matrix is code, all he has to do in order to do whatever he want is rewrite the code. So, he can make bullets stop, he can heal his wounds, etc. The Wachowski sisters, who wrote and directed the movie, are both transgender, and they have stated that the description of The Matrix as a sense that something about the world is fundamentally off was drawn from their experience of gender dysphoria. The character of Switch was going to represent that literally, with the character appearing as male in one world and female in another, but it was vetoed by the studio. I said it on a previous video, but I really hope you finish The Matrix series. People have strong mixed feelings about the sequels, but I think the entire series is great, and constantly finds new ideas to explore about what defines our reality and what it means to be free, in the truest sense. I also think you would flip out for the Wachowskis' debut film, Bound, a really cool crime thriller that would be good for Pride month. Some extreme sexual content, but I don't get the impression that would bother you.
Not only that it's a representation of their gender dysphoria, but the train fight scene, where Neo officially declares his name as Neo, after Agent Smith keeps deadnaming him during their fight, calling him Mr. Anderson over and over, is highly thought to be a direct reference to....(I forget which Wachowski it is, the first to declare her transgender status I believe), her attempt at suicide via subway. She has stated that at the height of her depression over her dysphoria, she went down to the subway and was going to jump in front of a train and kill herself, but that she came out of it, and I think, at that time, decided to transition? That's definitely what's implied with the scene, as that is literally the moment that Mr. Anderson dies, to the sound of an oncoming train, and Neo is born, via his own declaration of that as his identity. So a LOT of people have deduced that scene is heavily inspired by that moment for the Wachowski in question. Further reinforcing the transgender narrative.
Saw this opening night, after being awake for 2 days. No one knew how ingrained in the collective consciousness this would be. There was nothing like it before. BTW, Keanu's stunt double for this went on to direct John Wick 1-4 It's funny you recognize Carry Ann Moss from Momento, however the guy who played Cipher, Joe Pantoliano, was in Momento as Teddy. Joe Pantoliano has been in so many movies and tv shows. I've been a fan of his since The Goonies. He was also great in The Sopranos.
Fun fact. Will Smith was originally considered for the part of Neo. I believe due to scheduling conflicts he didnt take it, but instead the scifi dud Wild Wild West. Watching this in theaters back in high school was an EXPERIENCE. The effects were revolutionary and the marketing made it super exciting. "The Matrix has you." 90s kids will remember
Sean Connery was asked to be The Architect in the sequels, not this movie...there were other actors considered before Laurence Fishburne signed on, including Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson, and Val Kilmer (Kilmer was the name being floated to appear opposite Smith had Smith taken the role)
As far as Neo Brad Pitt was the first to say yes to the role and was set to play him after wrapping up Seven Years In Tibet but then opted out.. 2nd was Leo dicaprio who was set to play him but just finished wrapping up titanic and then opted out, then will Smith joined and backed out and then they went to Sandra Bullock and gave her the script and told her that if she wanted to play Neo they would rewrite Neo as a female. She passed on the role but says that she really wishes she could've played Trinity opposite Keanu...
Actually Will Smith has a video on RUclips for the past few years saying that the reason why he didn't take the Matrix movie when it was offered is because they did a crap job of explaining to it what it was going to be about and how it's going to look but I frankly don't buy his excuse and then he slapped Chris Rock so now I'm having even more trouble buying his excuse
Fun fact: I was working as a movie theater manager around the time this was released, and when the first trailer for it dropped, no one could figure out what it was about. People would leave the auditorium (after watching the film the trailer was shown before) still talking about it, and most people thought it was going to be about vampires. Nope! And then of course once people actually got to see it, it was all they could talk about, and we had numerous repeaters - people who came back to watch it again and again. Also: the guy that seems so familiar, the agent? He also played The Red Skull in Captain America: The First Avenger. And the way they enter and exit the Matrix is through the phone lines - this movie was made in the time period where dial-up internet was still in majority (but receding) use; so they "dialed" their minds into The Matrix. And remember the Oracle said Neo was waiting for his next life to become The One? He had to "die" and come back to life to become The One, because The One can control the Matrix, which means that what would kill an ordinary human in The Matrix cannot kill him - but he had to believe in order to get there. And finally, if you continue in the Matrix universe - and I hope you will - boy, you are in for a ride! There's three more movies set in this universe, and each one is more of a mind trip that the previous ones. There's also the "Animatrix" which delves deep into the mythology - how the war between humans and AI started, the Matrix, etc.
Neo's dying and coming back, is him litteraly having a "One life UP", its litteraly another video game reference (the spar with morpheus being shot from the side, is another one, a reference to arcade fighting games)
@@WheresWaldo05 Bollocks. It made back many times its budget, and was successful enough that they quickly followed it with two sequels. It was the fifth most profitable film in the US in 1999, beating The Mummy, Blair Witch Project, The World is not Enough, Shakespeare in Love, and The Green Mile.
The guy who played Red Skull (Hugo Weaving) was also in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, a movie I hope Ashleigh will react to at some point (hopefully _before_ she watches To Wong Foo, which came later).
Agent Smith was also King of the Elves in the Lord of the Rings movies. I didn't recognize that at first when I was watching it, and it took me a while to figure out why I was pushing myself back into my seat whenever the Elf King spoke.
Oh my God your issue with clustered holes is such a real thing. It is a problem I have really bad. There's something about certain kinds of flowers that have these holes in them or is one picture I saw where it's just a bunch of holes melted in ice clustered together and it gives me the heebie jeebies. I came across an article about it once and I did not realize it was a real psychological thing. They say it's not a phobia but it's some kind of revulsion that exists in 10 to 20% of people. For some reason some people when they see a cluster of holes it makes them feel weird. I can't believe that you have that I've never heard anybody else actually say that issue but me I only know that I've researched it now I know it's a real thing. Keep them clustered holes away from me!
Especially when you consider they came up with the idea through the limitations of film cameras at the time. Only today do we have the tech in digital cameras to film that fast, but a 35 mm camera moves pysical film which has it's limitations. So they surrounded the actor with multiple cameras in a green room and combined the footage to make that one shot. Genius.
The behind the scenes of how they did it is really fascinating. Oddly enough, it reminds me of the very first moving film which was done with a sequence of cameras taking single shots.
I was 19 when this movie came out and it blew my mind. I saw 14 times in theaters across 3 countries. Worth it. I was in Sydney Australia when it had it's premiere here and we went down to stand outside the theater and see the actors on the red carpet. It was so awesome.
Being in Sydney, you might have recognised some bits of the city in the film. The scene with the woman in red was filmed in front of the fountain in Martin Place.
My favorite part has always been the visit to the Oracle. There's lots of symbolism in it. "Have a cookie", we accept website cookies all the time. The song playing is I'm Beginning to See the Light. The sign over the kitchen door translates to Know Thyself. Lots of symbolism all through the movie. Rabbits - Alice in Wonderland, twins, etc. The more you watch it the more you start to notice.
This movie was an absolute game-changer for movies when it came out. Even the promotional lead-up was new and exciting. “What is the Matrix” was all over the internet.
Ashleigh, after having JUST WATCHED Speed and Bill and Ted and staring at a big picture of Keanu Reeves front and center of the poster: “No one looks familiar.”
“Why do you have your sunglasses on again?!” Uh, that room is like super bright and neon white. It’s more intense than a Colorado ski slope, I’ve seen people in Breckenridge after a half-day without sunscreen and their skin was beyond red, it was the color of a vintage Merlot. Morpheus came prepared.
I love how you keep things grounded, you don't cut a movie any slack and you make me laugh while you do it. I'm sure other people have pointed out that Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith) was Elrond in the "Lord of the Ring" movies; he also played V in my favorite film "V for Vendetta".
The creators initially had the machines use people brains/neural networks as the matrix (like we have the internet with interconnected servers/computers, it would instead be people's brains providing the processing power). However, some execs in the company said that was too complicated for people to understand and made them change it to people being used as batteries. Using people's brains makes much more sense as it explains how they are able to bend the laws of the matrix, as they are part of its structure. Not to mention the human brain is basically a super computer, and our bodies are not efficient batteries.
That has always cracked me up. With everything going on in that movie, THAT'S what the executives were afraid people wouldn't understand?!? The idea that the human brain is essentially an organic computer, or that a computer is essentially an artificial brain, like how it was explained to me when I was a toddler?
Using us as batteries actually makes NO sense because they have to feed us and the energy we "generate" mostly goes to keeping ourself alive and they're just trying to leech our waste heat. If they just took the food they were feeding us and burned it in a furnace they'd get ten times as much energy. Although I did like this proposed explanation from a fan: Morpheus: ...and that's why they machines use us as batteries. Neo: Wait, that doesn't make any sense. We require resources to stay alive. According to the laws of thermodynamics humans would be a net drain on resources, not a viable power source. Morpheus: Where did you learn the laws of thermodynamics? Neo: In school. Morpheus: Naturally, and where did you go to school? Neo: ....uh, in the Matrix... Morpheus: *Raises eyebrow knowingly*
You recognize Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) from Fellowship of the Ring where he played Lord Elrond. You really should watch V for Vendetta where he voices V.
This movie blew me away when I saw this in the theater with my brother and sister! It won 4 Oscars: Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing Best Film Editing Best Visual Effects.
same :) but i think even a bit better would be "fightclub". befor i saw matrix for the first time i already knew some things which to expect. for fighclub, i had absolutely no idea. and both are some deep movies which make you think about your life ^^
I wasn't sure how you were going to react to this but am so pleased you enjoyed it, as it's a favorite of mine. You really did an insightful deep dive. I laughed when you immediately figured out Cypher was a bad guy.
Matrix is regarded as being on the same level as Terminator and Aliens and Titanic and such in it's cultural impact and significance. Directly inspired by a Japanese anime movie (Ghost in the shell 1995) it directly explores the thematic concepts of mind vs matter and man vs machine. I'm glad you enjoyed!
