Especially someone LGBT because of Obvious Allegories lol. I’m still not clear on whether the Wachowskis said it was intentional or not, but my bf (who is trans) picked up on it the first time he watched it. And his reactions throughout it were priceless xD
@@sebastiankrajewski2029 You realize LGBT people exist across the history right? And writers/directors tend to tell their own story right? You also know Wachowskis are both trans woman? not every story is about cishet people as well
There are no bullets. The agents are antivirus programs running within the Matrix operating system. These agent programs are using gun.exe, and attempting to run bullet subroutines against the rogue virus program known as "Neo".
"Do you think that's air you're breathing?" GREAT line. He's trying to get Neo to understand that everything, EVERYTHING is a simulation. Nothing is real. It's why the kid at the Oracle's told Neo "There is no spoon". He's right. It's just code. Once you realize that it doesn't actually exist can you manipulate it. That's why he doesn't die at the end after being shot. He finally understood that it's all just code. The bullets didn't kill him because they're not bullets, and he's not flesh and blood, not in the Matrix. The others can manipulate the Matrix partially because they understand part of that, but still accept it as a world in and of itself, hence why they can make gravity defying leaps and such. Neo is the only one who fully understands that it's all just lines of code, and that code can be manipulated by his brain since he is jacked into it. To this day our scientists are trying to determine if our reality is, in fact, just a computer simulation. How would we know? With a sophisticated enough system able to run trillions of operations per second or more, it's feasible that our entire reality is simulated. Shit, how do we know if anyone ELSE is real, or are they just programs? It's a real mindfuck, and this film was revolutionary back in 99 when it came out.
What is 'real'? How do you define 'real'? If you’re talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, taste and see then 'real' is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.
The Oracle told him "you've got the gift, but it's like you're waiting for something... Your next life maybe..." Neo died, came back to life (born inside the matrix, as the prophesy says, as opposed to being grown then placed inside) and was IMMEDIATELY the One. So cool.
@@OGBReacts Don't worry, this has been one of my favorite films since I was like 12 and I only recently realized all that. I'm about to be 30. Let that sink in.
@@ArcaneStrain Also, the Oracle was very intelligent with her words. She didn't specifically say Neo wasn't the One. She said enough for Neo to consider himself just an average joe so he wouldn't even reconsider for a second, dying to save Morpheus. Think about what difference it would have made to know he is the One and how important he was. He would have been a little less selfless.
There is also a really fun theory that Smith is actually the One: born inside the Matrix (after being shattered by Neo), he could change what he wanted, and he'd herald the destruction of the Matrix.
The fun thing about The Matrix is how good a job they did of keeping everything under wraps when this released. They had a whole "What is The Matrix?" campaign and all. I went in having absolutely no idea what the movie was about and was so blown away, I had to go back and see it in the theater 2 more times. One of the reasons the movie works so well is it's just an updated version of a very old idea--Plato's Allegory of the Cave. 2000 years ago, Plato had kind of a "what if" idea--what if we were chained up inside of a cave and the real world was outside, but we were unaware of it because the only thing we could see were the shadows on the wall? The Wachowskis brilliantly reimagined the cave as a computer simulation and, well, this is the result.
There is a lot of philosophy baked into the Matrix movies. Part of Neo's arc is his gradual acceptance of determinism when he was very vocally a proponent of free will at the beginning of the movie. The Matrix asks the characters and the audience several times "what is real" and "what defines reality" which are deep philosophical questions. The use of color to denote the worlds of the physical, the mental and (in later films) the spiritual by color coding those worlds in blue, green and yellow respectively. Even things like the characters' names have significance; Morpheus is the god of sleep in Greek mythology and in the Matrix he spends his time trying to wake people up and free their minds; Neo literally means "new" as he is something the other characters haven't seen before and acts as an agent of change; even the ship (the Nebuchadnezzar) was named after a king who rebuild Babylon, which could be seen as an allegory for the crew's mission to rebuild human civilization by fighting the machines (who are out metaphorical Assyrians). The more you watch the Matrix movies, the more questions you find to ask.
True, they kept it under wraps well, which I guess was a lot easier in the era prior to social media anyway. Although I remember Total Film (UK magazine) correctly made the point at the time that if only the Morpheus quote at the end of the trailer were true: "Unfortunately, no-one can be told what The Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself." Cool soundbite! And an absolute lie!
