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  • @MovieswithMary
    @MovieswithMary  3 роки тому +72

    The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: skl.sh/marijchu06211 ! :)

    • @mistrants2745
      @mistrants2745 3 роки тому

      Wait i gotta ask. Are you south african?
      Originally i thought maybe german, then Dutch but your emotional non-english reactions dont sound Dutch (im dutch) and the 'ah neee' at 23:19 sounded really south african :P.

    • @BramSenders
      @BramSenders 3 роки тому

      The new channel name fits you perfectly!

    • @zarquondam
      @zarquondam 3 роки тому

      @@mistrants2745 She's said before that she's Dutch.

    • @zarquondam
      @zarquondam 3 роки тому +1

      @@SaRENRampaiger I don't think the sequels are as good as the first one, but I don't hate them,

    • @1s23d
      @1s23d 3 роки тому

      I liked the second matrix movie better than the first and third.

  • @the_last_centurion
    @the_last_centurion 3 роки тому +229

    "She oracled him good" will be the best line of this movie reaction from Mary. 😂😂

    • @StreetHierarchy
      @StreetHierarchy 3 роки тому +4

      Lol "oraculated" is a great word, too.

    • @jamesdawson2393
      @jamesdawson2393 3 роки тому +17

      I dunno, I thought “my balls are tingling” was a particularly memorable line lol

    • @Warlocke000
      @Warlocke000 3 роки тому +11

      Personally, I think the "I'm a belly sleeper" when his front is full of needles was a subtle piece of pure gold.

    • @CaesiusX
      @CaesiusX 3 роки тому +6

      What got me laughing was 24:23
      _"GET UP! . . .I mean…please, get up."_ 🤣

    • @the_last_centurion
      @the_last_centurion 3 роки тому +1

      @@Warlocke000 That one made me chuckle too because I'm a belly sleeper lol.

  • @luiscaetano6184
    @luiscaetano6184 3 роки тому +95

    And during Fellowship of the Ring, half the theatre went "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson."

    • @davidblauyoutube
      @davidblauyoutube 3 роки тому +6

      I wish I had seen the movie in your theater, lol.

    • @garykephart
      @garykephart 3 роки тому +4

      I actually shrank back into my seat when I heard him speak in that movie. It took me a moment to understand why.

    • @mikemath9508
      @mikemath9508 3 роки тому +2

      And then the entire elevator became sentient and started clapping

  • @Retec
    @Retec 3 роки тому +195

    "Your appearance now is what we call 'residual self-image.'"
    Mary: "At least he's not a clown or something."
    I laughed so hard at this! 🤣😂🤣

    • @kylethomas2399
      @kylethomas2399 3 роки тому +8

      She said it so nonchalant but I was dying too

    • @dinniestones3058
      @dinniestones3058 3 роки тому +5

      I choked on my breakfast laughing!

    • @STOCKHOLM07
      @STOCKHOLM07 3 роки тому +4

      "Oh, so I just think I'm fat" -Rifftrax

  • @luiscaetano6184
    @luiscaetano6184 3 роки тому +151

    The MATRIX was the proper way to end the 1990’s

    • @clintlarvenz2570
      @clintlarvenz2570 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah in the 2010s we found out Smith was probably right...

    • @damien1065
      @damien1065 3 роки тому +5

      It’s crazy because it’s the most 90s action movie of all

    • @zarquondam
      @zarquondam 3 роки тому +7

      Ah, the 1990s. The golden age -- after the fall of the Wall, before the fall of the Towers.

    • @nicktube1857
      @nicktube1857 3 роки тому +2

      You haven't ate the red pill? It was a proper way to end the 2190's.

    • @andyb1653
      @andyb1653 3 роки тому +3

      @@nicktube1857 The funny part is that Morpheus was wrong about the date. It's more like 2699. The Matrix had been through 5 full cycles and the movies take place at the end of the 6th. A Matrix cycle (from one Anomaly to the next) is ~100 years.

  • @callmeshaggy5166
    @callmeshaggy5166 3 роки тому +68

    There are a ton of little treats in this movie, like when they tell Neo "we don't have time for 20 questions", Neo had actually asked exactly 20 questions to that point

    • @wolfen26
      @wolfen26 3 роки тому +20

      Or that the number 404 as his apartment number means 'file not found' in computer langauge.

    •  3 роки тому +3

      Good catch, I didn't know.

    • @vsGoliath96
      @vsGoliath96 3 роки тому +7

      I believe if you listen very closely when Neo is asleep at his computer, the song playing in his headphones is Dissolved Girl by Massive Attack. It's this weird trance electronic trip-hop song about losing yourself in another life and relationship. Some of the lyrics fit pretty well to the movie.

    • @michaelccozens
      @michaelccozens 2 роки тому

      @@vsGoliath96 That certainly fits well with the trans narrative in the film, ie. rejecting the arbitrary mores and identity laid upon you from without in favour of embracing sometimes-difficult truths and your real self.

  • @MovieswithMary
    @MovieswithMary  3 роки тому +299

    Do you want me to record reactions to the sequels too? :)

    • @jubilantjackrabbit1182
      @jubilantjackrabbit1182 3 роки тому +41

      Yes

    • @Pannemat
      @Pannemat 3 роки тому +36

      Don't waste your time.

    • @dunringill1747
      @dunringill1747 3 роки тому +34

      Yes, please. To all of the Matrix movies plus the Animatrix as it adds more lore and depth to the Matrix Universe.