As a Matrix "super fan," it was a delight to see how much you enjoyed the first movie, and how on the ball you were, figuring out who the traitor was so quickly. I hope you go on to watch Reloaded, The Animatrix (anime,) Revolutions, and Resurrections. If you can dig up a copy of Enter the Matrix game, it fills in the other half of the story for Reloaded. Enjoy!
i love all theese too, would also call me a superfan :D but i´m a bit sad that while the first movie was loved by everyone, the sequels htat i find even better got so much hate from many people. they could have been even better, yes. but they are awesome just like they are.
I went over to a friend's house and when she found out I had not seen The matrix, she made me sit down and watch it right then. When I realized what the matrix was, it was disconcerting. I love the movie and was so glad that I watched it with her.
The One is a person with a special code within them that makes them a God in the Matrix. The One’s limits are only what they can imagine which is limitless for Neo. Allowing him to fly and push his strength and speed beyond what the Agents can ever do.
When I watched this in the theaters and he was in the phone booth and the camera pulled way up and up and away, I legit expected him to come flying at the camera dressed like Superman.
...because agents, regardless how fast they move can only base their speed on the realities set in the matrix, but neo can think beyond the matrix. Neo is a hacker who is in god mode in a game.
19:34 back in 90s you connect to the internet over the phone line. the modem made that famous digital sound when connecting... so I guess they take that as a reference to enter the matrix...
@Raylan Givens I agree that the movie isn't as deep as some claim, but it's as deep as it needs to be for the story to happen. What really makes The Matrix important isn't the plot gimmick but the visual style. It was hugely influential on the following decade of genre movies, and is good enough that it still stands up today. It's similar to Citizen Kane in that regard.
I was in the 6th grade when that movie came out. It was a huge deal, and sparked so many people's interest in philosophy and transhumanism. People are pretty divided on the sequels. They're not perfect, but they're better when you watch the Animatrix shorts to get some back story and realize the machines aren't exactly the evil monsters you're led to believe they are. Plus I was in high school when the sequels came out, so I have a nostalgic soft spot for them.
using phonelines to enter the matrix, is because the matrix represents in a way the internet, which was originally only accessible from phone-lines, like DSL or ADSL, dial-up, whatever.
fun fact: all of the streets (and the intersections) in this movie are references to the Wachowskis' (the directors) home town, Chicago. The Heart o' the City Hotel is in reality the Heart o' Chicago Hotel. The train references the famous Chicago Elevated Trains and even Neo himself is a reference to a Chicago location. The movie also leans heavily into Alice in Wonderland symbolism and references. You will be seeing more of everyone of the main actors in the future (reeves, laurence fishburne/morpheus, joey pants, carrie-anne moss and weaving).
The city is written as Chicago, but 'in reality' the sets were in Sydney. There are a ton of landmarks - the Martin Place fountain with the woman in the red dress, the views of Martin Place out the window where Morpheus is strapped down, and where the phone falls from Neo's office. The white AWA Tower the helicopter flies over, the hemispherical road tunnels near Central Station. The manhole that Trinity climbs out of is in Clark St behind 175 Liverpool St, with the Downing Centre in the background. Cypher and Agent Smith dine at Level 51. The train stations look like City Circle platforms. Neo, though, is an anagram of 'One"
I always really liked the story beat of Neo failing to escape the agents the first time. Like his fear was that crippling, and it serves to ground Neo's character before we see how he evolves and is able to accomplish some impossible stuff.
Have you've considered watching another martial arts movie? Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. It's about a legendary sword that was stolen after a Shaolin monk donated it because he felt it was time and he didn't feel comfortable carrying a weapon. The movie also has two romances. It starred Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh. Watch the subtitled version as the movie is in Mandarin as the dubbed do not have the actor's voice even both can speak English and the translation is different.
I wrote my undergraduate dissertation on The Matrix. I wrote all about Descarts, Baudrillard and Wittgenstein, I did a real deep dive into philosophical theories that were way above my understanding. I thought I was the shit when I got an A+ for it. A few weeks later I re-read it, and I realised all I had done was follow the breadcrumbs that were as subtle as a brick, that if I had taken the red pill option when I started writing, I would have had a much better, more challenging dissertation to show for my efforts. I would probably have had a lower grade, but grades only matter when you're doing them, they are meaningless in real life. Don't worry, it was 20 years ago, and it didn't take me that long to see how desperately earnest and lame I was as a student. All I really took from it is that sometimes the white rabbit can lead you to Wonderland, and sometimes it's just a smelly man pulling a furry rag along on a string.
@@noxteryn I hadn't thought of that perspective, maybe when the trauma of essay writing in my final year has worn off I'll take another look. I'm afraid I've gone in the opposite direction- I take every movie at face value, they are entertainment only from now on. Baudrillard really did a number on me, and I can't even watch a horse in a movie- let alone a western- without hearing my lecturer drone the word "Ford..". *shudder*
Nice! Personally I think the biggest question that the Matrix trilogy poses is "what is freedom if choice itself is a locus of control?" Different characters have vastly different answers to that question which makes the whole trilogy all the more special IMO.
I feel like this movie is one of the few you really must see for the first time with a really large screen and surround sound. Either a movie theater or great home theater, that’s the way this is meant to be seen. It takes the movie from wow that was good, to that was f-ing incredible!
For Light Hallowbeans I recommend: The Comedy of Terrors (Vicent Price), Haunted Honeymoon (Gene Wilder with his wife Gilda), Arsenic and Old Lace (Cary Grant), Bell Book and Candle (Jimmy Stewart), Escape to Witch Mountain (Donald Pleseance),
@@roberthughes2402 Now I love Don Knotts he was great in Andy Griffth, g reat in Mr. Limpet, his brief appearance in Lover Come Back, his Mad Mad World cameo, And Hot Lead and Cold Feet, but fot some reason he kept playing the same timid man character in film after film with no meat to any role: Shakiest Gun in the West, Ghost and Mr. Chicken, Reluctant Astronaut, The Love God, How to Frame a Figg, Even his pairings with Tim Conway which should make for hilarious material do nothing for him along with other roles: The Apple Dumpling Gang films, No Deposit No Return, The Private Eyes, The Prize Match, Gus,
There's not many perfect movies in this world but The Matrix is one of them for me. I wish I could explain what a phenomenon it was when it dropped. Rocked my teenage self, blew my mind! Not to mention the epic soundtrack..Rage Against The Machine baby!
Jaws, Matrix, shawshank, T.G. Maverick, Dances with wolves, Good will hunting, The usual suspects, the game, saving private ryan, happy gilmore, twister, the adjustment bureau, ghostbusters, terminator 2, million dollar baby, gran turino, inglorious basterds. All flawless perfect movies
Yeah, whoever is telling Ashleigh that viewers either love The Matrix or hate it... who hates The Matrix and why? Everyone I know think it's the classic that it is.
I feel like this movie is one of the few you really must see for the first time with a really large screen and surround sound. Either a movie theater or great home theater, that’s the way this is meant to be seen. It takes the movie from wow that was good, to that was f-ing incredible!
Any person in the Matrix can be an agent. Morpheus explains this during Neo's training. It's not that the hobo is an agent. The agents are monitoring people trying to locate Neo and Trinity. When the hobo sees something, the agent takes over his program. If you were playing an MMO video game (like World of Warcraft), an administrator with enough clearance could literally take over your avatar and move you around. That's basically what's happening here. I do wonder if that kills the person. I assume it does.
"I do wonder if that kills the person. I assume it does." Not necessarily, but if the agent "dies", you do. Else you just end up in a different place without any knowledge of what happened in between. Ever zoned out while traveling, and suddenly realizing you did and cannot really remember what happened in between? ;-)
So this was shot almost entirely on the Gold Coast and Sydney, in Australia. Many of the extras, as well as the main character Mouse (Matt Doran), were snatched from the hit soap opera Home and Away, which most Americans will have no concept of, but Aussies and Brits will know very well.
I still find it funny how at (and around, and after) the time of the Matrix's release every-one got Laurence Fishburne and Samuel L Jackson mixed up so poor Samuel was showered with questions about the Matrix when and (long) after the film came out. As a great joke, in the film "Team America: World Police" most of the lines spoken by the character of Samuel Jackson were actually lines spoken by Laurence Fishburne in The Matrix (and yes, Jackson features in the Matrix joke of Team America)... To be fair, Samuel Jackson took the misunderstandings and jokes pretty well.
Fun fact- Keanu loved this script so much that he gave up part of his salary so special effects could be done to the best they could. He also bought motorcycles for his crew. He is known for doing things like this. He is called the nicest man in Hollywood. He has often given up part of his salary for movies in order to hire well known great actors to co star with.
Freedom and risk vs "comfort" and confinement is definitely a question the film brings up. The Wachowskis (who are now both out as trans) have talked about the Matrix as an allegory for the trans experience, which is also really interesting. I think the film can be enjoyed just on its own, but if you're interested, looking up some deeper analyses and interviews by the creators can be fun too. Glad you enjoyed it!
