THE MATRIX (1999) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION 

"It's because he believes they'll stay on." Honestly the best explanation.

I love how Morpheus is jumping across buildings and doing amazing kung fu flips, and she keeps asking how his sunglasses manage to stay on. 😂

"Thats a young Keanu" - you've not seen Bill and Ted's excellent adventure yet!

Thank you Dawn. You solved the mystery that has plagued us for all these years! Morpheus’s glasses stay on because he BELIEVES that they will!! 🕶

love how the scottish girl simulation/program in you came out"nooo!! don't dump the bug you could have sold that" lol

Hi Dawn! Morpheus' glasses are called pince-nez, french for "pinch the nose" which is how they stay on. They've been around since the 19th century so oddly they just seem futuristic.

Thats Hugo Weaving playing the lead Agent. He's Australian and I have worked with him on a few different Australian features and miniseries. Back in my younger days I was in the industry. Dont know if you know it but the Matrix was filmed in Sydney Australia. There a several recognisable iconic Sydney streets used.

It’s nice to see someone finally reacting to this very obscure, niche bit of cinema. 😉

Agent Smith looked familiar because he was the Red Skull in, "Captain America", and he was the Elvish King, Elron in, "Lord Of The Rings." What make this movie so cool is that it could actually be happening right now and you don't know it. Another movie that could be happening around you is the plot for John Carpenter's, "They Live." Check it out.✌️❤️🌹

What you missed.... The Oracle (who is a computer program) gives Neo a "cookie" (just like every webpage) and like nearly everyone Neo simply accepts it😂 Also, the Oracle says "maybe your waiting for a next life" Sure enough, Neo only sees the Agents / Matrix in its coded form after he's been killed😉

I liked your intro; most reactors are always saying how they are "going into this movie totally blind", so it was refreshing to hear a different take on that! Very entertaining 😄

"Have I seen him in something before because I recognise him" Yes, his next most famous role was in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

I had never heard of this hidden le gem of a movie but I'm glad to watch this reaction! Seems like an interesting story that could easily span a trilogy and maybe even a movie based on short stories centered in this universe.

Now, try "Dark City" for a variation on the false world story. (By the way, we're not ALL living in a simulation. Just you.)

8:30 I get into a car with 2 women I don't know, and one pulls out a gun and point it at my face and says, "Take off your shirt". Me: "Oh wow, I am going to need some clean underwear." Her: "Did you piss yourself?" Me: "No" Her: "Did you shit yourself?" Me: "No" Her: "If you didn't pee yourself or shit yourself, why do you need clean underw ... OMG!"

As cheesy as the "loves first kiss" gimmick may seem, I always looked at it as him feeling that in the real world made him fully realize just how unreal the world in the Matrix was.

Agent Smith is the head elf from The Lord of the Rings. The sequels aren't on the same level as this movie but you'll see Zion and learn more of the story so they're worth it overall.

"Why do my eyes hurt?" "You've never used them before." This gave me such bigger chills than "Welcome to the real world".

Before The Matrix, Keanu Reeves came out in his first cyberpunk film back in 1994 called Johnny Mnemonic. It's not as great as the Matrix, but it's not a bad film.

Thanks Dawn Marie, we're so glad you brought your Matrix expertise to the reaction! That was fun!😂

If you continue on with the franchise, I recommend "NOT" skipping over the Animatrix, even if you just watch it on your own before jumping into the sequel. The movie is a collection of animated shorts, that really flushes out the world of the Matrix, providing tons of backstory and history, setting up the events of the sequel, explores numerous philosophical themes and tell a wide variety of stories. It's like a smorgasbord of animation, since they used different studios to create each chapter, each has it's on unique look, feel, animation style and technique, not to mention exploring a range of narrative styles and perspectives.

Based on what perceive your age to be, you probably embrace the idea that we're in a simulation *because* of this movie. It put those ideas into the broad public conscious, and you grew up on them.

