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@seanwilliams7716 Жыл бұрын
React to Hocus Pocus 2 movie
@seanwilliams7716 Жыл бұрын
React to The Page Master movie
@mkvision Жыл бұрын
Yes, the rest of the films are fun to watch. Although many say this is the best one, there are those, even most reactors on YT, who find the 2nd and 3rd just as entertaining. I say watch them. Theyre great.
@pervy.sage86 Жыл бұрын
Did you know that Will Smith was actually offered the role of Neo before Keanu Reeves?
@scoutershangout Жыл бұрын
The people who did The Matrix also did the Netflix show Sense8, which is also good.
@DarlingSpectrum Жыл бұрын
Imagine being 13 yrs old in 1999 and renting this on dvd for a sleepover party and everyone losing their mind 😂.. this movie definitely defined my generation going into our teen years 🎉
@SporkRevolution Жыл бұрын
I was 14. Saw it in theater. It's the best theater experience I've ever had.
@mikecappadocia5959 Жыл бұрын
Been there
@DirtyDenimDealers Жыл бұрын
Same! The way this movie had childhood me questioning my entire existence.
@janemary8339 Жыл бұрын
I was 14 too!
@B355Y Жыл бұрын
12 for me. Blew my mind
@carmen9432 Жыл бұрын
I hope y’all understand, when we saw this in 99, it was groundbreaking - the effects and the ideas. This is where all the “simulation” discussions hit pop culture worldwide.
@goldenstate66 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@luminousdragon Жыл бұрын
Yes, the same concepts were already around, for example "A brain in a vat" but the matrix really modernized the philosophies in a way that felt immediate and relevant and possible.
@rob0bp0 Жыл бұрын
Matrix is basically a remake of Rainer Werner Fassbinders "Die Welt am Draht" (World on a Wire) from 1973. And Fassbinder were deeply influenced by author Daniel F. Galouyes book Simulacron-3 from 1964 and the french philosopher Baudrillard. So these ideas are floating around for a long time.
@gunchar06 Жыл бұрын
@@TheN9nth That, Welt am Draht and Ghost in the Shell were together with the book Neuromancer definitely the main influences for Matrix.
@Desibeatnik Жыл бұрын
Also the film The Thirteenth Floor came out two months after The Matrix with similar themes.
@MrWordcraft Жыл бұрын
The kiss wasn't what brought Neo back, it was himself. The kiss was a connection to the real world in that moment, a reminder, allowing Neo's mind to fully release his attachment to the reality within the Matrix. That's why he came back, he wasn't REALLY shot and remember that Morpheous says: "The mind makes it real." so Neo, finally understanding this, KNEW that "there is no spoon."
@kevinw.6177 Жыл бұрын
I had high hopes in that moment. I've seen the vast majority of reactions write it off as an overused "true love's kiss" trope. As Neo was dying they said: "He looks pretty dead." "He doesn't believe it though." only to then totally miss the connection. There was no damage to his body, his brain had stopped his heart, his brain was still alive, given outside stimuli realized he wasn't really dead, and started his heart again. Simple. She probably could've slapped him in the face for the same result.
@ConnorEllisMusic Жыл бұрын
Matrix 4 says your reason is wrong.
@MrWordcraft Жыл бұрын
@@ConnorEllisMusic ok
@evilbabai7083 Жыл бұрын
@@ConnorEllisMusic matrix 4 is a joke
@Digita1Surfer Жыл бұрын
@@kevinw.6177, but how can the brain start the heart? Is it actually possible?
@laurajaynenolan2149 Жыл бұрын
This film was basically the first of it’s kind. What it did for cinema was groundbreaking. Everyone left our theatre just in a bit of an excited, frazzled daze and most people saw it a few times. It was mind bending.
@DestinyAwaits19 Жыл бұрын
The ending has the most badass song.
@marokanetc Жыл бұрын
Its not the first of its kind, watch Dark City and They Live
@codymoe4986 Жыл бұрын
@marokanetc... Probably why they prefaced "first of it's kind" with "basically"... You know, in case some random fanboy, misunderstood/misread, and felt the need to correct them? P.S. Or you could just attempt to foist Dark City and They Live over The Matrix, in terms of their impact on filmmaking, their groundbreaking nature...cultural impact perhaps??
@DavidGarcia-kw4sf Жыл бұрын
@@marokanetc This film was heavily influenced by 1995's Ghost in the Shell.
@alfreddreamer9097 Жыл бұрын
Blade and Dark City probably influenced the Matrix.
@balmylagoon Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this when it came out and it blew my mind. It wasn’t just genre defining, it completely changed the film industry. You should look into how the director built entire camera stages to create 360 shooting that had never been done before.
@JohnnylowfiveАй бұрын
Changed movies forever for me. My first time at 17, experiencing "cinema" or "art". Love this movie and keanu
@toxicginger9936 Жыл бұрын
28:25 This is one of my favorite moments of word manipulation. The oracle never actually tells Neo that he isn't the one, but it's easy to interpret it that way. And Neo does. Think of the scene this way: "You already know what I'm going to say." "I'm not the one." "Sorry, kid, [you are the one]. But it looks like you're waiting for something." "What?" "Your next life perhaps."