Oh gosh...when I saw that this had dropped, I had to stop the video I was watching to see this. I cannot wait to see what Ashleigh thinks of this one!!! 😁😁💯💯✌✌ LOL...half way through, and so far, the funniest part of her reaction is Ashleigh's mystification about Morpheus' Pince-nez glasses. 😂😂
19:31 Back in the late nineties the internet was accessed via the phone lines. There were no wireless routers or broadband. We had shitty 56kb per second dial-up connections. Morpheus's crew are hacking into the Matrix via the phone system and that is also how they leave it. To exit the operator on the ship (Tank) places a call from their pirate network into a telephone line in the Matrix. If someone who is unplugged and whose physical body is on the ship answers said phone, their Matrix body (known as their RSI, or residual self image) discorporates and is fed through the phone lines back into their physical body on board the ship. This is how Trinity escaped in the opening scene of the movie and why she was so desperate to answer the phone before the truck hit the booth. Agents are incredibly sophisticated Matrix AI programmes that work to protect the system from those who would destabilise it. Because they are designed by the same programme who designed the Matrix they can have physical capabilities which stretch the physics limits within the Matrix to breaking point: super speed, super strength, the ability to shoot the fleas of a hog's back at five hundred yards, etc. If the system detects something unusual that needs urgent attention, the nearest plugged-in human being to the incident who is attached to the Matrix will be "posessed" by an Agent, who uses that person's RSI to manifest inside the Matrix. So the tramp in the subway (who is an unaware human being whose real body is sleeping in a pink goo pod in the Machines'power plant) sees people disappearing into a pay phone's earpiece and it blows his mind. Because he's attached to the Matrix the Machines also see this and Smith jumps in, taking over the Tramp's body to try and kill Neo and Trinity. When Neo threw Smith under that train the tramp was killed and Smith was forced to leave his now dead body and find some other person to try and enter to stop Neo escaping. EVERY SINGLE HUMAN BEING still attached to the Matrix (millions of them) are potentially a host for an agent. Agents are metaphors for angels, believe it or not. The Machines genuinely want the humans in the Matrix to live long and happy lives and Agents respond to anything which threatens its stability. Also, when Angels in the Bible or Rabbinic stories aren't delivering news that happens to be good, they are fucking terrifying! So why are they fighting Neo, who is an obvious Jesus metaphor? All will be revealed.... By the way, I guarantee you will not understand wtf just happened when the climax of the third film arrives. No-one does. Even people who've seen it many times don't get what happened. I will post another long-ass explanation there. 😀
3:32 "Girl, _what?!"_ Good. She's full of questions. A properly written story _raises_ lots of questions toward the beginning to _intrigue_ the audience, but makes it a point to keep _track_ of them all and _answer_ them by the time the story ends or else the audience will feel _cheated._
There's nothing that can be said about this movie that hasn't been said a thousand times. This movie was an absolute game changer. It managed to cram so much philosophy and ideas of existential dread while also just being a fun movie its insane. One thing you got slightly wrong, Morpheus doesn't pick the "chosen ones" young , he picks people to be unplugged from the Matrix in general, while young. This is because their minds are still open to change and they have an easier time accepting that the world they used to live in isn't real And , yeah, there's a reason why Smith is considered one of the best movie villains of all time. His talk with Morpheus reveals that, whereas the other agents are emotionless and see humanity as a lesser evil for their survival, Smith HATES humanity with a burning passion
Ashleigh I’m surprised you haven’t seen this. This movie is borderline educational. I had to watch this in community college when I took a philosophy class along with Monty Pythons Search for the Holy Grail.
@@stvbrsn there is another theory that this movie is based off of but I can’t remember the name of it (it’s been a little over 10 years since I took that class) but essentially it revolved around perceived reality and whether everyone experiences the same one you do when you are not within close proximity of one another. Essentially the “if the tree falls in the woods and nobody is there to hear it does it make a sound” question.
@@quadboy4lyfe off topic a bit, but since you brought up the tree thing… I always love this question, because from a certain point of view it’s extremely to answer! It’s all about the very precise definitions of words. Sound is a relationship between vibrating air molecules and a sensory apparatus (ear) connected to a nervous system. So… no. The tree does not make a sound. Sure, the air molecules are vibrating, but with no one there to hear it… it does not make a sound.
@@stvbrsn But living organisms are everywhere so whos to say a bird or a bug isn't around to hear that fall? Yes, you are correct, if there is no living organism around to hear the sound, I suppose it doesn't.
(when you miss your chance to escape the Matrix because you're too shy to pick up the phone while poopin')
EXACTLY. HONESTLY
Im lactose intolerant and i keep eating and drinking milk almost everyday and i never answer the phone i only text (im easily scared of everything) so i feel this too much
For some reason, when I read this, I had an image come to mind of a young, female Tiefling with a very cute accent asking me "you poopin?" Did anyone else have that happen? 😏😏😜😜
@@andersthecrow6588 How do you know you are lactose intolerant? I have diabetes, but what if it is a lie? Maybe the Matrix has generated random traits and programmed them into our interface. How could you tell? MY GOD MAN, HOW COULD YOU TELL ? 😱
A literal case of "shit outta luck". lol
One important distinction about the agents. The people aren’t agents, the agents can take over any person in the matrix, like they replace their “code” with themselves. It’s not that anyone can be an agent, but anyone connected to the matrix can become an agent. Subtle difference, I know, but it does make a difference regarding free will or lack thereof within the matrix.
I was going to say the same thing. It's basically like anyone in one of those pods still attached to the Matrix is like a car in GTA. The agents will just rip you out of the car and take it for a ride themselves.
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That was annoying me!!! 😂
Honestly its not even a subtle difference, its a major difference and rather important aspect to understand how the matrix functions, with what smith does in the later movies
It's actually those that are "deeply entrenched" in the matrix.
So those that are questioning the reality they are in likely won't be as accessible by the agents.
And in the movie world, it was touched on (Neo is "searching for the answer"), but people can wake up without any outside assistance.
I think an animated short showed a track and field runner getting so in tune with their running that their mind realized their actual body wasn't the one running and they just woke up in their pod (or something to that effect).
A really neat concept, especially for its time.
You made one small mistake that bears pointing out: the agents weren't disguising themselves as humans. They were uploading themselves INTO the humans because they were in proximity to their enemies.
Remember that Neo, Morpheus, Trinity, etc. were NOT hardwired into the Matrix at that point, but all of the OTHER humans were. Remember what Morpheus said when he was training Neo? As long as they haven't been freed from the Matrix, they are all enemies. They are all enemies because an agent can enter their bodies at any time.
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And, they are not only enemies because of that. They are enemies because they are fully convinced that the Matrix is real and they will obey the power structures in that world, acting against the Zion humans in their efforts. For example, a typical cop or security guard, or even a citizen who thinks they are reporting terrorists - will follow the orders of their superiors and reinforce the status quo. So the only way to free humanity is to sometimes harm the humans who stand in the way of that - even if they are innocent and do it out of ignorance.
The problem I have with your explanation is that I'd prefer to describe all the apparent humans who occupy the metaverse of The Matrix as avatars for a computer program. They are not people. They have no bodies. They are computer code. Very sophisticated computer code, probably best-described as discrete A.I units. The machines running The Matrix can manipulate the code that, as a whole, makes up the simulation that is The Matrix, and that includes swapping out Agent coding for that of any "person" (actually just discrete A.I. code) running within the overall software simulation that is The Matrix.
@@Yesquire0 By that logic, Neo is not an actual human, but just an AI who has become self-aware.
@@isaackellogg3493 Neo is a human player who's avatar in the sim is being played in God mode / has all the cheat codes.
I've actually never heard this movie described as "you either love or hate it".
I wouldn't trust a person who hated it. SUS
Who hates the Matrix????
i heard it about the following movies but i love them all. except resurrections of course.
I thought that was also an odd description. I've also never talked to anyone who hated it. Quite a few that didn't "get it" and didn't give it a second chance. I always tried to get them to watch it a second time, but gave them a couple of things to consider while watching. Usually the people just didn't quite get the difference between reality and the computer program and once you impress that on them then there's like this huge light bulb over their head and they are eager to watch a second time
the first movie is universally loved. it's the rest of the series that's pretty divided.
Its not Trinity's kiss that brings Neo back to life.
The oracle told Neo that "You got the gift, but it looks like your waiting for something, your next life perhaps."
Neo was always suppose to die inside the matrix, and resurrect as "the one"
Trinitys fate was to fall in love with the person that was the one, and when she can finally admit to Neo that she loves him and kisses him, her fate has come to fruition, its just a happy coincidence that it happens at the same time as he reawakens as the one :)
He also reawakens because although Neo's heart has stopped, his brain is still functioning and he can still hear her and feel her lips on his. This helps him realize that he is the One (helped by how strongly Trinity believes in him) and that he's not actually dead yet. So you can even leave prophecy out of it. Pretty much every reactor dismisses the scene as a stupid cliché and it always irritates me, because this is actually the one time where a kiss bringing someone back to life is plausible and internally consistent.
Thank you, so many people get this wrong somehow
The greatest part of this movie is that Laurence fishbourne, carrie-anne moss, Keanu reeves, and Hugo weaving all did 95 percent of their own stunts. I saw behind the scenes of them all training with exercise and weapons
Some of the best DVD extras and easter eggs!
Keanu even severely injured his neck but went right back to training asap.
I remember an interview with the trainer the Wachowskis wanted. He said he didn’t really want to do it so he made crazy demands like “he’ll need six months of training with the actors before filming” thinking they would say no and they agreed to all of them.
I remember it was big info back then that Keanu and Laurence learned 3 forms of Kung-fu for this movie.
I remember they used a ton of cameras to capture the action, that's why they can rotate the view like you do in a 3D video came. The also used CGI to remove the safety cables.
The fact that she didn’t even know it was Keanu Reeves yet made a Bill & Ted phone booth connection that I was unaware of is mind-boggling.
"What is the Matrix?"
Ashleigh literally just discovered the plot of the movie before watching it. Well done.
Ashleigh, you're the first reactor I've seen who noticed that the Oracle never said Neo wasn't the one. Good job.
I love that the one physics-defying thing that really baked Ashleigh's noodle was, "How do your sunglasses stay on?"
...and those sunglasses were a readily available product, not a prop made for the movie.
I think it kind of necessary to explain, since no one else has, that they clipped to the bridge of your nose. They were kind of a thing in the late nineties. Highly uncomfortable, but that's the price you pay for cool.
@@wizardman8482 They were kind of a thing in the late *1890s*. Does no one remember President Teddy Roosevelt? lol.
They're called a Pince-Nez.
@@ThrashNeon Finally! Thank you, man!
It's called a "pince-nez". From French, literally "nose-pinch".
Back when Matrix came out, we still used phone lines to connect computers over the Internet. The phones is a reference to that.
If it was made today, it would probably be cell phones over 5G or something like that, but I think the terrestrial phone line idea gives it a bit more weight.
Exactly. The landlines give the plot something to visually break and they create action and suspense when the characters have to locate and reach a phone.
And you're basically right, The Matrix Resurrections shows a version of the Matrix without the phones to get in and out.