@@OGBReacts Hi from Lyon - France ^^ You must watch the 2 others with us ^^ It's like if you react on the first back to the future only and not on the 2 and the 3.........You can lose subscribers for that , lol Take care and stay safe (If you have never saw it please watch " rain man " with cruise and hoffman (I'm really not a big fan of tom cruise but in this movie him and hoffman are just PERFECT . and no one react on it i dont know why it's just one of the best movie i ever saw .
That’s how I see it too. He doesn’t really have bullet wounds and internal bleeding, it’s just that his brain thinks he does. That kiss reconnected him to the real world
In case no one else covered this minor details: The small disks in the beginning were just storage devices. The idea being that "Neo" was a office worker by day, hacker by night. So he was selling an illicit program he wrote or illegally obtained data to the guy. Hence the massive price.
He was selling hacks and cracks. And judging by the price (and the guy he was selling them to), they were probably used to hack banks and/or credit card companies.
The discs in the beginning were hacking software. They were buying software or pirated stuff and if he were caught using it, Neo didn't exist. Also, Mr. Anderson goes by the hacker alias NEO in the agents interrogation.
The Matrix had imprinted itself into every bit of our culture and it has been parodied in many other movies and TV shows countless times since the time of its release. Stylistically it changed the face of cinema. God bless The Wachowski Sisters.
@@orangewarm1 Each were influential in their own way. T2 paved the way in terms of morphing visuals. But up until The Matrix, no one, NO ONE had ever done used "Bullet Time" cinematography to achieve certain shots in the movie. After the movie it influenced the culture so much that so many movies and TV shows were parodying/mimicking the movie in terms of action, "Bullet Time" cinematography, fashion. Same with The Sixth Sense. It seeped its way into the culture.
@@orangewarm1 Disagree completely, I’d even say you are objectively wrong. Not only did the special effects and “Bullet Time” have a huge influence on the industry, the way the actions scenes were shot was also huge. The actors trained heavily for 5-6 months, and the shots were made using much fewer cuts and wires to show the choreography and keep it as seamless as possible. No western action film had required that preparation before, it was inspired by eastern martial arts films, and the quality difference was obvious and impactful. Batman Begins (the Nolan trilogy in general) had The Matrix to thank for its influence on the industry.
You know what I found really interesting about your reaction, and appreciated about it? The way that when you were watching it, you genuinely listened and was attentive to what was going on in the dialogue in the scenes. Not just putting in a show of reacting. You seemed to not feel the need too talk through the whole thing and quietly took in the important bits, so when you pieced together what was going on your reaction was authentic. That’s quite rare on RU-vid reactions! That’s not to say you didn’t get pumped up in the exciting action filled bits, so your personality came bubbling through as well! Me thinks you’re a deep thinker as well. Fantastic video congrats girl❣️ Thank you, subscribed, and off I go to the next one 😂
Aww thanks so much! This is truly what I do with every movie I watch. I’m not just here to react, I’m here to actually understand the movie. With the next ones in this series, I definitely get a bit confused but I think that’s normal with these films haha But yeah! Thank you for noticing this, I’m glad you enjoyed this video! Welcome on in ☺️
Done a little differently in the first movie, actually. They planned out the path of the virtual camera ahead of time, and placed a series of still cameras along that path, rigged to fire at just the right times to give the appearance of slow motion. And they still had to clean it up in post, because the timing wasn't perfect, and if I recall correctly, they had to fill in some frames. For the _next_ movies, they used a bank of cameras and special software to interpolate viewpoints, so they could decide on camera angles later on. And they also made virtual CG versions of the actors for use in some of the more extreme shots.
I love how the whole trilogy marries technology to mysticism. The Oracle is basically just a really advanced predictive algorithm, but still pretty much clairvoyant. (Sequel spoilers) The One is technically a sort of benchmark test for each version update of the matrix, but still the Power of Love makes Neo the strongest and breaks the cycle. Great series, so imaginative EDIT: oh also I refuse to believe there has ever been or ever will be a better song choice for the ending credits of any movie ever. “WAKE UP”…. By the band called “RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE”…. [chefs kiss] perfection!
Saw this film with my brother and sister and I was blown away by the visuals! It won 4 Oscars: Best Visual Effects Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing Best Film Editing.
if you happen to watch The Animatrix, the animated short film collection based on THe Matrix universe (made between The Matrix and the two Matrix sequels), there are two films called The SEcond Renaissance I and 2, which detail how the machines were built, and how it led to the war between man and machines and the creation of the Matrix.