@ArdinVincent Жыл бұрын
The Oracle also tells him that "being the one is like being in love", which I always thought was a huge clue considering what she told Trinity. I feel like a big part of him becoming the one hinged on Trinity accepting her feelings for him, which I don't think she did until after he saved her from the helicopter and Morpheus asked her if she believed - it's very possible she told Morpheus what the Oracle told her, and in that instance Morpheus was asking for possible confirmation.
@QuentinKarentino Жыл бұрын
@@ArdinVincent i love revisiting this stuff years after a movie, so many things i didn't catch or make sense of.
@randomlyfactual1943 Жыл бұрын
I believe something else. Neo isn't the one. I believe Neo and Smith are some sort of weird duality and when the two of them unite (like right at the end of the trilogy) then they are what is known as the one
@Cbay_11 Жыл бұрын
"This people probably thought they have families" HAHAHAHAHHA that line was so funny
@misshell Жыл бұрын
It's always so cool to watch people experience The Matrix for the first time. It was revolutionary when it first came out. The camera work in the fight sequences wasn't really seen mainstream before.
@carmen9432 Жыл бұрын
This movie literally changed film, music videos, media, and the effects of the concepts presented are still just as relevant decades later. This is a game changer and the meaning of an iconic movie.
@purpleir Жыл бұрын
It always cracks me up that the oracle is urging Neo to accept cookies 🤣🤣🤣😉
@dashannsche84603 ай бұрын
Never saw it this way, but it makes a lot of sense. 👍
@salliejones6002 Жыл бұрын
“ i’m going to crawl into your belly button like that” - Zuff 2023
@dunbardunelm392424 күн бұрын
😂😂😂
@ashante190 Жыл бұрын
The matrix is the blueprint for all those shows and movies you mentioned. This film changed the sci-fi action genre forever and is one of the biggest grossing franchises.
@fizban102 Жыл бұрын
If you liked the young Keanu in this movie, I recommend watching the film Speed. He was also great there.
@joc7996 Жыл бұрын
and young Sandra Bullock.
@roddo1955 Жыл бұрын
And he looked mighty fine in that. So did Sandra😄
@joc7996 Жыл бұрын
@@roddo1955 so foooine 😆 the chemistry was on too. have you watched the lake house?
@roddo1955 Жыл бұрын
@@joc7996 oh yes. Such chemistry(in Speed, I mean.)While Keanu was holding his own as Mr action hero, Sandra was making everybody fall in love with her in her first block buster movie. Haven't seen the Lake House but now I see why you asked. I'll make sure to check it out! Oh and they HAVE to watch 'While you were sleeping"
@joc7996 Жыл бұрын
@@roddo1955 yes, i love most of sandra's movies. if you have the chance, 'the lake house' is quite good too. OMG.. i watch 'while you were sleeping' once a year. that's one of my favourite films.
@gpcheng87 Жыл бұрын
It's called "bullet time"! Named after this movie because it was the first time it was used, it basically uses a series of timed cameras set in a circle to capture every angle/view at a time so they can get that seemingly everywhere-at-once-in-slow-mo effect. Super groundbreaking at the time. 📽😎🎬 Also, I feel old too now, like many of the commenters. 😅 Fun Facts: "Morpheus" is the Greek god of sleep and dreams; "Nebuchadnezzar" was a king of Babylon in the 500s BC who asked the Hebrew prophet Daniel to interpret one of his dreams (this is the same Daniel of "Daniel in the Lion's Den", mentioned in the Book of Daniel in the Christian Bible). 😴💭
@axlm.808 Жыл бұрын
The craziest part of the making of the Bullet time effect is that it was done before affortable digital cameras became a thing. They had to process dozens of film rolls then digitalize them and if one roll would be messed up, the whole sequence would had been unusable
@Shaheen1k94 Жыл бұрын
Matrix fully made bullet time widely famous, but it was not the first movie, where they introduce this. The first movie where bullet time was introduced, was Blade two years earlier (Blade vs Frost in park scene). Just to clarify. ;)
@aryansigrid Жыл бұрын
@@axlm.808 Their hard work paid off!
@icykickflip Жыл бұрын
There was a guy who did Bullet time first for a Beer commercial according to Seth Rogan lol via Corridor Crew
@Fernando_616 Жыл бұрын
This effect actually predates the film by some time. Just a couple years prior to this movie it was used in a Gap commercial and was sorta introduced to the masses if you saw it then. The term bullet time is the only thing the film actually created
@presumed_guilty Жыл бұрын
ROB hasn't seen this?!?! Here for it
@b-six-twelve Жыл бұрын
I know 😂 so ready
@ashante190 Жыл бұрын
Matrix and Truman Show was late 90s film that had people questioning their reality and whether people seek out the truth or accept the reality they live in. I watched this film for the first time in my high school philosophy class as we were analyzing Plato’s Allergory of the Cave. There’s so many papers on this film or books with similar themes now. Changed both the film and literary industries forever.
