FIRST TIME WATCHING: THE MATRIX!! (how does it work!?)
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Original Movie: The Matrix
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Hi all! Hope you enjoy the video :) just wanted to correct myself here regarding something I said in the video. This film is directed by The Wachowski Sisters (not Brothers). Sincerest apologies for the error, I was reading off of IMDb and wasn’t aware of who Lana and Lily Wachowski are. Thanks for reading!
Actually at the time, it was directed by the Wachowski Brothers. So no error was made on your part. Nowadays they indeed go through life as the Wachowski Sisters :)
This correction make me even more enthusiastic to watch your content. :)
They used to be called Wachowski Brothers when they did the Matrix films, but they have since become transgender, hence they've changed their names.
Let's not worry about this stuff and just enjoy your reactions.
just never watch the 2nd movie or 3rd. unless you watch "The Animatrix" first. It explains a lot of the wonkiness of the 2nd movie.
Nat before watching: "You might hear strange noises in the background because my bf is playing GTA5."
*Nat screams and shouts during the movie*
Nat's bf to his online friends: "You might hear strange noises in the background because my gf is reacting to movies."
😂😂😂
My thoughts exactly! Haha!
That made me literally Lol. Thanks, I needed that.
You were not kidding
“I can’t hear the sound of gunfire in my game over the sound of gunfire in your movie.”
We should take a minute to appreciate just how magnificent Hugo Weaving is as Agent Smith across the trilogy. A truly great actor.
If you want to see how great an actor he is, the movie he did before this was The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert in which he plays a drag queen. The comparison is quite stark. He's not a one note actor.
Absolutely true. And we should remember that he was in another trilogy (LOTR) about the same time with The Matrix trilogy
@Biggus Dickus He also played the role of Desmond Doss's father in Hacksaw Ridge. Great actor.
He also does the voice of Megatron
He was the best part of the films.
Lawrence Fishburne said in and interview, when someone recognizes him it's usually from The Matrix, and he likes to say "You think that's air you're breathing now?" and it gets the reaction you'd expect :)
We’ve reached the first generation that doesn’t understand what a land line is.
I'm glad someone said it
@@jorgetuselli6885 It saddens me to see so many young people brainwashed with the global elites perspective that they are a parasite on the Earth.
"Invasive species"?
Humanity is part of the carbon cycle which is essential to all life on Earth, we come from the Earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
We and more importantly our consciousness were self evidently innate in the birth of Universe and each of us has the power to discern right from wrong, to be productive or destructive, to be good or evil and more importantly our consciousness allows us to manipulate and shape the physical and metaphysical world around us through deed and thought.
The elite want to reduce us to the lowest common denominator, a biological android that carries out the programming they give you, to be a slave in a mind prison they create and we accept where free will and individuality no longer exists except as delusions carried out within their false paradigm - this is what this movie is really a metaphor for but so few understand it.
She needs to take the metaphorical red pill and a step outside the very real Matrix perpetuated and projected by corporate media propaganda which we are living in right now - a criminal world built on lies and deception to maintain their world order and our enslavement.
@@Muckylittleme You sure do talk a lot of rubbish. Probably religious, too.
@@30noir And yet you have no coherent counter argument to any of it.
And faith and religion are no less a matter of choice than atheism nor any less logical.
@@Muckylittleme Did you mean global-ist elites? In any case, that you automatically conflate the expression of one's knowledge that we're an invasive species, which we are by every substantial measure, with some anti-human directive from a nihilstic international cabal working against the common man suggests that you're possessed enough by ideology at this time to regurgitate one of its narratives thoughtlessly, in a seemingly prewritten diatribe. I actually agree with you on a lot of the concerns expressed therein, but it's largely unprovoked.
On religiosity, I also agree with your point that one can't choose what one believes; one either believes or one doesn't. Models of broader belief systems aren't entirely unpredictable based on smaller sets of opinions, either, but what's important is how intellectually honest one is, not how alien an opposing opinion feels, or how certain one is, consequently, of one's ability to extrapolate an entire worldview from it. I disagree, also, that employing an unfalsifiable hypothesis as a means to explain the universe when we have no others for comparison, not being content to default to disbelief, is just as logical as the counter position.
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr Anderson!"
Keanu would make a decent elf
@@Music--ng8cd nah… he's more like a ranger or a rider…
*Machinae Supremacy starts playing*
Whoa....Bogus!
Frodo Baggins, do you know codes of Zion computer?
My favourite scene is when Neo asks Morpheus "why do my eyes hurt so much" and he answers "because you have never used them".
that hit me hard
the one that got me was when they sparred and Morpheus was like "you think that's air you're breathing?"
@cajunO21 Cats 2019
This movie fucked with me so hard the first time I saw it, It played on my paranoia so bad.
My favourite is “You’re empty” ... “So are you”. They’re not just talking about their ammo
The delivery really nailed it home, so gentle and compassionate even though you know he's probably said it so many time.
"The Oracle told me-"
"She told you exactly what you needed to hear."
A good line, and interesting foreshadowing.