    • @andrewzmorris
      @andrewzmorris 3 роки тому +45

      I wouldn't bother. The second one is only an OK film, the last one is actively bad. There are so many other great movies you could watch before that like Terminator 1/2.

    • @deanduke5473
      @deanduke5473 3 роки тому +18

      Animatrix next, then the other two.

  • @BaltimoreGunClubUK
    @BaltimoreGunClubUK 3 роки тому +80

    “Ummm I’m a belly sleeper...” and “At least he’s not a clown or something...” are why you’re my favourite reactor on UA-cam. Applause.

    • @cerisambrook7692
      @cerisambrook7692 3 роки тому +1

      First time I've seen her- and those comments made me chuckle.

    • @michaelccozens
      @michaelccozens 2 роки тому

      It took me a while to realize that what they were doing in that scene was using electric stimulation to build his undeveloped muscles. I suppose they must have flipped him to do his back. Wonderful world-building detail.

  • @luiscaetano6184
    @luiscaetano6184 3 роки тому +60

    The four main characters-Keanu, Carrie-Ann Moss, Laurence Fishburn, and Hugo Weaving-spent about 6 months doing extensive martial arts training, so the fighting they’re doing is really them. So impressive.

    • @Mugthraka
      @Mugthraka 3 роки тому +9

      It was one of the first movies that asked this from their actors.
      Nowadays its kinda the norm that actors go through weeks or months of physical preparation and martial training for a role.
      But before Matrix it was unthinkable, Stunt doubles where there for this right? (unless you where an Hong Kong action movie star like Jackie)

    • @michaelccozens
      @michaelccozens 2 роки тому +2

      @@Mugthraka I saw a stuntperson reactor on UA-cam note, and I can't unsee it so you have to suffer too, that Keanu has a habit of grabbing the two support wires attached at either side of his hips when he does flips. You can see it right at the end of his flip out of the way of the subway train; he reaches up and grabs them. Sounds like one of those instinctual things that he's fought to overcome but hasn't quite managed.
      Pretty fair tradeoff for all the benefits of having the actors so involved in the stunts, though.

    • @kellymoses8566
      @kellymoses8566 2 роки тому +1

      And for the 4th movie, Keanu clearly did not and it shows.

  • @plstne48
    @plstne48 3 роки тому +29

    It's funny when you said "you wouldn't want to know" and "ignorance is bliss," anticipating exactly what the character that betrayed them said to Agent Smith.

  • @ScarlettM
    @ScarlettM 3 роки тому +49

    I remember when this movie came out - the effects were amazing, nothing like it before, not at that quality. This was a groundbreaking movie.

    • @Mugthraka
      @Mugthraka 3 роки тому +7

      even now the SFX holds out pretty darn well, with a photography that always absolutly stunning.

    • @fu6817
      @fu6817 Рік тому +1

      The only movie that struck me harder than Star Wars original trilogy.

  • @luiscaetano6184
    @luiscaetano6184 3 роки тому +56

    This film was the first ever to have those “bullet time” effects. It was a leap forwards in effects which was very impactful at the time.

    • @throwacnt7603
      @throwacnt7603 3 роки тому +8

      In the 3D community literally everyone, EVERYONE was searching "how to do Matrix bullet time" at the time, lol.

    • @3Rayfire
      @3Rayfire 3 роки тому +7

      It was one of those quantum leap forward things, like ILM's visual effects for Star Wars and Star Trek, Stan Winston's morph effects in Terminator 2 and dinosaur effects for Jurassic Park, and more recently the reverse aging effects in the MCU. Bullet Time was everywhere for the next five years.

    • @wallsttech6881
      @wallsttech6881 3 роки тому

      Nah, Wing Commander movie with Brie Larson.

    • @vercoda9997
      @vercoda9997 3 роки тому +2

      In cinema, yes... buuuuut I’d already seen similar effects in games before this, as well as in a couple of car commercials. The effect had a huge impact at the time (cue clones and imitators in all kinds of shows, films and ads), but it didn’t have the same impact on me. That was the same thing with Avatar - Everyone was wowed by that film’s look and design, but I just spent the film thinking “That’s a bit of Halo... that’s a bit of Panzer Dragoon...” but sure, I know it just happened that in my own case, many of these things were familiar to content I’d already seen, but back then gaming wasn’t quite as commonplace as it’s since become. Anyway, the first Matrix film was by far the best; the sequels were generally awful; unfocused, bloated cash grabs.

    • @SeanTube2099
      @SeanTube2099 3 роки тому

      And then you eventually saw bullet time so watered down that it was appearing in TV adverts.

  • @vwlssnvwls3262
    @vwlssnvwls3262 3 роки тому +24

    Smith's explanation of how he sees human beings as a cancer of the planet is my favorite scene in the movie.
    There is just something about the dialogue and delivery that is just so perfect.

    • @Pixelologist
      @Pixelologist 3 роки тому +9

      And he makes valid points.

    • @youtubeistrash953
      @youtubeistrash953 3 роки тому +2

      He makes me sympathize with the machines lol

    • @michaelccozens
      @michaelccozens 2 роки тому

      I think it's also a reference to Bill Hicks, who famously called humanity "a virus with shoes".

    • @the.seagull.35
      @the.seagull.35 2 роки тому

      I can hear him saying "Human beingggggs are a diseeeeease"

    • @ricardotoussain
      @ricardotoussain Рік тому +1

      @@Pixelologist humans are not the problem, our programming is the problem.