@Brukner841 Жыл бұрын
also the lawnmower man, dark city, ghost in the shell, the 13th floor, existenz, johnny quest, a sizable cultural shift
@dylanmijer2890 Жыл бұрын
The creators of this movie was heavily inspired by the anime and manga Ghost in the Shell, to get more clarification on what happened before the matrix, there’s also something called the Animatrix that gives a lot of lore of the matrix.
@TheN9nth Жыл бұрын
They were also inspired by the film Dark City (1998), which came out the previous year. The Matrix even reused some of the sets and props from that film.
@Brukner841 Жыл бұрын
@@TheN9nth it always had that more goth feel than the sequels.
@Psycorde4 ай бұрын
@@Brukner841 Neo-noir, rather, and I loved it
@sushi_donut Жыл бұрын
This movie came out before you guys were born, that's wild to think about lol. 😅 The Matrix was an absolute monster when it was released not just bc of the effects, but also bc the internet was growing so fast, and the idea/fact that people were actually "connected" was a really new concept. Spoilers also weren't really a thing, so the hype was all word of mouth between friends, family, co-workers, etc. Then for the next two decades plus (EEAAO, right?) films still reference this movie. And sadly, only a month after the movie came out, the first big school pew pew-ing (Colombine) happened. The two wore black trenches, so the Matrix was blamed for that too. The news ate it up like crazy. Anyway, I hope you guys end up enjoying it - maybe not bc it's good, but bc how you can see how often it is refenced even today. That's (imo) the power of movies.
@NationalHooeyLeague Жыл бұрын
Omg that really puts it into perspective. I'm 34 and I watched it when I was 11 maybe? I definitely was too young at the time to grasp many of the concepts but it still blew my mind. And growing up I engaged more and more with it's various themes and philosophy.
@aryansigrid Жыл бұрын
@@NationalHooeyLeague I'm 48 now, I was 24 when I watched this movie in 1999. I can't believe how time has flown & that I'm still the person I was back then, just older! Maybe I'm in a "Matrix" myself & I'm still in 1999 & I never left the movie theatre that day, I followed the White Rabbit & haven't been able to figure out what is & isn't real, lol! I'm off to find" NEO" = The "ONE"
@lanagievski1540 Жыл бұрын
The marketing was also top notch for this film. So little was shown but just enough to get people intrigued, guessing what this movie was all about and what the matrix actually is. They let people’s imaginations run wild which is partly why it was hyped even in 99
@stefanlaskowski6660 Жыл бұрын
The opening scene, with the pale Trinity easily destroying several cops in that black leather outfit made me think it was a vampire flick at first. It wasn't until she teleported from the phone booth that I realized it was something completely different.
@JohnnylowfiveАй бұрын
Favorite movie ever and I barely even knew what I was going into. I was 17 and on a date. Changed my life. Incredible
@JohnnylowfiveАй бұрын
@stefanlaskowski6660 I think this was before underworld
@atomic_hok Жыл бұрын
Such an iconic movie very surprised none of you have seen it. I remember watching it in highschool film studies class for the first time, 10/10 movie.
@mraarontorres Жыл бұрын
My favorite thing about reactions seeing how people really are blue pilled and in the box With their thinking.
@maryb3909 Жыл бұрын
Exactly
@teachingwithipad7 ай бұрын
they're all worried about killing innocent people that are plugged in. Didn't they watch the lady in red scene?
@OroborusFMA Жыл бұрын
The ending optimism of this film is truly pre-9/11. This was the 1990s. No Cold War, and no "War on Terror", invasions of the Middle East, "enhanced interrogation", private military contractors, and all the evil crap that's happened over the last quarter century.
@OroborusFMA Жыл бұрын
One of the weakest parts of the storyline was this "we scorched the sky" . . . how could it be permanent?
@maryb3909 Жыл бұрын
It's easy to overlook The Gulf War '90-'91, but I remember watching all the bombs and burning oil fields on TV. I think many people thought the war in Afghanistan would be just as short.
@maureenseel118 Жыл бұрын
The point Morpheus made about the woman in the red dress was that anybody who isn't "unplugged" is potentially an agent. So yeah, they were just security guards, but at any time, an Agent could infiltrate them. Nobody is safe.
@ryanje8147 Жыл бұрын
Rob says......"hello everybody. I'm Neo. I was just born." LOL
@miguelrivera055 Жыл бұрын
This movie was profound when it came out. Without it you couldn’t have all the comic book movies that came out after it. It moved the consciousness of an entire generation. Mind blowing!
@tannhauser5399 Жыл бұрын
@Miguel Rivera - in a way yes, but only if you haven't been reading before about those kind of ideas... Since not a lot of people read nowdays, movies can be a good medium, or a way to reach a larger population with some new concepts (or old ones in a "newer, more modern wrapping"). You also had The Thirteenth Floor (1999), based on the Simulacron-3 book. But ideas like that have been discussed way before that, especially in philosophy. But if you want to read about modern research about "reality" and how our eyes and brain can easily be fooled, I can recommend "The Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes" - by Donald D. Hoffman. Granted that is kind of a heavy book and you probably need a slight background knowledge in those areas.
