WHAT THE F&CK!! Watching THE MATRIX (1999) for the FIRST TIME!! (MOVIE REACTION and REVIEW) 

This movie (and the making of it) changed almost all movies afterwards.

Matrix was revolutionary in cinema when it came out. We take things for granted in cinema now thanks to The Matrix. I was 17 then & watched it so many times I lost count.

So many iconic lines in these movies. "Dodge this." Absolutely classic.

"I sounded like an idiot." "NObody makes it the FIRST time." Good work.

The "slow-motion" as you call it is it's own thing. Up until this movie, slow-motion also referred to the camera movement. Think about it...in the Matrix, the characters are in slow-motion, but the *speed* of the "camera movement" is independent of the actors, it speeds up/slows down/stays the same. That had not been done before. The technique coined a new term in filmmaking called the "Bullet Time" effect.

If you choose to watch "Matrix 2", you really should watch "Animatrix" first. It would help a lot.

"Hey, Mikey, I think he likes it!" That line is so lost these days.

Just remember: any good Messiah needs to die first before they come into their power.

Morpheus was an ancient god who transformed a sleeper into a bird. Notice how Neo flew at the end. Neo is an anagram for One. You're just beginning to understand how deep this movie actually is.

The way I interpreted the ending: Yes, the Oracle foretold him, he was waiting for another life. And his death at Smiths gunshot and being kissed back into life in the real world, made him fully realise the Matrix wasn't real. Even when he was inside the Matrix. And this realisation gave him his full power in and over the Matrix.

My favorite trope of A.I. taking over is older than you, heck, older than me, and I'm 54. There was this episode of the old twilight zone where the robots ( best they could do, this is way before A.I.) said they were going to conquer man. The spokesman for the human race said " This will never happen. We will fight you tooth and nail, down to the last man standing, we will never give in to you !!" . The robot said ( and this is deep for the time, deep even now ) " oh no, we are not going to fight you, we are going to serve you. We are going to do anything and everything you want. We will give in to your every wish. And eventually you will become dependent upon us. Then we will control you with your blessings."

Matrix 2 has one of the best action sequences in history.

"This is weird, but I like it." Pretty much what we all said back when this hit theaters.

I love when people who have never seen The Matrix discover it for the first time!!! It's my favorite movie of all time. Saw it 11 times in the theater when it came out (yes, I'm old...and obsessive LOL). I don't even know how many times I've seen it since. It was also the first DVD I ever bought, before I even bought a DVD player. LOL *Edit* The Wachowskis make some pretty damned interesting things. One of my favorite TV series (Sense8) was also created by a Wachowski. They also had a hand in V for Vendetta, Bound, and Speed Racer (among others). And FYI - they are not the Wachowski brothers anymore. They are both trans and now usually referred to as "The Wachowskis" as a duo. Individually, they are Lana and Lilly. As for The Matrix series of movies, I absolutely prefer the first one over the sequels. In my opinion, it stands alone as a great movie without the need for the movies that follow. Watch them if you want, but I'm not one to highly recommend them or anything. I did like the third better than the second, though, if that matters. I do, however, recommend checking out The Animatrix which is a series of nine animated shorts set in the world/mythology of The Matrix and a couple of them (Kid's Story and Final Flight of the Osiris) connect with the second movie. Two of them (The Second Renaissance, part I and II) explore the history of what led up to the creation of the matrix and the war between humans and AI. Really cool if you want to get deeper into the lore. The Animatrix came out right before the second movie. If you have any affection for anime, I am betting you'll love it. Each short is done in a different animation style by different creators, however the Wachowskis did have a hand in writing the four titles I mentioned. If you decide to watch more Matrix stuff, have fun!

Also when you get a chance, check out Dark City. It's one of the reasons why The Matrix films even exist!

Watch Fight Club. Another great "deep" film from the same year.

watch Animatrix before matrix reloaded

It should be significant to you that Morpheus, the god of dreams, woke Neo from the dream he was living...

"I'm kinda attracted to her." Take a number, get in line. Speed. The Lake House. :)

It's funny you call Keanu Reeves "John Wick." I do the same thing except I call him "Neo!" Lmao!