  • @roman0robert
    @roman0robert 3 роки тому +11

    Just as Neo is about to face off with Agent Smith, Mary: "There is no spooon!" : D

  • @patriknydensten1363
    @patriknydensten1363 3 роки тому +22

    The Matrix was partially inspired by Ghost in the Shell (1995). It is an animated cyberpunk sci-fi about humans and AI. Well worth the watch and reaction.

    • @tarmaque
      @tarmaque 3 роки тому +3

      It absolutely was, although I would say the ideas in _Ghost in the Shell_ (Both the movie, and the manga on which it is based) are a lot more intriguing than those in _The Matrix._ The manga in particular is excellent, and so is the _GITS: Stand Alone Complex_ series that came in the early 2000s.

    • @StCerberusEngel
      @StCerberusEngel 3 роки тому +2

      Glad to see others recommending this. I drop it on ever Matrix video I come across.

    • @michaelccozens
      @michaelccozens 2 роки тому

      @@tarmaque Probably true, but I'm not sure it's a fair comparison. Matrix is meant to be far more accessible than GITS.

  • @peterbabicki8252
    @peterbabicki8252 3 роки тому +41

    It's a modern take on an old concept, going back at least a few hundred years. René Descartes, a French philosopher from 1596 wrote _"I shall think that the sky, the air, the earth, colours, shapes, sounds and all external things are merely the delusions of dreams which he has devised to ensnare my judgement. I shall consider myself as not having hands or eyes, or flesh, or blood or senses, but as falsely believing that I have all these things."_
    There's also the thought that the external world is always filtered through your own senses - so is anything real? Are you alone inside your own head? If you want to go down that rabbit hole, there's a lot of literature on the subject - if you don't mind giving yourself an existential panic attack.

    • @3Rayfire
      @3Rayfire 3 роки тому +13

      All the way back to Plato's Cave.

    • @rikk319
      @rikk319 3 роки тому +5

      Yes, the concept is called Solipsism, and it's been around for centuries.

    • @unclebounce1495
      @unclebounce1495 3 роки тому +1

      @@rikk319 Solipsism is an interesting concept to consider for idle musings, but it holds less value than even full-blown post-modernism when held to any standard o consistent logic.

    •  3 роки тому

      You didn't need to redact us an essay on the subject and it is in reality more ancient than you think… all drugs' users know this, even cave people from the dinosaur era.

    • @peterbabicki8252
      @peterbabicki8252 3 роки тому

      @ That made me chuckle.

  • @luiscaetano6184
    @luiscaetano6184 3 роки тому +39

    The Oracle said, "You're next life maybe..." --- Agent kills Neo.. Neo gets another life...

    • @shaytal100
      @shaytal100 3 роки тому +2

      Oh I never thought about it! Cool!

    • @bxpolo
      @bxpolo 3 роки тому +9

      How about the Oracle ( computer program) giving Neo cookies (data)

    • @shaytal100
      @shaytal100 3 роки тому

      @@bxpolo Well I don't think the Wachowski Brothers thought about this :)

    • @Mugthraka
      @Mugthraka 3 роки тому

      @@shaytal100 OH THEY DID, believe me THEY DID.
      Back in teh early days of the Internet, when there was NO Google or Yahoo yet, ther was a site called "The Internet ORACLE"
      As a user you could Ask a question,and the other users would give an answer selected by the Moderators amongst all the relevant Answers to that question.
      And while you where waiting for your answer, you would be asked to, yourself in turn, help with answering someone's else Question.
      It was a give and take, just like the Orcale in the movie does, she ask questions, collect information about a various many subjects( the other "Talents" that is in her appartement) and use that knowledge+her Immense Probability Calculation programme, to make "Oracles" and deliver "Prophecies".
      NOTHING in these movies where left ot chance or hasard, the Wachovsky's are Nerds, and EVERYTHING in those movies ARE from Nerd underground culture of the 80's/90's.

    • @shaytal100
      @shaytal100 3 роки тому

      @@Mugthraka Oh, I had no idea!
      Thx for this verbose explanation!

  • @pantryraidz7609
    @pantryraidz7609 3 роки тому +14

    Plato did it first 2369 years ago. He called it The Cave.

    • @caseyh8386
      @caseyh8386 3 роки тому +3

      Ah fellow philosophy friend I see 😁 I believe it was after learning the allegory of the cave that our tutor had us all watch the matrix in class... It was a good day

    •  3 роки тому +3

      Plato did publish it first, but Did he discover it? Hell no. 😉

    • @paulcurran4786
      @paulcurran4786 2 роки тому +1

      @ Nothing new under the sun 👍

  • @gatsby8870
    @gatsby8870 3 роки тому +75

    "V" for Vendetta is a great choice too!

    • @garmisra7841
      @garmisra7841 3 роки тому +3

      Awesome!

    • @PaulWinkle
      @PaulWinkle 3 роки тому +3

      8.1 on imdb, I think it is overrated

    • @gatsby8870
      @gatsby8870 3 роки тому +2

      @@PaulWinkle Thanks for your opinion!

    • @concertinamadrigals4058
      @concertinamadrigals4058 3 роки тому +2

      I think that, if you see "The Matrix," you almost _have_ to see "V for Vendetta," because of their Gnostic elements, the idea of a hidden reality behind the one people know, day-to-day.