You can find the morpheus sunglasses online. they are a fun conversation starter for sure. Not the most comfortable at first as the springs are pretty strong when they are new, and they aren't the best sunglasses. But once broken in, they are comfortable and stay on your face surprisingly well. I generally buy them in batches of 6-7 at a time since there are multiple styles and as said before, not the best, so they do break over time.
No clue why people HATE the other two. No, they aren’t as good as the first, but it’s a literal trope that movies that deserve sequels can never live up to initial hype. Empire is the only example I can think of that surpassed the OG. Personally, I don’t ever expect the next movie to be better, or even as good. And I thoroughly enjoyed the entire series. Including Animatrix.
1)I don't hate"Matrix 2&3".I just find them extremely boring and confusing,which the 1st wasn't.I think it would have been better if they never existed. 2)I don't agree with the general rule that sequels can never be as good as the 1st chapter.Some examples...I like"Home Alone 2"more than"Home Alone",pretty much _everyone_ like"The Rescuers Down Under"more than the 1st movie and"Cinderella"might be a classic,but I like"Cinderella 3"far more.I also love"Shrek 2&3","Return of Jafar"and expecially "Aladdin and the King of Thieves","The Lion King 2",all the"Toy Story"saga,"The Incredibles 1&2"... 3)"Empire Strikes Back"is N°9 of my TOP 11 SW films..."A New Hope"is like N°5.
Reactions to this movie shows that people sympathize more to Cypher's idea of going back to the matrix, which proves that people prefer to live a comfortable lie than face the hard truth.
@@porflepopnecker4376 That's it. Just like the kid told him. It's all in your head, and when you get to the equivalent of lucid dreaming, anything is possible.
There are no bullets. The agents are programs running within the Matrix operating system. These agent programs are using gun.exe, and attempting to run bullet subroutines against the rogue virus program known as "Neo".
@@Mr.Ekshin You really get it. Once Neo realized, on a meta level, that he could hack the "reality" of the Matrix--TRULY hack it with his mind--then he became The One.
The Oracle laid it out for him when they met. She told him that either he or Morpheus would die, he would have to choose which, and that he had the gift to be the one, but he was waiting for something, maybe his next life. He chose to save Morpheus, so at that point basically chose to be The One As for suggestions, I remember you've said that you edit video for Marijchu, who has just done Galaxy Quest. If you edited that video for her, I'd personally still be interested in seeing your commentary on that film because it is hands down my favorite film ever. Fun Fact related to the Tom Hanks love you're getting, Tim Allen, the Star of Galaxy Quest, is great friends with Tom Hanks.
Ooo yes I did see Mari put out Galaxy Quest! I know, of course, she has me as an editor plus like 2-3 other people every so often so no I did not edit that one! I just finished up editing a 3-part movie series for her so I was very busy with that! Won't say what of course but WHEW. Lmao. Now that I'm doing my own thang with this channel, whenever she has something that she needs me to edit and it was something I was planning on watching, I'm gonna record my reaction before I even look at her project file! I already did it with one film, actually! Haven't posted it yet though. I'll make sure to take a look at Galaxy Quest though!
A fun thing thing to think about is the fact that when the agent shot at Neo on the roof. The only thing the agent and Trinity saw was a falling black blur. That agent was trying to figure out how he did it but had to remind himself that Neo is "only human" and that's how Trinity got the drop on him with the "dodge this" line
"Real" is pretty fluid in this movie concept. Morpheus some what explains when he first reveals, 'what is real, inputs in your brain that you perceive as real''. When you are actually IN the matrix, your brain accepts the reality that is input into it. So in that way it is real.
4:17 - That thing is called MiniDisc by Sony and it was a cutting-edge digital music format in 1999, back when the MP3 format was still in its adolescence. Keanu Reeves' character was selling the guy pirated music (new releases). Remember this was years before iTunes, Spotify, and iHeartRadio.
For two thousand dollars? Nah. Neo was a programmer in the matrix. Legally for a day job, and a hacker by night. (For instance, he recognizes Trinity as someone who cracked the DoD system.) He was selling some kind of illegal software. "If you get caught using this..."
Fun fact: If you're thinking that the machines using humans as an energy source doesn't make any sense, that's because the idea was supposed to be that the machines were using human brains' processing power to support the Matrix, but the studio didn't think people would understand that. And in 99, they might not have.