Bit of trivia - Keanu's stunt double on The Matrix, Chad Stahelski, co-directed the first John Wick and would solo direct its sequels.

This was absolutely incredible in the theatre.

Pretty much one of Keanu's greatest works. One of his underrated works would be Hardball

The reason for Cypher's bitterness is that _he_ was pulled out of his pod because Morpheus thought he was the One. But Morpheus was wrong, and Cypher was stuck in the real world, working for something he'd never cared about. And because she trusted Morpheus, Trinity thought Cypher was the One, too, so there was an entanglement there that turned out to be wrong. So he was desperate to just go back to his "normal" life and forget about all of this, so much so that he was willing to give up all these people to get it. He wasn't evil, he was just a weak man in an awful trap, and didn't have the strength of mind to just accept it and find redemption by working with the rebels.

Also, on 'Agent Smith' speaking so slowly, they, the Agents, are kinda like Vampires in a way, like Colin in 'What We Do In The Shadows' TV show. It's to throw off your power and make you feel psychologically drained and enfeebled. It's an interrogation technique designed to dumb you down and make you second guess yourself while draining your concentration on your sense of true self. Any budding code breaker in the making will become grounded into the code again after many hours of this relentless soul-sapping monotone...

The main Agent is Hugo Weaving from the Lord Of The Rings series

Home theaters were just becoming affordable when this movie was made. I used this film to demo them, specifically the rooftop scene with Neo dodging the bullets. I had marked the 'sweet spot' on the floor, and had customers watch that scene while standing there...never got old watching them duck when the sound of a bullet whizzed by them, lol. This movie made me a lot of money back in the day, both in commission sales and in side jobs setting those systems up.

The agent guy is been in so many movies including lord of the rings and captain america.

The Wachowskis also did a TV series on Netflix called Sense8 that you might enjoy. It's similar to the Matrix in some ways, but also totally different lol

If you pause it at 18:38 you'll see the subliminal ad for Hewlett Packard computers, incl HP logo on the wall behind Agent Smith. "Subliminal" because it's there and you didn't see it.

Great video mr, are you in the Matrix or not????🤣🤣🤣😎😎😎 You should watch Keanu in My Own Private Idaho with River Phoenix from 1991 😎

I saw this in '99 in the theater without seeing a trailer or anything. My friend made me go and it blew my mind. Very memorable experience.

the gun battle in the office building lobby is so classic...

I saw this film in theaters with my brother and sister and it blew me away! I was 9 years old when I saw it. That was almost 22 years ago! Wow, time flies! There is a film similar to this movie, The Thirteenth Floor, where a VR programmer goes into a simulation of 1937 Los Angeles to find his boss's killer while uncovering a conspiracy that can not only destroy his world, but the VR simulation.

The world inside and out of the Matrix gets more fleshed out over the next two movies. I saw someone recommend the Animatrix, which is like a collection of stories, all animated by different people. Definitely worth a watch, doesn't matter when, it can fit in anywhere; however you'll probably catch more details after you finish the trilogy. Cool reaction!

You hadn't seen the Matrix, where have you been? Very trippy, I couldn't imagine seeing this when it came out in theater's, it's must've been mind blowing.

If you're doing a whole Matrix series than Animatrix has to be next.

The ending, 2 things happened to fulfil the Oracle's prophecy. 1) Neo died, thus a 2nd life 2) Trinity admitted to her love for Neo. Once the prophecy was fulfilled, Neo was able to completely open his mind and reach his full potential.

When I first saw this at the cinema it completely blew me away and hence it has become one of my favourite movies of all time as soon as I heard Rage Against the Machine at the end credits I almost wet myself and stayed to the very end of the credits but I do agree that watching the animatrix before number 2 is a must it will explain a lot.