    • @tucci06
      @tucci06 3 роки тому +1

      @@PaulWinkle Kind of underrated tbh. It's not a very well known movie.

  • @timothygermann780
    @timothygermann780 3 роки тому +18

    The 90s was the first generation when everybody had a computer and everyone started getting access to he internet. There were a bunch of dystopian sci movies involving the internet from"Johnny Mnemonic", "Hackers", "The 13th Floor", "Lawnmower Man", "The NET" etc.. culminating with The Matrix Series. By the time personal computing and the internet were common place, the genre kind of dies out.

    • @ExtremeMadnessX
      @ExtremeMadnessX 2 роки тому +1

      You mean cyberpunk? I'm pretty sure that genre is still actual.

    • @timothygermann780
      @timothygermann780 2 роки тому +1

      @@ExtremeMadnessX No its not.

    • @michaelccozens
      @michaelccozens 2 роки тому

      Possible; I'll have to think on it. Though I'm not sure you can say a genre "died out" when basically every modern work builds on its tenets. You could just as well claim that everything is now of that genre, to a degree.

  • @jeanpaulmedellin
    @jeanpaulmedellin 3 роки тому +5

    It’s amazing how this movie still holds up, no wonder it’s a classic.

  • @1nelsondj
    @1nelsondj 3 роки тому +44

    This isn't the 1st movie character that could dodge bullets, the lead in the 1985 "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins" could do that as well. The Wachowskis would go on to make "V for Vendetta" which stars Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith) as the protagonist V although he wears a mask throughout. I highly recommend that one.
    Another film from this era that used similar effects and was unfairly dismissed as a Matrix knock-off is "Equilibrium" which stars Christian Bale. It's a very good film in its own right.

    • @howiedavis2316
      @howiedavis2316 3 роки тому +4

      Wow, you are the first person I have ever known who has seen Remo, and also loved it. Although Yog-sothoth, where did you get that name? from a bedpan? ( lol , hope you get that)

    • @botwitaprice
      @botwitaprice 3 роки тому +3

      I remember "Remo Williams"; it had its moments.

    • @tonycardone990
      @tonycardone990 3 роки тому +4

      @@howiedavis2316 Remo is a classic. Fred Ward was almost as good in that as he was in Tremors

    • @TheRagingwerepanda
      @TheRagingwerepanda 3 роки тому +1

      Don't forget Chun! Choon?

    • @howiedavis2316
      @howiedavis2316 3 роки тому +1

      @@TheRagingwerepanda Believe it or not ( i didn't, crazy spelling) it is Chiun , portrayed by Joel Grey, *Korean* is the most perfect creature ever to sanctify the earth with the imprint of its foot. lol

  • @Grimfaxe
    @Grimfaxe 3 роки тому +37

    This is what happens if Elrond keeps the one Ring, he turns into Agent Smith!!

  • @bustedsim
    @bustedsim 3 роки тому +16

    "You got the gift kid, but it looks like you're waiting for something."
    "What?"
    "Your next life maybe, who knows?"
    The Oracle basically tells him the plot of the rest of the movie, including the twist ending, and yet we all missed it.
    There's another movie VERY much like this that came out a year before, that's not _quite_ as well done as this, or as well known, called "Dark City." It's similarly toned and mind effy.

    • @mikemath9508
      @mikemath9508 3 роки тому +1

      Dark City was a huge disappointment and I won't watch it again

    • @bustedsim
      @bustedsim 3 роки тому +1

      @@mikemath9508 Fair. But "disappointment" implies expectation and unrealized desire. Rather than dislike for being what it is, instead it seems disliked for not being what it isn't? Which is a weird effing film with great set design, unsetting tone & acting giving off an otherworldly, disconnected vibe and perhaps, if one squints, a commentary on the mutability of life and those that determine it's shape and our agency in shaping it as well... or some other nonsense deep analytical art critque. It is _like_ the Matrix in many ways. But it is *not* the Matrix. Instead of being mindscrew Action Sci-fi, it is lower budget mindscrew noir sci-fi.
      It also has a prominent automat which makes it memorable to me, given my odd fondness for the idea. And Jennifer Conelly as well.

    • @mikemath9508
      @mikemath9508 3 роки тому

      @@bustedsim Ebert gave it 4/4 so I watched it, and gave it 1/5
      The ending with the battle is especially sour in my mouth and I saw it years ago

    • @StCerberusEngel
      @StCerberusEngel 3 роки тому +1

      Dark City's great.

    •  3 роки тому

      The whole Matrix trilogy is a marvel of meticulous predesigning.

  • @cmsweitzer1
    @cmsweitzer1 3 роки тому +2

    “Flush me J, flush me!”. For some reason I have always loved that bit from MIIB! Nice reaction Mari!

  • @RedmoonIndustries
    @RedmoonIndustries 3 роки тому +33

    NOT a spoiler: The second and third movies were filmed at the same time, and in my personal opinion they are more like one single movie.

    • @DeathToTheDictators
      @DeathToTheDictators 3 роки тому +10

      And not at all as good as the first film, and were more or less box office money grabs.

    • @lanagievski1540
      @lanagievski1540 3 роки тому +4

      They definitely should be watched back to back because they really do work as a single movie rather than a trilogy.

    • @mandalore1089
      @mandalore1089 3 роки тому +7

      @@DeathToTheDictators They weren't nearly as good but they certainly weren't money grabs. The Wachowski siblings had a story they still wanted to tell but it turns out it just wasn't that good.

