FIRST TIME WATCHING: The Matrix (1999) REACTION (Movie Commentary)
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Fun fact, Keanu Reeves took a pay cut to work with the same stunt performers in The Matrix Reloaded and Revolution that he did in this movie. He also gifted several stuntmen Harley Davidson motorcycles and payed for a wrap party. That is why stuntmen love him!
I hear good stories about him all the time. Probably the nicest guy in Hollywood
@@CapedInformer he’s definitely up there, love the channel and love the content
another fun fact: the wachowski's wanted will smith to play neo, but he declined the role bcs he didnt understood it and prefered to play in the flop wild wild west. so it was will smith who made keanu to a big player in the film business 😂
If you look at photos of him taken with women, he has his hands around their waste but doesn't physically touch them. He respects others to an insane degree. He is nothing but good.
@@CapedInformer Check out Jonny Mnomic
I still remember going to the theatre to watch this in 1999. I hadn't even seen the trailer beforehand. Went with my wife and nephew. When it was over, I new I had seen a masterwork.
Same. didn't know much about it at all. The best way to go into a new movie. It was a terrific experience for sure.
You new you had seen a masterpiece or you old you had seen a masterpiece? ;)
Great in theater. Pop corn hot dogs. Yes sir
@@TboneTenEighties I think that was the whole novelty of the film in that you didn’t know what it was about. The question was even asked in the film: “What is The Matrix?”.
I saw it for the first time two years ago and it absolutely blew my mind! Also unique for an Australian audience since it was filmed in Sydney and I recognised a lot of the locations used (Martin Place, the old GPO, the Norton Building and Central Station).
I didn't see it in theatres, but I got to experience it with surround sound with my brothers in 2001. That was crazy. Even though it was on a crv tv. I was 12. Coolest thing ever.
Blade, The Crow, The Matrix... 90s fashion was wicked back then!
Ahh yes
Back when hollywood gave all types of heros and badguys black trench coats for badassery reasons
xD
Add 'Point Break' to that list.
"At last..." is how I greet people coming out of public bathroom stalls that I've been waiting to use.
I usually say I warmed it up for you.
Regarding Agent Smith coming back to life after the train ran him over, Agents can overwrite any person. So basically Smith overwrote someone already on the train
Great reaction bro. A lot of people always miss it when Neo meets with the Oracle for the first time. She never said verbatim that Neo is not the One. The point is this: you have to know who you are. In order for Neo to be the One, he has to know it for himself.
Exactly! She also literally said, “You got the gift. You’re just waiting for something. Your next life.” And when he dies, he’s reborn as The One
Laurence Fishburne will forever be the greatest of all time! This movie reminds me of highschool this was huge back then and still holds up today especially now.
Pardon my ignorance, but I believe that was Samuel L Jackson
@@HABO2210 it’s ok no that was not SLJ. He was in pulp fiction & shaft 😉
@@elizabitty213 damn! I thought Laurence Fishburne was in Pulp Fiction!
@@HABO2210 haha no
@@HABO2210 Then you have never seen Pulp Fiction.
This is my favorite movie of all time. When I saw this in the theater in 1999, I walked out looking at the sky and thinking "Is this a virtual simulation?" I was blown away on so many levels. While I enjoyed the scene where Neo stopped the bullets, I still believe that the greatest scene is when Neo woke up in the pod of goo. It was shocking.
Iconic says it all. The Matrix is always a great watch!
This is so weird, I literally just watched this last night. So goddamn good and still holds up 22 years later.
Will you be doing the entire trilogy?
The original was the only good one the rest suck
@@icecold6801 The rest are awesome,,, loved them all pretty Equally ..It's the whole reason why we're getting a fourth one The trilogy was awesome
@@icecold6801 False, the Animatrix was fantastic.
@@icecold6801 if you didn’t like it that’s fine but when someone is just getting into the series don’t go saying shit like that, maybe they will like it but they might never watch it cause u just kept saying shit about a movie they haven’t even watched yet.
Billions of people and an extremely well known movie. Not that weird.
I like how Caped Informer react to movies I usually don't see around, for exemple Desperado and Bloodsport. And now, finally, The Matrix (this one, well known).
Caped informer is a class act...👍😉...🌿🌿🌿
The best movie of that series.
He brought new standards into the film industry and the soundtrack was just amazing.😎
I highly recommend watching The Animatrix before continuing on to Matrix Reloaded. It's an animated anthology that sets up some stuff in the other movies and explains the backstory of the robot uprising.