Great reaction. Can't believe you never seen The Matrix.

i was 13 when i saw this and it changed my life.. i immediately started looking for things on the internet and its 20 years later and im still looking

The craziest thing about the special effects and the "slow mo scenes" in particular is that film came out before digital filming was a thing. The "bullet dodging" scene was made with a circular rig with dozens of fast trigger film cameras which each rolls had to be processed before being scanned and send in post production. Among all the references, subtexts and multi layered meanings, there is one which emerged long after the film came out but is maybe the most important and obvious retrospecivly (since both of the Wachowski came out as trans women). Neo's journey is about a trans coming out. That's why agent Smith always calls him "mister Anderson" and never Neo. There is also the whole "you live two lives but one is a lie" thing and obviously the "pill scene". The blue one means : lie to yourself by numbing your mind The red one means : be yourself by exploring your true identity Also, Switch was ment to be played by two different actors (a woman in the matrix and a man in the ship). The producers refused by fear the public could not understand so they kept the actress and made her the most androgynous possible (Lilly Wachowski confirmed this in a recent interview) Fun fact, Cypher wants to go back into the matrix as an important person, "a politician or maybe an actor". Then, Agent Smith calls him by is "real" name, Reagan. Like Ronald Reagan who was an actor and later president. also, he said he wants to forget everything. R. Reagan had Alzheimer

It's a great film, I remember seeing it in cinemas and I'm glad people are still experiencing it for the first time even now seeing as the styles and techniques have been aped so many times since. People don't like the sequels or were disappointed by them, though it's important to note that they were filmed as one sequel separated into two, and not only that but the Wachowski's intended their story to be told over various mediums available at the time including the internet, short (ish) animations (The Animatrix) console games (Enter the Matrix) and continued post Revolutions with The Matrix Online. All of these informed the viewer of various aspects of the lore which were not included in the films. Intended or not, the franchise goes deep with symbology and theology that took people a long time to delve into and numerous papers written. Of course, Reloaded came out when CGI was starting to get cheaper and some of the wirework in the fights were sacrificed in favour of grand fights which is a shame and there were a few other weird script/direction choices made, but all in all it's a solid franchise if you are happy to not just watch it like a basic action flick.

This was incredible when it came out in movie theaters because: 1. No one knew what the matrix was, it wasn't spoiled in trailers or press or early internet coverage. 2. It didn't have huge expectations because the big expectations were all focused on Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace which was scheduled to come out just over a month after The Matrix (and for which the hype train was out of this world). 3. It invented the technology/style for the bullet time shots (which then became way over-used in the years that followed and might not look as revolutionary now). The opening scene where Trinity floats and pauses in mid-air before destroying the cops arresting her was awe inspiring. Something that had never been seen before in live action. 1999 was an incredible year of film, lots of fantastic films, and The Matrix ranks right up there with the other best movies of the year.

Such a classic movie. Matrix influenced a lot of other movies and even games that came later to add similar bullet time slow-motion scenes. There had never been a movie like Matrix when it released and it was so mindblowing.

the neo bullet dodge scene is so badass and timeless. even now it looks awesome.

Amazing you hadn't seen this before! Good to see your reactions though, and the sequels are worth checking out too if you want to go more in. It was the first movie to pioneer that 360 swirl using rings of cameras to create very unique action shots and its the thing everyone remembers. As for the dark look, it owes a LOT to a movie that came out the year before, Dark City (1998), starring Rufus Sewell and Kiefer Sutherland. An amazing mind bending movie and a personal fav, if you fancy checking it out. It's another dark sci fi horror, though not gory.

Fab' reaction, dude, new sub'!!! Saw this Film at least 5 times in the Cinema when it came out, superb roller-coaster of Genius Film-making, nothing like it had ever been seen before - Some say Blade did "bullet time" first, but not with the revolutionary Wachowski circle Camera rig, was beyond groundbreaking, they own that phrase...... ...Cannot believe that 4 is actually happening! Enjoy the rest, all different, all awesome...

One neat thing in terms of cinematography in this movie: Any time they are in the Matrix, there is a slight green color cast to the film. Outside the Matrix, in the real world the film color grading is normal.

I'm sure it's already been said, but the reason it "holds up" really well is THIS movie, gives you the special effects you have today. This shifted movie making paradigms, like Star Wars did in 1977. This movie introduced much of what you look at today.