@stevetanner3019 Жыл бұрын
Two of the biggest movies between 1999, and 2004, The Matrix, and The Notebook, both had Canadian male and female leads. In the Matrix it was Keanu Reeves (Neo) and Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity), and in The Notebook it was Ryan Gosling (Noah) and Rachel McAdams (Allie). Just a fun fact. A lot of Canadian actors that people don’t know are Canadian
@DJKuroh Жыл бұрын
So very few reactors point out what you did in the Lobby scene. My first thought in 1999 was, "Wait.... aren't those a bunch of humans just doing their job getting straight massacred?" 😂
@staybyheart9021 Жыл бұрын
The matrix is a classic, hope you guys see the next ones.
@rodgill9376 Жыл бұрын
You guys are in for a treat. Reactions to the film series is always fun and interesting. One of the best films of my generation and its a timeless classic. Its quite complex and has huge lore within. It also tends to ask questions and we tend to question certain things in life. Is this real or not real for example. Plus, it also has great action and epic chase scenes as well that still holds up very well. It also knows when to add the terror when it needs to be. The soundtrack and musical score are also the highlights ever. Really good music back in the day. Makes me a bit proud to be a 90's baby!
@jaredwall651410 ай бұрын
Apoc is a good example of what happens when you don't safely eject a USB drive
@shainewhite2781 Жыл бұрын
YES!! Saw this in the theater with my brother and sister and I was blown away on how awesome it is! It's almost 25 years old! It won Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Best Film Editing. Before Keanu Reeves was cast as Neo, Nic Cage, Johnny Depp, Val Kilmer, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Will Smith were considered for the role. Smith turned down the role to star in WILD WILD WEST, which he still regrets to this day. Before Laurence Fishburne was cast as Morpheus, Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson, Sean Connery and Val Kilmer were considered for the role. Janet Jackson, Sandra Bullock, Rosie Perez, Salma Hayek and Jada Pinkett Smith were considered for the role. Pinkett Smith would later be cast as Niobe in the Sequels. Jean Reno was going to play the role of the villainous Agent Smith, but turned it down as he didn't want to move to Australia for the filming
@dall1786 Жыл бұрын
The hype for this movie back in the day was unreal. They ran trailer after trailer asking what is The Matrix for months before the release.
@joaoluizfonseca6914 Жыл бұрын
seeing this for the first time is really a privilege.... that shootout scene, the dodging the bullets, the whole concept of the movie, its such a cool experience to have for the first time
@dukecunning7046 Жыл бұрын
Wow! Your reactions were authentic and wonderful! I have never seen you guys before; but, saw that you were watching The Matrix for the first time and HAD to check it out! Thanks for helping me relive my FIRST viewing of this Great Show!.
@dukecunning7046 Жыл бұрын
The Matrix is a great movie and, to me, a very important one. Thanks to the Wachowskis for making it!
@samuelvincent557 Жыл бұрын
So, with the agents, there is no host body. They are programs than can jump into any human and take it over. They are, essential security software. The reason why everyone who fights them dies is because even if you kill one, it will just take over a nearby body and keep coming. However, remember what Morpheus said about them, they are based on rules and physics. They can be stronger, faster and tougher than a human, but there are limits on what they are allowed to do. SO they can't bend bullets or fly. They miss with guns, because they are aiming at an erratic, moving target. What Neo does to the agent, at the end, was to attack his code itself. Not the body. THAT's why the other agents got scared and ran. And the Oracle was correct about Neo. He was waiting for his next life. Which was after the agent killed him and he got back up.
@RyoHazuki224 Жыл бұрын
I think what a lot of people miss, and I missed it the first time I watched it too, is the Oracle told him that he's not the One, but "You have the gift. But it looks like you're waiting for something. Another life maybe" So, yeah he literally had to die to come back as The One.
@beckyboyd372 Жыл бұрын
This is one of my fave films. Some interesting backstory to the creators: The writers/directors were two closeted trans women (The Wachowskis) who were presenting as male at the time. The directors have since said it is an allegory of being trans. The idea of knowing that something is wrong all your life, but not being able to pinpoint it, Agents deadnaming Neo as Mr. Anderson. Estrogen (the female hormone you would take to transition to female) in the 80s and 90s were red pills! Even Switch was supposed to be male in the real world and female in the matrix but producers vetoed it as 'too confusing for audiences'. Even if you don't take this double meaning its a brilliant film but for members of LGBTQ+ it makes it an even more special film.
@m3ntyb Жыл бұрын
Plus general commentary on social constructs (like gender), with the entire Matrix being a construct of rules that are established and upheld subconsciously through ignorance and willfulness.
