The Wachowski sisters, who wrote and directed this, were actually the Wachowski _brothers_ back then; they both came out eventually. What was funny about this is that they didn't do so at the same time, so references/perceptions of them transitioned _twice,_ with going from "the Wachowski brothers" to "the Wachowskis" to "the Wachowski sisters". Go fig.
I like the fact that you have the patience to let the movie reveal it's self in it's own time. I watched others get frustrated with the beginning because they don't understand, but the mystery is half the fun.
I notice that with several reactors. It can be a little frustrating at times. I find myself wanting to yell, “Just relax & watch the movie,” at the screen, lol.
The fight scenes were choreographed by Yuen Woo-ping who is a legendary Hong Kong fight choreographer. The actors all trained for months. I remember walking into the movies and watching this on a whim with no idea of what it was about. Completely blew me away.
The idea behind the true loves kiss was that it reminded Neo that the Matrix isn't real, like the spoon. The kiss reminded him that he wasn't in his real body, just an image of himself in the matrix. The rules don't conform to him because he believes they don't in that place, like Morpheus said. He has the ability to see and disbelieve beyond the others of the crew on the Nebuchadnezzar. When he came back to life he could see the Matrix for what it really was in it's complete entirety, just lines of code. The mind makes it real, but in Neo's mind he's just cemented the idea that none of it is real, including the bullets therefore he completely lets go in that moment. It just took Trinity reminding him what's really real (love) to get him back up. As long as his mind believes it's not real, it's not.
The Matrix was such an influential movie that all movies, shows, commercials.....all media types, are now separated into 2 categories: Pre-Matrix and Post-Matrix. It changed everything in the world. There aren't more Inceptions but the director, Christopher Nolan, is the master of mind benders and you should definitely check out more of his movies: Memento, Tenet and The Dark Knight Trilogy(Batman).
ESPECIALLY Memento, by far my favorite from him (Inception is _proximal,_ the Dark Knight series bleeds merit over time, Interstellar is decent, haven't seen Tenet, The Prestige or Dunkirk).
Definitely do Batman Begins. Even though it rips-off most of the plot from The Shadow, it’s such a great film. Tenet is one of the worst studio movies ever made, so your comments on that would be…interesting.
Whilst inside the matrix, the operators can only see code, they just got so good at reading it, they don't see code anymore, just what it is. There is a throwaway line in there mentioning it. So that fight between Neo and Morpheus, they were just looking at lines of code. You'd basically be an operator for how much you read hey?
I remember watching this in 1999 with my girlfriend, & my mom. It changed everything in the film industry, & while watching it you knew films were going to change.
This movie was ahead of its time. It lead the way for movies of this style and was a blockbuster movie. Now you see the concept used in many movies including Marvel Comics. Keanu Reeves and Lawrence Fishburne were amazing. Thanks for the reaction.
“Buckle your seatbelt Dorothy, because Kansas, is going bye-bye” is a reference to The Wizard of Oz (1939), which it sounds like you haven’t seen. It’s a must watch.
That's Carrie-Ann Moss. Known primarily for this film. The film was directed by the then Wachowski brothers but both of them had sex-change operations so they are now, Lana and Lilly Wachowski. Keanu Reeves was not the first choice -- it was Brandon Lee, Bruce Lee's son. Unfortunately, Brandon died during filming of "The Crow (1994)" and Keanu took the reigns. Every now and then, a film comes along and change the way how movies are made. The Matrix is one of them. One, it opened the door to more films like Inception that challenges us to question our concept of reality. Second, this was the first use of "bullet-time" -- slow-motion done while the camera is panning/moving.
Family got a DVD player in 2000. It came with 4 movies. Austin Powers Spy Who Shagged Me, Blade Runner, Matrix, and Lethal Weapon 4. this was the only one I watched, and the "I know Kung Fu" is still my favorite.
I’ve seen an agent punch through a concrete wall. Men have emptied entire clips at them and hit nothing but air. Yet their strength and their speed are still based in a world that is built on rules. Because of that, they will never be as strong or as fast as you can be. Neo: What are you trying to tell me, that I can dodge bullets? Morpheus: No Neo. I’m trying to tell you that when you’re ready, you won’t have to.
@@AwesomeUSMovies btw good catch on the last room neo goes to being the opening room with trinity - 301. And neo's being 101. Trinity - 3. The one - 1. Literally saw a UA-cam short like a week ago on those tiny details. Ones I hadn't noticed and I've seen this film like dozens of times! Have you seen Momento? I can't recall.. It's got the woman who plays TRinity and is Christopher Nolan's (inception) first professional movie. Has the typical Nolan high concept ideas around time in an accessible Hollywood action film
Growing up with Keanu, it seems so strange that you know him from John Wick (his most recent movies). You should check out some of his early movies like "Bill and Ted" and "Parenthood". Both are fun comedies
The Wachowskis love Japanese anime (animation). The lobby scene shoot-out in this movie was inspired directly by the finale to the 1995 anime masterpiece Ghost in the Shell, which I've already recommended and is on your list. Worth checking out if you want to see where some of these ideas came from.
@@AwesomeUSMovies The Wachowskis [two men] also both transitioned and are now "female", which might be the "Lily Wachowski" you found on IMDB now. "Changing reality" is confusing ...
Bro. At the Kung fu Trainer part, We realized something. After long fighting, Neo sweats but Morpheous doesnt sweat. Because morpheous's Brain know that this is just computer simulation. But Neo's Brain still thinking that this is Real world. Because of this Neo sweats
Matrix is a'ight. maybe this will alleviate me of my nighttime worries, by finally writing it out. For the 2nd Matrix movie, my mom got tickets to an advanced screening. She got 4 of them, and didn't go, so it was Dad, My 2 friends, and myself. In the room they had free bottles of drinks like coca-cola, sprite. During the movie I kept talking to my friend directly next to me. Not talky-talking, just muttering jokes, and he laughed the whole time so I kept doing it. I feel bad because I've never done that in a theater, and I might have ruined someones experience. but at the end of the night when we're dropping my friends off, I gave him 4 of the cokes I pocketed and that's the part he brings up when we hang out.