    • @Mugthraka
      @Mugthraka 3 роки тому +1

      @@mandalore1089 Yes
      The only reproach i would do, is that the Dialogues became so much more convoluted and unneccesary "High stakes".
      But for the rest it is just as the first movie, there is a slight tone shift as you come closer to the Climax, but thats to be expected.

    •  3 роки тому +2

      @@DeathToTheDictators they were “money grabs” because you didn't understand them. 😂

  • @michaelwardle7633
    @michaelwardle7633 3 роки тому +13

    The Matrix has a lot of parallels with Dark City, which was released prior. The Matrix takes a more kung fu/action approach while Dark City leans more heavily on fantasy noir.

    • @Mugthraka
      @Mugthraka 3 роки тому +3

      Dark City is also a Gem and under-rated movie.

    •  3 роки тому

      The difference between the two is _The Matrix_ is hardcore science fiction while _Dark City_ falls in normal science fiction.

    • @michaelwardle7633
      @michaelwardle7633 3 роки тому +1

      Pretty sure you just invented that distinction out of thin air.

  • @19nzinga
    @19nzinga 5 місяців тому +1

    This movie was groundbreaking for its time. The pausing the shot and then moving the camera while still paused was epic!

  • @Blobby3822
    @Blobby3822 3 роки тому +3

    "Get up".
    "That's me in the morning"! hahaha

  • @Cifer77
    @Cifer77 3 роки тому +3

    Keanu had to read "Simulacra and Simulation" to prepare for this. It's basically a 164 page discourse on philosophy. Specifically the relationships between "reality, symbols, and society, in particular the significations and symbolism of culture and media involved in constructing an understanding of shared existence."
    It's some deep shit lol

    • @michaelccozens
      @michaelccozens 2 роки тому +1

      The book Neo hides his illegal programs in is titled "Simulacra and Simulation", while the chapter next to his hidey-hole is titled "On Nihilism". The first is by Baudrillard, the second, Nietzsche. Both works had much to say on the idea of reality and representations thereof.
      A "simulacra", in post-modernism, is the theoretical concept of a copy that has no original. Let that knock around your skull for a bit; it's a fun one.

  • @kittensmakingcandles
    @kittensmakingcandles 3 роки тому +1

    I love that Luna already knew what The Matrix is.

  • @balrog73
    @balrog73 3 роки тому +9

    We should eventually discuss the sound you made immediately after he said, "My name is Neo".

  • @snuggilyd
    @snuggilyd 3 роки тому +3

    Fun fact. Keanu Reeves stunt double on this film later directs the Keanu Reeves movie John Wick and its sequels.

  • @3Rayfire
    @3Rayfire 3 роки тому +8

    I'll say it again, my friends and I checked the back of our heads on the way out of the theater after watching this. It was very intense.

    •  3 роки тому +1

      You didn't find anything because you know what pill you took.

    • @ricardotoussain
      @ricardotoussain Рік тому

      @ and which one did you take?

  • @TenTonNuke
    @TenTonNuke 3 роки тому +11

    This movie had everyone talking about it with stunned expressions. This was before the internet, so people would bring it up at social gatherings and at dinner. Philosophy classes were formed to discuss the Matrix, determinism, and the nature of reality. Other movies were doing spoofs of bullet time. People still say "there is no spoon" 20 years later. You can do an entire comparison on the similarities with Buddhism and Christianity (The One resurrecting to save Zion, Trinity, Nebuchadnezzar). For a movie, it has some serious cultural impact.

    • @theblackestvoid
      @theblackestvoid 3 роки тому +3

      the term glitch in the matrix is maybe the most iconic thing to come out of it.

    • @duotronicnone4572
      @duotronicnone4572 3 роки тому +2

      The internet predates this movie.

    • @stiimuli
      @stiimuli 3 роки тому +4

      "before the internet"
      Please tell me you were joking there. The internet had been getting huge for years prior to this movie.
      There was even a famous crash of 'dot com' businesses the same year this released.

    • @caseyh8386
      @caseyh8386 3 роки тому

      The world wide Web was rolled out the year before I was born so that would be 1989 and I think email was created all the way back in the 70s. So no this film was not before the Internet... But I'm assuming you mean more along the lines of before Internet culture? Like social media etc?

    • @ricardotoussain
      @ricardotoussain Рік тому

      People don't realize that the Matrix actualy gives you a hint to see your own imprisonment. I don't believe for one minute that the person who wrote the book and agreed to have it filmed, hoped that people would discuss the special effects instead of contemplating the hint. The matrix is real but not litterally.

  • @brian19991
    @brian19991 3 роки тому +1

    Who could not LOVE that little furball you got there :) Absolutely adorable :)

  • @klyph
    @klyph 3 роки тому +2

    When this first came out, nobody knew about the real world/simulation twist. The ads just made the movie look like a stylized action flick. Many minds were blown.

  • @Pannemat
    @Pannemat 3 роки тому +3

    The Usual Suspects, but it's one of those "You can only see it for the first time once"- movies.

    • @themiIes
      @themiIes 3 роки тому

      Didnt age well. Kevin Spacey movies are not too hot anymore lol

    • @tropicalcatdetective
      @tropicalcatdetective 3 роки тому

      @@themiIes It has a bit of an unfortunate double whammy in that respect, seeing as Bryan singer directed it as well...