@jaydock19 ай бұрын
I didn’t know that about Switch! Their name makes sense now 😅
@proosee Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Oracle never said that Neo is not The One, he said it himself. Moreover, she said that maybe he's waiting for next life predicting what happened. The genius of this script is that almost no one catch this watching the film for the first time because it was plotted into casual conversations as very natural expressions. Next two parts are more challenging in explaining philosophy and history of the Matrix, but have decent amount of "awesomeness factor" (although, not as much as first part).
@sierrarichardson330 Жыл бұрын
I love seeing people’s reaction to seeing the matrix for the first time sometimes I can’t believe that sooo many people have not seen this movie it’s sooo iconic and I don’t care what anyone says about the sequel(well reloaded and revolution don’t really care for the fourth movie) the movies r amazing 😎
@sashabowerbank5445 Жыл бұрын
Dude! It was sick watching you all react to this! So glad you enjoyed it. Please do the others!
@missgemini1853 Жыл бұрын
Thank The Matrix for slow motion in cinema they were the first to ever do it 🙌 one of my favorite films definitely my favorite Keanu franchise
@bel410la Жыл бұрын
The og idea for Trinity was that in the 'real' world she was supposed to be a man, and when she entered the matrix she was who she wanted to be and became a woman, but because this came out in 1999 it wouldn't have gone over well, so they didn't do it. But I think it was a good idea and it makes sense for the creators. :)
@SarahMaeBea Жыл бұрын
This was such a fun reaction! Glad yall liked it! Agreed Trinity is a badas. I definitely would love to see you watch the rest of the series. 4 is really something special and I think 2 and 3 aren't as bad as people like to say. It's some really fun scifi.
@jaimelopez4070 Жыл бұрын
I swear they’re on shrooms, especially dude on the left
@SarahMaeBea Жыл бұрын
@@jaimelopez4070 not sure if you meant to reply to me, but hard disagree
@roddo1955 Жыл бұрын
@@jaimelopez4070 stop projecting. Not nice. You don't know anything about them.
@jaimelopez4070 Жыл бұрын
@@roddo1955 definitely don’t know anything about them but that dude on the left was moving like he was on something and i left
@roddo1955 Жыл бұрын
@@jaimelopez4070 that's what it looks like to you. That's called projecting from personal experience. That's all you. He has posted his socials so you could ask him and find out. or, stay as you are now. And from where I stand you still know nothing. And I'll leave it at that. Good day.
@peters4115 Жыл бұрын
Came out my freshman year of HS and changed my outlook on life. Also inspired a generation of outcasts to wear trench coats and thankfully I wasn’t one of them 😂
@DG-on9dz Жыл бұрын
The trench coats ❤😂
@uhzell Жыл бұрын
9:56 “im gonna crawl in ur belly button like dat ☺️” zuff always got me dying 😭😭😖😭
@mandy6860 Жыл бұрын
I remember watching this as a teen with my brother on cinema. It was such an amazing experience. We were so hyped when we came out. The messages and concepts were ground breaking. It's great to see that it's still enjoyable now.
@cometgirl217 Жыл бұрын
SO excited to watch your reaction! One of the most impactful movies of my adolescence 😎
@2nd3rd1st2 ай бұрын
I think the brother on the left just dislocated his head from his spine and screwed it back on, the way he's chiropractising on himself the entire movie
@danielsmith5088 Жыл бұрын
The first movie of almost all series are the best, which makes sense. The film makers sometimes spend years working and refining exactly what they want to do. Whereas sequels are usually done on a much shorter timescale. That said, some of the scenes in Reloaded are my favorite scenes, not just from the Matrix series but from any movie.
@edwardpolenzani1039 Жыл бұрын
Oh shit if you think this one is confusing just wait until Reloaded 😂 This one is definitely the most straight forward, well rounded movie of the series. However, I personally really enjoyed Reloaded and Revolutions. I get why they aren’t as revered as the original but I think they’re super interesting and go to some thought provoking places.
@_nauticaldisaster_ Жыл бұрын
"Dad why is the sky blue?" "Son...it's the government"
@chrisleebowers Жыл бұрын
The red pill goes further back at least to "Total Recall" 1990 which you guys should check out next Another strong influence on this movie is the anime "Ghost in The Shell" 1996 "I feel like they could curve bullets" That's a different movie - "Wanted" 2008, which is awesome you should see as well. "Star Trek, probably not" There's a Matrix episode of the original series. "Spectre of The Gun" in which the crew is trapped in a sim of the wild west. Just like this movie, they figure out that if they can convince themselves the bullets aren't real, they can't be killed. "I'm kinda gettin' John Wick vibes" John Wick and this scene were inspired by HK "gun fu" movies invented and pioneered by John Woo. You need to see "Face Off," "Hardboiled" and "The Killer"
@popejaimie Жыл бұрын
Don't forget The Invisibles by Grant Morrison! Huge inspiration, the jump scene was basically stolen shot for shot from the comic, plus a bunch of other themes. I heard the wachowskis made everyone working on the movie read it.