My opinion: Body heat IS a viable energy source. The human's brains...living their individual life inside the Matrix while also hosting some of it's other subroutines or whatever. That doesn't really stack up for me. The humans collectively 'dreaming' some or all of the Matrix's content...seems uncontrollable...would get weird and more surreal I reckon. Interesting concept but I'm glad they didn't go that route.
In short, Trinity brought him back. This actually happens twice. First time is when Cypher is going to unplug Neo and he asks Trinity (again) if she thought he was the One. Unknown to the audience the Oracle told her that the man she loved would be the One. She admits that she believes it but is super hesistant because it's more of an admission to herself. Cypher says it would take "some kind of a miracle" which happens almost immediately after Trinity answers. The second time this happens is the finale of the movie. Or it might have been fate that saved him :)
My friend and I used to promotions for all kinds of things at bars and other events. He did one for The Matrix 2 and gave me a bunch of stuff from it. I still have a big stack of temporary tattoos and pairs of the sunglasses worn in the movie. Plus a full size cardboard standee which I never knew what to do with.
@mr Han Man But they needed the explanation for why the machines put humans in a fake reality where we have computers, VR and knowledge of AI. It makes it far too easy for us to understand it. Why not put us in a simulation of a more primitive time? So then they had to make at least one sequel to reveal that we were meant to understand it to start everything over again. Blame the bad sequels on the bad story of the first movie. Misunderstand me right though. I loved the first one when it came, except for that wide gap in the logic of the machines. Stupid calculators! They for sure didn't believe in Silicon Heaven...
"Cipher's under cover with the suits." It's more that Cipher is betraying his own side, making a deal with Smith. The Matrix has a lot of biblical references, Cipher's was written with Judas in mind . . .
That little disk is a Sony Minidisk. They were supposed to replace CD’s (remember the tiny CD in Men in Black) but mp3’s and digital media took off instead. Sony TRIED to keep the minidisk alive by designing the games for the PSP around them. As for what was Neo selling on those disks? Not sure. He’s a programmer in the movie so maybe it was some program that could hack into one thing or another. Great reaction!!
More on the transgender allegory: The character of Switch was originally going to be played by a man in the real world and a woman in the Matrix (hence the name 'Switch'). But the execs thought the audience wouldn't get it, so the idea was dropped. For years we only had Switch's actor, Belinda McClory, as an official source for this--it's not in the early drafts of the scripts. But Lilly Wachowski confirmed it last year.
@NolanEP I think they were going to use the 'residual self-image' concept, which Morpheus tells Neo about to explain why he looks a bit different when jacked in. So the basic idea is already embedded in the movie. It seems to imply that you would only look *totally* different in the Matrix if you had some deep-seated, strong inner conviction about your true self. I don't know if many people have a deep conviction that they're a different race, although I've heard of one or two examples. But quite a few people *are* convinced they are (or should be) the other sex, and go through hell and high water to get as close as possible. It's a common enough phenomenon that it's been studied for a century and been in the DSM for decades. It could well be a strong enough psychological force to affect your Matrix body. As for whether people have a strongly held self-image of themselves as youthful even as they get older... hmm, don't know, but it's an interesting idea. In any case, I reckon it's a shame the Switch idea wasn't used. After all, the male actor was going to appear in the real world and the female one in the Matrix. That might have given people a hint about how Wachowski-style transgender really works. Which isn't necessarily how the Wachowskis think it works...
Do we really have to make everything about transgenders these days? There’s nothing in the story that even hints at that. Please keep your agenda to yourself.
@@justmeeagainn Er... you do know that both the Wachowskis (who made the movie) transitioned a few years ago? And they officially confirmed that the Matrix was a trans allegory last year? There are a few RU-vid videos about the hidden trans symbolism in the movie. Worth a look just from a film analysis perspective. Examples: - Neo ditches his old name, Mr Anderson, and claims his new identity. - Morpheus refers to the Agents as the 'gatekeepers'--an old term for the docs who decide whether you qualify for hormone treatment or not. - The famous speech from Morpheus--'there's something wrong with the world, you've felt it your entire life, but you don't know what it is'--aptly sums up the inner experience of many trans people who transition late in life. - The use of pills (red/blue) may be a reference to hormone medication. - The BDSM club near the start of the movie is an obvious reference to ... wait, I've said too much, shutting up ... And my agenda may not quite be what you think. ;)
As cool as that concept is, I’m glad they didn’t use it. I don’t think audiences were ready for that in 99. (The movie was already somewhat of a mindfuck without that). I do love that concept tho. And I think it would work well now, if the movie had been made this year. 🖤
I love this movie so much that I saw it 11 times in the theater. I was on a study abroad trip and we didn't have a ton of cheap things to do, so any time someone in our class group wanted to go see The Matrix they asked me to go with them. It was awesome.