  • @triple7marc
    @triple7marc 2 роки тому +2

    I LOVE Hugo Weaving’s performance in this movie. It’s absolutely perfect.

  • @Freejack1971
    @Freejack1971 3 роки тому +1

    Back in 1999, all the hype was for Star Wars Episode I. But Matrix came out a couple of months before that and was like a revolutionary game changer.

  • @bdrmongoose7864
    @bdrmongoose7864 3 роки тому +2

    The Matrix is a metaphor and most people seem to have choosen "ignorance is bliss".

  • @mikevwca6211
    @mikevwca6211 3 роки тому +2

    I loved when neo and agent smith face off Mari says “There is no spoon!” So mater of factly. Had a great laugh at that

  • @beckmannm
    @beckmannm 3 роки тому +6

    I love that the costumes in the 'real' world (2199) are mostly old knitwear, which is of course something that the last bits of humanity could still produce! Making thread/yarn is one of the oldest skills. Compared to the leather and latex of the matrix!

  • @luiscaetano6184
    @luiscaetano6184 3 роки тому +13

    "No one can be told what the Matrix is, you have to see it for yourself" -Morpheus

    • @whade62000
      @whade62000 3 роки тому

      "It's a virtual reality. There, I was able to tell you in only 2 words." - Me

    • @luiscaetano6184
      @luiscaetano6184 3 роки тому

      @@whade62000 in 4, but okay

  • @peteg475
    @peteg475 3 роки тому +3

    The cat intently watching the opening scene is hilarious. lol

  • @novembermedusa
    @novembermedusa 3 роки тому +3

    the cuteness of the kitty is too distracting 😍

  • @andyb1653
    @andyb1653 3 роки тому +1

    21 years after it came out this movie is still blowing ppl's minds. A modern classic if there's ever been one!

  • @finneasclarke7624
    @finneasclarke7624 3 роки тому +18

    Please react to Arrival (2016)! It's one of the best science fiction movies!

  • @BarbaOlof
    @BarbaOlof 3 роки тому +11

    True Romance, please!
    An incredible film with an incredible cast.

    • @Yggdrasil42
      @Yggdrasil42 3 роки тому

      Yes! Great movie. Written by Tarantino should be enough to convince her if the cast doesn't.
      By the way James VS Cinema reacted to it recently.

  • @vwlssnvwls3262
    @vwlssnvwls3262 3 роки тому +1

    This movie was jaw dropping when it came out. It redefined what movies could, and would do with CGI. I think it also opened the door for more actors who wanted to do their own stunts, since these actors were actually trained to do the fighting sequences themselves.

  • @theblackestvoid
    @theblackestvoid 3 роки тому +2

    Filmmaking is the word you're looking for. The movie was visually inspired by Hong Kong cinema from the shoot em ups of John Woo and specifically the Jet Li martial arts movie Fist of Legend which has those wide angle steadicam shots they used in this film for the fight sequences, the comic books of Frank Miller with the weird angles and anime like Ghost in the Shell and Akira which is where they got the iconic bullet time from.
    Also 23:36 lol

    • @Cheepchipsable
      @Cheepchipsable 4 місяці тому

      Yes they used "wire dancing", which is a technique of suspending the actors on wires for the air time, flying type scenes. Used in Hong Kong martial arts cinema and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

  • @concertinamadrigals4058
    @concertinamadrigals4058 3 роки тому +2

    The kitten is just beautiful... Watch any film you like, and Luna will develop her own fan-base alongside yours.

  • @BileDuctBalderdash
    @BileDuctBalderdash Рік тому

    When Tank says, " Mikey I think he likes it " to Neo, it's a reference to a cereal commercial

  • @snuggilyd
    @snuggilyd 3 роки тому +1

    I saw this movie in the theater when it came out when I was in high school. It blew my teenage mind.

  • @zarquondam
    @zarquondam 3 роки тому +1

    "No one else can tell you whether you're the One. Oh, by the way, you're not the One. Wink wink."

  • @ididthisonpulpous6526
    @ididthisonpulpous6526 3 роки тому +2

    Not directly related to this movie, but I caught part of your livestream earlier and thought I would mention that given your interest in crime and estate planning you really should check out Knives Out. An amazing movie and it has some sweet crossover with your real life interests. Great reaction as usual!

  • @user-vc5rp7nf8f
    @user-vc5rp7nf8f 2 роки тому +1

    Neo getting shot 19 times
    Mari: (cursing in dutch)
    lol

  • @PrimeCircuit
    @PrimeCircuit 2 роки тому +1

    Hard to believe there is someone who hasn't seen Matrix yet.

  • @tudeslildude
    @tudeslildude 3 роки тому +2

    Most people don't really see it this way, but the best action scenes, while well shot, tend to be in films that would be great even without the action scenes themselves. The reason for this has to do with how we connect to characters and story. If we actually care about the characters in an action scene, this automatically makes the scene far more engaging then if we didn't. Since we like the characters of Trinity, Morpheus and Neo, we didn't want anything bad to happen to them. This makes scenes where they are potentially put in peril all the more intense and satisfying. Couple this with the fact we just lost half the cast in the prior scenes, and we feel real threat and exhilaration in these scenes.
    Ultimately, as nice as all the revolutionary and cool shots that make up the action scenes, without such a captivating plot and characters, they would be nothing but empty shells without meaning.

  • @pexxos1
    @pexxos1 3 роки тому +1

    Favorite commentary quote: "She oracled him good..."

