In a 6 year period Hugo Weaving was in the Matrix Trilogy, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and V for Vendetta, this guy ruled the early 2000s lol

The excitement of seeing someone enjoying the Matrix for the first time...this was fire, guys. Glad you "got it"

19:00 When the Oracle said Neo wasn't The One, she mentioned the next lifetime. And he became The One after the Agents killed him and Trinity brought him back, _thus starting his next lifetime._ It took years for me to realize that. lol

All the fights were done by the actors. They were trained for 4 to 6 months by the fight coordinator's team(that being Yuen Woo Ping, a Chinese film legend). This gave Keanu inspiration to continue martial arts which led to him doing John Wick.

'99 was an insane year for movies, what a time it was to be alive : D

"She fast traveled " Sort of. More like she logged off 😄

"If you die in the Matrix, you die here too," because "the mind makes it real." Whatever you convince the conscious mind to recognize, the subconscious mind still has trouble letting go of the Matrix. That's why death in the Matrix results in death in the real world; the subconscious can't tell the difference, so the mind ceases. Except, when Trinity kissed Neo in the real world as he was dying in the Matrix, something about the sensation of it caused his subconscious to recognize that the death he's facing isn't real. It's like a lucid dream - if you're dreaming and you come to the realization that you're asleep and dreaming, you have the ability to control it. It not only "brought him back" but it was the last nudge he needed to really detach his subconscious from the simulation it's accustomed to, thereby allowing him to be "reborn" with the full ability to manipulate the simulated environment.

Every action movie that was made after 1999 has The Matrix DNA. This movie shifted the whole entire genre.

Seeing this on the big screen when it first came out was an experience!

Welcome to the desert of the real

“It’s a shrimp!” Made my entire day! LMAO!

Wait until you watch this again - you'll catch so many things that point to the answer that you didn't understand the first time. Like Switch calling Neo "copper top" in the car, in reference to the fact he was still basically a battery. This movie made me walk out of the cinema wondering if I was stuck in a Matrix. I miss really original and unique movies like this.

Hugo Weaving in the interrogation scene is the best. One of my favorite scenes ever in anything.

Okay, y'all saying "Holy shit" at Neo's guns right before the security guard said the same thing was maybe the most entertaining thing I've seen on a reaction channel, ever. Too perfect. Love the channel, you guys rule :D

Fun fact: Will Smith was originally supposed to play the role of “Neo”, however, he turned it down as he didn’t share the same vision as the creators and chose to do the film “Wild Wild West” instead.

The Oracle making Neo take a "cookie" before she'll interact with him is one of the most Internet things ever. Lots of people miss that reference.

Morpheus: 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.

Makes me feel old knowing people your age hadn’t seen this. But thank you for watching one of the seminal films in our culture. Influenced and pioneered so much.

Your commentary after the movie sounds 100% like it did in the 90’s after leaving the theater with your friend on friday night.

I've watched SO MANY REACTIONS to The Matrix and y'all's is by far the best, especially the climax of the film. It's _so satisfying_ to watch people experience it for the first time, even moreso when they don't even try to hold anything back. Isn't it amazing how well this movie holds up even though it's more than 20 years old at this point?

The choice of RATM at the end is [chef's kiss]

A lot of people miss that the Oracle actually told the truth (you have the gift but it seems like you're waiting for something, your next life maybe), Neo wasnt the one to start with, and only after he died and came back to life did he become the one, as seen when he wakes up and sees the matrix in code.

All my friends and I walked out of the movies for this and tried walking on walls and slow motion dodges. This basically raised the bar for all the future action movies

One of the best rewatchable films ever made, you'll discover new little details every time you see it and understand more of the underlying aspects of the film. Like people thinking Neo is flying in the end, but when you rewatch it you remember Morpheus saying "you think that's air you're breathing?", meaning Neo isn't flying because there's no actual air or gravity in the Matrix, Neo is moving freely within the Matrix because he no longer has any restraints.

It's more than a brilliant movie, it's a landmark pop culture phenomenon parodied in so many films and TV shows since. It was so creative and intellectually and philosophically profound.

Nothing I love more than seeing virgin eyes partake in this amazing film for the first time. Reminds me of my first time.