I believe that style of glasses that Morpheus wears is called pince-nez. The little bits that go up against the bridge of the nose work as a clamp and keep the glasses on, although I bet in practice they would come off easily.

Another mind-blowing simulation-world movie that really is under most people's radar is "the 13th Floor" 1999 (Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dennis Haysbert) There are no reactions on youtube, just reviews. Your opening bit about knowing all about this little-known movie, really set the tone for turning our heads around. To know how to do that, you must have some inside information from behind the scenes... Now that you're watching LotR, you'll recognize Hugo Weaving (Also in "V for Vendetta, though we don't see his face")

17:10 🤣the mystery of how Morpheus' sunglasses stay on - it's because he _believes_ they'll stay on

I'm not convinced we're living in a simulation, but... If you zoom in far enough on reality, you do find that at the most basic level everything is essentially quantized packets of information, which is kind of what you'd expect if this was a simulation.

The original concept was Humans were integrated into the Matrix in order to use their neurons for decision making & different maths abilities. As an example, they're like a graphics board. In practice, Humans are terrible with energy. We need the most energy intensive fuel for very little result.

"There's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path." That quote always stuck with me.

"I'm sure you could sell it, and make some pennies." With that Scottish accent xD I do enjoy how your mind works

A lot of people will forget to tell you the second movie in the series. Make sure you check out the Animatrix before watching Matrix Reloaded, Matrix Revolutions, and Matrix Revelations.

Dawn: "I was going to say is he the first human to defeat an Agent" (Trinity from 15 minutes prior on the rooftop "Am I a Joke to you")

Other "simulation world...thing" movies (from a similar time period) are: 'Dark City': came out the year before 'The Matrix'. Is very different in tone, and doesn't have nearly the same budget, but it's a really good movie. Kind of a mystery/detective story almost. 'The 13th Floor': came out just after 'The Matrix'. Not as good as the other two options, but it's not a bad flick.

"I was droolin a little bit here" LOL love it

Glad you liked it!! The Matrix was society mind blowing at the time..most people had never come close to thinking about ideas like this. It was one of the main reasons simulation theory was popularized in the first place. People had mixed reactions to the second and third movies. They were a fun ride and explored some of my favorite ideas and philosophies developed throughout history...personally I loved them. Thanks for the vid!

I'm glad that you enjoyed this. It was a great experience at the cinema.

Dawn: "How does his glasses stay on without the side thingy's. Ahhh...because he believes they will stay on". Solving one of the internets biggest questions. Loves yah. Keep being you.

Reality being a simulation is actually one of the theories in quantum mechanics. It would explain some of the wierd things like quantum tunneling and one guy has been trying to build an experiment to prove or disprove the theory for years now.

My favorite line in the movie, "Whoa!"

The glasses Morpheus wears are called pince-nez ... in French, literally, pinch-nose. That's how they stay on. The interesting trivia about the sunglasses is that each main character wears different sunglasses, designed specifically for that character, the same with their clothes in the Matrix ... except for the Agents, who all wear the same type of clothes and glasses. lt represent the individuality of the people, but not the Agents.

You only ever see 3 Agents in the movie. They don't really have a body, they "possess" people that are a part of the system. If the person isn't a part of their system, like Morpheus' group that hacked into it instead of being a part of it, then they can't "possess" them or see what they see. Before they rescued Neo, an Agent could potentially take over his body, that's why they had a gun on him at first. If an Agent dies, it's just the person they're "possessing" that dies, and they simply switch to another person. When Neo's running away at the end, the Agents are picking people that are further ahead in the direction he's going to "possess", and always be in his face. It's easier and more effective than just running him down on foot.