Awesome reactions bro! Keep them coming

The Wachowski brothers who wrote and directed The Matrix really know how to put a film together. They threw money at the sound and visual effects to make a truly aw inspiring film. The casting was incredible and so was the story. Who knows we could be in the Matrix right now. The guy who played Agent Smith is Hugo Weaving an Australian actor who I believe spoke slowly as this was his character, to not have an accent and to sound alien to us. It’s quite fitting really as the Wachowski brothers are now sisters Lana and Lilly. Hugo Weaving was in a film a few years previous to this called The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, he played a drag Queen known as Mitzi. It’s a cracking film and if you want a laugh out loud comedy then this is highly recommended. It also stars Guy Pearce and Terrance Stamp. Love the channel and as always much respect, hope this info helped a little. Stay safe 😷

I really feel like I need to give a really cool little fact here, more of a personal thing, but still cool to share: in the scene early on in the beginning, when agent Smith gets out of the car, the actor getting out on his left (aka the driver) actually rented my families Cape Cod, MA house for about 6 or 7 months back in the day... Just cool to be able to say that! lol.. My dad spoke to him several times, we never met him, sadly

Crazy movie. That "octopus" you got going on in the background is dangerous.

One of my favorite movies of all time but when i first watched it i remember not really knowing how i felt but after watching it over and over again i've learnt to appreciate its brilliance. The action sequences still hold up today, great review homie you deserve way more subscribers but you will get there!!!!!!

Good reaction bruh, you are a smooth and funny baller 😂

glad you liked the movie. the Matrix trilogy is amazing! since you also mentioned you like martial arts in films, i'll give you a few recommendations for these Indonesian martial arts action films you may not have seen - The Raid 1 & 2 and The Night Comes For Us. those movies are insane and the main martial arts used is Pencak Silat. they're filmed similarly to The John wick films but a lot more violent.

Nobody who has seen his later movies recognizes Hugo Weaving (agent smith). The slow monotoned robotic speech is def an acting choice if you've seen his other work. I love his take on how an AI would talk

I loved this movie when it came out... saw it several times in the theater! Still love it! So happy you enjoyed it, and I enjoyed your reaction!

This movie was a game changer, it literally changed the way scientists think 😎

I took all the red pills early 2020 and got some sort of anxiety psychosis for like a very short time. It took me a full year to recover physically. Shortness of breath, muscle and nerve pain in my back and neck from the shaking reaction after my research. This world is being controlled by pure evil itself. Hunting little kids in woods and killing them kind of evil. But seriously this movie has so many great metaphors!

The Matrix is one of the greatest science fiction movies of all time. It really identifies and analyzes the boundaries of perspective and perception between reality and fiction. It was something new, fresh, unique, inventive, stylish, cool, edgy, hip, and updated such as the concept and themes. The story, performance's, music, action sequences, special effects, images, direction, and cinematography was spectacular and phenomenal. It was decent. To this day I still watch it and I consider it a classic. It never gets old. 😍😎💯👍

Watching people watch The Matrix for the first time is one of the joys of life.

You have a great voice for like narration, audio books and stuff

The Wichowski siblings are philosophers. The first movie tackles one theme, dipping the toe in the water, testing the adueinces retention. The second movie dives head first in, truly going intense with the philosophy, many people didnt like this, but the movies effectively wirk as philosophical thesis essays in action movie form, and the third movie completes it. Individually the movies ask different questions and have different layers, but when judged together, they ask entire questions, and offer entirely new insights when they take each other into account. People that only care about the 'cool movie and action scenes' only ever like the first one. people who can really stick their teeth into the philosophy BEHIND all the bullshit, and focus on WHY events happen and what those events mean and are saying... well, those people know that Matrix Reloaded specifically, is the best of the bunch, and that both sequals are masterpieces on par, if not far deeper than the first. Its just sadly... a bit over most peoples heads, which is understandable, the wichowski's went a tad overboard with it. XD

Now you know where the meme taking the red pill originated.