Especially when she said “ but it looks like you’re waiting for something “ “For what?” “Your next life, maybe, who knows”. It’s not until he dies that he truly becomes The One, so it really was his next life. So much foreshadowing in this movie, I love the writing.
@@rogersjgregory I have watched this movie so many times and this never occurred to me.
@@erin8005 neo is an anagram for one... also earlier is the movie is another forshadowing....when the guy calls Neo is personal jesus christ.... and later neo rising from death to become what he truly is. so many biblical parallels in the matrix
Yeah she manipulated quite alot
You'll notice that the Oracle was basically right about everything, yet her vagueness about her statements made you think she might be wrong.
It's crazy how much this movie has affected pop culture that she was able to predict so much of what was about to happen
Exactly. The funny thing about watching someone watch the Matrix now for the first time is realizing how much of that movie has settled into pop culture and affected what she knows, even without knowing where it comes from.
Natalie: "Was that really a dream!? Or not a dream!?"
Morpheus: "Have you ever had a dream you were so sure was real?"
“How would you know the dream world from the real one”?
@watashi delete that comment dont spoil it for her man...
Cool line of dialogue. But don't you think in dreams everything feels real? I remember some dreams. They felt real while dreaming but on waking up i could see how implausible something was.
@Not Yet no more Matrix movies... Cause, you and I know that the next one is going to be a reboot.
I had a dream that Agent Smith was an Elf. I’m pretty sure it was real.
Why did he just become a psychopath?
No, he's not psycho, he woke up to the post-apocalypse and wanted to go back to sleep. He'd probably been nurturing that resentment for years before Agent Smith offered him the deal to kill Morpheus's crew, in exchange for a new life in the Matrix. Not everyone wants to be the hero and fight a losing battle.
there are some theories that he was chosen by morpheus as a potential chosen one but fell through thus all the resentment he has.
@@rickj.392 nah, the resentment is all about Trinity loving the new guy. Also, he’s a great villain in that you certainly identify with his perspective. Yes, he’s a turncoat. Yes, he’s certainly a bad guy. But, you gotta admit that if you were in his position you’d probably regret taking the red pill. You can at least see where he’s coming from.
The one thing I love about Cypher's situation is his blind faith in the machines.
Reinserting into the Matrix sounds like the most hellish pain on Earth, why would the machines care to not only make it painless, but to keep their word? He's one of billions of bodies.
@@Lakross101 THANK YOU! This thought crossed my mind a # of times on re-watches. (nice to hear it occurred to someone else)
Sure, the machines MIGHT keep their end of the deal. (it doesn't really "cost" them anything to do so, other than a bit of effort to carry it all out.), but then again, they might NOT.
And Cypher doesn't have ANY leverage to FORCE them to stick to the deal. (usually, there is SOMETHING, some force / consequences that "encourage" both sides of a deal to honor their word. Here there is NOTHING "MAKING" the machines do what they said.)
@@avisco01 actually no, totally confirmed the original script had Cypher flat out telling neo he was the fifth 'potential one', and ne is the sixth. Facts, is all.
Is this "one" of those movies that is going to you think you're living in a simulation? No, Natalie, this is THE movie that is going to make you think you're living in a simulation.
even zion is a simulation
was literally just going to comment the same thing. word for word. lol
@@StayFr0sty yes the new trailer proves that, the trilogy was a virtual world to fool humans ,what they dont want u to know is the ultimatw twist ,a human made this happen, all for profit ,im afraid the " sisters " made the franchise into a capitalist hating woke venture "
@@girlsdrinkfeck The directors both debunked the dream within a dream theory back when the original trilogy was made. I think in the new movie, the machines created a simulation specifically for Neo so that he wouldn't suffer or be in pain. I think he's going to play an actor and the original Matrix movie is going to be a movie he started in and it made him famous and wealthy...it's the same life Cipher wanted from the machines in return for Morpheus in the original so it fits. The agent they show at the end is the executive producer of that movie and I think Neo approaches him to do a sequel. That's why he says "you want to go back to where it all started, the Matrix?" He didn't say "in the Matrix"...a movie about a movie is about as meta as they could make part 4. Neo will have to realize he didn't just starr in a movie but that it was actually real. Self discovery over again.
@@GSP-76I never mentioned dreams
Natalie: "Is that one of those movies that will make me think I'm living in a simulation?"
Me: Oh boi
Haha...I literally looked away from my computer and smiled like I'm on The Office when she said that. Pretty sure this is The The Movie for that...
If it's even possible to create a simulation like the one in The Matrix or The Thirteenth Floor (highly underrated, IMHO), then odds are, such simulations have been created countless times, and we are, in all probability, living in one.
This is THE movie that will make you think you’re living in a simulation edit: someone already said it so my point is emphasis
Not the original but definitely the one that put the genre on the map....
Have I got math for you.
Assume there's one real world. In that real world, there's.... what, five simulations? (Just a random number. Fill in any number you like)
For reasons, in this universe, there's five big computers that run *simulated worlds.*
Now, what are the odds you live in the real world? 1 in 6. 1/6
What are the odds you live in one of the simulations? 5/6
Now realize there's probably FAR more simulations, if the 'real' world is even more complex than you can possibly know, and there's obviously more than 5 simulations going on in a whole universe. And then there might be _multiple layers._
The odds we live in a 'real' universe are absurdly low. On some level, we're probably in someone else's box.