My only issue with this movie is that when someone is still hardwired to the Matrix, and they get shot, for instance, they're not really getting shot, just like they're not really getting shot when they've hacked in. So in order for them to die, the machines would have to send some kind of signal to their pod, to kill them. But when they're hacked in, they're no longer connected to the machines' system, so there would be no kill-signal sent, which means anyone should be invincible in the Matrix, once they have been unplugged.
well... maybe they just get jumped to another "area" body. The body is only programming so when an agent takes over they could just clone the body and move it.
@@AwesomeUSMovies I'm not sure what you mean, but I'm talking about when they die in the Matrix, I don't understand why they would die in real life, if they're no longer hardwired. I think it's just a concept that will raise the stakes, for the benefit of the story, but it doesn't make any sense.
"The Matrix" supposedly comes from 30 or so pieces of claimed source material, but it is actually a mashup of just 3 movies: "Remo Williams The Adventure Begins", "Scanners", and "Dark City". These sources have never been admitted. Remo includes the bullet dodging and the bend-over-backward dodge, running around on the ledges of tall buildings, and learning insane martial arts, waking up with a new face, and the costume from the climax is almost exactly the same thing Neo wears at the end, also the Internet on Neo's screen looks the same, but Remo is from before the Internet, so it should look weird and so that has to be an homage to original source. Scanners has a secret organization that teaches people to hack reality. Dark City has almost everything else, agents, a secret overlying all reality and even the rooftop sets used in the Matrix are from Dark City. Heart O' The City Hotel is a very hard wink that we are literally in the heart of Dark City. But the Wachowskis have never admitted it.
Didn’t care for the other Matrix movies but loved this one. Have you reacted to Devil’s Advocate yet? Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino are an incredible combination!!
Fun Fact. The stunt team that worked on The Matrix created and are directing the John Wick movies. That why those movies have such great stunt work. You can find many Matrix easter eggs in John wick.
Like the 3rd time out of many viewings, it finally sunk in that NEO was a hacker before he was taken out of the Matrix. He was already perfect for being the one...or subconsciously preparing himself...yeah, have fun with this one & avoid the 4th movie like it was a hybrid virus of corona & monkey pox! I had the same reaction in the theater at the ending when he flew away. Great Reactions, BTW!!!
You're going to hear a lot of mixed messages about the sequels to these films... IMO the trilogy is worth watching. Even if the later two films are not quite as original and inventive as the first one (how could they be), in my own humble opinion, the second film (Reloaded) is as good as the first especially in terms of the visuals and action set pieces which far exceed the original. Great style. The highway chase scene is intense. But a lot of people didn't like the 2nd movie for being too long, complex, wordy, confusing, improbable, or weighed down by philosophical and verbose mumbo jumbo especially in the film's climax. Other people disliked it because they felt it betrayed how the first film ended in order to keep the stakes artificially high. And still more people disliked it because they thought it spent too much time in the human world of Zion and there was a sweaty naked sort-of club dancing scene that stretched on. The third film (Revolutions) ... IMO has good and bad things about it. The climactic battle inside the Matrix is pretty intense, though not the way that a lot of people wanted to see things go. The attack on Zion shown in the film... and some other choices they made... eh... let's just say that there was a lot of criticism about these things and some was fair. But it's not a bad way to conclude the trilogy in my subjective opinion. I can understand that other people would have liked to see it end differently, or just end more ambiguously the way the first film wraps up. And... also at this point they really seem to have shot their load in terms of creative visuals and action scenes in the first two movies, because the ones in part 3 you can tell they were trying to do some different things but it just feels gimmicky and doesn't land. The final fights both in and out of the Matrix have a lot of questionable CGI so there's that, too. But if you like these movies I would still give it a watch. The 4th film, released much later and down one Wachowski sibling (Resurrections), is almost universally regarded as terrible. Though they did do some things with it more creative than what we got in the 3rd movie... I think almost everyone would agree it's best left unwatched. Whether you prefer how the 1st film or 3rd film wrapped things up both of those endings were superior to how the 4th left things. And... well... if you make it through 3 then you'll probably see how it's confusing that they would even bother making a 4th film. Much of the hate aimed at parts 2 and 3 are born out of a bit of misdirected anger by people who overhyped the first movie, or just had unrealistic expectations going in. Or they are nit-pickers bent on hating everything. But that always happens.
Pretty fair and thorough analysis without giving anything away. A lot of people didn’t understand the philosophical message in the second one, and a lot of those who did didn’t like it for a specific reason I won’t say. But, I mean, it follows logically from what’s revealed in the first, imho.
@@AwesomeUSMovies I really loved these films, even if I had to watch some breakdown videos to explain it all to me. 😆 There are two guys who call themselves Cinema Therapy here on UA-cam who did a really good analysis of this trilogy’s philosophies about seven months ago that I recently watched. Definitely worth checking out.
@@BDogg2023 yeah there is a ton of philosophy, religious symbolism, etc etc hidden in these movies. I had a friend who took a college course once on nothing but the Matrix. ha.
While the film doesn't say what city they're in.. It's filmed in Sydney/Australia.. At the time Australia had access to the newest film technology/cameras, so it was cheaper to fly an entire crew/cast to Australia than it was to buy the equiptment themselves.. But that's what makes this film is unique, to American audiences it doesn't feel like a city they're familiar with.. And if you're from Australia, it feels weird that you know the locations they travel to lol (Also a big part of the cast in this trilogy is Australian outside of the obvious big actors)
18:06 notice she told trinity ... she would fall in love with "the one".... but/and said to neo, "i can see why she likes you, as if to know he is the one already....", but still tells neo hes not the one. Or rather let him believe he's not the one... shes a smart woman. 😆 ever man needs that battle within themselves to proves everybody wrong. Including themselves.
If you liked the movie and the superior technique they used in 1999, then you may be interested to watch their tech demo on the new unreal5 gaming engine. If you have a playstation5 you can actually play it or if you dont, just watch a video about it. "Matrix 4 unreal 5 demo" should give you some good videos. It is a actual gaming engine so not a movie type rendering but a real time rendering graphics engine. You will soon be able to play games that look like actual movies. Best tech demo out now.
This movie is SO good. It is definitely the best movie of the series, but i don't believe the rest of the series deserved as much hate as it got. I still really enjoyed two and three. I haven't seen four, heard it was really bad, but I don't want to comment on what I haven't seen.
You should know it wasnt the kiss that back him to life...neo has to die to understand the reality that matrix is not real and he can do anything with his brain...it happens again..