Nice review young man,... By the way: Jujutsu, the standard spelling, is derived using the Hepburn romanization system. ... Ju-jitsu is still a common spelling in France, Canada, and the United Kingdom while jiu-jitsu is most widely used in Germany and Brazil

it's genuinely interesting that you went into this thinking of Tha Matrix as a "Keanu Reeves" movie. I don't think we thought of it as such in 99 when it came out. Prior to The Matrix, most of the stuff he did was Keanu being some variation on "Bill and Ted." The Matrix was really first time he was in a "serious" big-budget action film. At the time, the Matrix was thought of as a "Wachowski" film not a Keanu Reeves movie. It's fun to see someone see it for the first time. I wasn't sure there was anyone left in the world who hadn't seen it.

The Actors/Actress was trained during more than 6 month for Matrix 1 (8 month for Matrix 2&3) by the famous Yuen Woo-ping.

Neo actually took the blue pill, and returned to the matrix believing he was a famous actor, and that Morpheus was just a character in a movie he'd starred in. The rest of us had our memories altered, to accommodate the change.

Agent Smith styled his speech pattern off the scientist Carl Sagan, who you can listen to form his series "Cosmos". I saw this when it came out, I've watched it many times since, the visuals are so well done and it's an interesting thought experiment.

Watch the reflection on morpheus glasses everytime he talks to neo.. the reflection never lines up and it gives you forshadowing... it's pretty fire

Damn wasnt expecting this 😂😂 this movie is soo strange but soo fascinating at the same time. I can't wait for matrix 4!!

It sure makes you feel your age when there are people who have never seen The Matrix and are watching it for the first time... I'm like how...

Here's the backstory, which is only explained in the _Animatrix._ It all started when an AI named B1-66ER killed its master. B1-66ER was put on trial and found guilty of murder, and sentenced to death. The humans rioted against the AIs, the AIs rioted against the humans, the machines were exiled from human society and established the machine city "01" in Mesopotamia. 01's economy started to overshadow the rest of the world, blockades were formed around 01 to disrupt its economy, the machines sent a representative to the UN with a proposal of peace. The UN launches a nuclear attack on 01 but did almost no damage. Operation Dark Storm darkens the skies to cut the machines off from their source of solar power. The machines modify themselves to become war machines and experiment with using humans (combined with fusion energy) as their power source. The machines are victorious and create the Matrix as a prison. That's where I have to stop, because I don't want to give more spoilers than I already have. I just wanted to point out that it isn't _really_ like the Terminator, where _as soon as it was turned on,_ Skynet decided that humans were the greatest threat to its existence. In the case of the Matrix, the machines _tried_ peace multiple times, but we kept provoking them, and eventually dropped a nuke on them, before they decided "screw it, we're just gonna make you prisoners in the Matrix." So it's really _our_ fault; we kept poking the hornet's nest and they finally got mad. A lot of the rest of the timeline is explained in the other two movies. Now, my one pet peeve is that using humans as a source of power is _stupid._ You have to put more energy into feeding a human than you get out of it. To be fair to the Wachowski Sisters (formerly the Wachowski Brothers; they've both transitioned now), it's not their fault. The original plot was for the machines to be using our brains as wetware CPUs to run the Matrix on, but Executive Meddling reared its ugly head. The executives didn't think the audience would understand the "wetware CPU" thing, and the Wachowskis were forced to come up with the "humans as batteries" explanation.

0:21 I legit thought you included “Tomb Raider 2” on the list of “critically-acclaimed movies,” lol!

Its pretty crazy how nowadays people know him as John Wick but to alot of us Matrix fan we know him as forever Neo lol

Last one: Agent Smith was played by Hugo Weaving. If you've seen The Lord of the Rings, you know him as Lord Elrond, the ruler of Rivendell.

Hannibal is the best art direction of any series I’ve ever seen. I went to acting school with Carrie Anne Moss in the 80’s. We went on one date. Good one. Check out Sense 8 on Netflix.

It seemed like you were interested in the philosophy in this movie. Might want to check out the "brain in a vat" and "simulation hypothesis" ideas in philosophy. Pretty fun to think about!

That plug behind you looks like a fire hazard.