The Athenian Greeks talked about this. Plato's Cave. Which is why so many people in the Matrix have greco-roman names :D
Fun fact. His stunt doubles are the ones who directed the John wick movies.
What an upgrade
@@jidhindharanm.p9351 Aims, lol
And also one of the agents played one of the henchmen in the first John Wick!
Whoa
@@gersonribeiro374 Yup, he's in the second one though not the first. He's the guy that fights Laurence Fishburne on top of the semi trailer. Also the same guy that initiates the Neo fight and says "Only human".
He didn't get hurt in the fall because he wasn't in the Matrix. He was in a loading program.
Technically it was the jump program.
@@amyjordan195 Tank... Load the jump program!
Switch (Tilde Swinton look-alike) dying as she was unplugged was honestly the most jarring scene for me when I first saw this movie. She knew she was going to die in one of the worst ways imaginable, and the scene was acted perfectly. All that aside, great reaction! I'm always hoping for more Matrix content.
20 years after seeing this movie, it was such a delight to watch someone experience it for the first time :)
Igor : I absolutely loved watching her reactions. My sister, Peggy, and I get really emotional when watching a good movie. She is the more silent type, especially if we are in a theater. Me......I’m the one how shouts or cries or yells out “don’t do it”, “Watch out behind you”, etc.
I have a love hate relationship with this movie.
Way back in the 80's, my online handle on BBS and in the 90's on early Internet, my handle was TheMaTrIx after the printers.
My geeky friends and me all had online handles based on Printers.
So when this movie landed, it utterly ruined the online handle I'd had for nearly 15 years.
It caused me to hate it so much I didn't watch any of it until the last movie was released.
And then I loved the entire universe of that movie.
@@enlightendbel An unusual story. But I kind of get it. Most have been a bunch of feelings, for example one being feeling kind of silly for being angry before.
@@autohmae dude, getting everyone and their cat throw movie quotes at you and thinking your handle has anything to do with that movie before you've even been able to see it makes one perfectly justifiably annoyed and angry.
The movie was spoiled for me, my handle was spoiled by the incessant references and sometimes laughter for supposedly naming myself after that movie.
@@enlightendbel seems like it's still hasn't healed. And probably never will. Sorry for my misunderstanding
When the Oracle told Neo that he was not the one. She said, “You’ve got the gift, but it looks like you’re waiting for something.” Neo ask what, to which she replies, “Your next life, maybe. Who knows.”
She knew he had to die & be reborn as the one.
I never thought of "next life" applying to this movie, I always assumed it refered to... (Spoilers)
what's explained later by the Architect. Interesting...
@@bassmunk maybe It was, since by then the Oracle was still doing what she always did: guide the one, well, the curent one.
@@bat0s4i Ya...Oh! But the Oracle said it would be Neo's life or Morpheus' life, and Neo would have to choose. THAT'S what him dying was really about. Him dying instead of Morpheus. There we go lol Forgot about that :P
Neo wasnt the one. Smith is. The One is supposed to reshape the matrix in his image. Hence why he turned everyone into himself.
@@Wobez
I heard that before, but how you explain neo's ability to sense and destroy the machines outside of Matrix?
Small child: there is no spoon
Neo: dammit, I just ordered the soup
Small child: there is no soup
@@WhiteHawk77 small child: * *heavy sigh* * “there is no.... ya’know what, you’ll figure it out eventually. Just go.”
I remember seeing this as a kid around 2000/2001, and just being obsessed with it, so amazing to see someone react organically to it after so long.
When this film came out, it was revolutionary
Josh Babin : it was the talk of everybody I knew or heard speaking about it. It was fantastic, but not the next two, yuck!
In its cinematography...absolutely. But, that's about it. And then it was ruined with those shitty sequels.
@@slcRN1971 Reloaded was great though
i think it still is
@@SolidSnake240 It was ok, until the retarded as shit nonsense about the AI getting into a human brain, and the absolute bullshit about how neo can suddenly do super shit OUTSIDE the virtual world. I had no plans to see the third after that stupidity.
Ahh, the immortal Keanu. Consider yourself blessed.
He’s breathtaking 👌😏
Agent 88 No you’re breathtaking
A message from Canada. You're welcome. 😁
Thundarr100 thank you for Letterkenny.
@@indade Natalie needs to watch Letterkenny.
Easy to forget how hype this movie is after seeing it so many times. That's where seeing it through somebody else is for.
I wish you could have experienced it the way I had back in April of 1999. My friend and I had practically no idea what the movie was about except that the movie poster looked awesome and it had Keanu Reeves in it. The sensation of surrendering to the filmmakers and just letting the narrative take you wherever it was going is something that is missing from the cinematic experience these days. There aren't many films that cause you to look at your reality in a different perspective, but the Matrix was one of them. This, along with Fight Club, were some of the best moviegoing experiences of 1999- a very great year for film.
Probably one of my favorite lines/interactions in any movie ever.
“What are you telling me? That I can dodge bullets?”