Concerning "Wouldnt you rather fight in Neo's attire than a suit?" Personally I would love to have some CHEST ARMOR to fight in ... not because of the armoring, but rather because it allows you to FOCUS YOUR BELLY MUSCLES just like a broad leather belt does for a weightlifter/strongman. This would make hits stronger and protect the back against injury. P.S.: This is also why women on farms USED TO wear corsets ... they could lift more with such a garment while protecting their back muscles against injuries. Simple rules of MECHANICS ... but modern women rather prefer to BELIEVE PROPAGANDA about corsets.
Haven't you watched Lord of the Rings? And you did not recognize Agent "Elrond" Smith? Groundbreaking movie when it came out and still fun watching today.
@@AwesomeUSMovies It was great. I think I was 14 when I watched this with my dad for the first time. You pretty much reminded me of my own reaction. I was so amazed at what I was seeing that my jaw was almost on the floor the whole time. I hadn't seen anything this amazing since Star Wars.
to keep with the theme of mind blowing you should watch V for Vendetta starring Hugo Weaving (he's also in the Transformer movies and Lord of the Rings movies......amongst many others)
Why sunglasses at night? Because you got it made with the guy in shades. Come on, haven’t you heard that famous Corey Hart song? Hey, if it’s good enough for him… 😎
Originally it was a trilogy but a 4th was released last year. People will say the 2nd was okay and 3rd is trash, ignore them. I've seen the trilogy like 50 damn times. It's a great trilogy. The 4th is okay as it's own thing, but it doesn't hold up to the original trilogy.
Using humans as batteries would be totally inefficient and make no sense at all. However, in the original script they had a much cooler and more plausible explanation for why the machines kept humans alive. They weren't using them as batteries. They were using them as wetware... a giant interlinked neural net processor. They used their brains as millions of interlinked computers. This actually does make sense. And in addition it explains why the machines would want to keep the humans partially conscious with functioning brains, sedated obviously, but relatively content in their slumber. Otherwise, y'know, it would be a whole lot simpler just to make a Matrix out of people that had been lobotomized. Or... maybe out of cows. However, at some point some exec thought the interlinked neural network idea was too complicated or hard to understand. So they changed it to batteries. Although... the idea that the machines are using people as batteries is information we get from Morpheus, who is after all shown to be an imperfect narrator who doesn't know everything. So I prefer to believe that the original explanation is the true one and that Morpheus simply doesn't know what he's talking about.
Nope...both concepts are stupid. If they were using humans as extra processing power, it would be counterproductive to have them "dreaming" at all. And, it wouldn't be necessary. If they were going to do that, then they'd capture some people, test all their neurological performance, clone the best one, and leave them blank for their entire life. And it would still be pretty crap compared to any computer that can run true AI in the first place. They'd have zero need for it. The only real gain would be in parallel processing, which could still be done more efficiently just by making lesser non-AI processors that still far surpass our brains. Every single thing about the Matrix is stupid. It's just a good action movie, and absolutely nothing more.
YOIR BEST REACTION YET!!! I know you're a book guy; before filming, the Wachowskis had three books that were required reading for the cast to get an idea of what they were attempting to portray. The first one was "Simulacra and Simulation" by Jean Baudrillard. It was actually featured in the film. It was the hollowed out book that Neo retrieved a mini CD for one of his customers. The second book was "Introducing Evolutionary Psychology" by Dylan Evans and Oscar Zarate. The third and final book was "Out of Control: The Rise of Neo-Biological Civilization" by Kevin Kelly. It is my personal favorite and it changed my life. My Oprah moment if you will. :)
I love how during a reaction to a film about free will,destiny and existentialism you are asking the real questions..."why sunglasses at night?"..."why so much leather?"..."who poured that concrete?!" LOL. It's been a rough week. Thank you so much for the much needed laughs.
What I don't like is the editing and half of the damn videos blurry you can't see nothing yeah watch this movie about a hundred times but damn he spent the first five minutes of video talking and now the rest of the video was blurred out stuff and you can barely see anything
Our buddy wanted to go and see this so badly, he paid for us to go that friday. There was barely anyone in the theater because it wasn't heavely promoted, and Frank knew that. It was so good we tried go the next night, but every movie house was packed! This movies set a new tone for cinematic greatness! Check out the Animatrix as well!
I second Animatrix. For anyone who don't know, it's an animated "movie" made up of several short movies made in different styles by different directors and independent stories about Matrix. My favorite is Matriculated.
I've watched a lot of UA-camrs react to The Matrix but you're the first person to ever mention what a "wet wall" is, and I've been wondering what it is for over 20 years since I first saw this movie! So thank you very much for that James! Cheers and best wishes!! A Fellow Iowan.
Forever a classic movie. So glad you enjoyed it. It's always so much fun watching someone see your favorite movies for the first time... just wish that I could forget the movies so that I could watch them again for the first time xD
This is by far my favorite movie and I’ve watched it more than I can count. But I never caught that “copper top” line, I just wanted to thank you for that 🙏🏻
Especially this first Matrix movie is still a real classic and also thematically doesn't get old (obviously ;) ). The whole "simulation theory" topic is a really fascinating and interesting thing to think about, not only in movies but in general.
You know Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith) from Captain America : The First Avenger where he was the villain Red Skull. He is also the elven king Elrond in Lord of the Rings, not sure if you have seen that yet. When I watched this in the theater many people had a hard time wrapping their heads around what was even going on. And these days your Ex-Iowa-Farmer immediately goes to : "Oh, it's his avatar". How things have changed. I prefer the original idea of having people connected in a giant neuronal network that runs the machines operating system or something like that but in reality there would be no reason for the machines to keep us alive. But then we wouldn't have a movie. I think the sequels get worse and more and more convoluted but they do have some fun fight scenes. So far there are no more inceptions.