"Boston dynamics is gonna be our overlord""backflipping assassin robot" lol

Curtis named every character that died, I’m so proud 🥺🥺🥺

If you noticed, everytime they are in the Matrix. There is a light green tinge in the picture.

"Its a Shrimp!" LOL!!! I remember watching this movie in the theaters and had me doubting my existence because we live in The Matrix.

Solid gold. “Are they wizards?” “Robots fucking suck because the love is too powerful”

This is one of those great movies that feel timeless. It has everything. Action, suspense, romance, twists, leather, guns, explosions, kung-fu..... it's a great film!

Yesss! I was thinking “Wait till they see The Matrix!” while watching your Blade reaction the other day!

One tiny thing that is often overlooked is the continuity detail of Neo’s hair, inside vs outside of the matrix. (It’s clear that it’s not done with wigs.)

How anyone could not have seen the The Matrix is amazing to me. This generation is missing out by not watching the 80’s or 90’s classic movies.

I love watching people watch The Matrix for the first time. It's one of my guilty pleasures

This literally made my night, one of my favorite movies 🥰🥰🥰

It's amazing how many innovations this movie brought to film making. Bullet Time was literally invented for this film, and it's become so endemic in cinematography as to be a trope. But at the time, everyone was stumped at how it was done. It just blew everyone's mind.

When this came out it was amazing. I didn't own a mobile phone, we'd never seen effects like these. It was epic. Still is. You guys are soo funny

Guys I seen Blade in theaters in 1998, and the Matrix in theaters in 1999. They were some of the greatest experiences of my existence!

If you guys enjoy anime, there's The Animatrix...a collection of short animated stories, each with their own directors and anime style. It provides canon information not provided in the other 3 Matrix films (The Matrix, Matrix: Reloaded, and Matrix: Revolutions) 🤘

Honestly, it's you guys for doing this. This is one of my favorite channels of all time

I can already tell by your reactions... had you seen this movie in its era when it single-handedly revolutionized action movies, you guys would NO DOUBT be hardcore fans, or high ranking matrix lore officers.

Imagine watching this in the theater in 1999. No one had ever seen anything like it. Effing AMAZING! Sooo, you're gonna watch the whole trilogy right??? Also: I don't understand why scientists are so intent on removing us from the top of the food chain. I wish they could concentrate their efforts on curing cancer or the common cold or something. Stop making robots smarter!! One day they'll get smart enough to know they don't actually need us.

"Don't reload, just pull out another gun! I've never seen that before!" John Woo. "The Killer" "Hardboiled" they don't bring extra ammo. They just bring more guns....

Somehow I find it hard to believe that there are people out there who haven't seen The Matrix.

When I first saw the matrix, it blew my mind so much I immediately rewound the VHS and watched it again straightaway!

I had no idea you two hadn't seen this gem yet. Moment that I saw it on my feed I just thought, "Oh hell yes. These guys are going to dig this so hard!" Blockbuster blend of sci-fi, cyberpunk, anime, European action movies, spy thrillers, John Woo and Hong Kong martial arts and wire-work stunts. It really is the Wachowskis' dream rock album encompassing everything they love about cinema, comic books, world philosophies, right down to the music. - They insisted it had to end on Rage Against The Machine. Just a top notch flick all around that certainly left its mark. Rock on brothers.

The Wachowskis have a gorgeous sense of stlye and atmosphere, also seen in the crime caper "Bound", which is amazing! Joe Pantoliano (aka Joey Pants), who plays Cypher in this movie stars in that one with Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly. His performance is not to be missed!

Never change, what you're doing has you blowing up big time! I look forward to Fridays

I can't believe you've never seen this, but I'm excited for this reaction.

Wow can't believe you guys had never seen Matrix. Very cool to see someone watch it for the first time.

One of my all time favorite movies! It was dope to see your reactions to it.

“Hey Mikey, I think he likes it” Was an extremely successful ad campaign for “LIFE” cereal in the mid-late 70’s.. It was the tag line of the commercial center around a little boy who didn’t like anything, but gobbled up the LIFE cereal I bet you can find the clip on KZfaq or somewhere Fun trivia and ironic placement in the script

"that was a genuine threat" is my favorite thing you guys have uttered i laugh every time

Seeing both of you nerding out about the movie at the end really took me back to when my friends and I first watched this movie. Great video.