“No, Neo. I’m trying to tell you that when you’re ready....you won’t have to.”
So deep. Why? Because there is no spoon. smh. I just might go watch reloaded after this vid.
And the rest of the series was ruined: The End.
futurestoryteller : I didn’t like the other two after this one. This was more interesting because it was mind over matter not all those dang weird combat vessels and such......yuck. Plus, I didn’t like the ending of the third movie at all!!! I like to pretend that those two movies don’t exist.
total metaphor for a mans life. Your mind grows to a point where you dont need macho display, your respected regardless.
@@futurestoryteller The beginning was ruined to begin with. The AniMatrix is where it's at.
Start of vid: "I'm surprised this movie won"
End of vid: "I understand why this movie won"
Natalie, at 5:15: "Did Trinity teleport through the phone?"
Architect: "Quite right. That was quicker than the others..."
You might say that she took the Red Pill.
She's beginning to understand...
@@gregsteele806 The Red Pill meme comes from this movie.
@@momentary_ I am aware. Thank you.
"Who are these AGENTS?!"
"Yes."
There was an animated movie called the AniMatrix that is different stories but two of the stories are about the rise of the Machines and how Humans became power sources
Natalie: What? is the Matrix the phone line?
Everyone: No one can be told exactly what the matrix is, they have to see it for themselves
That cracked me up haha Im sure most of us had absurd suspicions when we saw it the first time
@@BlaneNostalgia
Me in 1999: "I've always wanted to see a movie about magic phones!"
@@UTU49 haha
Blane Nostalgia my first time watching the opening, I asked “how important can a phone call be?”
@@mistermeanial1690 lmao
"Why is he dropping so many bullets?" Oh man Natalie, that got a good laugh out of me, thanks for that.
the Matrix trilogy was one of my favorite movies from my childhood and they still are. 21 years later after The Matrix released it's great seeing people like Natalie react to it for the first time and enjoy it a lot based on her reaction.
Nat remembering how guns work 2/3rds through the Matrix is something I didn't know I needed in my life
Fun fact: Agent Smith is Hugo Weaving. He was Elrond, the elf king in the Lord of the Rings.
And MEGATRON IN TRANSFORMERS, AND THE RED SKULL IN CAPTAIN AMERICA
You don't say!
He is also V in V for Vendetta, and Red Skull in the movie Captain America: The First Avenger.
And the dance coach in "Step It Up 2"
😞
Mr Arigorn, you have two lives to choose from, one of them is with my daughter😐
Natalie: "Are those federal agents?"
Me: "Yes but no but yes"
All feds are semi sentient programs
Omfg I can' believe you cut out the "Dodge this" reaction :(
Cut out so many of the actual beginning of the cool reveal moments.
And Ciphers ... why oh why didn't I take the blue pill line. It was central to the movies theme.
Agreed, best. Part of the movie
Philosophy professors used this movie as a discussion take off point, because it incorporates several different concepts of reality.
Were not using standards or normal ethical philosophy when it uses a whole bunch of niches and everyone thinks he's crazy and is not sensible but that is the illusion the truth is that it's true
Carrie-Anne Moss was SO good in this.
That's because she is Omega!
Have you seen "Unthinkable"? Fantastic movie! She's amazing in it.
Yeah, for a character with ZERO personality. Great movie, but the romantic chemistry was about as high as Twilight.
No she wasn't, lol.
Carrie is simply the perfect actor.
"was the Orcale wrong all along?"
Or maybe, did the Oracle say the exact thing Neo needed to hear? ;)
She said maybe he would be Neo in his next life. When he "died" and became Neo, that was literally hist "next" life.
And dont worry about the vase. I said don’t worry about it.
Actually she had this sign over the door saying "reconize yourself". He was there to hear from her who he is but thats not how it works..
wampatan9 The one is said to able to bend reality to his will. Neo already believed when he tried to save Morpheus. He’s already virtually invinsible at that point.
the oracle said that "NOBODY" can tell you if you are the one, only you can know that (or something close), but then goes on to tell him that he's not the one. It's like getting the answers to a test, you may have the answers, but you still don't know the answers.
I don't think I've seen you that stoked over a movie before -- glad you loved it along with the rest of us! I remember being absolutely blown away in the theater.
Great reaction, The Matrix is a mindbender. Just imagine watching this in 1999 in cinema, knowing nothing of what this is going to be about. This blew my tiny little mind and revolutionized so much about action movies, that it's impact can still be felt today. One of a kind movie.
Saw this movie in the theater when it came out, never saw a trailer, didn't read a review, just saw a promo poster with the trench coats and shades and thought "what the heck, looks ok." I was blown away by it!
Ahh the movie poster. Back then, there was something so eye popping and appealing going into a theatre and seeing a poster for an upcoming movie (that was to be released a year later lol). Like, it had a life of its own just there all propped up as you walked in. There was an allure to it.
The poster for Sylvester Stallone's 1996 film Daylight had me go "say no more fam, im walking straight into the movie theatre and im gonna sit down and end up watching THIS TERRIBLE FILM!" But hey, the poster was bad ass enough to entice me to sit through it. The HUGE MIB posters with Will Smith and Tommy Lee tho were the best. They always had me anticipating.