First time watching one of your videos and I really like your reaction, so I'm going to sub, and binge them all. One great thing you have compared to most people, is that you can search for movies or tv shows of every single book you've ever read, and watch the the movie/tv show if it has one. They're usually worse than the books, but it's still great to see something you've read, end up as something to watch Or maybe you've already been doing this, and I've yet to see those reactions Edit: I'm watching your first reaction to a new hope at the moment, and you've said that you like reading fanatsy. I was wondering if you've evr read the lord of the rings books? And if so, I'd definetly recommend watching the movies for the books (hobbit movies afterwards, but they're nowhere near as good, and insulting to the book). There are extended versions, but they're very long, and can drag on for a new viewer, so the original releases are a better option. If you havem't read them, then I'd definetly recommend reading at least the lotr main tetralogy (Hobbit, Fellowship of the Ring, Two Towers, Return of the King) as they're the grandfather of fenatsy writing, and almost every fantasy book series, afterwards, has taken inspiration from Tolkein's work
@@AwesomeUSMovies Ah, good to know. As that's the case, if you really liked lotr, then I'd recommend the further books of the universe (although I'm assuming you may have already read them). The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, Children of Hurin, Beren & Luthien, and The Fall of Gondolin (There's also the Histories of middle earth, but they're only additions and the collection is massive, so not worth unless you're really invested in the lore. And also The Fall of Numenor is coming out soon)
Thank you for sharing your first time watching my favorite movie, The Matrix with us. When this popped up in my UA-cam recommendations I had to watch it and I liked and now I'm subscribed to your channel. I love your reactions and will be catching up on all your awesome watching experiences. Thanks.
Man it’s been fun to see your movie journey, and can’t wait for you to see the rest of the series. They are all good as really it’s all one giant movie storey like load of the rings.
That was such a delight watching you watch this film. I saw it opening day in 1999, knowing nothing about it, and it rocked my world. People are down on the sequels. You may have initial disappointment with Matrix Reloaded, but believe me - it's got the most rewatchability of sections of it of all the movies. Matrix Revolutions is basically a big old action movie with an ending that upset a lot of people at the time, but actually is logical now in hindsight. Matrix Resurrections is just terrible and probably shouldn't have been made.
Wow, John Wick was the first Keanu movie you ever saw? I've been watching his for so many years. I guess Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure was the first time I really took notice of him.
I really don't think this movie is the same "first view" in 2022. It came out in 1999 - most people still had VHS players! The average Joe didn't have internet yet.
Dark City ( 1998 ) if the matrix was The Sandlot then dark city would be Stand by Me . Different but also pretty similar . The matrix even reused some of the dark city set . Now that I think about it like stand by me , dark city also has keifer sutherland 😂 it also has Jennifer Connelly ❤
All of them are excellent. Original trilogy are earth shatteringly good though. Was one of those films came outta cinema and was like what did i just witness. Film history made infront of my eyes. Watch these films a good 2 or 3 times a year and never fails to entertain
The Wachowski sisters, who wrote and directed this, were actually the Wachowski _brothers_ back then; they both came out eventually. What was funny about this is that they didn't do so at the same time, so references/perceptions of them transitioned _twice,_ with going from "the Wachowski brothers" to "the Wachowskis" to "the Wachowski sisters". Go fig.
Weird
The original intention of the movie was to be a Trans metaphor but the world wasn't ready for that yet. Lily Wachowski confirmed it in an interview.
@@Winchester1984 I've heard that carries over into the new movie and is more obvious this time. True?
The sisters did great TV series called sense8. Thoroughly recommend it!
I like the fact that you have the patience to let the movie reveal it's self in it's own time. I watched others get frustrated with the beginning because they don't understand, but the mystery is half the fun.
The frustration is also part of the experience, but you just have to roll with it.
Hey we'll get there eventually right
I mean, that’s kinda the basic format of good story telling…to not give everything away up front. Otherwise, what’s left to tell?
I notice that with several reactors. It can be a little frustrating at times. I find myself wanting to yell, “Just relax & watch the movie,” at the screen, lol.
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 100% agree
The fight scenes were choreographed by Yuen Woo-ping who is a legendary Hong Kong fight choreographer. The actors all trained for months. I remember walking into the movies and watching this on a whim with no idea of what it was about. Completely blew me away.
Yeah, me too.
Same here. Movie poster made it look like a mere shoot 'em up.
Blew allot of people away with it's concepts of where computers could eventually go.
The idea behind the true loves kiss was that it reminded Neo that the Matrix isn't real, like the spoon. The kiss reminded him that he wasn't in his real body, just an image of himself in the matrix. The rules don't conform to him because he believes they don't in that place, like Morpheus said. He has the ability to see and disbelieve beyond the others of the crew on the Nebuchadnezzar. When he came back to life he could see the Matrix for what it really was in it's complete entirety, just lines of code. The mind makes it real, but in Neo's mind he's just cemented the idea that none of it is real, including the bullets therefore he completely lets go in that moment. It just took Trinity reminding him what's really real (love) to get him back up. As long as his mind believes it's not real, it's not.
The Matrix was such an influential movie that all movies, shows, commercials.....all media types, are now separated into 2 categories: Pre-Matrix and Post-Matrix. It changed everything in the world.
There aren't more Inceptions but the director, Christopher Nolan, is the master of mind benders and you should definitely check out more of his movies: Memento, Tenet and The Dark Knight Trilogy(Batman).
Added thanks
Yes Batman please!
@@AwesomeUSMovies The second Nolan Batman is great. The others are fine too.
ESPECIALLY Memento, by far my favorite from him (Inception is _proximal,_ the Dark Knight series bleeds merit over time, Interstellar is decent, haven't seen Tenet, The Prestige or Dunkirk).
Definitely do Batman Begins. Even though it rips-off most of the plot from The Shadow, it’s such a great film.
Tenet is one of the worst studio movies ever made, so your comments on that would be…interesting.
The leather and sunglasses was maximum cool factor in the late 90's.
if you say so. Didn't have that on the farm! LOL
@@AwesomeUSMovies nobody wears leather on Iowa farms? What about the cows?
Whilst inside the matrix, the operators can only see code, they just got so good at reading it, they don't see code anymore, just what it is. There is a throwaway line in there mentioning it. So that fight between Neo and Morpheus, they were just looking at lines of code. You'd basically be an operator for how much you read hey?
maybe
“He’s flying like Superman”
That’s going to age very well 👍🏻
So damn fun watching you see this for the first time and experiencing what we did lol
I loved it!
I remember watching this in 1999 with my girlfriend, & my mom. It changed everything in the film industry, & while watching it you knew films were going to change.
I always thought Morpheus said "Main WEST wall" not WET wall, I learned something today!! Thank you!!
you've very welcome. They are very common in older buildings for maintenance.