I’m glad you caught that the Oracle said he IS the one but that he wasn’t ready to accept it. Most people hear “Sorry kid…” and assume she’s saying no, when really her entire sentence is “Sorry kid, you got the gift, but…”
She also tells him "maybe in the next life". Which I took for that he has to die to become the one. Which he essentially did. He died in the matrix but didn't believe in it. It's great.
right is mind blogging that decades seasoned matrix fans miss that, I got that as soon as she said "seems like you're waiting for someting" when I saw it with my ex in 99
@@Chuck_EL Yeah, when the Oracle said that I was all like "excuse me, spoiler alert!"
Neo isn't the one though. Agent Smith is the one. Neo has existed countless times before. The thing that breaks the matrix is smith.
She literally tells him he will die trying to rescue Morpheus (True) and that he will become the One in another life (true). She just left out the resurrection.
Beans: **walks past same door twice**
Ashleigh: "whoa..."
Smith - "He is considered the most dangerous man alive."
Ashleigh - "But he sent me a free phone." ☹️🤔
Bahaha!
My dad had a Nokia 8110 when they first came out. When The Matrix came out, it was already a few years old, and he had a new phone. He gave it to me. I used to run around pretending I was Neo. Fun times.
Ashleigh: "Why are they all wearing punk style clothes if they're trying to blend in?"
{A few seconds later}
Ashleigh: "I love his trench coat!"
Me: "THAT'S why." 😏
That trench coat is AWESOME!!!
I always thought it was more of a Goth look.
Always fun to see people Ashleigh 's age not grasp modems and pre-wifi internet.😂
Sometimes you forget younger people haven't experienced the joys of dial-up internet 😅
@@vanyadolly "KrrrrEEEE!! BbbrrrrrrRRRrrrRRRrrrr; BADUM, BADUM. PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF....."
Absolutely! I was so confused by her not understanding the telephone thing. And then I realized she's just too young. LOL
Which is weird in itself since she's a millennial.
Don't forget rotary phones 😂
It's so funny that you mentioned Will Smith in your intro because the studio wanted him to star in this movie. He passed on it, did Wild Wild West instead, and Keanu Reeves ended up getting Will's role.
Which ended up being the better outcome. I enjoy Will as an actor, but I definitely can't see him as a Neo. Especially off the coattails of the Men in Black movies and Independence Day.
I thought it was funny that she had just reviewed Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures and recently Speed but looked at a picture of Keanu Reeves and said she didn't recognize him.
Not a good decision.
I thought I remembered that. I also remember that Wild, Wild West was TERRIBLE... which is a shame because the TV show was awesome.
Will Smith should be slapping *himself* over THAT decision.
Phone calls are likely based on dial-up modems, which were still predominant in '99 when the movie was made. Here's something to "bake your noodle": Wi-Fi wasn't fully realized and released for consumer use until 1997, and didn't become commonly used until sometime in the early 2000's.
When this movie came out, it was such a game changer in cinema and beyond. There were even some serious conversations of philosophy and the perception of reality based on what this movie proposed. And of course, everybody wanted to wear trenchcoats and sunglasses hehe.
Unlike me who wore trenchs and sunglasses a decade before this movie came out...
No, the movie didn't engineer those philosophies. The concepts of solipsism and simulation are as old as philosophy itself. Its just that this movie used a visual means to explore and explain those concepts to everyone.
Ya my dormmate in college started wearing sunglasses and a trenchcoat after this movie came out.
@@mdwquiz yep, the matrix was heavily referenced in philosophy 101. I can only imagine how much of a slog teaching Descartes was without such a touchstone.
@JOH The book was even in the movie...
Good recognition skills Ashleigh! Hugo Weaving was in Marvel as the Red skull and he was also in Lord of the Rings
And someday we hope Ashleigh will see him in _Priscilla, Queen of the Desert._
And V for Vendetta
@@ElliotNesterman I was gonna make this comment and I'm waiting for that day so much.
And the first three Transformers live action films.
Along with Guy Pearce from Memento
The kiss is like the final straw for his mind. He realizes that there is no matrix what’s real is the kiss.
Some might call it "true love's kiss." I like to call it "the power of boners."
I've interpreted it that when someone loves you and believes in you, you can move mountains.
especially if that someone is oneself.
Explanation for how Agents switch bodies…
Agents are simply codes within the matrix. So all they do is move their code wherever they want within the Matrix.
Simply put… an Agent can take over the body of anyone who has not been unplugged from the Matrix. So if an Agent dies, the person they took the body over from dies & the Agent takes over the body of someone else. So you have to destroy the code itself, not the body.
They made a straight to DVD movie called "The Animatrix". It's an anthology of animated shorts. "The Second Renaissance" episode shows the history of how the matrix came to be. It's one of my favs. ❤️
I can't watch the scene where the guy in the mech suit is being torn out by ripping off his arms and legs. His scream is horrible😖
@@SamuelBlack84 Yeah that definitely a shocking scene. That whole story was messed up, but visually done well. I can't get over the ending of the storyteller over all the pods. 😳❤️
@@gaix1 She shows obvious sympathy for them all
the film in the series i enjoyed. upconverted very well to 3d too.
My favorite was the haunted house story!
Her reaction with the maths symbols all,over the screen after the "there is no spoon". I just... died.. ahahahaha
The whole "there is no spoon" scene damn near gave me an existential crisis
FUCKING SAME
That agent looked familiar because he played the Red Skull in, "Captain America", and Elron (elf king) in, "The Lord Of The Rings."
My whole reason for watching this movie, was it had something in common with another favorite film of mine.
The fact that the premise is something that could actually be currently happening. Our reality is false and we are unaware of it.
So you should check out, John Carpenter's, "They Live." It will blow your mind with its plot. It stars WWE Hall of Famer, the Hot Rod, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. ✌️❤️🌹
Elrond dammit! Lol
@@chuckjohnson5235 No he was an hispanic elf called El Ron because he was an alcoholic
"Our reality is false and we are unaware of it."
Not a new concept, of course. Descended from Plato's Cave with it's allegory of people who's only reality is the shadows they see cast on the wall of their cave; and Buddhist belief that a person's reality is that which is projected from their own mind. Then there's the holographic universe concept that suggests our three-dimensional existence could be a projection from a higher dimension.
Combine that with "the singularity" and the Prometheus myth wherein attempts to make or enhance a new intelligent creation backfire to cause your own destruction, and you have The Matrix, and Frankenstein, and Wagner's Ring Cycle, and The Terminator, and Westworld, and the Aliens sequels, and Battlestar Galactica, and I Robot...
Sorry for the typo. ✌️
@@chuckjohnson5235 *and he wasn't a king. He was a High Lord. The herald to king Gil-Galad.
I NEVER get tired of watching people see this for the first time. It is insanely brilliant writing and all-around an excellent ride!
Also, I love your editing. Very clever.
The part of this movie i didn't realize until recently is that despite the techno-dressing, this is really a classic fairytale. Except we're seeing it from the perspective of the magical princess destined to save the world. It even has the magical kiss from the questing knight that saves the day!
I don't know why this makes me appreciate the movie even more, but it _really does._
Keanu plays the princess is what you’re saying.
@@taoist32 Yes! He's magical, but is basically helpless and has his potential unlocked by a kiss. He's _totally_ a fairytale princess.
never noticed that comparison but now that you mention it lol
@@existenceisrelative It only makes sense after both directors became transgender.
That is an excellent observation, never thought of that. Man the edgy dude bros who grow up on this would be pissed if they ever realized that.
"The Fugitive" Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones. One of my all time favorite action movies. Extremely nostalgic for me as a 90's kid.
Yea that movie needs to be on this channel at some point.
So you were born in the 80's then right? I was born in 1983. And since your first 7 years people dont really remember and the main part of your childhood is after that, it makes me a 90's kid. Hence why i like 90's music and movies and yada yada!
Hope this helps!
@@WheresWaldo05 also born in 83 but I can remember being oohed and aahed over in my crib. Partial photographic memory complete phonographic memory and total recall. I remember most of what I see all of what I hear and five years later I can tell you what I heard or saw.
Wanna trade?😁
@@katiestewart5688 Nope cause my early xhild years were pointless.
And good. Just making sure you were actually born 80's.
"I don't care."
(great line)
The sfx in this movie were revolutionary for the time and still hold up today. One of my favorites ever!
For me the only 2 that don't hold up are the bug and when he dives into Hugo. But from seeing people react to em and their intended purpose still holding up, they get the job done.
This movie was a game changer when it came out in 99. I was a sophomore in college and they had a free showing of it before it came in theaters. Me and a group of friends went thinking it going to be just a good action movie because the marketing gave zero away. We walked out it minds blown and high on adrenaline. Glad you loved it.
this movie gave of a bit of a 'well welcome to 2000 I guess, the next decade is gonna be wild' feeling to me at the time...
"What Is The Matrix?"
IN THEATERS (DATE)
The above is pretty much the ENTIRE marketing campaign Warner Brothers did for the movie, and it was BRILLIANT!
I mean, even now 23 years later, with thousands books, comments, memes - oh, Lordy, the MEMES! - pastaches, outright copies and parodies, people STILL have trouble finding a way to explain what the Matrix is...
@@jamesnoneyabizness5611 If it came out today the trailer to explain the whole plot.
@@luminousdragon It did come out "today" and the trailer did, indeed, explain the whole plot. Still, I'm one of the people that actually really liked Resurrections.
Me too, I thought it would be just another action movie and walked out feeling błown away.
Something people seem to miss is that when Cypher is at dinner selling everyone out he is called Mr. Reagan by Agent Smith, and asks to be someone important - like an actor. Such a great subtle joke
Ash MUST see Hugo Weaving in "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert"! She would go nuts for the dresses, the makeup, and EVERY SINGLE SHOW!!!
I LOVE Agent Smith!
"I'm going to be honest with you. I hate this place, this zoo, this reality whatever you want to call it. I can't stand it any longer. It's the smell if there is such a thing" My spirit animal indeed
The Matrix isn't "classic" just because it isn't old enough.Other than that it was instantly, iconic, pivotal, revolutionary, and an absolute game changer. As for the love it or hate it part. In my experience everyone loves the first one, and the second and third films are where it gets divided. I love the entire trilogy. A lot of people think the third is weak, but I loved it. I'll speak more on it when you get there though.