Very similar to me. I went into the cinema with no clue what to expect. Trailers, reviews, gossip... None of that chatter got anywhere near me; it was my buddy who was dying to see it. Three hours later, I walked out of that cinema forever changed. The Matrix (and the sequels) are right up there amongst my absolute favourite movies of all time and I can watch them over and over.
Same. I honestly don't know *how* I wasn't spoiled before I saw it - I was hugely active on the net and all my friends were into this stuff. I was stunned to see Neo wake up in the real world, and the movie got more and more nuts from there.
Me too, after seeing the poster I didn't need to see a trailer to know this was going to be awesome
The reason most of us remember not having the movie spoiled before hand is because it wasn't, it's whole promotional push was based around "what is the matrix?"
I remember when that was in the theater, and my friend made me go see it. Imagine what you're feeling, but everything is cutting edge, best-of-the-best technology, and the images are projected on the big screen with theater sound. That still doesn't really capture how we felt seeing it back then.
This was the star wars for GenZ.
Yep. My friends and I were blown away , and saw it 3 times in the theater.
@@casualsuede millenials technically, gen Z would be just starting to be born when this movie came out..
the realization of the world being a simulation is the best reaction from anybody about anything.
I remember watching this in theaters in '99. All I had seen was the 30-second Superbowl teaser.
So, yeah, I went in totally cold. Your reactions remind me of the awe I felt that first viewing.
Tyler playing video games in the other room: "If you hear any weird noises in the background, Natalie is reacting to movies right now".
Natalie: "Is the Matrix, like, the phone line?"
The Matrix: "Well yes, but actually no."
Well.. the gsm i only have 9.6kbit/s uplink. The payphonr have 115kbit/s isdn link....
.... if they only had 3G, that would not be a problem
@@matsv201 neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerd!!!
@@ded-pihto what’s neeeeeeeeee -erd?
@@genghisgalahad8465 search for Homer Simpson - n.e.r.d.
You mentioned the inspiration for Eleven in Stranger Things. Stranger Things had a lot of sources for inspiration, but the big one for Eleven was Firestarter, a Steven King adaptation, starring a young Drew Barrymore. If you want a good retro-80's movie, that's an interesting one.
A perfectly honest, relatable reaction to seeing the Matrix for the first time. It really took me back! Enjoyed it so much!
The oracles cookies are meant to be a direct reference to internet cookies. She knows everything. Don't worry. No one understood this movie after the first time watching it
My Dad and uncle understand almost none of it. Showing it to them was one of my greatest miscalculations.
UTU49 😂😂
I've seen it more than 5 times and each time realize something new. Love it . One of my favorite of all time
Rule of thumb:
Greenish colours = matrix
Regular/greyish colours = real world
I worked on all three of these movies, and to see people today react to something I was part of in the way you do, makes the hours and days that I put into it. All worth it.
What did you work on my guy? Congrats - it is one of the best movies of all time!
@@nathanfraudik5840 all three matrix movies I was a compositor and particle fx artist.
I LOVED it when you said “The spoon isn’t reeeaaalll!!!” 🤩 Turned into a stan in a matter of minutes 🙌🏻
You can tell how extraordinary The Matrix was, by how strong Natalie's reactions are many years after the movie came out.
My favorite things about watching reaction videos these days is how so many of them can go into these movies knowing nothing about them - not even trailers or marketing materials. Often not even pop culture awareness.
They're having an even more pure experience than many of us had watching these movies for the first time in the theater.
(Terminator 2 is another great example - since they majorly spoiled major things in the trailers for it)
"You believe that you are special, ..." - He is.
"... that somehow the rules do not apply to you." - They don't.
Beep beep boop!
2 years ago my ex-gf experienced that movie for the first time. One evening at dinner we were talking about movies and then i found out she had only heard about The Matrix. 30 minutes later i was showing her the movie and the reaction was pretty much the same. OMG after OMG after OMG... She was 31 at that time. I was 12 when i watched it for the first time, but it was only 2 years ago when i realised how much more brain melting that movie is if you watch it as an adult and not a kid.
Me and my friends coming out of the theater after seeing this the first time was hilarious. It was like Jurassic Park, it was such an immersive experience that leaving the theater was like a return to normalcy, and we were checking the back of our necks, just to be sure. It was half in jest and half very serious.
God the bit where Neo literally shakes the dust off himself and then does the “come get some” gesture is maybe the most anime thing in any western action movie and it rules so much. What a great flick. Even if the sequels were disappointing, I’m glad the Wachowskis got to make movies their way.
Famous Bruce Lee gesture from the classic Kung Fu movie, "Enter the Dragon".
I love how it continues to evolve throughout the trilogy, and how much Smith hates it. His wordless 'oh-you-son-of-a-bitch' in revolutions is a treasure.
Sequels were disappointing?
@@whiteballs538 ikr
I thought Reloaded was brilliant and set up a world where Neo would have to travel through multiple levels of the Matrix to finally find the real world. Because he stopped the machines at the end and Agent Smith entered Zion, I thought this was proof that Zion was still part of the Matrix. There was really no social media back then so this was all head cannon, and I thought we might discover the true Zion actually existed in a recovered earth. Needless to say, Revolutions made me sad.