This movie was ahead of its time. It lead the way for movies of this style and was a blockbuster movie. Now you see the concept used in many movies including Marvel Comics. Keanu Reeves and Lawrence Fishburne were amazing. Thanks for the reaction.
“Buckle your seatbelt Dorothy, because Kansas, is going bye-bye” is a reference to The Wizard of Oz (1939), which it sounds like you haven’t seen. It’s a must watch.
I've seen it
That's Carrie-Ann Moss. Known primarily for this film. The film was directed by the then Wachowski brothers but both of them had sex-change operations so they are now, Lana and Lilly Wachowski.
Keanu Reeves was not the first choice -- it was Brandon Lee, Bruce Lee's son. Unfortunately, Brandon died during filming of "The Crow (1994)" and Keanu took the reigns.
Every now and then, a film comes along and change the way how movies are made. The Matrix is one of them. One, it opened the door to more films like Inception that challenges us to question our concept of reality. Second, this was the first use of "bullet-time" -- slow-motion done while the camera is panning/moving.
Family got a DVD player in 2000. It came with 4 movies. Austin Powers Spy Who Shagged Me, Blade Runner, Matrix, and Lethal Weapon 4.
this was the only one I watched, and the "I know Kung Fu" is still my favorite.
Love that
I’ve seen an agent punch through a concrete wall. Men have emptied entire clips at them and hit nothing but air. Yet their strength and their speed are still based in a world that is built on rules. Because of that, they will never be as strong or as fast as you can be.
Neo: What are you trying to tell me, that I can dodge bullets?
Morpheus: No Neo. I’m trying to tell you that when you’re ready, you won’t have to.
Love it
@@AwesomeUSMovies btw good catch on the last room neo goes to being the opening room with trinity - 301. And neo's being 101.
Trinity - 3. The one - 1. Literally saw a UA-cam short like a week ago on those tiny details. Ones I hadn't noticed and I've seen this film like dozens of times!
Have you seen Momento? I can't recall..
It's got the woman who plays TRinity and is Christopher Nolan's (inception) first professional movie. Has the typical Nolan high concept ideas around time in an accessible Hollywood action film
Growing up with Keanu, it seems so strange that you know him from John Wick (his most recent movies). You should check out some of his early movies like "Bill and Ted" and "Parenthood". Both are fun comedies
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The Wachowskis love Japanese anime (animation). The lobby scene shoot-out in this movie was inspired directly by the finale to the 1995 anime masterpiece Ghost in the Shell, which I've already recommended and is on your list. Worth checking out if you want to see where some of these ideas came from.
Thanks for the info
@@AwesomeUSMovies The Wachowskis [two men] also both transitioned and are now "female", which might be the "Lily Wachowski" you found on IMDB now. "Changing reality" is confusing ...
Bro. At the Kung fu Trainer part, We realized something. After long fighting, Neo sweats but Morpheous doesnt sweat. Because morpheous's Brain know that this is just computer simulation. But Neo's Brain still thinking that this is Real world. Because of this Neo sweats
Nice, good catch
Matrix is a'ight.
maybe this will alleviate me of my nighttime worries, by finally writing it out. For the 2nd Matrix movie, my mom got tickets to an advanced screening. She got 4 of them, and didn't go, so it was Dad, My 2 friends, and myself. In the room they had free bottles of drinks like coca-cola, sprite.
During the movie I kept talking to my friend directly next to me. Not talky-talking, just muttering jokes, and he laughed the whole time so I kept doing it.
I feel bad because I've never done that in a theater, and I might have ruined someones experience.
but at the end of the night when we're dropping my friends off, I gave him 4 of the cokes I pocketed and that's the part he brings up when we hang out.
Thanks for the story.. nice!
My only issue with this movie is that when someone is still hardwired to the Matrix, and they get shot, for instance, they're not really getting shot, just like they're not really getting shot when they've hacked in. So in order for them to die, the machines would have to send some kind of signal to their pod, to kill them. But when they're hacked in, they're no longer connected to the machines' system, so there would be no kill-signal sent, which means anyone should be invincible in the Matrix, once they have been unplugged.
well... maybe they just get jumped to another "area" body. The body is only programming so when an agent takes over they could just clone the body and move it.
@@AwesomeUSMovies I'm not sure what you mean, but I'm talking about when they die in the Matrix, I don't understand why they would die in real life, if they're no longer hardwired. I think it's just a concept that will raise the stakes, for the benefit of the story, but it doesn't make any sense.
"The Matrix" supposedly comes from 30 or so pieces of claimed source material, but it is actually a mashup of just 3 movies:
"Remo Williams The Adventure Begins", "Scanners", and "Dark City".
These sources have never been admitted.
Remo includes the bullet dodging and the bend-over-backward dodge, running around on the ledges of tall buildings, and learning insane martial arts, waking up with a new face, and the costume from the climax is almost exactly the same thing Neo wears at the end, also the Internet on Neo's screen looks the same, but Remo is from before the Internet, so it should look weird and so that has to be an homage to original source.
Scanners has a secret organization that teaches people to hack reality.
Dark City has almost everything else, agents, a secret overlying all reality and even the rooftop sets used in the Matrix are from Dark City.
Heart O' The City Hotel is a very hard wink that we are literally in the heart of Dark City.
But the Wachowskis have never admitted it.
Didn’t care for the other Matrix movies but loved this one. Have you reacted to Devil’s Advocate yet? Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino are an incredible combination!!
Fun Fact. The stunt team that worked on The Matrix created and are directing the John Wick movies. That why those movies have such great stunt work. You can find many Matrix easter eggs in John wick.
Oooh, tell me more!
You can safely ignore the sequels. This is a true masterpiece. The others, not so much.
Na
Like the 3rd time out of many viewings, it finally sunk in that NEO was a hacker before he was taken out of the Matrix. He was already perfect for being the one...or subconsciously preparing himself...yeah, have fun with this one & avoid the 4th movie like it was a hybrid virus of corona & monkey pox! I had the same reaction in the theater at the ending when he flew away. Great Reactions, BTW!!!
Thanks for the lol and warning
Haven't seen your reaction yet but there is no way this movie doesn't blow your mind.
It did
You're going to hear a lot of mixed messages about the sequels to these films...