All the computer language references in these movies are cool and hard to keep up with. Mr. Anderson's apartment is room 101. 101 is a course or manual for beginners. Like the beginning of Mr. Anderson's hacking career. Trinity's room is 303. The 303 HTTP status code means that the redirects don’t connect to the recently transferred resource, but to another page. Like, leading Mr. Anderson to other resources. The definition of "Neo" is new, recent, revived or modified. It can also mean first or the one. One of my favorites and way more subtle than the rest is at the Oracle's apartment. Neo had to accept her "cookies" before he could use her knowledge. lol

I can always depend on you; Dawn Marie, if I ever want to watch an interesting video. Your reaction to first Morpheus leaving the matrix by telephone, down in the subway. Then being impatient with Trinity letting the phone ring. "What are you waiting for!?!" "Answer the flippin' phone!!!". That's the way I felt the first time I watched "The Matrix". And 24 years later I still feel that way, Dawn Marie.

@12:39 Dawn Marie Gumby : "My brain hurts!!"

The homeless guy in the subway wasn't an Agent. Agents are security programs written to keep the Matrix running smoothly. As programs they can jump into any human body inside the Matrix (because those bodies are just simulations). This was why Neo was so scared when he ran into a crowd of people. It is also why no one could ever kill an agent. Only the body they were inhabiting gets killed (sucks to be that person) while the Agent program just jumps to another person. At the end Neo attacks Smith's program, not just the body he was in, and destroys it from the inside. He finally truly grasped that it was all just code and Neo as a hacker could do literally anything inside the Matrix.

"How did I not know there was a movie!?!?" The idea goes back ancient Greece - In "The Allegory of The Cave" Plato suggested that if people were born in a cave and lived their entire life in it, they would think that's all of reality. If they were ever to see the world outside the cave, they would retreat back to the familar in confusion and terror. In science fiction, there was an original Star Trek episode where they are trapped in Westworld sim, ("Spectre of The Gun" 1968) which they are able to defeat in a similar manner, by convincing themselves none of the danger was real. Tom Baker entered a computer-generated simulation, actually called a "matrix" in a Dr Who episode. ("The Deadly Assassin" 1976). There's an 80's anime about people unaware that they are living in a fake Tokyo inside of a giant space station, 500 years in the future. They also have the scary "squiddie" robots. ("Megazone 23" pts 1&2 1985-86) The year before the Matrix was realeased, were TWO movies about fake realities: "The Truman Show" with Jim Carrey, and "Dark City." Dark City is remarkably similar to The Matrix, down to the look and production design. The Matrix actually recycled some sets and props from Dark City. Dark City is also *really good.* Some people like it as much or more than The Matrix.

I love it when a movie has a perfect end sequence with perfect song...open to suggestions, but others include Se7en and another Fincher masterpiece Fight Club! My best has to be The Empire Strikes Back...the same closing credit piece as them all I think...but it is my fav SW film, and the orchestral transition at the end is ridiculous.

so here's the only thing you really need to know about the Matrix: there's 3 more of them. get watching.

Agent Smith is Elrond from The Lord of the Rings. He's also Tick from Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, but I don't think that's the movie you are thinking of. Morpheus: Unfortunately no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself. Morpheus, nekminit: So Neo, let me just spend 5 minutes succinctly explaining the Matrix to you. Think on this. Once Neo is the One, he won't need any bits to hold up his sunglasses at all.

The world is really just a computer simulation. Dawn: I knew it! Morpheus doesn't have side bits on his sunglasses. Dawn: No way. That's where I draw the line.

23:55 "I forget: what makes the agents more powerful?" It's because they're computer programs, not people. Not only were they designed specifically for this purpose, but they were designed without the limits placed on humans in the simulation (which are there to make it seem real).

My LOL moment is you, after a near couple of hours of watching a movie filled with incredibly bizarre science fiction moments, saying "C'mon how did that happen?" as Neo comes back to life after a kiss. Like everything else up to that point was completely believable but Neo's heart kicking back up speed was too fantastic to believe. Great work on the reaction all around!