2nd one is the best of this series. It created the most intrigue in the world, teased at larger mythological stories and had one of the greatest action scenes in any film (the freeway sequence).
I recently watched a video about the sequels that started with the idea that the problem with the sequels is that their target audience is a 13 year old who also has a philosophy degree. I'm not sure I've ever agreed with something so immediately and wholeheartedly
Prob answered already but what neo is selling at the start is supposed to be either a hacking programme or hacked data - what he actually gives him is a Sony mini disc lol - the machine that unplugs neo is doing it’s job - neo has woken up and therefore is a failed crop and must be discarded so the pod can be filled with another adult
Yes, there's a massive difference between a film like The Matrix - which raises many questions to build intrigue which are (mostly) answered later - and Tenet - which raises many questions, keeps raising questions, buries the answers or doesn't directly answer them, raises some more questions, mixes in the soundtrack so loudly you can't hear the dialogue which supposedly answers the questions (but probably just raises more questions), raises yet further questions, has no appealing or charismatic characters, raises some more questions then allows the viewer to lose all hope as they struggle to fathom how such incomprehensible drivel is from the same director of intricate yet perfectly understandable films like The Dark Knight, The Prestige and Memento. We expected more from you, Mr Nolan. Or less (unanswered questions)!!
Great reactions! If you enjoyed this film, you'll like the others, too. I'm not heavy into sci-fi action films, but I really dig the metaphysical vibes in this series. I'm looking forward to seeing Matrix 4!
Neo didn´t die at the end of the first movie. It was his residual-self image that behave like it was wounded by bullets. In the moment he beliefs, that he die, his heart stopped beating. But there is no spoon. So in the moment he belief, that there is no residual self image, he understand, what trinity said to him: You can´t be dead. So he stood up, because he was never dead. Like hes not bending the spoon, but the residual self image, which are actually not there. So he bends himself and the residual self image just behave the way, he made it happen to behave that way.
"Did this man just say no to bullets?" Yes...yes he did. One of my favorites as a teen, and I still love it, but I've seen more now. Check out Dark City, a very similar narrative but with a Noir style that plays the themes better.
7:36 Those glasses are pince-nez glasses, which are glasses with a spring metal bridge that is slightly too narrow for the nose so that they stay in place.
09:08 WTF is happening in this movie??? I saw this when it was first released in the cinemas, and about 200 people said this at the same time!!! Best movie ever!!!
These are my opinions based on this movie, I won't say anything about the other movies. In the time this movie was made, programs and data were commonly exchanged using disks. The whole uploading/d0wnloading thing hadn't taken off yet. So by showing us Neo selling a disk it clues us in that he's a computer hacker selling illicit software. Since we learn the Matrix is essentially a computer program, a world simulation, you can see the implications of Neo being a hacker. Morpheus tells him that when he's ready Neo won't have to dodge bullets. That's because the guns and bullets aren't real, they are part of the computer programmed world. So once Neo has ascended to become The One he will be a powerful hacker who can control things inside the Matrix. Thus he won't need to dodge bullets. That's also why he can fly at the end. He has total power inside the Matrix to do just about anything.
Great reaction.. My all time favorite movie. This has a very deep meaning hopefully ul learn about it... It's inspired by Hinduisms" moksha" and Buddhisms "nirvana" (both are the same) . The way I see it is if u look at this movie like a machine vs man theme U ARE STILL IN THE MATRIX
I just had a random thought about this movie. I searched the answer on Google, and here it is. The cops in the Matrix are real people, not NPCs. So when Neo and the gang killed them, they were killing real people. That sucks, but they had no choice. They were fighting the system and these poor people unknowingly helped the system (Matrix). Also when agents possessed a person in the Matrix, they actually possessed real people. Those people wouldn't remember a thing when the possession was over, and if the agents died, those people died for real. Imagine real dead people being chucked out of their pod when Neo and the gang fought the agents.