IMO the trilogy is worth watching. Even if the later two films are not quite as original and inventive as the first one (how could they be), in my own humble opinion, the second film (Reloaded) is as good as the first especially in terms of the visuals and action set pieces which far exceed the original. Great style. The highway chase scene is intense. But a lot of people didn't like the 2nd movie for being too long, complex, wordy, confusing, improbable, or weighed down by philosophical and verbose mumbo jumbo especially in the film's climax. Other people disliked it because they felt it betrayed how the first film ended in order to keep the stakes artificially high. And still more people disliked it because they thought it spent too much time in the human world of Zion and there was a sweaty naked sort-of club dancing scene that stretched on.
The third film (Revolutions) ... IMO has good and bad things about it. The climactic battle inside the Matrix is pretty intense, though not the way that a lot of people wanted to see things go. The attack on Zion shown in the film... and some other choices they made... eh... let's just say that there was a lot of criticism about these things and some was fair. But it's not a bad way to conclude the trilogy in my subjective opinion. I can understand that other people would have liked to see it end differently, or just end more ambiguously the way the first film wraps up. And... also at this point they really seem to have shot their load in terms of creative visuals and action scenes in the first two movies, because the ones in part 3 you can tell they were trying to do some different things but it just feels gimmicky and doesn't land. The final fights both in and out of the Matrix have a lot of questionable CGI so there's that, too. But if you like these movies I would still give it a watch.
The 4th film, released much later and down one Wachowski sibling (Resurrections), is almost universally regarded as terrible. Though they did do some things with it more creative than what we got in the 3rd movie... I think almost everyone would agree it's best left unwatched. Whether you prefer how the 1st film or 3rd film wrapped things up both of those endings were superior to how the 4th left things. And... well... if you make it through 3 then you'll probably see how it's confusing that they would even bother making a 4th film.
Much of the hate aimed at parts 2 and 3 are born out of a bit of misdirected anger by people who overhyped the first movie, or just had unrealistic expectations going in. Or they are nit-pickers bent on hating everything. But that always happens.
Pretty fair and thorough analysis without giving anything away. A lot of people didn’t understand the philosophical message in the second one, and a lot of those who did didn’t like it for a specific reason I won’t say. But, I mean, it follows logically from what’s revealed in the first, imho.
I think I'll watch them regardless of perception.
@@AwesomeUSMovies I really loved these films, even if I had to watch some breakdown videos to explain it all to me. 😆 There are two guys who call themselves Cinema Therapy here on UA-cam who did a really good analysis of this trilogy’s philosophies about seven months ago that I recently watched. Definitely worth checking out.
@@BDogg2023 yeah there is a ton of philosophy, religious symbolism, etc etc hidden in these movies. I had a friend who took a college course once on nothing but the Matrix. ha.
@@nooneofconsequence1251 The video I referred to above is called “Is The Matrix really just a Philosophy 210 course?” or something like that. Haha
17:02 The city, again suggesting it is an homage to Dark City is called: The City.
The Matrix... Probably the greatest movie ever
The Matrix was actually directed by the wachowski brothers. Years later they became sisters.
REALLY? Both of them?
So crazy that you watched this after Inception. One about reality, one about Dreams 🤪🤪
There are many comparable aspects actually
@@AwesomeUSMovies btw, how long before you realised that 'Neo' was an anagram of 'One' .......
This is a very interesting franchise I only remember bits and pieces from the third movie when I was younger
While the film doesn't say what city they're in.. It's filmed in Sydney/Australia.. At the time Australia had access to the newest film technology/cameras, so it was cheaper to fly an entire crew/cast to Australia than it was to buy the equiptment themselves.. But that's what makes this film is unique, to American audiences it doesn't feel like a city they're familiar with.. And if you're from Australia, it feels weird that you know the locations they travel to lol (Also a big part of the cast in this trilogy is Australian outside of the obvious big actors)
Oh, that's interesting thanks
29:30 The mind makes it real. He doesn't mind.
times when people can actually go crazy given things they needed
14:35. One of my favorite questions
Need more info
“I wanna know the break part”. Love it. That’s what the matrix 2 totally explores. What and how can he break the rules of the matrix.
Great reaction! Your excitement is infectious 😄
Thanks for watching
Morpheus transforms the dreamer into a bird. The sleeper flies.
Yeah
Imagine now… the terminator as a prelude to the matrix….
Yeah, nice got it
The main agent was the Red Skull from captain America. Hail Hydra.
OMG, you're totally right. Man I suck at recognizing actors. I also found out he was in LOTR. He was the head elf.
18:06 notice she told trinity
... she would fall in love with "the one".... but/and said to neo, "i can see why she likes you, as if to know he is the one already....", but still tells neo hes not the one. Or rather let him believe he's not the one... shes a smart woman. 😆 ever man needs that battle within themselves to proves everybody wrong. Including themselves.
This movie changed cinema!
If you liked the movie and the superior technique they used in 1999, then you may be interested to watch their tech demo on the new unreal5 gaming engine. If you have a playstation5 you can actually play it or if you dont, just watch a video about it. "Matrix 4 unreal 5 demo" should give you some good videos.
It is a actual gaming engine so not a movie type rendering but a real time rendering graphics engine. You will soon be able to play games that look like actual movies. Best tech demo out now.
I will download it
the best reaction to this movie I have EVER seen! IDK how many times nut watching with you was like a first time again!
Oh man thank you so much. I really need to see the second one of these.
I watched the Matrix in theaters in 1999 ! It was amazing.
It's say it still is
This movie is SO good. It is definitely the best movie of the series, but i don't believe the rest of the series deserved as much hate as it got. I still really enjoyed two and three. I haven't seen four, heard it was really bad, but I don't want to comment on what I haven't seen.
Trinity is played by Carrie Ann Moss. The Wachoski's created the movie lol, they're not actors.
Very confusing
@@AwesomeUSMovies Not sure how but ok lol.
@@ItApproaches Google lists Lily on the Cast. I think its just an error in their database
@@ElvesofZion Someone made a boo boo. The DVD case says Carrie Anne Moss.
You should know it wasnt the kiss that back him to life...neo has to die to understand the reality that matrix is not real and he can do anything with his brain...it happens again..
He was waiting for something
Carrie-Anne Moss , a Canadian actress plays Trinity.