34:42 Is he the first-ever human to defeat an agent? Technically, no. Trinity "killed" an agent earlier by shooting him in the head at point blank range, 29:51

Before the movie was released, what captivated me was the official trailer when the music (Enigma’s “The Eyes of Truth”) kicked in during the action cuts.

"Did they just throw it on the side of the road? I'm sure they could sell it, make some pennies" spoken like a true Scot.

Adorable reaction, still trying to keep that sweet smile while your mind is being blown. I think you understand a lot more than you give yourself credit for. There are so many tiny, subtle clues throughout all of the Matrix movies. I catch something new each time I watch. Looking forward to the next one. This has been a great way to start my day, think I'll get up and try to deal with some of the "agents" in my matrix.

As the story goes...we went to see this in High School. However my bass player failed to mention to any of us that he had taken 3 hits of acid before hand. He never even made it through the opening credits before running out of the theater and spending the rest of the movie in the car doing God knows what. He took the Purple pill, for sure. P.S. Yes you have seen Agent Smith before, if you have seen The Lord of the Rings, he is Lord Elrond. This is my first time with you and you have a new subscriber 👍🏼

you are the only reactor that just turned to camera with a look after it was revealed we live in the matrix, u already felt it

I saw the Matrix when it came out, in the theater. I used to be an artificial intelligence computer programmer and used matrices. A matrix is a mathematical structure which can be used in artificial intelligence and computer graphics programming. Neat movie. Cute Scottish reactor. Thumbs up!

I had a cat (almost ten years old, if not a bit older, can't quite remember) named Neo. 😄 Unfortunately, he passed on last year's Fourth of July. 😿 I don't watch trailers; I just get a hunch about a movie, depending on the cast and whatnot. 😏

It's always so fun to vicariously experience this movie again through fresh eyes

Something I just noticed. Neo would never have to ask what an EMP is…

First minute of your commentary at the very beginning was already worthy of a thumbs up.

I think it is hilarious that everyone thinks this is a niche bit of cinema that no one knows. I was alive when this came out, and when it did, everyone knew this movie and ate it up, or some didn't because it was too scary or mindblowing - but EVERYONE knew it. There has been a handful of movies in my time that have changed cinema forever: Star Wars: A New Hope, Jurassic Park and The Matrix are in that list. A lot of movies copied bits from this movie, even Shrek. It set a special effects line in the sand, and everything that came after benefitted because of what was put into this movie. But Dawn, you are funny and cute, and your humor strikes just the right counterpoint to this movie in this reaction. Great job, and keep them coming. You just earned another sub.

Well, Mrs Anderson, I never thought you would get around to this one. So glad you did, as I wished to hear you interpretation. The glasses, by the way, are called pince nez (French for pinch nose) and that's how they stay on.

Hi Dawn...welcome to the Matrix...when you get a chance, look up "Pince nez" glasses. 13:17 Morpheus' glasses are kept on by essentially being spring clipped to the bridge of his nose. And yes, you can buy Pince nez glasses...even ones like Morpheus'. ✌💯😁

There are several theoretical physicists who state that there's about a 90% chance that we are, in fact, living in a simulation. It would explain many things, especially in quantum mechanics.

I'm not even 2 minutes into your intro and I'm beaming like a movie projector. Subscribed!

the only screenplay Einstein ever wrote. _JC

I don't know how many times I've watched the Matrix...and how many reactions and videos and I have never heard anyone focus on those damn glasses the way you do!!.😂🤣😉🤨😕🤔👍

5 second rule?!! I thought it was 3 seconds? 1, 2, 5! 3 sir! 3!

While there are 3 main movies, there is a underrated Animated Feature called The Animatrix (2003) which was also written by the same writers as The Matrix (1999).In the timeline of the movies, the Animatrix (2003) is second as the first short of the film is directly connected to the storyline of the sequel, The Matrix Reloaded (2003). The Animatrix (2003) is definitely worth the time if you want all the maximum Matrix👍

there is something deeply troubling in the depths of the human soul when a mother says that human being is a disease upon the face of the earth.