Well to be a classic car, the car only needs to be 20 years old and this movie is 22 years old. 😉 lol
It's absolutely classic
@@timhibbard4226 Well, in that case my car is getting real close to becoming a classic. Just a few eyeblinks away. haha
I dunno, I saw it in theaters opening week and now all I have to do is look in the mirror, and buddy, lemme tell ya, it sure feels like it's old enough!
A lot of people were surprisingly not into the first one either. I think it's a focus thing, some people don't like to think a lot when watching films...
This movie was so very freaky when it first came out; strange, unsettling, and very cool. Glad you enjoyed!
The only thing I disagreed with her about was how "everybody's special." Didn't she watch The Incredibles? Doesn't she know that "when everyone's [special], no one will be"?
Haha
Yeah, but Dark City (same time, similar theme, even shared a few sets/props) was better!
Nobody thought about Deja Vu the same again. When we walked out of the theater after this film, we were checking the back of our heads for connections. Also a trip thing is how vivid the color of the world is after you come out of the theater. In the theater you're immersed in the colors of the film. The Matrix has this sickly green lighting, while the actual world is pale blue. So going back outside into full color is a visual shock.
Philip K. Dick wrote an essay in the 70s about how the world we experience might be a computer simulation, and that "glitches" in the programming might be what we experience as Deja Vu.
One thing that always annoyed me a little though is that the scene with the cat isn't Deja Vu at all. Deja Vu is when you do something you've never done before but seem to remember doing it previously anyway. The same cat walking by the same door twice in 5 seconds is not Deja Vu.
There is a MAJOR Mandella effect with the movies color saturation. The original thatrical release and initial home video release does not have the green tint for matrix scenes. You and MILLIONS of people have misremembered that. The sequels had the green tint. The initial vhs and dvd release of the matrix did not have a green tint. It is the only way to see the original Theatrical "Cut" The green tint was added to the HD versions to make it match the sequels when it was all released on blu ray. I have both original vhs and dvd copies (It was the first MUST own DVD back in the day) and have had to show many friends and relatives how they remember incorrectly. Kind of cool how stuff like that happens.
On the way back from seeing this movie, with a car full of friends all talking animatedly about it, I came to Road Junction A, but in the dark it looked like Junction B. Then when I hit the real Junction B a few minutes later, I unthinkingly said, "wow, deja vu". Everybody in the car instantly stopped talking, looked at each other and had a 'moment'...🤣
ruclips.net/video/gtktg9hbC_g/видео.html short video comparing the 2.
One thing I loved about this film was how well they did the Show Don't Tell for a lot of the subtle storytelling details. Like how they establish Trinity as this physics defying badass, who can calmly take out a room of cops, but the second she's told there is an agent involved, she is visibly terrified. Even to go so far as the superman dive through a window into another building, tumble roll down a set of stairs, and INSTANTLY pop up with 2 guns facing the way she came, fully expecting the agent to be hot on her heels. And she's SHAKING she's so scared. You don't need to show the Agents being insane to establish them as a threat, just show how the established badasses are scared by comparison. Also subtle hints that Neo is the One early on, like when he is being chewed out by his boss for being late, and he keeps getting distracted by the window cleaner and his squeaky cleaning method. It kept making Neo lose focus on his boss being an ass, so he didn't really feel bad about the "chewing out session". By the time it's over, he literally wasn't even paying attention when he realizes his boss is done bitching at him, and he goes back to his desk, relatively unaffected. To me, that felt an awful lot like an example of him unconsciously altering the Matrix, to help him out. He was probably in his head, mentally screaming "oh god, I want to be ANYWHERE than here, listening to this asshole drone on. Man what I would give for anything to alleviate this monotony..." *squuueeeeeaaak!* Oh look, something to distract you, what a crazy random happenstance!
The fantastic method of teaching the rules of the Matrix via the sparring session with Morpheus. Illustrating how they can defy the conventions of physical limitations, by sheer thought. How we see this reinforced later when Morpheus is fighting Smith in the bathroom, and we see him literally "shake it off", after being thrown into the wall. he shakes his head, reminding himself "it's not real" and he comes back out fresh and ready to go. This movie is just SO well done on so many levels, both technical and narrative. It's a fantastic example of what young, creative talent, with enough resources, and an eager drive to get their vision out, can do. They can make a movie that ends up fundamentally altering the way action movies are made, from that day forward.
People say that the RUclips comment section is a wretched hive of scum and villainy, but here you are out here proving that thoughtful, intelligent exchanges can happen. Great comment, and great observations.
@@jeffmansfield914 well thank you, i do what i can to move that toxic metric into the ph balanced range as much as I can. 😆 can't say I always succeed, as I've been known to get heated at times, depending on the topic. but I try to keep that to a minimum.
I 100% agree with you and love the opening Trinity scene. Another awesome example is the fight in the bathroom, we saw Morpheus kick the almost chosen one around in the dojo, but the whole agent fight he is fighting a losing battle further showcasing the agent’s abilities.
@@aaronfarrell6484 Yep, I also loved how Smith was basically fighting Morpheus to break his will to recover. Once he actually didn't get up, shrugging off the injuries, he was basically broken, and that's when he lets the regular people attack Morpheus to arrest him.
I also REALLY love the sequence with Morpheus being interrogated, how he is almost broken, and then he overhears that one agent say "I think they are trying to save him." And you see a very subtle shift, in Morpheus' demeanor. He's still hurt, still mentally exhausted, but, that little sliver of hope returns to his eyes. And then when Neo clears out the agents, and starts whispering "come on Morpheus, get up, get up get up get up!" And the horns start to rise, in that emotional swell, while we see his eyes flutter and unroll from being pure white, as he snaps back into focus, the way you see him straining and screaming as he reclaims his strength and breaks his chains. I...fucking....LOVE that moment. Every time it gets me choked up. Even just writing this description of it has me teary eyed. IT'S JUST SO DAMN GOOD!
There have been a lot of 'paired' movies, where very similar themed movies come out very close to each other. Volcano/Dante's Peak, Armageddon/Deep Impact, Tombstone/Wyatt Earp, Friends With Benefits/No Strings Attached.
The Matrix had a paired movie as well that I, personally, like better. *Dark City* plays a lot of the same themes of questioning the nature of reality and having an outside agent controlling you. It is a real mind twister and is worth a look.
- Dude, that is an excellent movie, although I had not realized it came out at the same time, honestly I think I ran across it years later, and never would have thought it was meant to be compared to The Matrix - but man, Dark City is a really cool movie. I wonder if it can somehow be brought to Ashleighs attention, sadly I feel like it would never win a poll vote because I honestly doubt enough people even know about it for it to get the maximum votes to win the poll. But maybe if someone who has her ear sees this comment, they might push for her to check it out, as an extra movie, that doesn't require voting on, otherwise I feel it won't get on many reaction channels.
i vaguely would throw Strange Days into the mix, which was a very sweet, prescient, pretty dark Bigelow movie. Best representation of braindances in a movie, D'Onofrio's featured too.
I love Dark City, but never thought of it as being paired with The Matrix. The movie that is a direct pair with The Matrix is "The Thirteenth Floor" which also came out in 1999 and is about virtual reality. I rememger seeing it, but can't remember ANYTHING about it. (as oppsed to The Matrix that lost count of how many times I've seen it)
The two cornerstone movies for me when it comes to "Oh, holy crap, that is something i have never seen before" are The Matrix and Jurassic Park. They were both just such technological milestone movies on top of being fantastic narratives that I still remember the first time I saw each of them.
Also, the phone thing that you struggled with? Older computers, pre-wifi, relied on telephone lines to access the internet. Millennials don't understand that unique frustration that was picking up the phone to make a call and hearing a terrible buzzing noise that meant your call couldn't go through because your son was downloading porn.
I would add a third. Fellowship of the Ring
FALSE.
I'm a millennial and I was RAISED on my mom shouting that she's on the phone so stop trying to get online. Biggest pain in the ass I've experienced in my short life.
But the Matrix movie wasn't just a technological advance, it was a new cinematic style that had lasting influence. As great as Jurassic Park is, it's a standard Spielberg movie in its style.
@@rammsteinrulz16 There's a crossover between GenX and Older Millenials during the relevant time period. Also, places with really bad internet.
No! I was ... uh ... downloading a new checkbook balancing program! Yeah, that's the ticket!
How Ashleigh tells us she doesn't remember, or has forgotten, that connecting to the internet used to be entirely done through phone lines :D
How you tell us that you are older than her.
Her great grandmother had a rotary phone.
Ashleigh has probably never seen dial up.
If you didn't already get that from the word 'Millenial' all over her channel, I don't know what to tell you. XD
@@CaffieneKitty
But she's not a millennial.
Millennials are people who became adult at the turn of the century.
Or at least that was the original meaning.
@@stephenolan5539
Oxford Living Dictionary - "millennial: a person born between the early 1980s and the late 1990s"
Merriam-Webster Dictionary - "millennial: a person born in the 1980s or 1990s."
So yes but also not strictly, and in any case it's the term used on the channel, and the primary concept of Ashley's videos soooo I don't know what to tell you, my good dude. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@stephenolan5539That’s the start of Millennials. They’re generally born from 1980/1982-1995. So unless she’s older than 40 or younger that 27, she’s a Millennial.
This movie came out at the perfect time. I mean, the Y2K scare, and ppl being afraid of computer tech. I saw this in theatres with my family in my teens. Just blew everyone's minds lol
Ashleigh, if you loved this mind-bending movie, I really believe you would love "Inception" directed by Christopher Nolan ("Memento").
05:35 I think we all share the same fear😉.
07:51 There's a joke in there somewhere.
20:48 Morpheus tipped this over.
THOUGHTS
Names of characters add even more depth to the movie. "Neo" is an anagram of the "One." In mythology, Morpheus is the Greek god of sleep. "Trinity" is a reference to Christianity. Cypher (the double agent) is defined as a message written in code. His name could also be a play on the Devil's name: Lu-cypher.