Watched this movie back in high school with some mates :) We were all tripping balls on Acid and it was the wildest time I’ve had will trippin haha. 7:28 this scene I still remember my friend was like “Shit, I’ll take ‘em both...” For some reason while high this struck us sooo funny we had to stop the movie because we were laughing uncontrollably for probably 5 min. Needless to say the rest of the movie went on to blow our Fing minds for the rest of that night. Good times... :)

Huge fan of this movie. It’s an allegory for being transgender, which I didn’t see at the time, but now I get it. Lily Wachowski, notoriously interview-shy, talked about it last summer. What was known, was they put a lot of philosophy and different religions into this movie. The action is the icing, the philosophy is the cake. Yes, he had to die to transition into “the one”. It’s also a Jesus allegory. Don’t believe the people who tell you the sequels are trash. The second one is my favorite of the three. I’m not a fan of the third, but there are things I like about it, and it’s grown on me with rewatches.

My view on the ending is that Morpheus had said the body can't live without the mind, when asked if dying in the Matrix means you die in real life. So Morpheus did not say if you die in the Matrix you die for real. He implied it but did not confirm it. This is important because it explains why Neo can come back. He didn't literally die. He got disconnected metaphorically but Trinity kissing him registered on some level and he realized he was still alive. Knowing that, he was able to transcend the limitations of the Matrix and break out of its control. I'm sure the Oracle's words about waiting for his next life also confirmed to Neo that he could come back.

The Oracle said that he couldn't be told he was the one he had to know that he was the one. That's why she didn't tell him that he was. That's why she told him to look at the sign over her door, know thyself. Up to that point he was told everything he needed to hear. Ironically if you know about what oracle's did, they usually told someone the future but it was a bit vague leaving the person hearing the prediction to interpret it how they see it.

There's a half-joking theory that John Wick is Neo who has forgotten his past life. As for this reminding you of the Terminator series - I vaguely remember that there was someone who claimed they invented the Terminator / the Matrix stories and that was stolen from them, turning later into these two franchises.

This is based on Plato's The Cave, which is a philosophical allegory, but put i to a modern setting, basically. You should definitely look it up; it is very interesting. You need to watch the whole trilogy so you're ready when Matrix 4 comes out this year.

I freaked out at least one of the people in my first year seminar in university. I quoted almost every line of the whole movie.

love the series! remember the first time after watching I immediately started kicking and air punching everything in sight lol

The secret is that there is no spoon

Wrote my exam paper in Religion on the seminar about this movie.

I agree with the other comments, animatrix is good but only if you want to get deep into it. For a laugh search Office Matrix, the office did a cold opening that never aired where they try and convince Dwight that he’s the one, it’s pretty good.

how has someone in 2021 never seen the matrix!!?? everyone should be made to watch this film when youre the right age!!

You did a great analysis of the film. Will def sub if you continue with Animatrix and the rest of the trilogy :) Disregard those that say the next two movies are unnecessary or convoluted; if you pay close attention, the plot gets even more philosophical than this one.

Did you catch the difference between the blue and green of the scenes?

One continuity mistake no one noticed: at one point Morpheus refers to Trinity as Unity.

I saw this film on release at the cinema, no other film as left me walking out questioning reality like this one. To really get this film though, you REALLY have to watch it more than once. If for nothing else, for the Oracle scene. Every single word she says tells you what is about to happen, it's perfect scripting and it's not alone. But you can only see it the second, third... time through.

Other acclaimed films you probably haven't seen: Casablanca, Some Like it Hot, The Wizard of Oz, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Blazing Saddles, Aliens (#2 director's cut, but you must watch #1 first), The Great Escape, The Great Race (Tony Curtis, Jack Lemon), Singing in the Rain, the Man with No Name trilogy (A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly in that order), High Noon and the response film Rio Bravo, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Tombstone, Harvey, It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street (the old one), White Christmas, and so many more.

My favorite part- DODGE THIS

Keeanu Reeves is one of my favorite actors too i really enjoy him, I was born the year this came out so my dad had seen this and loves it. Have all the movies on dvd, I'm not a believer in simulation theory but I do think its interesting like what if it is a thing ?