Hey man I really enjoy watching movies with you😄
Thanks for watching
She may be Canadian, but she’s lived in LA for decades. My friend is good friends with her, often spends holidays with her family.
27:52 - 27:55 That sound will haunt me to the end of my days 😵
Lol
Concerning "Wouldnt you rather fight in Neo's attire than a suit?"
Personally I would love to have some CHEST ARMOR to fight in ... not because of the armoring, but rather because it allows you to FOCUS YOUR BELLY MUSCLES just like a broad leather belt does for a weightlifter/strongman. This would make hits stronger and protect the back against injury.
P.S.: This is also why women on farms USED TO wear corsets ... they could lift more with such a garment while protecting their back muscles against injuries. Simple rules of MECHANICS ... but modern women rather prefer to BELIEVE PROPAGANDA about corsets.
Super interesting stuff. Thanks!
I think you would really enjoy Quigley Down Under it's a great western set in Australia with Tom Selleck
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Haven't you watched Lord of the Rings? And you did not recognize Agent "Elrond" Smith? Groundbreaking movie when it came out and still fun watching today.
OMG, he was Elrond... no way! I didn't see that connection at all.
Did anyone mention that trinity is played by Carrie-Anne Moss and Not lily wachoski?
So much fun to watch you first timers. You turned into a little kid at the end.
Very fun movie
I have never in my life seen a first time reaction to The Matrix. Shit just got real.
Hope you enjoyed it
@@AwesomeUSMovies It was great. I think I was 14 when I watched this with my dad for the first time. You pretty much reminded me of my own reaction. I was so amazed at what I was seeing that my jaw was almost on the floor the whole time. I hadn't seen anything this amazing since Star Wars.
My goodness I love this channel!!! Ready to watch another modern classic w/u!! 🥰
Yay! Thank you!
Lily and Lana Wachowski are the sisters who directed this series of movies.
Got it
to keep with the theme of mind blowing you should watch V for Vendetta starring Hugo Weaving (he's also in the Transformer movies and Lord of the Rings movies......amongst many others)
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Why sunglasses at night? Because you got it made with the guy in shades. Come on, haven’t you heard that famous Corey Hart song? Hey, if it’s good enough for him… 😎
:-)
to answer your question: the "city" is never named
got it thanks
Glad you're reacting to this epic of a movie triad. Can barely wait for you to do the next two.
Thanks for watching
I strongly recommend to watch the movies as blind as you can. Avoid even looking at the poster, sometimes they are a spoiler itself. Greetings.
Thanks
Originally it was a trilogy but a 4th was released last year. People will say the 2nd was okay and 3rd is trash, ignore them. I've seen the trilogy like 50 damn times. It's a great trilogy. The 4th is okay as it's own thing, but it doesn't hold up to the original trilogy.
Cool thanks
Chicago.
Thanks
OH MY GOD I JUST GOT COPPER TOP
Glad I could help
Using humans as batteries would be totally inefficient and make no sense at all.
However, in the original script they had a much cooler and more plausible explanation for why the machines kept humans alive. They weren't using them as batteries. They were using them as wetware... a giant interlinked neural net processor. They used their brains as millions of interlinked computers. This actually does make sense. And in addition it explains why the machines would want to keep the humans partially conscious with functioning brains, sedated obviously, but relatively content in their slumber. Otherwise, y'know, it would be a whole lot simpler just to make a Matrix out of people that had been lobotomized. Or... maybe out of cows.
However, at some point some exec thought the interlinked neural network idea was too complicated or hard to understand. So they changed it to batteries.
Although... the idea that the machines are using people as batteries is information we get from Morpheus, who is after all shown to be an imperfect narrator who doesn't know everything. So I prefer to believe that the original explanation is the true one and that Morpheus simply doesn't know what he's talking about.
Oh that's interesting.
Nope...both concepts are stupid. If they were using humans as extra processing power, it would be counterproductive to have them "dreaming" at all. And, it wouldn't be necessary. If they were going to do that, then they'd capture some people, test all their neurological performance, clone the best one, and leave them blank for their entire life. And it would still be pretty crap compared to any computer that can run true AI in the first place. They'd have zero need for it. The only real gain would be in parallel processing, which could still be done more efficiently just by making lesser non-AI processors that still far surpass our brains.
Every single thing about the Matrix is stupid. It's just a good action movie, and absolutely nothing more.
There's a similar idea in the TV show Dollhouse
@@DoremiFasolatido1979 it may not be good for the physical sciences it's still good for the psychological sciences
@@DoremiFasolatido1979 LOL cope
YOIR BEST REACTION YET!!! I know you're a book guy; before filming, the Wachowskis had three books that were required reading for the cast to get an idea of what they were attempting to portray. The first one was "Simulacra and Simulation" by Jean Baudrillard. It was actually featured in the film. It was the hollowed out book that Neo retrieved a mini CD for one of his customers. The second book was "Introducing Evolutionary Psychology" by Dylan Evans and Oscar Zarate. The third and final book was "Out of Control: The Rise of Neo-Biological Civilization" by Kevin Kelly. It is my personal favorite and it changed my life. My Oprah moment if you will. :)
I love how during a reaction to a film about free will,destiny and existentialism you are asking the real questions..."why sunglasses at night?"..."why so much leather?"..."who poured that concrete?!" LOL. It's been a rough week. Thank you so much for the much needed laughs.
Hey, somebody has to keep these people in check.. Good question? they must answer for their crimes.
"Who poured that concrete?!" had me laughing out loud 😂
@@AwesomeUSMovies the movie asks us to think of life philosophy. You made us think of life logistics.
The matrix is about none of those things, but it sure likes to think it is.
What I don't like is the editing and half of the damn videos blurry you can't see nothing yeah watch this movie about a hundred times but damn he spent the first five minutes of video talking and now the rest of the video was blurred out stuff and you can barely see anything
Our buddy wanted to go and see this so badly, he paid for us to go that friday. There was barely anyone in the theater because it wasn't heavely promoted, and Frank knew that. It was so good we tried go the next night, but every movie house was packed! This movies set a new tone for cinematic greatness! Check out the Animatrix as well!
Thanks for watching
I second Animatrix. For anyone who don't know, it's an animated "movie" made up of several short movies made in different styles by different directors and independent stories about Matrix. My favorite is Matriculated.