Memento is very good.
Also *TENET* is another movie that's nuts.
Switch was originally meant to be male in the real world but female in the Matrix (or maybe I'm mistaken and it's the reverse, I can't remember)- I personally think that's a really cool idea to further the concept that you can be anything you want in the Matrix, but at the time this movie was made, the studio didn't think people would respond positively to any sort of gender-bending imagery. They settled for just making Switch more androgynous.
Neo also means new.
Another movie you should check out is Predestination ( Starring Ethan Hawke ). Mind you... it could take a few times to watch it to understand the context. But once you do you be blown away.
I had terrible night terrors the first couple months of my pregnancy, but one night I dozed off watching "The Matrix" and woke to realize I hadn't had any nightmares. My whacked out brain decided only this one thing could stop the dreams, and I watched at least part of this movie *Every Single Night* until he was born. Over 200 times. (whyyyy) I didn't have any more nightmares, and I still love this movie more than 20 years later. xD
@@kmjkmjkmj I was forbidden from suggesting any names from the movie 😄
maybe it's because you were "beginning to believe"
@@steviekc9057 presuming your child is now in their twenties, I must ask: any observable affinity towards dance, computer or parkour? 🙃
@@steviekc9057 Does your kid wear sunglasses all the time? Does your kid like star wars?
I LOVE this anecdote. Our minds are far more complex than we realize, right? Thanks for sharing!
The Agent played by Hugo Weaving was also in Lord of the Rings as Elrond. He was also Johann Schmidt / Red Skull in Capt America.
If Trinity seems familiar, that is actress Carrie Ann Moss, who was in Memento. Also, the character of Cypher, played by Joe Pantoliano (AKA Joey Pants), was also in Memento as Teddy.
HOLY SHIT. In the review I do say I know her from memento but I didn’t realize that other guy was from the
Movie too
@@awkwardashleigh That might be why you almost instantly didn't trust him :D
Pantoliano was also in the Wachowski's very first movie, Bound (and had a small role in Sense8)
I'm honestly surprised to hear that there's a large contingent of people that hate his movie. This movie is iconic!
I think she might be conflating how people feel about the following movies. They do diverge enough from the first that it impacts the franchise for the worse.
I think she was a little confused, in that the divided hate is over the sequels. I think most are in agreement that the first is brilliant.
Or they believed she wouldn’t like it, there have been acclaimed movies that weren’t to her tastes.
(Beetlejuice reaction hurt me 😞)
Not sure if anyone else mentioned it but Agent Smith who you thought you recognised you saw him in lord of the rings. He’s Elrond the head of the elves who doesn’t want his daughter to be with Aragon.
OMG, I never put together Keanu Reeves + phone booths before now, with you doing these two Keanu movies 😂
Since The Matrix is a computer program and the Agents are software, the agents can "take over" any human plugged into The Matrix. It does not have to be any specific person. They can't take over the heroes because the heroes are entering The Matrix using a pirate satellite and are not connected to the system directly, but any other random person in the world is fair game.
At the end of the movie, when Neo sees the code, that is the movie's illustration of why Neo can do anything. If everything in The Matrix is code, all he has to do in order to do whatever he want is rewrite the code. So, he can make bullets stop, he can heal his wounds, etc.
The Wachowski sisters, who wrote and directed the movie, are both transgender, and they have stated that the description of The Matrix as a sense that something about the world is fundamentally off was drawn from their experience of gender dysphoria. The character of Switch was going to represent that literally, with the character appearing as male in one world and female in another, but it was vetoed by the studio.
I said it on a previous video, but I really hope you finish The Matrix series. People have strong mixed feelings about the sequels, but I think the entire series is great, and constantly finds new ideas to explore about what defines our reality and what it means to be free, in the truest sense. I also think you would flip out for the Wachowskis' debut film, Bound, a really cool crime thriller that would be good for Pride month. Some extreme sexual content, but I don't get the impression that would bother you.
"Was that Tank? Trying to get me out of The Matrix?"
Yeah. Toilet tank.
@@tylerfoster6267 🤣🤣🤣
Wow, that’s the first time I heard about the Switch character, what a shame that idea was nixed!
@@tylerfoster6267 Ah, Sceptic Tank!
Not only that it's a representation of their gender dysphoria, but the train fight scene, where Neo officially declares his name as Neo, after Agent Smith keeps deadnaming him during their fight, calling him Mr. Anderson over and over, is highly thought to be a direct reference to....(I forget which Wachowski it is, the first to declare her transgender status I believe), her attempt at suicide via subway. She has stated that at the height of her depression over her dysphoria, she went down to the subway and was going to jump in front of a train and kill herself, but that she came out of it, and I think, at that time, decided to transition? That's definitely what's implied with the scene, as that is literally the moment that Mr. Anderson dies, to the sound of an oncoming train, and Neo is born, via his own declaration of that as his identity. So a LOT of people have deduced that scene is heavily inspired by that moment for the Wachowski in question. Further reinforcing the transgender narrative.
Saw this opening night, after being awake for 2 days.
No one knew how ingrained in the collective consciousness this would be. There was nothing like it before.
BTW, Keanu's stunt double for this went on to direct John Wick 1-4
It's funny you recognize Carry Ann Moss from Momento, however the guy who played Cipher, Joe Pantoliano, was in Momento as Teddy.
Joe Pantoliano has been in so many movies and tv shows. I've been a fan of his since The Goonies.
He was also great in The Sopranos.
Fun fact. Will Smith was originally considered for the part of Neo. I believe due to scheduling conflicts he didnt take it, but instead the scifi dud Wild Wild West. Watching this in theaters back in high school was an EXPERIENCE. The effects were revolutionary and the marketing made it super exciting. "The Matrix has you." 90s kids will remember
@Raylan Givens I would have LOVED to see Sandra as Trinity.
Sean Connery was asked to be The Architect in the sequels, not this movie...there were other actors considered before Laurence Fishburne signed on, including Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson, and Val Kilmer (Kilmer was the name being floated to appear opposite Smith had Smith taken the role)
As far as Neo Brad Pitt was the first to say yes to the role and was set to play him after wrapping up Seven Years In Tibet but then opted out.. 2nd was Leo dicaprio who was set to play him but just finished wrapping up titanic and then opted out, then will Smith joined and backed out and then they went to Sandra Bullock and gave her the script and told her that if she wanted to play Neo they would rewrite Neo as a female. She passed on the role but says that she really wishes she could've played Trinity opposite Keanu...
Will Smith did Wild Wild West instead :/
Actually Will Smith has a video on RUclips for the past few years saying that the reason why he didn't take the Matrix movie when it was offered is because they did a crap job of explaining to it what it was going to be about and how it's going to look but I frankly don't buy his excuse and then he slapped Chris Rock so now I'm having even more trouble buying his excuse
Fun fact: I was working as a movie theater manager around the time this was released, and when the first trailer for it dropped, no one could figure out what it was about. People would leave the auditorium (after watching the film the trailer was shown before) still talking about it, and most people thought it was going to be about vampires. Nope! And then of course once people actually got to see it, it was all they could talk about, and we had numerous repeaters - people who came back to watch it again and again. Also: the guy that seems so familiar, the agent? He also played The Red Skull in Captain America: The First Avenger. And the way they enter and exit the Matrix is through the phone lines - this movie was made in the time period where dial-up internet was still in majority (but receding) use; so they "dialed" their minds into The Matrix. And remember the Oracle said Neo was waiting for his next life to become The One? He had to "die" and come back to life to become The One, because The One can control the Matrix, which means that what would kill an ordinary human in The Matrix cannot kill him - but he had to believe in order to get there. And finally, if you continue in the Matrix universe - and I hope you will - boy, you are in for a ride! There's three more movies set in this universe, and each one is more of a mind trip that the previous ones. There's also the "Animatrix" which delves deep into the mythology - how the war between humans and AI started, the Matrix, etc.
It didnt do amazing at box office so there wasnt that many repeat viewers.
Neo's dying and coming back, is him litteraly having a "One life UP", its litteraly another video game reference (the spar with morpheus being shot from the side, is another one, a reference to arcade fighting games)
@@WheresWaldo05 Bollocks. It made back many times its budget, and was successful enough that they quickly followed it with two sequels. It was the fifth most profitable film in the US in 1999, beating The Mummy, Blair Witch Project, The World is not Enough, Shakespeare in Love, and The Green Mile.
The guy who played Red Skull (Hugo Weaving) was also in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, a movie I hope Ashleigh will react to at some point (hopefully _before_ she watches To Wong Foo, which came later).
Agent Smith was also King of the Elves in the Lord of the Rings movies. I didn't recognize that at first when I was watching it, and it took me a while to figure out why I was pushing myself back into my seat whenever the Elf King spoke.
Oh my God your issue with clustered holes is such a real thing. It is a problem I have really bad. There's something about certain kinds of flowers that have these holes in them or is one picture I saw where it's just a bunch of holes melted in ice clustered together and it gives me the heebie jeebies. I came across an article about it once and I did not realize it was a real psychological thing. They say it's not a phobia but it's some kind of revulsion that exists in 10 to 20% of people. For some reason some people when they see a cluster of holes it makes them feel weird. I can't believe that you have that I've never heard anybody else actually say that issue but me I only know that I've researched it now I know it's a real thing. Keep them clustered holes away from me!
In 1999 the Matrix was ground breaking on so many levels. “Bullet time” remains astonishing special effects.
Especially when you consider they came up with the idea through the limitations of film cameras at the time. Only today do we have the tech in digital cameras to film that fast, but a 35 mm camera moves pysical film which has it's limitations. So they surrounded the actor with multiple cameras in a green room and combined the footage to make that one shot. Genius.
The behind the scenes of how they did it is really fascinating. Oddly enough, it reminds me of the very first moving film which was done with a sequence of cameras taking single shots.
They legitimately created the Bullet Time effect
lost in space did it first. if badly.
@@karlajaeger2082 Really?