Natalie: (Never seen The Matrix)
"The Matrix barely starts*
Natalie: Is this one of those movies that make me think I'm living in a simulation?
Keanu Reeves and Me: Wooa...
Jon lovitz: Acting!!!
Oracle and Architect WOW how Come it is Only Anomaly
Duude...
@@Bellic999 dang it i was gonna do that 😆
She's really watching the Matrix for the first time...again.
13:00 You are correct in your assessment. It was actually this movie and the sequels that got Keanu Reeves deeply involved into the mythos and history of many martial arts, and led to his desire to work harder on each action movie he did to try to portray any combat or fight scene as accurately as possible. The direct result of that passion? The John Wick movies.
As to the Matrix, Lawrence Fishburn (Morpheus) and Keanu Reeves were put through a kung fu boot camp that was also part of their strength and conditioning training for the movie. That boot camp was four? five? months long and was literally four hours a day of martial arts. After the boot camp, they started the fight rehearsals, and another interesting thing about the kung fu fight was that they were so good after that boot camp, that instead of things like intentional misses, pulling punches, etc, they were actually REALLY GOING FOR EACH OTHER :O! That's why it looked so good. They had so much trust in each other and knew the moves so well that they were actually trying to hit each other, except for the parts where Keanu's arms needed to be sped up via visual effects at the end of the fight.
The inspiration for Eleven in Stranger Things was the character Lucy, from Elfen Lied.
which is SOOOO awesome
Really? I didn't know that. That's a cool little factoid.
The Oracle's conversation with Neo was just for him. He, at the time, needed to believe he wasn't the One.
or just like religion, she is vague, and if she was wrong...it was all planned. kinda like "gods will" lol
@@tyroneloki5131 Only this is not a real-life religion now is it? When discussing future sight she told him no one can see past choices they do not understand. So she could see that she had the gift but not what he was waiting for. Still, she told him exactly what would happen. "Maybe in your next life". Neo died and then resurrected as the One.
@@shadearca Huwaat!?? this is not real life!!?? my life has been a lie!
Agent Smith is The One, the whole plan of the Oracle wouldn't have worked if he knew that, though. Such a dangerous game indeed
@@bepkororoti8019 Please stop spreading that Smith-is-The-One nonsense. Yes, I've seen the video, and it's a massively distorted and oversimplified version of what's really going on.
The sunglasses hide that the actors are blinking furiously from the rapid gunfire.
"That's an Alice In Wonderland reference, I don't want to see that from my computer" - Not only did that crack me up but I am still laughing at that. Could be best line ever regarding The Matrix.
The first time I watched this movie I was a single mom living outside Spokane, WA with my 13 year old daughter. We stayed up late to watch it and just after we went to bed at about 1am, I heard my daughter jump out of bed and run out the front door! I ran after her and found her looking up. It was a crystal clear night and the sky was lit up with Northern Lights. In what was a surreal moment, the sky was shimmering with dancing colors. We wrapped ourselves in blankets and stood outside staring at the lights until 4am when we finally went inside for hot chocolate and sleep. It was an incredible experience to have right after seeing The Matrix!
I remember my feeling after exiting the cinema in -99. Me, my brother and our friends really needed a debriefing. No movie have impacted me as The Matrix did back then. Probably the best movie ever.
i read your words of need of debriefing exactly the same time when she said it at 24:38
can this be real i mean at this point its obvoius that its a simulation
I went to the movies to see this twice with a different friend, and BOTH times we couldn’t even sit next to each other 😆.
To me its the holy trinity
Aliens, T2 and matrix. The 3 watershed action movies. Matrix the only one i was sufficeny old to se in cinemas.
Seeing Star Wars back in 78 at the age of 4 had the same impact.
Same, I went with my parents and sister, I was 6 and my sister was 5 lol I never understood what was going on but the action and slow-mo scenes were so cool to me. It became a tradition watch the movies with my family since I watched the next two with them. Reloaded ended up becoming my fav of the 3.
The part when Neo tries to jump and then end up falling on the ground was a simulation program and not Matrix itself, that's why the fall was not supposed to kill him.
Referring to yourself as a 'reactor' at the start of reacting The Matrix is classic lol.
Fun reaction. I would probably check out full version of this on Patreon.
"Maybe put the phone in your pocket man!" A second later the phone falls down from the skyscraper.
"This guy wears sunglasses too"
The Matrix trilogy summarized in one sentence 😂
Andrew Meneses sunwear companies made a killing in 99, probly
@@alex0589 but legit I bought a pair of Matrix replica sunglasses back then lol
This and the badass longcoat trope.
Morpheus: (saying something profound)
Nat: AYEOHH this guy wears sunglasses too
Lmao
Fun fact: Morpheus is named after the Greek God of sleep and, consequently, dreams.
A certain Hypnos was their god of sleep.
@@facultatiffacultatif8779 That is his mom but yeah she is also a sleep God. So is his dad, Somnus, for that matter. Morpheus is the one that's supposed to bring dreams.
@dzhellek
You're saying that Hypnos was a female god ?
