First time watching *THE MATRIX* - 1999 - reaction/review 

Don't worry you beautiful ladies did a great job I'm looking forward to seeing more I will accept any content you upload 🔥🔥❤️I'm sure the people feels the same keep up the good work

@@newbeginning2045 Appreciate that!

You did fine... ignore these clowns. Another great upload! 😊

You guys seem nice enough, you made some funny quips, and maybe you didn't notice every last detail in the movie, but neither did I first time watching it. Not sure why people are being jerks about it, but I enjoyed watching your reaction anyway. Cheers

@@arik_dev Thanks, unfortunately it comes with the territory. Kinda reminds me of the Star Wars community lol

Ah good point ! Thanks 🫶🏻

One of them did die, Neo. He had to die, to become the one. The Oracle actually says it. She says it’s like you’re waiting for something, Neo says, what, and she replied with your next life maybe, who knows. Neo is an anagram for one by the way.

And room 303 was for Trinity (3) and room 101 was for the One

its also the German word for new

@@goaway152 incorrect. Neu is German for new...

And that's it, you don't have to watch the next 3 movies! lol

That must be why it was so hard to pass copyright. It definitely lived up to the hype.

The greatest, nah, T2 would be in the way.

@@jamalsmith5073 I would put Blade Runner above it, too.

I saw it on VHS since I was too busy working to see it on the big screen.

Same! It was the first DVD I ever bought. I actually bought the DVD before I bought the player. Saw it in the theater 11 times and it still tops my list of favorite movies!

I recorded it on VHS when it came out on TV :)

The matrix is still the best of all those movies. Even if its been done to death since then, its just an extremely high quality film. Its a top 10 movie for me

That's certainly part of it, but I think it goes a little deeper, too. Notice, for example, that when Neo asks the Oracle if he's "the One", she never actually answers him. Instead, she uses an old mentalist/cold-reading trick of getting him to answer his own question and then presenting his answer as her own ("psychics" do this all the time, which is part of how it can function as therapy for those who "don't do therapy". The South Park episode about John Edwards explains the concept well, as do many episodes of "The Mentalist", which is a very fun crime procedural). If Neo is the One, and can more-or-less create reality within the Matrix as he sees fit, then his belief that he is not the One makes him not the One (this is part of the layer of this movie that's all about identity, and is, in part, explicitly a story about trans identity and discovering your true self despite a society programming you never to do so. Switch was originally specifically a trans character, being a biological male outside the Matrix but her true identity within it, when her mind could digitally express her true sense of self (also why she's the only character dressed in white, instead of black). The studio, however, felt audiences weren't ready for that, and made the Wachowskis leave her as more of an undefined androgynous character. Both Wachowskis, incidentally, transitioned some time after this movie, being trans women, so you can see how this would also be a very personal story for them. One more note on the subject of identity; notice how Agent Smith insists on calling Neo "Mr. Anderson", the identity the Matrix foisted upon him, and how Neo's success against the Agents really began when he insisted on asserting his own identity as his true self ("My name is Neo").) Getting back to Trinity, her faith in Neo's identity as himself and the One supported his own, allowing his resurrection (insert your choice of any number of "messiah" parallels here) and the beginning of the realization of his human potential, which surpassed even that of AI. That was quite a block of text! TL;DR: you can see how many universities created philosophy courses utilizing the Matrix to explore issues like self-awareness ("I think, therefore I am") and identity.

​@@michaelccozens That's interesting about the trans parable... hadn't thought of those details before. Only thing I disagree on is the Oracle, she was definitely a real oracle and not just a "mentalist". She knew the vase would fall before it did, and even suggests that she made it happen by saying it. That's a metaphor for what she says to Neo. The Oracle didn't tell him he was the One... instead her words led to him showing himself to be the One. She got Neo to "break the vase".

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As Lilly Wachowski later said in an interview: "the (corporate) world wasn't ready"

"That woman in the red dress? -that was me- I designed her."

That idea for the Trans character makes total sense. Because switching from man to woman, or vice-versa, is just a fantasy that isn't real! (The Wachowskis' are even admitting Transitioning is BS, if that character idea is true)

I was just thinking the end of this movie is exactly like Back to the Future. They both end on a huge high note, perfect "sequel bait" even if BTTF wasn't intentional. They both end with the main characters flying into the sky -- straight toward the camera. Something that didn't happen until that very moment. Its amazing how similar they are actually.

I’ve actually never seen anything with him in it, I just know him from interviews and reading celebrity news lol … he has a very distinct voice I feel.

@@HabitualCinema What?? Are you really saying you have never seen LOTR!?? No way. You can not be so ignorant...

@@Frightspear No I’ve never watched Lord of the Rings, which also doesn’t make me “ignorant”.

LOL.... The general consensus on the sequels is that they are all subpar compared to the original. The 4th specifically is considered terrible by most everyone. Improvments in writing, graphics and acting talent? What in the... are you real? Also, the original movie was written as a stand alone script while the 2 sequels that followed were written together a couple years later.

It's definitely clear it was NOT written all at once.

@@bored312 Given the novelty concept you of course make the first movie able to work as a stand alone. Only after it's a hit you get funds to make more movies. (It was the same with Star Wars, and there the synopsis for the first six movies was written before funds became available to make one movie.)

@@ollep9142 Except in this case we have the Wachowski's doing interviews over decades talking about how it was stand alone. And how 2 and 3 were written as one sequel and divided up. I mean 2 ends with "to be continued." Jesus, the info has been out there for decades. I feel like Im taking crazy pills. I guess this channel brigs in a certain specialty audience.

all 3

Or, y'know, just the next movie?

@@LazloHoAnimatrix adds some background and some segments are literally links between the first and second movie (Final flight of the Osiris and Kid's story) It's not mandatory, but it's better to watch them to have a full comprehension of the lore

@@LazloHo not all cartoons are kiddy stuff

@@eliteteamkiller319 yes we will do the sequels

It’s just shadows. One of our lights was prob brighter than the other.

In all fairness .. I do get really bad dark circles under my eyes 😅 but in this case I think it is a shadow from my bangs or the light angle.

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No waaaay?!! 😂 that’s awesome

It’s never paused, it’s just edited to avoid copyright otherwise it’ll be blocked by RU-vid.

In all fairness, I quote Alice in wonderland quite often.