Still have my DVD of The Animatrix. Very cool indeed
I loved Animatrix specially second renaissance and kid's story
The animatrix is the best. I cannot believe so many people skipped it. It has such a cool stories and explains the lore far better than the movies,
@@NetAndyCz because animation in general isn’t all that respected as a medium
One of the cool things about this movie for me was. There were a lot of books, movies, TV shows etc, where people go into a computer world, Tron, Lawn mower man, and many others. And going into this for the first time I was thinking it was more of the same. But, the twist of that we are already in the simulation was at the time kind of new. I loved that part, 'why do my eyes hurt'? "because you've never used them before'. left the theater with my head in deep thought for quite a while.
Without question one of the best and most influential action and sci-fi movies ever made. Period. Absolute masterpiece!
I remember the first time I saw it, it was on a plane to a holiday destination. It was on the plane back, and without me trying I was almost able to quote it verbatim.
God I was a dorky kid.
Edit: Hah - one thing which indicates that Cypher is a traitor - he uses a different fictional metaphor to everyone else. Everyone else alludes to Alice in Wonderland, he alludes to the Wizard of Oz
There’s a heap of Alice in Wonderland references, “follow the white rabbit”, “you must be feeling a bit like Alice, tumbling down the rabbit hole” that sort of mirrors the experience of Alice entering a fantastical world and questioning her identity like Neo does in The Matrix.
It’s funny you mention Cipher’s The Wizard of Oz reference “Buckle your seatbelt Dorothy, cause Kansas is going bye-bye” since it’s the only one in the film, but also influenced The Matrix with Dorothy being sucked up in a tornado into a fantastical world like Alice.
I really like your reactions. One of the best in this "younger people reacting to iconic 90's and early 2000 movies" genre... You can always tell when people are overreactin or faking... There's only one thing I look for these reactions, honest and real reaction to something that these people haven't seen, that's it... No need to joke all the time or constantly say something...
The Matrix, yup that movie blew our minds so hard back in the day and to me has aged so well, even the gg... Fourth looks very promising...
I appreciate the minimal commentary - concise and no BS. I saw "The Matrix" in the theater and to this day it holds up - especially the deeper questions.
“I don’t remember you ever bringing me dinner.”
“I don’t remember you ever being The One.” 🤣
Fun backstory: The Wachowskis Matrix project spent 4 months in pre-production, shooting a handful of scenes, getting sets organized and training the cast for all the specific intense action scenes. Warner Bros grew restless 4 months in and not seeing much back from production. The Wachowskis answered WB back by forwarding the mostly finished (including the FX) opening sequence with Trinity. There were no more questions on what was taking so long.
You're talking about about the two brothers right? Because science.
@@darkzer0670 Don't be a douchebag or pretend you know any science. Because its not on your side - as you'd know if you studied the topic for even a few moments.
@@darkzer0670 Since you want to show people like me as a man. How about you grow a pair and come with facts. Either nut up or shut up.
@@RichardCherry316 chromosomes
Also I peeped how the original person I responded to. Never spoke back up. This is how it should be for trans people for now on. All that bullying gets shut right the fuck down when you show aggression.
“Yeah, I trust her.”
Trinity whips out gun looking thing.
“Nah, I don’t trust her.”
😂😂😂
27:58 - You disbelief that Keanu Reeves can move so incredibly can only be expanded by watching "John Wick" and it's sequels. He is FANTASTIC in those movies!
And now, a nerd's complaint about this movie. According to the masses who would know, humans don't put out all that much electricity. This was pointed out shortly after the movie was released. Only recently did I learn that the machines were supposed to be using humans as a neural net, which would have made A LOT more sense. Neurological signaling and reaction speeds can't REALLY be matched mechanically. So to use humans for that would have made more sense... but more complex to explain. Thus: batteries. =(
I am so mad they "dumbed down" the plot to batteries, because the human neural net seemed too complex. It is worse than turning the philosopher's stone into the sorcerer's stone. The whole plot does not make sense when the computational power is replaced by the electricity.
Happy to see your reaction. Sadly, the promise of the end of this film (that Neo would show all living humans that they live in a dream world) was not fulfilled in the two sequels. The sequels continued the fight between humanity and the machines... a necessary fight but still unrelated to how the film ended. I am really looking forward to the new film and hope it returns to the issue of waking people up from their dream (helping people escape from the fake reality "cult"). That would be a story really appropriate to today... when critical thinking is under attack in ways it was not in the late 1990s.
keanu was perfect for the role. it almost went to will smith lol
Great, now I wish there was a Will Smith version of this movie
@@Dragan3rd it would have been something like Wild Wild West.