This was an awesome pick. Can't believe you haven't seen The Matrix. I bet you two would love The Protector with Tony Jaa.

My fave movie trilogy in existence. Along with the animatrix. Everything about it, the concepts that have aged like fine wine with computer programming, tech, philosophy, psychology, spirituality, art, comics/manga/anime, and due to the growth of video game culture, actually helped to prove how much the concepts in the trilogy is justified and work. Even if the cgi becomes dated(in regards to reloaded and revolutions due to the limitations of cgi at that time), it contextually still fits in with the matrix since this iteration is basically what video games were like when gameplay would blend in and out of cutscenes haha. So it justifies everything perfectly. And the trilogy and concepts actually aged well after all these years. Videos,e culture at this point has caught up to the concepts of the matrix trilogy and even helped to give it even more substance now. Hell, evangelion 3.0+0.1 did a good job at exemplifying what the matrix trilogy tried to get across ata time where we just wasn’t as open to until now. Even then, the trilogy is amazing and is my fave film trilogy of existence.

I remember watching this for the first time. We were blown away and had no idea what just happened. We went right to the next showing. Lol One of my best memories. Kinda pre-internet spoilers. Was great. 🤘🏽🤘🏽 Wished they would’ve shown when the agent dodges all the bullets. I’ll never forget the theaters reaction at that part.

One of my favourite films of all time. Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith was awesome, easily one of the best movie villains of all time. His whole monologue to Morpheus was masterful writing and character development, like he’s not some generic villain with a stupid ass motive, he has wants and needs. He wants to be free, he wants to feel real and not feel like an artificial program that is ordered around by some higher power, that’s something the audience/viewer can understand.

I would love to see you guys react to “Do The Right Thing”

one of my childhood favorite movies!

Good reaction guys. Unfortunaly, the first reactions nowadays are very different from the reactions 20 years ago. 20 years ago nobody thought about computerized simulations theories, nobody imagined what this movie could be or show to us. It was a totaly new concept. It was mind blowing. You guys soon figured out that this movie could talk about simulations of reality, back then in 1999, that ideia was so mind blowing, when we at the theaters understood the base story when Morpheus showed the "desert of the real" to Neo it was jaw droping! It was shocking to see Neo being rescued from the human fields. And the stunt sceens in slow motion, all of it was a revolution back then. Thank you for your reaction.

Remember watching this on VHS when I was 10 for the first time. Mind blowing stuff, especially pre-digital/internet/social media age.

Nice bonus that you guys dig Rage Against The Machine 🔥

This is one movie that I watched again immediately!! When this movie first came out the choreography was so unique and original, it was copied by every action director 'til today, really. I enjoy watching you guys, you're so much fun. I'm sure your channel will continue to grow and grow.

I don't believe I've ever heard WTF so many times! Great reaction guys!👍😅

This was a huge blockbuster!! I saw this in the theater. It blew everyone’s mind. It’s one of those movies you needed to watch a couple of times to grasp what the matrix was back then. Y’all have you watch #2 & #3 to finish off the trilogy. They are filming #4 finally!!

My favorite movie going experience was seeing this movie with a group of friends after school, having only seen a few ads on television, and not really knowing what it was about besides that it had cool fx. Was somewhat bored for the first 20 minutes or so, until the red pill, blue pill scene. Then, my mind was blown. I can't stress enough how exciting this movie was seeing it for the first time. Leaving the cinema absolutely amped.

I loved loved loved this reaction!!! By the way the hand taunt "come here" move is a signature Brucs Lee gesture, as is the one handed, side-stance, looking-bored combat 😊

"I saw that in Shrek" ..yeah this movie made everyone else want to do what The Matrix did. Groundbreaking for the time. Still cool to this day even 20 plus years later. 99 had some of the best movies EVERRRRRRRR

@3:12 "Okay... 'Wall Run'???!" There it is ladies and gentlemen. 2021 and he just coined that action scene! 😆😅🤣Can't wait to see the rest of these guys' reaction.