@chrisleebowers Жыл бұрын
@@popejaimie The concept is ancient, it goes back to Plato, (Allegory of The Cave) There was a classic Dr Who episode (The Deadly Assassin) where he goes into a sim actually called a "matrix" and then there's an 80's anime "Megazone 23" parts I & II about a false reality that also features some very familiar-looking mechs vs robo-squids imagery. The book they made everyone read was "Simulacra and Simulation" by Baudrillard, which is the book Neo takes the contraband data/software out of that he sold to that guy at the beginning of the movie. Along with "The Invisibles" it's strongly suspected that The Wachowskis got a look at the "Dark City" script during development. The design vibes were so similar that The Matrix actually recycled some of Dark City's sets. (Dark City is *damn near* the same movie and it beat The Matrix to screens by a year, and I'd call the clearly better one if not for the wire kung fu)
@kaylaturner4095 Жыл бұрын
I freaking LOVE this movie and so so happy yall watched and liked it! Honestly was super surprised about Rob not seeing it, like if i were dead i'd be rolling in my grave lol that's how taken aback I was. Zuff was catching on and had some good guesses and love seeing how into the action everyone got, but especially Bryce! Trinity is so amazing! Mouse and Switch always make me the saddest. Two of my fav details is the white rabbit line, alluding to Alice in Wonderland (another obsession) and the shot of Morpheus' glasses where you can see Neo in the reflection, one eye has the blue pill and the other the red. I meeaaannn🤌
@jonathanrolle5118 Жыл бұрын
Such an iconic movie, so cool that you’re seeing another one Keanu Reeves movies👍
@randi8984 Жыл бұрын
I love this movie. It has soooo many themes and symbols you can dive into. But here are some basics. Hopefully it provides some high level explanation🥹🫣 1. Humanity created AI (chatgpt?🥲)it eventually became sentient and turned on them (shocking I know). The sentient AI Machines were powered by solar energy. Humans decided to nuke the atmosphere so no more sun, hoping that without a power source the Machines would stop existing. But jokes on humans cause the machines could be fueled by the power the human body naturally outputs (science blah) So Machines start harvesting humans like crops to use as their power source. But making new humans to use for power would take to long the old fashioned hanky panky way so the Machines just start growing humans from scratch. And since the humans are just for fuel they plopped em in some goo and hooked them up to The Matrix. 2.The Matrix is the computer program the Machines created to act as a simulation they could plug their meatsack batteries brains into. 3. Some humans that survived the Machine Human war, are trying to bring down the machines and free humanity at large from the Matrix and the goo. 4. The surviving non meatsack battery humans live underground in a city called Zion, 5. The ship they were on(named after a Babylonian king in the Bible who had prophetic dreams) is not a space ship. They are on earth in the remains of a destroyed city the machines use as part of their human battery factory 6. Agents are sentient computer programs within the matrix that’s it (running out of steam here😅)
@GlassCurtain Жыл бұрын
The kiss didn't bring Neo back. He did it himself. In the scene with the oracle she had him say he wasn't the one. She never said it. This showed Neo's doubt. The oracle said "it seems like you're waiting for something. Maybe in another life." Meaning Neo had to die to fully accept that he was the one.
@rachelle13579 Жыл бұрын
So funny how confused you guys were in the beginning 😂
@jayaye9926 Жыл бұрын
If you like Lawrence Fishburne you should definitely check out more of his work. He played Ike Turner in WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT. He's hilarious in that show Blackish.
@kfactor2019 күн бұрын
34:19 holy shit…I was today years old when I realized “Neo” is an anagram for “one”
@luminousdragon Жыл бұрын
Something to keep in mind when watching older movies, kinda obvious but the amazing older movies get copied ALOT and so youve seen a bunch of the movies INFLUENCED by the matrix, and it lessens the impact of watching the original. Like if you had never ever seen bullet time before, its a whole different shock. And this is true for a lot of classic movies. Like The Bourne Identity gets a lot of hate for the shaky cam (i hate shaky cam too) but it was the first to do it like that and it made you feel like you were there. Another example would be the Blair Witch Project, it felt like found footage and that had never been done so you didnt go "oh, thats just another of those found footage movies thats fake". I took a film class and my teacher who was in the film industry said he got an advanced coipy of the blair witch project, literally as a random vhs tape. there were no trailers of it, no info on imdb, NOTHING. that freaked him the fuck out. But thats been done and you cant recreate it with something like cloverfield, because its lost its impact. But if you watched cloverfield first then watched Blair Witch after, you might think CLoverfield was better...
@TheN9nth Жыл бұрын
Just to clarify, the first movie to utilise "shaky cam" in the modern sense is The Evil Dead (1981). That was the first movie I believe where the technique was officially named. Also, the first found footage film was the 1961 film The Connection, and there is at least 10 found footage films (from Cannibal Holocaust [1980] to The Last Broadcast [1998]) between it and the Blair Witch Project. BWP was just the first to find real mainstream success. But I otherwise agree with your overall point 👍
@luminousdragon Жыл бұрын
@@TheN9nth Yeah, good points. These were the movies that popularized those formats. Its good to point out even earlier films that had an impact as you did, they deserve more recognition because people who saw those when they were new were often blown away too. Ill say with the shaky cam one, The way they were used was pretty different I think. Bourne used them in grity realistic fight scenes and that combination really made a difference I think. Havent seen other found footage films and i dont know if there was reasons why they didnt blow up. Blair witch was heavily marketed in a geurilla fashion, the footage was very believeable with believable acting, and there wasnt extreme violence that would stop it from gaining popularity. Non of this is meant to detract from the earlier films.