I've watched a lot of UA-camrs react to The Matrix but you're the first person to ever mention what a "wet wall" is, and I've been wondering what it is for over 20 years since I first saw this movie! So thank you very much for that James! Cheers and best wishes!! A Fellow Iowan.
Wow, thank you! Glad I could provide some clarity
Forever a classic movie. So glad you enjoyed it. It's always so much fun watching someone see your favorite movies for the first time... just wish that I could forget the movies so that I could watch them again for the first time xD
This is by far my favorite movie and I’ve watched it more than I can count. But I never caught that “copper top” line, I just wanted to thank you for that 🙏🏻
Awesome, glad I can help
a movie that never got old. and Agent Smith is an absolute icon!
Agreed
"Who poured that concrete?" 😂
Whoever it was they need to redo it
This came out my senior year of high school. I saw it a hundred times back then, talk a bout a wakeup call.
I bet
You should check out "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" with Keanu Reeves too!
This is such a wild movie, in concept and in execution.
It was amazing!
I always remember the tv ad campaign “No one can tell you what the Matrix is, you have to see it for yourself.”
And it is totally true.
First time I have ever heard someone get the “coppertop” reference. Never got it myself before.
Cool
Especially this first Matrix movie is still a real classic and also thematically doesn't get old (obviously ;) ). The whole "simulation theory" topic is a really fascinating and interesting thing to think about, not only in movies but in general.
9:26 This is actually CG because in real life it would be impossible to reflect the hands in both lenses.
agreed, but it's a great image
I'm looking forward to you watching 2 and 3!
"Ah, coppertop!" Dude I never made that connection. 😳
You know Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith) from Captain America : The First Avenger where he was the villain Red Skull. He is also the elven king Elrond in Lord of the Rings, not sure if you have seen that yet.
When I watched this in the theater many people had a hard time wrapping their heads around what was even going on. And these days your Ex-Iowa-Farmer immediately goes to : "Oh, it's his avatar". How things have changed.
I prefer the original idea of having people connected in a giant neuronal network that runs the machines operating system or something like that but in reality there would be no reason for the machines to keep us alive. But then we wouldn't have a movie.
I think the sequels get worse and more and more convoluted but they do have some fun fight scenes.
So far there are no more inceptions.
Dude, oh my god of course he was the skull head guy. Thanks for that
@@AwesomeUSMovies you would also know him as Lord Elrond from the Lord of the Rings.
Hugo Weaving is fantastic in V for Vendetta.
@@unicyclist97 Absolutely, but not exactly very visible, lol.
The part where the chunk of stone falls off the pillar after the gunfight wasn’t actually planned or scripted, but they kept it in for effect!
First time watching one of your videos and I really like your reaction, so I'm going to sub, and binge them all. One great thing you have compared to most people, is that you can search for movies or tv shows of every single book you've ever read, and watch the the movie/tv show if it has one. They're usually worse than the books, but it's still great to see something you've read, end up as something to watch
Or maybe you've already been doing this, and I've yet to see those reactions
Edit: I'm watching your first reaction to a new hope at the moment, and you've said that you like reading fanatsy. I was wondering if you've evr read the lord of the rings books? And if so, I'd definetly recommend watching the movies for the books (hobbit movies afterwards, but they're nowhere near as good, and insulting to the book). There are extended versions, but they're very long, and can drag on for a new viewer, so the original releases are a better option. If you havem't read them, then I'd definetly recommend reading at least the lotr main tetralogy (Hobbit, Fellowship of the Ring, Two Towers, Return of the King) as they're the grandfather of fenatsy writing, and almost every fantasy book series, afterwards, has taken inspiration from Tolkein's work
Yes I've already seen all the LOTR and HP books/movies
@@AwesomeUSMovies Ah, good to know. As that's the case, if you really liked lotr, then I'd recommend the further books of the universe (although I'm assuming you may have already read them). The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, Children of Hurin, Beren & Luthien, and The Fall of Gondolin (There's also the Histories of middle earth, but they're only additions and the collection is massive, so not worth unless you're really invested in the lore. And also The Fall of Numenor is coming out soon)
Thank you for sharing your first time watching my favorite movie, The Matrix with us. When this popped up in my UA-cam recommendations I had to watch it and I liked and now I'm subscribed to your channel. I love your reactions and will be catching up on all your awesome watching experiences. Thanks.
Thanks for that sub. It's appreciated
There are still 3 parts of Matrix.
NICE!
Man it’s been fun to see your movie journey, and can’t wait for you to see the rest of the series. They are all good as really it’s all one giant movie storey like load of the rings.
Great to hear
This movie was truly mindblowing back then, and still is on repeated viewings.
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure is another MUST WATCH!
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That was such a delight watching you watch this film. I saw it opening day in 1999, knowing nothing about it, and it rocked my world.
People are down on the sequels. You may have initial disappointment with Matrix Reloaded, but believe me - it's got the most rewatchability of sections of it of all the movies. Matrix Revolutions is basically a big old action movie with an ending that upset a lot of people at the time, but actually is logical now in hindsight.
Matrix Resurrections is just terrible and probably shouldn't have been made.
For sure I'll watch the next one
@@AwesomeUSMovies Look forward to your reactions!
Inspector Clausius would say, "oh the ol Sleeping Beauty" ploy. Only understood by watching the Pink Panther series
Got it
Wow, John Wick was the first Keanu movie you ever saw? I've been watching his for so many years. I guess Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure was the first time I really took notice of him.
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I like your reactions!! big hug from Tucumán, Argentina
Thank you so much
I really don't think this movie is the same "first view" in 2022. It came out in 1999 - most people still had VHS players! The average Joe didn't have internet yet.
That was awhile ago wasn't it
Dark City ( 1998 ) if the matrix was The Sandlot then dark city would be Stand by Me . Different but also pretty similar . The matrix even reused some of the dark city set . Now that I think about it like stand by me , dark city also has keifer sutherland 😂
it also has Jennifer Connelly ❤
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All of them are excellent. Original trilogy are earth shatteringly good though. Was one of those films came outta cinema and was like what did i just witness. Film history made infront of my eyes. Watch these films a good 2 or 3 times a year and never fails to entertain
Looking forward to the next one
Your reactions are the best! The Matrix was ground breaking. Great choice!
Thank you!! 😁