I was 19 when this movie came out and it blew my mind. I saw 14 times in theaters across 3 countries. Worth it.
I was in Sydney Australia when it had it's premiere here and we went down to stand outside the theater and see the actors on the red carpet. It was so awesome.
Being in Sydney, you might have recognised some bits of the city in the film. The scene with the woman in red was filmed in front of the fountain in Martin Place.
My favorite part has always been the visit to the Oracle. There's lots of symbolism in it. "Have a cookie", we accept website cookies all the time. The song playing is I'm Beginning to See the Light. The sign over the kitchen door translates to Know Thyself. Lots of symbolism all through the movie. Rabbits - Alice in Wonderland, twins, etc. The more you watch it the more you start to notice.
This movie was an absolute game-changer for movies when it came out. Even the promotional lead-up was new and exciting. “What is the Matrix” was all over the internet.
We didn't even have a PC when this came out haha #fail
Ashleigh, after having JUST WATCHED Speed and Bill and Ted and staring at a big picture of Keanu Reeves front and center of the poster: “No one looks familiar.”
Thank you!
Next up: John Wick
@@foxpaw1 I'm honestly hoping Point Break makes the list first.
“Why do you have your sunglasses on again?!”
Uh, that room is like super bright and neon white. It’s more intense than a Colorado ski slope, I’ve seen people in Breckenridge after a half-day without sunscreen and their skin was beyond red, it was the color of a vintage Merlot. Morpheus came prepared.
I love how you keep things grounded, you don't cut a movie any slack and you make me laugh while you do it. I'm sure other people have pointed out that Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith) was Elrond in the "Lord of the Ring" movies; he also played V in my favorite film "V for Vendetta".
THanks for pointing that out it was driving me crasy!
He looks best as Elrond. I hope they let him keep his wig.
And the Red Skull in Captain America
The creators initially had the machines use people brains/neural networks as the matrix (like we have the internet with interconnected servers/computers, it would instead be people's brains providing the processing power). However, some execs in the company said that was too complicated for people to understand and made them change it to people being used as batteries. Using people's brains makes much more sense as it explains how they are able to bend the laws of the matrix, as they are part of its structure. Not to mention the human brain is basically a super computer, and our bodies are not efficient batteries.
This
That actually makes a lot of sense. I guess there is always something interesting new to learn.
That has always cracked me up. With everything going on in that movie, THAT'S what the executives were afraid people wouldn't understand?!? The idea that the human brain is essentially an organic computer, or that a computer is essentially an artificial brain, like how it was explained to me when I was a toddler?
Yes I mean that way humans would have the pure power a collective power not just neo
Using us as batteries actually makes NO sense because they have to feed us and the energy we "generate" mostly goes to keeping ourself alive and they're just trying to leech our waste heat. If they just took the food they were feeding us and burned it in a furnace they'd get ten times as much energy.
Although I did like this proposed explanation from a fan:
Morpheus: ...and that's why they machines use us as batteries.
Neo: Wait, that doesn't make any sense. We require resources to stay alive. According to the laws of thermodynamics humans would be a net drain on resources, not a viable power source.
Morpheus: Where did you learn the laws of thermodynamics?
Neo: In school.
Morpheus: Naturally, and where did you go to school?
Neo: ....uh, in the Matrix...
Morpheus: *Raises eyebrow knowingly*
You recognize Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) from Fellowship of the Ring where he played Lord Elrond. You really should watch V for Vendetta where he voices V.
This movie blew me away when I saw this in the theater with my brother and sister!
It won 4 Oscars:
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
Best Film Editing
Best Visual Effects.
Exactly - none for picture, screenplay, acting etc. - because none of that is any good.
@@davidz3879 Hugo Weaving's unique vocal expression was pretty good and memorable.
@@blindlobster Did he win any awards for that role?
So the scifi categories, scifi never wins best picture or director which is bullshit
This is the one movie I wish I could see for the first time again!
same :)
but i think even a bit better would be "fightclub".
befor i saw matrix for the first time i already knew some things which to expect.
for fighclub, i had absolutely no idea.
and both are some deep movies which make you think about your life ^^
Also one of those movies where you wish you had stopped after the first.
I wasn't sure how you were going to react to this but am so pleased you enjoyed it, as it's a favorite of mine. You really did an insightful deep dive. I laughed when you immediately figured out Cypher was a bad guy.
Matrix is regarded as being on the same level as Terminator and Aliens and Titanic and such in it's cultural impact and significance. Directly inspired by a Japanese anime movie (Ghost in the shell 1995) it directly explores the thematic concepts of mind vs matter and man vs machine. I'm glad you enjoyed!
Hugo Weaving was Elrond in Lord of the Rings, and both movies came out around the same time, so the internet had a field day with the memes.
He was also the Red Skull in "Captain America" which I believe is where Ashleigh was recognizing him from.
As a Matrix "super fan," it was a delight to see how much you enjoyed the first movie, and how on the ball you were, figuring out who the traitor was so quickly. I hope you go on to watch Reloaded, The Animatrix (anime,) Revolutions, and Resurrections. If you can dig up a copy of Enter the Matrix game, it fills in the other half of the story for Reloaded. Enjoy!
i love all theese too, would also call me a superfan :D
but i´m a bit sad that while the first movie was loved by everyone, the sequels htat i find even better got so much hate from many people. they could have been even better, yes. but they are awesome just like they are.
The animatrix is a very underrated piece of art. I loved it and I think it was preety advanced for the time it went out.
I went over to a friend's house and when she found out I had not seen The matrix, she made me sit down and watch it right then. When I realized what the matrix was, it was disconcerting. I love the movie and was so glad that I watched it with her.
The One is a person with a special code within them that makes them a God in the Matrix. The One’s limits are only what they can imagine which is limitless for Neo. Allowing him to fly and push his strength and speed beyond what the Agents can ever do.
Like in the Jet Li movie 'The One' (2001)
When I watched this in the theaters and he was in the phone booth and the camera pulled way up and up and away, I legit expected him to come flying at the camera dressed like Superman.
...because agents, regardless how fast they move can only base their speed on the realities set in the matrix, but neo can think beyond the matrix.
Neo is a hacker who is in god mode in a game.
19:34 back in 90s you connect to the internet over the phone line. the modem made that famous digital sound when connecting... so I guess they take that as a reference to enter the matrix...
This is one of those movies where if you see it today, you see a million cliches, but if you saw it back then it was a work of art.
@Raylan Givens I agree that the movie isn't as deep as some claim, but it's as deep as it needs to be for the story to happen. What really makes The Matrix important isn't the plot gimmick but the visual style. It was hugely influential on the following decade of genre movies, and is good enough that it still stands up today. It's similar to Citizen Kane in that regard.
I was in the 6th grade when that movie came out. It was a huge deal, and sparked so many people's interest in philosophy and transhumanism. People are pretty divided on the sequels. They're not perfect, but they're better when you watch the Animatrix shorts to get some back story and realize the machines aren't exactly the evil monsters you're led to believe they are. Plus I was in high school when the sequels came out, so I have a nostalgic soft spot for them.
The Animatrix rocks ^^
Imo that chase alone is enough to make Reloaded worthwhile.
using phonelines to enter the matrix, is because the matrix represents in a way the internet, which was originally only accessible from phone-lines, like DSL or ADSL, dial-up, whatever.
fun fact: all of the streets (and the intersections) in this movie are references to the Wachowskis' (the directors) home town, Chicago. The Heart o' the City Hotel is in reality the Heart o' Chicago Hotel. The train references the famous Chicago Elevated Trains and even Neo himself is a reference to a Chicago location.
The movie also leans heavily into Alice in Wonderland symbolism and references.
You will be seeing more of everyone of the main actors in the future (reeves, laurence fishburne/morpheus, joey pants, carrie-anne moss and weaving).
The city is written as Chicago, but 'in reality' the sets were in Sydney. There are a ton of landmarks - the Martin Place fountain with the woman in the red dress, the views of Martin Place out the window where Morpheus is strapped down, and where the phone falls from Neo's office. The white AWA Tower the helicopter flies over, the hemispherical road tunnels near Central Station. The manhole that Trinity climbs out of is in Clark St behind 175 Liverpool St, with the Downing Centre in the background. Cypher and Agent Smith dine at Level 51. The train stations look like City Circle platforms. Neo, though, is an anagram of 'One"
It freaked me out how many Chicago references I saw. Made me REALLY question whether or not I was in the Matrix. 😁
I love this one, I feel like we just witnessed Ashleigh ascend to a higher plane of understanding during the course of the movie.
I always really liked the story beat of Neo failing to escape the agents the first time. Like his fear was that crippling, and it serves to ground Neo's character before we see how he evolves and is able to accomplish some impossible stuff.
Have you've considered watching another martial arts movie? Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. It's about a legendary sword that was stolen after a Shaolin monk donated it because he felt it was time and he didn't feel comfortable carrying a weapon. The movie also has two romances. It starred Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh. Watch the subtitled version as the movie is in Mandarin as the dubbed do not have the actor's voice even both can speak English and the translation is different.
Plus martial arts movies is where the Matrix got it's inspiration for the SFX used.
I liked it but was assured that it was a crappy movie. And that China has better ones.
I wrote my undergraduate dissertation on The Matrix. I wrote all about Descarts, Baudrillard and Wittgenstein, I did a real deep dive into philosophical theories that were way above my understanding. I thought I was the shit when I got an A+ for it. A few weeks later I re-read it, and I realised all I had done was follow the breadcrumbs that were as subtle as a brick, that if I had taken the red pill option when I started writing, I would have had a much better, more challenging dissertation to show for my efforts. I would probably have had a lower grade, but grades only matter when you're doing them, they are meaningless in real life.
Don't worry, it was 20 years ago, and it didn't take me that long to see how desperately earnest and lame I was as a student.
All I really took from it is that sometimes the white rabbit can lead you to Wonderland, and sometimes it's just a smelly man pulling a furry rag along on a string.
You should read up on the theory that the entire movie is an allegory for gender dysphoria. You might find it interesting.