@TheN9nth Жыл бұрын
@@luminousdragon Agreed! I don't know if Blair Witch just came about at the right time, or if it was there master-level marketing or a combination of both, but it's generally the first found footage film that anyone actually remembers. And I agree about Bourne too, was definitely a change in the established formula that I think worked suprisingly well considering. I didn't mean to diminish your points or anything, just thought I'd elucidate for anyone reading that was interested.
@primoguerrero79288 ай бұрын
Everything the Oracle said came true: Neo WAS waiting for his next life to become the one. She told Neo that being the one is like being in love, told him that she could see why Trin liked him; even teased him that he was catching up.
@HaraQuinn Жыл бұрын
so.. which will it be? red or blue? ❤💙
@Harrison24418 күн бұрын
The chopper scene where they hit everything in the room except Morpheus always kills me
@_Darth_Vader_ Жыл бұрын
“Unfortunately no one can be told what The Matrix is, you have to see it yourself” -Morpheus
@tennysonturbeville2745 Жыл бұрын
So cool to watch a new generation experience this film blew my mind when I was 11. Twenty three years later still hold up
@yesitislikethat Жыл бұрын
Excited to watch your reaction! 🤩 I saw this in the theater with a group of people when it first came out. We were all mesmerized. 😎 I clearly remember being so bewildered when Trinity stayed in the telephone booth while the truck was charging at her. I was *so* confused. 😱😂 Edit: Just finished watching. Awesome & fun reaction guys! Funny thing, all this time and I never put this together- 26:42 34:19 😮🤦🏾♀️ Nice!
@etiennebrownlee4071 Жыл бұрын
It def seemed cheesy first time I saw the kiss, but The reason why the kiss brought Neo back will be explained I think on the next next sequel, the makers call love an anomaly.. The squid Sentinels are the only machines that seek and destroy the surviving humans.. The matrix is one of my all time favourite movies btw.. I remember when it came out, the idea and everything about it was so original and so brand new it just blew my mind.
@FuzzyBSMcgee Жыл бұрын
I love how at the end you started to explain what you understood about how the A.I. control humanity because they destroyed the sun. That is indeed one of the most terrifying storylines of the matrix
@shania991 Жыл бұрын
How have you not seen this??? These movies fueled my childhood such a cool concept, the visual for the time are still top tier, you get the iconic cast and these are the movies that made me a huge fan of Keanu reeves, Neo is a fire character can’t wait for you to react to the rest of the trilogy 👏🏾👏🏾
@V45hTh3Stamp3d3 Жыл бұрын
I like how all the references you guys used to compare to The Matrix has one way or another taken inspiration from The Matrix.
@em8066 Жыл бұрын
Zuff: "So he's the One... Is he the Two?" xD
@stevenrogers8601 Жыл бұрын
I personally think this is just as good as the John Wick movies. Just absolutely top tier. He's the one 😂
@dannyropero4216 Жыл бұрын
Great movie!! Great reaction!! Remember seeing this in the theater back in 1999 and being blown away. Saw it with a couple of friends, who took hallucinogenics prior to the movie and I swear I can almost feel their brains explode, especially during those bullet dodging scenes. Good times!! The sequels are definitely worth a watch.
@zestylemonsqueeze Жыл бұрын
would love if you'd watch other 90s classics like Titanic, Romeo + Juliet and Jurassic Park!
@vwlssnvwls3262 Жыл бұрын
I saw this in the theater knowing very little about it except an article I read about what they had to go thru to get a studio to back it. My jaw was on the floor from the first scene to the last. There was nothing else like this back then, and the special effects were like nothing else as well. It also had the best trailer with Morpheus saying "I can't tell you what The Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself."... a marketers dream. :D
@nataliedelatorre4549 Жыл бұрын
Do V for Vendetta!! Same directors
@chrisleebowers Жыл бұрын
Not quite - The Wachowskis *produced* V For Vendetta, the director was their 1st AD on Matrix, *James McTeigue* who also made "Ninja Assassin" for them (Which is also a banger and worth seeing)
@DeyCallMeDrama Жыл бұрын
The Matrix Reloaded is the BEST one just cuz of Neo's fight scenes and action!
@aryansigrid Жыл бұрын
This movie was the first of this kind on this scale! It was mind-blowing, absolutely amazing special effects for the time dudes!