Morpheus's mom at that ?
And that Somnus was not just
the Roman version of it ?
@@facultatiffacultatif8779 not only that but morpheus had a thousand or so brothers and sisters. They were all part of what's called the Somnia and would take different forms and visit mortals in their sleep giving them dreams.
I didn't want to get too complex for the CZcams crowd so I figured him being a sleep god was enough. Sorry, didn't mean to imply that he was the only sleep God. You might be right about Hypnos now that I think about it. It's been about ten years since I took that class.
Morpheus is a god of dreams (his brothers send animalistic dreams or nightmares). Hypnos was the main god of sleep though and he was a father of all of them.
Imagine watching this movie and seeing that 'bullet-time' scene on the roof for the first time ever in theaters. Actually, first seeing it in the trailer. That scene blew my mind the first time I saw it. Smooth, slow-motion, moving camera angles had never been seen like this before. It was astonishing!
I watched this movie several times while it was still in theaters, one of maybe two movies where I have ever seen it in the theater more than once. Between the movie itself and the soundtrack it was one of the coolest things ever.
GREAT reaction!!! Smart, but very honest! 🙂
And yeah, this is the first movie where the actors had to seriously learn Kung Fu. Such a thing had never been done before, pretty much, but the Wachowskis knew that it was absolutely essential.
That scene when neo is sleeping and there is massive attack playing in the background. Iconic. just freaking iconic.
Matrix is a classic, not a suprise it won.
Also, Keanu
I remember when it was new. You whippersnappers calling it a classic really put a burr under my saddle. Now git offa my lawn!
@@Theomite Same. I was in high school when it came out. We got grown ass adults right now who weren't born until after this movie came out. Think about that.
@@courtneyvaldez7903 I try not to. Every day.
It's a pretty cool story. And yes, the bystanders who die in the matrix die in their pods, are liquified and fed intravenously to the living. They couldn't afford to be non-lethal because everyone still inside could turn into an agent.
I've been going back and forth about what creators can act the best. When it comes to acting like they've never seen the movie. And you win.
The air thing is because he's trying to get Neo to understand they're not in a real place, it's digital, virtual, the rules of reality are not holding them back.
first impression was. it was not me!
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Baggins."
My name is BILBO!
"We missed you."
Oh my god, I love your reactions, I could watch these all day XDD
Finally somebody that reviewed this movie and actually waited to the very end so they could see that he was flying!
You’d be shocked at how many people miss that part🤦
Was The Oracle wrong? No.
She said he was waiting for his next life. He died, Trinity brought him back to life. Then he was in his "next life"
Also, Cypher said, "If he's The One, than only a miracle can stop me." Tank wasn't killed and stopped him. That was the miracle.
absolutely, the oracle is never wrong
Of course, because the same people writing her wrote the rest of the movie. Well done
"Not too bright though" that's always been one of my favorite moments in this movie. The way she delivers the line, not making fun of him but instead just stating a fact. I also like how seemingly throwaway lines, like the Oracle saying he's not the one until his next life maybe or Morpheus saying when the time comes he won't need to dodge bullets, are paid off later because those lines actually meant something.
@Iain Steele Neo is the one. The Oracle told him he's not the one, that it's like he's waiting for something, his next life maybe. Neo 'died' before he became the one. Smith is an agent, a program that works for the Matrix.
@Iain Steele We are only talking about this movie. Don't bring in things that didn't happen in this movie. Remember this is a first watch reaction.
@Iain Steele Neo is the One, what happens in the sequels (SPOILERS!) is that some of Neo's One-ness (his One code, if we want) rubbed off on Smith when he destroyed him in the final scene of this movie.
@Iain Steele Neo does exactly what The One is meant to do. He just does it on a higher level. That's why the last movie is called "Revolution".
@Iain Steele We're moving rapidly into SPOILER territory so I'll add a few lines before continuing...
SPOILERS BELOW
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The purpose of The One is to return to The Source with his "anomaly code", so that they can reboot The Matrix "in his image" with the updated code. It's all part of the control system to keep The Matrix functional; it's a way to contain and control the human inclination to grow (the reason the first matrices failed). It's not stated directly but it's at least hinted strongly that The Oracle somehow made Neo more rebellious and autonomous than his predecessors, which leads him to reject the control system in the Architect's room and choose the left door instead of the right one he was supposed to choose. What this leads to in the end is that he goes to The Source on a higher level (the machine city) and in the real world, and that the system is rebooted "in his image" - now including the machines and basically the whole real world and not just The Matrix itself. Smith didn't do this but he was part of enabling it. He was basically Neo's "negative digital self" - or in other terms: a metaphor for his ego that didn't want to let go of the illusory world.
I can't imagine reaching adulthood without seeing this movie. It changes the way you look at the world. The way someone sees the world that saw this movie growing up and someone that didn't is completely different. I'm not saying the Matrix is a real thing, but this movie makes you question the possibilities of what's real and what isn't. It opens your mind to higher levels of thinking.