@@janetuss6496 you don’t know that at all
@@ninjanibba4259neither do you 😮
@@paramama00 yeah I do
As a 90's kid it is better to watch as an adult. You understand the concepts and paradoxes a lot better.
Glad you agreed at the end. I wrote this comment mid way through
I literally just watched a video of Quentin Tarantino telling the story of him and some friends seeing The Matrix on opening night at Mann's Chinese Theatre and having no clue whatsoever what he was about to see because the trailers revealed nothing, only made it more confusing.
In honor of pride week, Agent Smith is in The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Such a fun movie!!
One of the best movies I've ever seen...in theatre when it was released. A masterpiece.
i remember when this film came out, completely blew me away. was truly ahead of its time.
Still get chills wen neo wraps the strap round his hand n gets trinity out the helicopter...blew my mind first time I saw it
I will never forget the first time I saw this..I knew I was experiencing something truly groundbreaking. I wasn't really a fan of the sequels but the new film looks amazing!
If you continue on with the 2nd & 3rd film, I recommend checking out the Animatrix which is a collection of animated shorts, each done in a different style by different directors and artists. It provides a good deal of backstory not only for the Matrix itself, but also sets up the sequel and introduces new characters either in the movie or mentioned in it.
I was thinking about this yesterday actually. Hugo Weaving has to be the best genre actor of all-time. And I was thinking of it because of Red Skull in CAPTAIN AMERICA. I keep seeing him in reaction videos because everyone is reacting to Marvel, LOTR, and now the Matrix. I first saw him in PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT (not genre) all those years ago. I don't even think he's been nominated for anything because these movies aren't awards bait. But he's super awesome. After you're done with all these maybe you can check out the underrated CLOUD ATLAS, also by the Wachowskis. It caused some controversy at the time but it's my favorite movie from the last decade. Weaving is in that too.
"I don't remember you ever bringing me dinner."
"I don't remember you ever being the one."
OHHHHHHHH 🔥🔥🔥
I'm just starting to watch, but I thought you'd want to know that I'm still adding "Let's do what it do" to everyone who says, "So without further ado." The most amusing is this insanely beautiful girl in Bulgaria whose accent is kind of what Americans think Russians sound like. There she is, all smiley and ready to go, and her usual line is, "So without further ado, LET'S GO!" But when the timing is right, and keep in mind that I'm sitting here, alone in my apartment, I speak over her in an imitation of her accent and say, "Let us do what it do."
Haha maybe it will catch on to others
Good work 👏🤜😁
That and when some amazing action happens we say, "Yooooohl!!"🤣
24:49 Morpheus said everyone around them is a potential agent. Which means the agents can take over anyone's body. Guy with the cell phone, the little girl ect. That's how they survive being shot up or hit by a subway train. Also, if you're planning on watching the 4th Matrix movie you have to watch the other two first. IMO its necessary.
The part were Morpheus (The dream God BTW) says: "Have you had a dream you were sure was real, what if you were unable to wake from that dream! How would you know the dream world from real world?" Well, it comes from this: Zhuangzi Dream
But he didn't know if he was Zhuangzi who had dreamt he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming that he was Zhuangzi. Between Zhuangzi and the butterfly there must be some distinction!
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Baggins." 😊😎😂🤣😂🤣
Train brakes to a halt.
Agent Smith emerges.
CI: "What the hell is that? How did he survive?"
Well, he's just code, you see. He's not even a real person plugged into the matrix - he's pure code.
Still one of the best final thirds of a movie ever done. As good today as it was when first released.
People today will never understand how cool and futuristic and epic this looked in 1999 😁
This film brings back all the feels. I watched this in theatres when it came out. Good times.
24:48 he wasn't okay. Smith was killed by the train. So his program just used the body of one of the people on the train. If you notice his suit is clean again and his sunglasses are fixed and on his face.
A classic
Absolute cinematic game changer… the use of RATM ‘Wake up’ at the end was perfection 👌
Back in the early 90s computer monitors had green characters against a black screen before actual color monitors were introduced. Notice the green tint palette of the movie when they're in the Matrix vs full color when they're not.
Cipher: "I don't remember you ever bringing me dinner."