@@noxteryn I hadn't thought of that perspective, maybe when the trauma of essay writing in my final year has worn off I'll take another look. I'm afraid I've gone in the opposite direction- I take every movie at face value, they are entertainment only from now on. Baudrillard really did a number on me, and I can't even watch a horse in a movie- let alone a western- without hearing my lecturer drone the word "Ford..". *shudder*
Nice! Personally I think the biggest question that the Matrix trilogy poses is "what is freedom if choice itself is a locus of control?" Different characters have vastly different answers to that question which makes the whole trilogy all the more special IMO.
You're hilarious! 😂
@@noxteryn way to be diverted from the rabbit hole, agent smith would be pleased.
I feel like this movie is one of the few you really must see for the first time with a really large screen and surround sound. Either a movie theater or great home theater, that’s the way this is meant to be seen. It takes the movie from wow that was good, to that was f-ing incredible!
For Light Hallowbeans I recommend:
The Comedy of Terrors (Vicent Price),
Haunted Honeymoon (Gene Wilder with his wife Gilda),
Arsenic and Old Lace (Cary Grant),
Bell Book and Candle (Jimmy Stewart),
Escape to Witch Mountain (Donald Pleseance),
Also for light and campy April Fools Day
I would add The Ghost And Mister Chicken with Don Knott's.
@@roberthughes2402 Now I love Don Knotts he was great in Andy Griffth, g
reat in Mr. Limpet,
his brief appearance in Lover Come Back,
his Mad Mad World cameo,
And Hot Lead and Cold Feet, but fot some reason he kept playing the same timid man character in film after film with no meat to any role:
Shakiest Gun in the West,
Ghost and Mr. Chicken,
Reluctant Astronaut,
The Love God,
How to Frame a Figg,
Even his pairings with Tim Conway which should make for hilarious material do nothing for him along with other roles:
The Apple Dumpling Gang films,
No Deposit No Return,
The Private Eyes,
The Prize Match,
Gus,
There's not many perfect movies in this world but The Matrix is one of them for me. I wish I could explain what a phenomenon it was when it dropped. Rocked my teenage self, blew my mind! Not to mention the epic soundtrack..Rage Against The Machine baby!
Jaws, Matrix, shawshank, T.G. Maverick, Dances with wolves, Good will hunting, The usual suspects, the game, saving private ryan, happy gilmore, twister, the adjustment bureau, ghostbusters, terminator 2, million dollar baby, gran turino, inglorious basterds.
All flawless perfect movies
Yeah, whoever is telling Ashleigh that viewers either love The Matrix or hate it... who hates The Matrix and why? Everyone I know think it's the classic that it is.
I feel like this movie is one of the few you really must see for the first time with a really large screen and surround sound. Either a movie theater or great home theater, that’s the way this is meant to be seen. It takes the movie from wow that was good, to that was f-ing incredible!
No one hates The Matrix. She's probably referring to the sequels being love/hate and doesn't know the difference.
Thanks Ashleigh, I was in full panic mode this morning and this video helped calm me down!
Any person in the Matrix can be an agent. Morpheus explains this during Neo's training. It's not that the hobo is an agent. The agents are monitoring people trying to locate Neo and Trinity. When the hobo sees something, the agent takes over his program.
If you were playing an MMO video game (like World of Warcraft), an administrator with enough clearance could literally take over your avatar and move you around. That's basically what's happening here.
I do wonder if that kills the person. I assume it does.
"I do wonder if that kills the person. I assume it does."
Not necessarily, but if the agent "dies", you do. Else you just end up in a different place without any knowledge of what happened in between.
Ever zoned out while traveling, and suddenly realizing you did and cannot really remember what happened in between? ;-)
So this was shot almost entirely on the Gold Coast and Sydney, in Australia. Many of the extras, as well as the main character Mouse (Matt Doran), were snatched from the hit soap opera Home and Away, which most Americans will have no concept of, but Aussies and Brits will know very well.
Watching Ashleigh experience this for the first time is going to keep me smiling for the whole week 😂
I absolutely love when the explanations started Ashleigh knew she was going to spiral on the concept.
Holy shit you talked over the whole movie, I'm surprised you could follow along at all!!
I still find it funny how at (and around, and after) the time of the Matrix's release every-one got Laurence Fishburne and Samuel L Jackson mixed up so poor Samuel was showered with questions about the Matrix when and (long) after the film came out. As a great joke, in the film "Team America: World Police" most of the lines spoken by the character of Samuel Jackson were actually lines spoken by Laurence Fishburne in The Matrix (and yes, Jackson features in the Matrix joke of Team America)... To be fair, Samuel Jackson took the misunderstandings and jokes pretty well.
I am so happy you really enjoyed The Matrix. Your reactions were priceless.😍
Fun fact- Keanu loved this script so much that he gave up part of his salary so special effects could be done to the best they could. He also bought motorcycles for his crew. He is known for doing things like this. He is called the nicest man in Hollywood. He has often given up part of his salary for movies in order to hire well known great actors to co star with.
Freedom and risk vs "comfort" and confinement is definitely a question the film brings up. The Wachowskis (who are now both out as trans) have talked about the Matrix as an allegory for the trans experience, which is also really interesting. I think the film can be enjoyed just on its own, but if you're interested, looking up some deeper analyses and interviews by the creators can be fun too. Glad you enjoyed it!
Oh gosh...when I saw that this had dropped, I had to stop the video I was watching to see this. I cannot wait to see what Ashleigh thinks of this one!!! 😁😁💯💯✌✌
LOL...half way through, and so far, the funniest part of her reaction is Ashleigh's mystification about Morpheus' Pince-nez glasses. 😂😂
In the old days, the 90s, dial up was used to connect to the Internet. So phones were very important if you want to get online.
19:31 Back in the late nineties the internet was accessed via the phone lines. There were no wireless routers or broadband. We had shitty 56kb per second dial-up connections. Morpheus's crew are hacking into the Matrix via the phone system and that is also how they leave it. To exit the operator on the ship (Tank) places a call from their pirate network into a telephone line in the Matrix. If someone who is unplugged and whose physical body is on the ship answers said phone, their Matrix body (known as their RSI, or residual self image) discorporates and is fed through the phone lines back into their physical body on board the ship. This is how Trinity escaped in the opening scene of the movie and why she was so desperate to answer the phone before the truck hit the booth.
Agents are incredibly sophisticated Matrix AI programmes that work to protect the system from those who would destabilise it. Because they are designed by the same programme who designed the Matrix they can have physical capabilities which stretch the physics limits within the Matrix to breaking point: super speed, super strength, the ability to shoot the fleas of a hog's back at five hundred yards, etc. If the system detects something unusual that needs urgent attention, the nearest plugged-in human being to the incident who is attached to the Matrix will be "posessed" by an Agent, who uses that person's RSI to manifest inside the Matrix. So the tramp in the subway (who is an unaware human being whose real body is sleeping in a pink goo pod in the Machines'power plant) sees people disappearing into a pay phone's earpiece and it blows his mind. Because he's attached to the Matrix the Machines also see this and Smith jumps in, taking over the Tramp's body to try and kill Neo and Trinity. When Neo threw Smith under that train the tramp was killed and Smith was forced to leave his now dead body and find some other person to try and enter to stop Neo escaping. EVERY SINGLE HUMAN BEING still attached to the Matrix (millions of them) are potentially a host for an agent.
Agents are metaphors for angels, believe it or not. The Machines genuinely want the humans in the Matrix to live long and happy lives and Agents respond to anything which threatens its stability. Also, when Angels in the Bible or Rabbinic stories aren't delivering news that happens to be good, they are fucking terrifying! So why are they fighting Neo, who is an obvious Jesus metaphor? All will be revealed....
By the way, I guarantee you will not understand wtf just happened when the climax of the third film arrives. No-one does. Even people who've seen it many times don't get what happened. I will post another long-ass explanation there. 😀
I was going to comment on the dial-up, but wanted to check and make sure no one else had already done so. Great explanation.
@@davidl5452 Thank you, kind sir.
3:32 "Girl, _what?!"_
Good. She's full of questions.
A properly written story _raises_ lots of questions toward the beginning to _intrigue_ the audience, but makes it a point to keep _track_ of them all and _answer_ them by the time the story ends or else the audience will feel _cheated._
There's nothing that can be said about this movie that hasn't been said a thousand times.
This movie was an absolute game changer. It managed to cram so much philosophy and ideas of existential dread while also just being a fun movie its insane.
One thing you got slightly wrong, Morpheus doesn't pick the "chosen ones" young , he picks people to be unplugged from the Matrix in general, while young.
This is because their minds are still open to change and they have an easier time accepting that the world they used to live in isn't real
And , yeah, there's a reason why Smith is considered one of the best movie villains of all time.
His talk with Morpheus reveals that, whereas the other agents are emotionless and see humanity as a lesser evil for their survival, Smith HATES humanity with a burning passion
Ashleigh I’m surprised you haven’t seen this. This movie is borderline educational. I had to watch this in community college when I took a philosophy class along with Monty Pythons Search for the Holy Grail.
Well sure, it’s essentially a retelling of Plato’s allegory of the cave… so why not show it in a philosophy class?
@@stvbrsn And Holy Grail is what, a retelling of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?
@@stvbrsn there is another theory that this movie is based off of but I can’t remember the name of it (it’s been a little over 10 years since I took that class) but essentially it revolved around perceived reality and whether everyone experiences the same one you do when you are not within close proximity of one another. Essentially the “if the tree falls in the woods and nobody is there to hear it does it make a sound” question.
@@quadboy4lyfe off topic a bit, but since you brought up the tree thing…
I always love this question, because from a certain point of view it’s extremely to answer! It’s all about the very precise definitions of words.
Sound is a relationship between vibrating air molecules and a sensory apparatus (ear) connected to a nervous system.
So… no. The tree does not make a sound. Sure, the air molecules are vibrating, but with no one there to hear it… it does not make a sound.
@@stvbrsn But living organisms are everywhere so whos to say a bird or a bug isn't around to hear that fall? Yes, you are correct, if there is no living organism around to hear the sound, I suppose it doesn't.