Most films use “it was all a dream!” as an ending. This is maybe the only film I know that uses “it was all a dream” as the beginning.

13:15 So wild that I never noticed that until this year and it’s been one of my favorite movies for over a decade. They clamp onto his nose to give the illusion that they stay there by his will alone. Not only that, I think you can buy these now. So if you want some after seeing this, it’s possible. Hahaha

This and Blade are my two all time favourite films. Was cool to listen to someone seeing & enjoying it for the first time. Thanks for the video...!

The style of glasses Morpheus is wearing are known as 'pince-nez' which literally means 'pinch nose'. Think of the word 'pincer'. They were popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and no, original 'pince-nez' glasses were not tinted, they were 'reading' glasses.

There are some pimped out badass scenes coming up in the following Matrix movies, all worth seeing. Now I didn't think that we could be in a simulation until I saw previews for Unreal Engine 5. That made simulation a possibility in my thinking. Anyways, I'm now in the 50/50 group in the "are we in a simulation" theory. I just don't know anymore.

"No, say more about the dinosaurs." is not something I'd expect from a Matrix watch.

"Say more about dinosaurs" 🤣🤣🤣

0:15 "This is _The Matrix._ You probably haven't heard of this movie before." 🤔 Dawn... are you being ironic? This movie made _history._ I mean, granted, it's _been_ a while. It's not exactly a _new_ movie, anymore, and an entire generation has been born and reached _adulthood_ since this came to theaters, but time was, _everyone_ had heard of this movie and most people had _seen_ it.

it's a comedy about the hilarious shenanigans of Mathew and two Richards.

I'm a first time watcher and subscriber great reaction, And please take this as a compliment your accent kept me engaged the entire time.

I`m so glad you reacted to The Matrix because you`re my favorite reactor and The Matrix & The Terminator are my favorite movies. The Matrix is a freaking MASTERPIECE😎😎😎

2:37 Morpheus is the name of a god of sleep and dreams in popular mythology, so the character being called that makes a lot of sense

**New drinking game** everytime Dawn says, "there is no spoon" the players take a drink

there's actually a small but persistent movement of people who really believe we're in a Matrix. it's freaky stuff for sure.

the plot makes no sense because it says that the machines were dependent on solar power, but instead of transitioning to nuclear they transitioned to bio-electricity, which is like 1,000,000,000x less efficient than nuclear makes no sense

"hidden Gem", "Obscure niche Movie" ??? - Feck, the Matrix must be real after all and rebooted because in the world / Matrix I grew up in, these films were massive and everyone knew about them

Just as you've said, I never heard of this rare gem. In fact, even after watching your video, I still never heard of it...

Oh agents, like Smith can occupy anyone connected to the Matrix. When Trinity tells agent on rooftop to "dodge this" person reverts back to police pilot that flew the helicopter. So officer actually died in his pod.

Fun Fact! the Train Station fight was inspired by one of the director's personal experiences considering suicide.

Together, we can beat the Matrix. But first, it's all about the "side bits" on our sunglasses!

This is the Wachowski Brothers’ best movie

I really enjoy your reactions! I saw this movie in the theater in my late teens and one of my friends wasn't able to keep up with the storyline and fell asleep. At the end we nudged him awake and he asked "Who won?"

"...a machine that's designed for one thing, search and destroy... two.. no two things, search and destroy and an unstoppable determination... three... thing things ..."

My brother introduced me to this film right after it came out. Thank you for reviewing it. You get it.

The glasses have nose clips. lol That style was actually very popular in Europe in the late 1800s.

You know, The Matrix actually isn't the only 'computer simulation' movie. The 13th Floor kind of did something similar, though they went about it in a different way. I don't think it had the same conspiracy vine.

One of my favorite movies! Great reaction!

"There's a difference between knowing the path, and walking the path".