Hope you guys enjoy! A side note: I added a new "edit" within this video, if those who you who are returning notice it of course; let me know if you think that it's a good addition to the set of "edits" I do within the video. (It's when I have a bigger middle circle but it's to the left, and the movie in the background is zoomed in but on important parts of that scene). I figured I could try a new way for you to show you but also "conceal" it for copyright reasons; I hope it's okay! If not, again, let me know! EDIT: Random note but as I was editing this one I noticed how much I said "WHAT IN THE WORLD" LMAO I'm so sorry
By the way, the disks Neo is selling are either minidiscs or a magneto-optical disc. They’re not really used anymore, but in 2000 they were a convenient storage medium for >100MB.
@@wackyvorlon I didn't really get the transitioning thing on my original watch of this movie back when it was released but you can see it retrospectively now. However Reloaded and Revolutions basically went straight down the bible plagerism route and suffered badly for it.
9:04-9:09 That's the best part of the whole movie! When his scream turns electrical and computer-like as the mirror substance travels down his throat. That scream will ALWAYS crack me up! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Those discs at the start are minidiscs, they were intended as a replacement for CD's but arrived at the wrong time, as the reducing cost of rewritable CD's and the growth of digital distribution (mp3 & associated players etc) meant the format struggled to take off, slowly fading away. The Matrix is so good because of the many, many layers within it. When the film was made, the Wachowski siblings were both still in the closet and have since come out as trans women. Whether consciously or subconsciously (likely the latter, based on interviews), reflections of that aspect of the sisters lives can be found in the film. There is the individual (Neo) gradually accepting the truth of who they are; taking the red pill to release ones true self (at that time, the most common pills given to trans women were red); Agent Smith never using Neo's name, instead using his old - dead - name; Switch was intended to be a man in the real world and a woman in the Matrix, but that got stopped by - ironically enough - the suits. There is much there that can be found, but I'd be here for a long time listing it all.
You are so lucky to have seen this without spoilers. When I was in college, a friend had the DVD. I remained spoiler free right up until the DVD menu had a huge spoiler right before my first time watching. 😤
Oh yeah I already thought that deja vu is weird as hell and a glitch in the Matrix-- SEE. Now I understand where the line "glitch in the Matrix" is in like, actual reference to lmao!
"Did this man just say no to bullets?" lol you're the best. The second one of this trilogy is pretty good and have great action too. This movie actually borrowed heavily from a Japanese Anime called "Ghost in the Shell" which is an even bigger mindfuck. Hopefully you can do the sequels. Also, hope you can get to do the sequel to Jurassic Park too (The Lost World) someday.
THIS MAN LEGIT SAID "no" TO BULLETS! hahaha Glad you enjoyed It seems like it's still a little split on if people want me to do the sequels; with the Jurassic Park ones, like two people said to do the sequels so that's why I haven't done them yet! Doesn't mean I won't though! I'm just trying to knock some big boys out that are being demanded haha I've heard of Ghost in the Shell, never watched it! I heard the movie adaptation isn't great though, of course :/
@@OGBReacts thanks! hopefully you do the Jurassic movies tho, they're so much fun. I actually really like the Ghost in The Shell live action, it was just controversial for no reason. But is good that you start with the more demanded ones from ur audience. Love ur channel!
@@IsmaelSilva7 I have the live action Ghost but haven't watched it yet. Not a complaint about quality, just haven't had time to watch it. The original anime is still one of my favorites, though I would avoid the 2.0 version that replaced some scenes with some headache-inducing CGI.
4:25 While it isn't stated in the movie there is an answer to what is on the disk found in some of the earlier drafts of the script. All of those disks contain programs and data used to hack systems. The one he just sold to the guy for two grand was a program designed to hack the DMV and police records to clear the guy's record of parking tickets.
I always thought that Neo was his character’s hacker name so I’m guessing the disks at the beginning are just hacked information saved on a disk and he was selling that info.
You take the blue nyquil, you sleep for 14 hours and wake up feeling groggy. You take the red dayquil, you power through the next 4 hours, sleep the next 8 hours, and wake up feeling groggy.
@theogbogangles This movie was the creator of the "Bullet Time" slow motion effect that now appears in soooo many Movies and Videogames. Much props to the Wachowski's!
The two main parents of most cyberpunk in popular culture is the film Blade Runner (1882) and the novel Neuromancer (1984). People would love a reaction to Blade Runner if you haven't seen it and I suggest either reading or listening to Neuromancer.