@RS-bn1ty Жыл бұрын
Keanu in this movie though 👏🏻💕
@hyzenthlay71512 ай бұрын
This movie is more impressive when you realise how it was made. The camera spinning around in slow motion is practical, not digital, computers were only really used for composite and rendering. The actors were surrounded by a rig of still cameras set to take a photo one after another with a movie camera at the end, all green, and then the images were stitched together to make the slo-mo effect called "Bullet time". Also most of the practical stunts as well as the fighting was done by the actors who trained for months before filming. The sequels suffered not only in the story and such, but also because they gave up on most of those practical effects in favour of CGI, and the tech for it was still in its infancy, so a lot of the fight scenes and special effects didn't hold up as well as the first movie. I would recommend watching The Animatrix though, as it explains a lot, and is a very good series of shorts.
@biggreenblob Жыл бұрын
Man 1999 was such an interesting time. Cell phones were becoming popular and phone booths were already on the way out, but many still funcioned, with many falling into disrepair. The difference between a "land line" and a cell phone was clear and obvious to the audience. Much more data could be transferred much faster and more reliably over a land line.
@ronaldk.wileyjr.5476 Жыл бұрын
When Neo walked in the hallway with the guns, it's not a coincidence that it sounds like "the Terminator". This is all a continuation of the Terminator.
@alistairrobinson3865 Жыл бұрын
Blows my mind people not seeing this, love seeing the reactions!! Good stuff guys
@janet0613.22 күн бұрын
I watched this movie for the first time when I was in college a couple years ago, it was nice to finally see where the references came from 😂
@DSGodiva Жыл бұрын
Oh I’m excited for this one! Really hope you guys continue the series.
@evesapple Жыл бұрын
Gotta say, I really hope they don't. The others were so bad they actually managed to spoil this one a bit for me.
@dablaqueguy Жыл бұрын
The movie is incredibly deep with Eastern/Western philosophies, and religion. There's tons of hidden clues about the movie, the obvious being the greenish tint throughout the movie that represents being in the Matrix, vs. the gray which represents the real world. Another movie similar to this but came out before is Dark City, but it didn't do the "what is reality" trope as well as the Matrix. Glad you guys watched it. One of my favorite movies of all time.
@REKTNA Жыл бұрын
He "became" fully The One when he died and resurrected. Remember that the Oracle told him "Sorry, kid. You got the gift, but it looks like you're waiting for something. Neo: What? Oracle: Your next life, maybe. Who knows? That's the way these things go."
@pauloskinner Жыл бұрын
One of the best theater experiences of my life. Back to the Future 2 was another good one.
@rbsteve9191 Жыл бұрын
Great reaction. Can’t wait for the next movie. Neo definitely is leveled up lol. Some cool villains too
@fernandaparraguirre5237 Жыл бұрын
my first time watching this was back in school when one of my teachers showed us this movie as part of the "does free will exists?" unit that we had to write an essay for (one of those teachers that would plan the themes for the essays especifically to have an excuse to show us iconic movies in class, mvp) and the Oracle scene is still as cool to me now as it was back then. this Oracle is one of the best examples of the prophecies only coming true because she made them: something simple like how Neo wouldn't have broken the vase if her mentioning it hadn't made him turn around, and also something complex like how Neo probably wouldn't have gone back into the matrix if he hadn't felt so responsible for Morpheus dying in vain/for the wrong chosen one. even how Morpheus wouldn't have looked so hard and with so much faith for Neo if the Oracle hadn't prophesied he would find the chosen one. it's really cool to think about cause the Oracle still needs to know the future to a degree to know what things to say to guide things along/what things will cause what reaction but one way or another she doesn't just know the future- the Oracle shapes the future, and i like that bit of worldbuilding
@JackyJames1 Жыл бұрын
The opening scene on the 2nd Matrix plus the chase scene ( music) the best movie ever made!
@francoliles189 Жыл бұрын
The actors trained for like 2 months straight or more I think to be able to do all of the choreography. and the director of the John Wick movies was Keanu Reeves stunt double. There's The Animatrix that has many stories of the Matrix in-between the first and the second movie, as well as a double parter that reveals how the machines took over. Also even though the second and third movies weren't as loved back then, they still did a lot of more ground breaking use of technology scenes.
@giulia7694 Жыл бұрын
Agent smith is such an iconic villain! “MR ANDERSON!”
@carrieallen Жыл бұрын
Y'all should watch Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Young Keanu is a national treasure!
@lillustpotion Жыл бұрын
Watching your guys minds get scrambled like ours was back in 1999 is everything 😂🥲
@mojo_giorgio7 ай бұрын
absolutely loved your reactions! especially rob's reactions!! others made some cool comments too!:) enjoyed the video!
@harleyadam4813 Жыл бұрын
The Oracle told Neo everything he needed. "Looks like you're waiting for something. Your next life, maybe. Who knows. One of you is going to die."
@mriswith88 Жыл бұрын
This movie is in the National Film Registry selected for preservation, along with classics like Casablanca and Citizen Kane. It's a modern legend.
@icykickflip Жыл бұрын
Anyone who saw this on release in theatres remembers that never repeated feeling of leaving walking out after it was over