I just gave this a re-watch, Natalie, your reaction was so fun. Congratulations on your 50K. 😊😁
the scene in Neos cubical is CIMINALLY UNDERRATED. When he receives the package with the cell phone and has to sign for it, the pen he uses is one of those old multi color ink pens, two obvious colors that stand out (red & blue) symbolizing knowledge of the Real (red) and those who are still sleep inside the matrix (blue). Neo currently not convinced of the real world signs in the BLUE ink.
It's crazy because we're always asked to sign in blue or black but never red. Also, growing up playing goodies & baddies. Subconsciously the good guy colour is blue and the bad guy colour is red. It's been integrated into our childhood. It's a form of control and misdirection from the truth within the matrix.
Apok delivers the phone
I asked a teacher in jr high why we are told to use blue or black, I was told that they work better for scanning/photocopying. This was 25 years ago
I'd say its more overlooked than underrated. Those who notice the comparisons have no choice but to praise the work. Unfortunately a lot of people don't watch movies with the necessary attentiveness. Great point though, amazing scene and not meant to be argumentative
@Half life 3 I'm talking about within the film's universe. Aahaa...I don't think that about the real world...You think I wear a tinfoil hat...hahaa? I'm not crazy I swear...You believe me right? (Laughs nervously)
We need a “what” counter
Or what drinking game
@@hungryewok1684 Or both.
@@hungryewok1684 do you want alcohol poisoning?
Dave Chappelle as lil Jon still has her beat. Whattt??"" Whaat!? Okaaay! Yeaayaah!?
"I need to go debrief with my boyfriend" 12 year old me laughing at unintended raunchy joke.
Rewatching this now, and Nat is celebrating 50k subscribers.
In less than an year, reaching 150k. That's amazing
I'm always so surprised when someone hasn't watched a movie like the matrix before, like wtf. It's a joy to watch your reaction though!
@@yt45204 the matrix was 99 no shade for her not having watched it and i'm not sure what her age is but i feel like natalie would've been old enough to watch it when/near it came out
She haven't seen Star Wars and LOTR and Matrix before, I wonder what kinda movies she grew up watching.
Someone over the age of twenty asked me the other day who Johnny Cash is. It kinda freaked me out.
Most my fav comedies were made before I was born
@@yt45204 Yeah, loads of them.
Born in 1988, seen lots of earlier movies.
Anyone else hit "Like" before the intro is over?
JHHolliday81 *raises hand*
JHHolliday81 if i know the channel well enough, i hit like as the video starts. That way i don’t forget. If something makes me angry enough I’d go hit dislike after that cuz I’ll do that when i reach the threshold, but that almost never ever happens on any channel i frequent.
JHHolliday81 With Natalie's channel? Always.
With Nat's videos I've begun hitting like before I hit play. I have yet to be disappointed. 👋😀
This film made such an impact on cinema, particularly action films.
I just started watching your reactions, I really love it an enjoying them. I was really shocked that so many reactors didn't watched so many cool movies. :)
15:38 "she did not give him good news,...she gave him a cookie tho." 😂
Hey, that's the legit way to do it. "Here's a rotten day... chocolate chips"
She literally gave him a "cookie", to remember the information she gave him
"...and then I remembered how guns work." That line cracked me up!!
The beauty of this movie is that it demands additional viewings to fully understand. I was actually happy that I didn't comprehend everything after the first viewing. It was such an unusual film concept, it's understandable I didn't fully get it that first time.
As I watched this you're at 107,000 subscribers . So well deserved !
18:49 When Morpheus is explaining the Agents to Neo, anyone who isn't redpilled can be taken over by the agents. Yes they're innocent but still a "threat". And yes they die, and their bodies are flushed.
The reason is because Neo and the others aren't connected to The Matrix by direct wiring; they're hacking in remotely through wireless signals. That's what the Sentinels (squid-bots) were looking for. But the regular people in The Matrix are directly wired into it. Because the Agents are inside The Matrix, they can possess anybody else hooked into it to.
No they when an AGENT hacks into another person's construct program, that host Doesn't die Unless they actually get KILLED, IE, SHOT, BLOWN UP ECT, but most of the time, the person's construct program just gets reassigned to another program reality of the Matrix, with a their memory COMPLETELY wiped out..... ("Cypher, referenced this in the restaurant scene with Smith, how he would like to be rehacked back into the "power plant"(Machine City)
Very true of the non red pilled people walking around our streets today...
"Is that one of those movies that will make me think I'm living in a simulation?"
No, not *one* of those movies. This is *THE MOVIE* that made everyone think we're in a simulation.
The 13th Floor came out before this, and while it wasn't as good, it did a good job of that "Am I living in a simulation" feeling in the audience.
@@rikk319 Meh. Nobody cares about that one.
Now THAT can be "one of those movies that will make me think I'm living in a simulation".
The deadly assassin on dr who came out in 1975
magtovi There’s too many movies that came out before Matrix with the simulation concept for this to be the movie
@@thegameshark8966 Yes, Alice in Wonderland. Wizard of Oz. All our favorite fantasy movies that are actually sci fi genre.
Your screenshot getting to this vid is priceless! Like a deer caught in the headlights. It's a lot to wrap your mind around.
"i remembered how guns work" and then the smile-giggle.
This is the content i'm here for!