  • @joepike1972
    @joepike1972 3 роки тому +2

    There is a nine part animation called Animatrix 2003. That gives parts and pieces of the world of The Matrix as back story components. I suppose you would want to watch it after the trilogy as I guess it deals with all three movies. The one story I remember from it, apart from a CGI version of Neo and Morpheus Kong Fu fight, was how the robots first rose up and revolted against the humans.
    Another very well done movie involving difficult subjects involving robotics/artificial intelligence is the 2001 movie A.I.

  • @robertstutesman7764
    @robertstutesman7764 3 роки тому +1

    I laughed so hard when you added in that clip about being flushed.

  • @botwitaprice
    @botwitaprice 3 роки тому

    The super slow-mo shots were done from "bullet time photography"; a newly invented process.

  • @shainewhite2781
    @shainewhite2781 3 роки тому +19

    Still the best Sci-fi Action movie ever made.

    • @StreetHierarchy
      @StreetHierarchy 3 роки тому +6

      *T2 has entered the chat*

    • @andrewzmorris
      @andrewzmorris 3 роки тому +14

      ​@@StreetHierarchy Hard to rank these things. I just put T2, Aliens, Predator and The Matrix all on about the same level and that's enough for me.

    • @Transformania
      @Transformania 3 роки тому +1

      @@andrewzmorris Couldn't agree more.

    • @theblackestvoid
      @theblackestvoid 3 роки тому

      You know what. I'm going to agree.

    • @michaelccozens
      @michaelccozens 2 роки тому

      @@StreetHierarchy I don't think it's really a comparison. T2 is excellent, but it's basically T1 without much of the philosophical punch (because the second one wasn't derived from Harlan Ellison, though Cameron had to be sued to acknowledge it, something he's still whining about to this day). Philosophical punch, on the other hand, is a great deal of what the Matrix does. Same applies to Aliens and Predator, though I'm not sure it's a fair evaluation for Predator, as it's less sci-fi than an action movie that gets stalked and dispatched by a slasher film. The original Terminator has a better chance, but it's slaughtered on production value.
      I would make a case for Fury Road, though.

  • @alvinchipmunk2310
    @alvinchipmunk2310 2 роки тому +1

    0:26 I think the cat is trying to tell you she wants some milk :3

  • @sylviagreybe672
    @sylviagreybe672 3 роки тому +1

    I watched this in theatre when it came out, and I was so mind blown I went back and watched it again the next day. It's fantastic!

  • @WarriorVeldoren
    @WarriorVeldoren 3 роки тому +7

    You should check out the movie that expands the world building of the Matrix world called, "The Animatrix."

  • @ReadersOfTheApocalypse
    @ReadersOfTheApocalypse 3 роки тому +2

    The idea wasn't new back then, but the cinematography was something we've never experienced before.
    e.g. Dark City (1998) and especially The Thirteenth Floor (1999) - a remake of Welt am Draht (1973) - had similar concepts.

  • @rodgomez4424
    @rodgomez4424 3 роки тому +4

    I think the crime genre has some true gems. In UA-cam you can find To live and Die in LA (1985). Even if you don't find it is still worth checking out.

  • @77niko09
    @77niko09 3 роки тому +2

    I don´t know is it important, but i have to mention that you can tell when in matrix or in real world by the colour of the world; matrix is greenish tint and world is blueish. Also when in matrix you can see that code dropping effect in many places, like rain in backround or raindrops on car window. I have to mention these, because i haven´t seen anyone else mention it before in any another comments or any another reactvideos.

    • @tropicalcatdetective
      @tropicalcatdetective 3 роки тому

      The last film introduces the colour of gold/yellow as representing the soul as well. The philosophers' commentary on the old Matrix DVDs explained the colour theory behind the film grading as being green = mind, blue = body, and yellow = spirit. I gained a bit more appreciation for and insight into what the Wachowskis were doing with their sequels after listening to that commentary, even though I still find they did a much more efficient job with the original movie in both direction and storytelling.

  • @Tan-Tan666
    @Tan-Tan666 Рік тому

    Definitely worth a re-watch! You'll notice more stuff, like the reason Agent Smith is waiting in the hotel room for Neo when he shoots him is because it's the same hotel from the beginning of the movie and Smith already knows where their exit phone is.

  • @JamesJoyce12
    @JamesJoyce12 3 роки тому

    the question about living in a matrix-like construction has been addressed in Philosophy - basically - if you can ask the question: 'am I living in a matrix?' then you can semantically prove that you are not living in a matrix.

  • @MST3Killa
    @MST3Killa 3 роки тому +2

    They were thinking about AI and the 'what if' aspects of it since the 1950's when computers started coming along.

    • @wendyheatherwood
      @wendyheatherwood 3 роки тому

      Isaac Asimov was publishing his robot stories all the way back in the 1940s and had at least one story that had them effectively taking over the world, though in a much more subtle way, by 1950.

    • @Cheepchipsable
      @Cheepchipsable 4 місяці тому

      @@wendyheatherwoodAn old movie called Colossus about a computer that takes over the world.

  • @heyzooz
    @heyzooz 3 роки тому

    Am I the only person who paused to ready the cats reply to "Do know what the Matrix is?" I saw this in high school (Class of 2000) Talk about mind blowing. I've questioned everything ever sense

  • @resonanttotality8322
    @resonanttotality8322 3 роки тому

    "You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of the are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it." - Morpheus (in the Agent Program while Neo and the viewers are distracted by the crowd)

  • @zarquondam
    @zarquondam 3 роки тому

    Carrie-Ann Moss, the actress who plays Trinity, is also in the Netflix Marvel shows.