One of my favorites ❤

You guys need ti see the original anime of Ghost In The Shell (the recent movie with Scarlett Johannsenn was a live action version of it, which is watchable but not a touch on the original anime). The anime is seen by many as a huge influence on The Matrix, not the martial arts but the visual style and the look. One review simply put it ‘No Ghost In The Shell, no Matrix, it’s that simple’. Also, you don’t think about it during the movie while you’re caught up in it, but think about this: Morpheus is told he will be the one to find ‘the One’. Neo is told he’s not the one, but has ‘The Gift’. When Morpheus is captured, and Neo makes the decision to rescue him, if he left him to die it automatically means that Neo must be The One.

Watching you two react to this 24 years later is hysterical. When I saw this in the theater, I knew IMMEDIATELY that I needed a DVD player

Apart from the Machines seeming to like the insect aesthetic, I think the bug they put into Neo basically breaks so many laws of the simulation, it can't be depicted as something that would be compatible. It's basically malicious code or an ugly hack, it has to stand out.

Oh wow! Didn't know you guys have never seen this movie! I saw it in theaters... walked out looking at everything and everyone weird lol.

Your wild reaction to this movie is cause for reminder imagine seeing this in the 90s 20 years ago

Wow, can't believe there are ppl that STILL hasn't seen this great classic!!

“He fuckin flies!?” 😂

Yep. The posters make it look like an action movie. But it's really a hard sci-fi movie with some cool action moments.

Love this movie!!! My childhood!!!

I like how in the beginning you guys were joking around about things that you were seeing on-screen and when the movie really got going you guys went REAL quiet and your eyes were glued to the screen. The Matrix has you. ;) Loved this reaction, it made me miss hanging out with my big brother and watching movies together.

*Top 5 Movie Ever. Personally my favorite this movie literally made me start seeing the world different.*

When this movie came out that style of Nokia did not exist. Everyone wanted one so bad!

When this movie came out, I went to see it 3 times. Still one of my faves.

One of the unique brilliances fo this movie; it's one of the few movies where the special effects aren't just for show, every special effect represents something actually happening to the characters.

“Are they wizards?” 😆 Actually…yes, kinda… “It’s a shrimp!” 😆🤣😂 “The Matrix is the force” 😁 I love these guys. Just genuine curiosity & excitement. I still cannot believe there are people on this earth who hadn’t seen the Matrix

The first one was a classic but "Matrix Reloaded" was my favorite.

You guys! : D Your enjoyment of this movie has made my whole day!!

I went to see The Matrix just so I could catch a trailer for Star Wars Episode 1 on the big screen and had my mind blown! Left the theater and rounded up others and we went back later the same day to watch it again!

This was delightful. I watched them when they came out and they are so ingrained in our culture, it's hard to get a fresh look at them. I watched them recently with my kids who were like "meh." Sigh. Once you watch it again you'll see so many more things, like Neo being called copper top (duracell battery) when he's still plugged into the Matrix. And so many movies reference the Matrix, even John Wick - guns, lots of guns.

Excellent review gentlemen. Watching you both "get it" was fantastic. I was a home theater installer and would use the opening scenes to demo a homeowners surround sound system. Watching Trinity run across the wall taking out the police thunders with the bass up. One of my all time favorite movies. Watch and review the 2nd and 3rd. We who have seen them all want to see your reaction to the sequels. Go Brothers, the Matrix calls..(do you think that's air your breathing?)

Your reactions are hilarious 🤣🤣🤣

Vivid memories of seating at the cinema watching this, just absolutely jaw dropped with amazement.

Yo you guys are too much fun, it's always a hype day when I find a new channel that reacts to so much good stuff and they have great reactions! That fast travel comment had me rolling!

You guys are f?!ing hilarious. “Oh this room looks like a place you’d get killed…or maybe a WiFi hotspot.” Who knows man?! Stupid alien shrimp.

Can't wait for the rest of the series reaction this was epic guys

Love watching people see this for the first time and loving it like it just came out yesterday. Matrix is freaking epic.

The Matrix was mind-blowing when the first time I watched it they made you question life and if reality is real