The disks in the beginning were illegal software. That's why Neo was afraid of getting caught by the feds. More questions get answered in The Animatrix series.
The oracle does say “sorry kid You got the gift, but it looks like you’re waiting for something.” Then she says .. Your next life maybe, who knows.. neo was waiting to be killed or kissed ... but yeah ,, there's more to it than just that.. You'll learn from future movies
The best part comes after the movie. Over time you end up understanding that everything is like that, it's real. Good luck, and welcome to the real world 🙂
If you want to know how everything started with The Matrix, then you have to watch an animated movie called The Animatrix. 👍 And you have to watch the other two movies.
I don't know what your schedule is looking like these days but if it's not too busy Regal cinemas are rereleasing this in theaters across the US on April 3rd and 4th. Highly recommend checking it out if you can.
Someone needs to make a compilation of the songs you make up to cheer characters on. I’m sure there’s a lot of them they’re like one of my favourite things about your reactions.
So here's what I'll say. The Matrix is my favorite movie of all time. I've seen it dozens of times. However, the trilogy is not even in my top 10 because of what the sequels did. And I only watched them once. It was even worse for Quentin Tarantino. He not only disliked the sequels, but they actually had the effect of lowering his appreciation of the first one. Don't get me wrong. They're not "bad" per se. After all, they were big budget films with really high production value, state-of-art effects (for that time), and a lot of action. But they fell woefully short of the bar set by the first movie. For my money, The Matrix works as a stand-alone movie, and in some ways, the universe introduced in it is slightly tainted by the sequels. My two sense.
If you do one thing today...If you really want your head messed with "google" Neo's passport expiry date..( you can see it in the interview when the bug is inserted). Then remember that this film was released in 1999 !!!!!
The sequels get a bad rap, and while they aren't as...elegant as the first one (if that makes sense) I think the ideas they explore are incredibly interesting, but way more complicated, which means the sequels are a LOT more dense with info. The second movie especially is a lot more talky, but the action is way more over-the-top in a good way (mostly) but that makes the film feel kind of start and stop unlike the first film which struck the right balance of exposition/action. The third film is the most divisive. It has some answers if you put the pieces together, but it leaves a lot up to viewer interpretation. They were filmed back to back, so they're essentially one big movie. Also, like others have said, watch the Animatrix first. It's nine animated short films that delve deeper into the world of the Matrix. A few of them tie in directly (either narrativly or thematically) with the sequels to a degree that I think is essential to getting the "full experience." There's also a video game, Enter the Matrix, that takes place right before, during, and after the second movie. It's meant to be played between the second and third films and follows a bunch of side characters and fills in some parts of the story that are only alluded to in the films. Problem is the game is uh...well let's just say it was rushed for release, so you're better off either watching a lets play or just watching the 40 or so minutes of live action cutscenes they filmed exclusively for the game.
Neo is a hacker, a seller of illegally obtained information. So what he sold that guy who knocked at his door was just that, information. What the information was, who knows. Also Neo didn't come back to life because Trinity kissed him, Neo wasn't really dead. His conscious mind wasn't ready to believe he was the one. His subconscious mind knew and Trinity talking & kissing him brought it to the forefront.
@@OGBReacts it’s a classic. The first is just straight up horror, Evil Dead 2 starts to incorporate some humour, and Army of Darkness is thoroughly horror/comedy.
Feel like the reason people hate on there other two is mostly because it can be very confusing, like they watch it once and call it bad cuz it didnt make alot of sense and dont even wanna try and watch it twice to try and understand the whole concept of the trilogy, because when you finally understand the whole thing and understand all the details, and figure out how neo can do all the stuff he does, it dosent become super unrealistic, except for the zion part in the third movie, because the matrix is basically just a video game, with real humans inside, but neo is basically the game writer/admin that can manipulate the codes to do what he wants to do, so because of that everything does make sense, it isnt super unrealistic, because in the game world, the writer can do whatever the fuck he wants to do, so to the people that dont really like the sequels try and watch the movies in another perspective and try and understand how everything make sense and how neo can do what he does, its really interesting. And when all of that stuff is understood its just two great movies in general with bunch of cool action and a really mindfuck and interesting story to it, cuz when you do watch the matrix it gets you really thinking, if we are living in a simulation or no. So i just think in general people hating on the movies are not really trying to understand the whole concept of everything, like all of the caracters have cool purposes and cool ideology. so hey stop hating and give the movies another shot, maybe youll like em or not, worth trying.