  • @adriancastillo1957
    @adriancastillo1957 2 роки тому +1

    I saw this in the theater on a whim without having ever seen a trailer. Hadn’t even heard about it. Needless to say I left the theater with my mind blown by the awesomeness I had just witnessed.

  • @walkingwounded3824
    @walkingwounded3824 3 роки тому

    Loved seeing this with you, great reaction! :-)

  • @ecramos95
    @ecramos95 3 роки тому

    "GET UUUP. I mean, please get up" killed me 😂😂😂😂 loved your reaction, keep it up!! Greetings from Chile🇨🇱

  • @wackyvorlon
    @wackyvorlon 3 роки тому +2

    I remember seeing in the theatre. When they’re shooting up that lobby I was frozen in awe.

    • @tarmaque
      @tarmaque 3 роки тому +2

      Right? I went to see it one nigh, went again the next day, then had to wait until the weekend to take my wife to see it (she worked swing shift and I worked days.)

    • @wackyvorlon
      @wackyvorlon 3 роки тому +2

      @@tarmaque myself and a lot of my friends did the same thing. Some people I knew saw it five times in the theatre.

  • @foggydavestfrank
    @foggydavestfrank 3 роки тому

    Saw this in a theater in San Francisco on its first night with no idea what it was... needless to say, it just blew me away! Thanks for reacting to it :)

  • @PavanKumar-fy6fq
    @PavanKumar-fy6fq 3 роки тому

    I couldn't resist myself from watching/staring at the cat during the whole intro. 😺

  • @PaiMei667
    @PaiMei667 3 роки тому +1

    23:36 ahah that noise...xD oink oink

  • @strongdecaf3729
    @strongdecaf3729 3 роки тому +4

    You might find "Dark City" 1998 to be interesting if you haven't seen it yet.

  • @jaystarr6571
    @jaystarr6571 2 роки тому

    9:00 Morpheus To The Cat: _"It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth."_

  • @rowdydog
    @rowdydog 3 роки тому +1

    I remember when this movie came out. No one had seen anything like it! That is what makes certain movies truly great.

  • @emskis7302
    @emskis7302 3 роки тому

    I had to watch your intro twice, Luna is so cute!
    And it's great to see you watching something I haven't seen others watching. Good call.

  • @MiguelVicoR
    @MiguelVicoR 3 роки тому +1

    Did you know there is a mobile called Keanu? about a kitten called Keanu!

  • @seanobrien798
    @seanobrien798 3 роки тому +7

    The concept of the Matrix is not too different from Plato's Allegory Of The Cave in his Socratic dialogue The Republic

  • @YouHaventSeenMeRight
    @YouHaventSeenMeRight 3 роки тому +1

    The Matrix pulls from many sources, but the visuals are inspired a lot by Anime, in particular Ghost in the Shell (and possibly others, but then I'm not that deeply steeped in Anime knowledge).

  • @noraa1991
    @noraa1991 3 роки тому +1

    "Fun" fact, science still can't say with certainty that we're not in a simulated universe

  • @lorettabes4553
    @lorettabes4553 3 роки тому +1

    I love how invested you got

  • @x3mslayer
    @x3mslayer 3 роки тому +1

    The Oracle tells them what they need to hear.

  • @teacherlion
    @teacherlion 3 роки тому

    What a cute kitty cat! Also, I can't believe you haven't seen this before :). Thanks for the fun videos.

  • @seannovack3834
    @seannovack3834 3 роки тому

    Saw this one on Opening Night, knowing virtually nothing about it. Walked out of the theater with my friends and everyone else who had just seen it looking around at the world like..."Um...is it real???"
    Awesome movie!

  • @Nemo66Quixote
    @Nemo66Quixote 3 роки тому +5

    Love to see you react to Fight Club

  • @MadcapMatt
    @MadcapMatt 3 місяці тому

    I don't know what international plans they have for the anniversary but Regal cinemas are rereleasing this in theaters across the US on April 3rd and 4th. Highly recommend checking it out if you can.

  • @trayolphia5756
    @trayolphia5756 3 роки тому

    5:02 since the design was so drastically different from the cartoon, he also leant his voice to the character of MEGATRON in the MICHAEL bay transformers movies

  • @takigan
    @takigan 3 роки тому +1

    The ideas used in the Matrix that seem cool or "original" weren't really original ideas. The idea of connecting your brain to a machine so that you can dream a reality of your choosing was explored in Laurence Manning's 1933 novel "The Man Who Awoke". The ideas of linking the mind and nervous system to a virtual cyberspace world as well as storing consciousness in a computer were explored in William Gibson's 1984 novel 'Neuromancer', and the concept of a mind-machine network interface where brains access other brains through a computer network was explored in Masamune Shiro's 1989 manga 'Ghost in the Shell'.
    So while the Matrix wasn't the first form of media to involve projecting consciousness into virtual worlds, as far I know it was the first film to suggest the idea that our very reality itself might actually be a mass computerized simulation and introduce it to mainstream thought.

  • @djVOME
    @djVOME 3 роки тому

    I saw it 12 times in the theatre. 9 different. It's my 3rd favorite movie of all.
    True Romance being my favorite.