Caped: "I don't remember you ever being The One."
🤣🤣🤣 Petty!
Another great reaction. I loved this movie as a kid. Still holds up after all these years
This movie, like Star wars and others, changed cinema forever. Perfect movie.
I remember seeing this in the theaters with my brother and friends and we was impressed by the effects etc
Thomas Anderson was also the name of the man who is credited with designing the Titanic.
And even this movie was based on Cyberpunk and games like Shadowrun, etc. A lot of us Gen-X gamers went to this movie, saw the port in the back of his head, and said, "Yes! A datajack!" We were all glad to finally see a movie do it justice, whatever we thought of "chosen ones."
3:44 "Why is he so casual?"
Well, because he's...
Morpheus, Dorpheus, Orpheus!
Go eat some walruses
, orifices, porridges!
should have seen this movie when it got out. Back then this was like nothing you've seen before. Really cutting edge. I still think it's one of the best movies ever but back then it would drop your jaw
Seen this bad boy in the theater. WOW! Ground breaking stuff.
This is pretty random but I always found the sound of the shot that Smith fires into Neo's chest in the end is just magnificent. Super slo-mo how you actually hear the workings ot the gun and the bullet in the chamber going off. As a dramatic effect after that wild fast chase and also kind of muffled as in a surreal moment where you don't even believe what just happened even almost in the background as his breath leaves his body. Artistically this is a bold choice. They could have made it a loud and shocking moment. Instead they went with the surreal wtf moment like what? I can't believe after all this I'm still gonna die! ?! ...His face tells the whole story as he looks at Smith in disbelief in this almost transcendant moment that totally comes out of the blue. All over in a second but very powerful. Beautiful cinematics.
I highly recommend the "Bill & Ted"- movies!
I was definitely one of those people that watched the matrix as a kid and I quite understand anything all I know was the action and Neo was the good guy he was my super hero I wasn’t into comics comic book movies wasn’t a huge thing than so all I had was Neo. Now grown up I understand them now. It’s something about watching movies as a kid (even if the movie isn’t good) the movie always have a special place and the matrix is those movies.
perfect editing on your channel. its like watching a supercut of the movie with a new homie.
"Why is Trinity so much more badass than Neo" ...because she's been doing this for years and he was new at it. You saw in the end how badass he became once he really got his mind wrapped around it. :)
"He's good."
2 seconds later
"He's not good."
I kept going back to see it in 99, it’s a classic!
My favorite movie of all time! Had to watch this reaction. THANKS!
I'm kinda proud weirdly that this was filmed in Sydney, and in one scene you see the Bank of Australia logo lol
_"I don't remember you ever bringing me dinner."_
_"I don't remember you ever being The One."_
Ohhhhh daaaammmmnnnn!!!
This was a groundbreaking film for the special effects and action. Well done review.
When he says to Neo that he's never used his eyes before, that's not cryptic, it actual fact. Neo has never used his eyes until he woke up in that pod. Neo has actually never used ANYTHING related to his body until that moment. It explains why he's drowning after getting flushed; because he can't swim. He's never been in water before AND never used his limbs. I'm actually surprised he can walk and talk properly; he's never spoken before either.
Some of that stuff is more mental then physical. His voice would be more high pitched as your voice depends thru use and he wasn't unable to swim because he didnt know how (mabye he didnt in the matrix either) but because his body was too weak to swim
@@jeambeam3173 Umm, No; it's quite literally Physical. In his mind he likely CAN swim. But since he's never actually moved beyond twitching and spasming while in that pod he actually quite literally does NOT know how to use his body.
I imagine and dream that I can twirl around a stick like a Jedi wielding a lightsaber; I can even see in my mind how everything is accomplished. I can see the rotation of my wrists, the bending of my arms where they need to bend; but since I've never actually DONE any of that motion, I literally cannot do them. It's not in my head where the problem lies, it's in the fact that I have no practice in doing any of that.
What if I told you that this sci-fi classic was filmed in Sydney, Australia and actually started a big production movement for movies like the Star Wars prequels to be filmed there at the Fox Studios near the Sydney Cricket Ground?
One of my favourite movies ever!!
So glad you’re doing these! Definitely consider watching the trilogy, and perhaps a small upload of you reacting to the trailer for the fourth one! 😁 I’m in there day 1 when it drops
Dude, definitely watch the next 2 movies and when you're done watch The Fly (80s remake) , one of the best Sci fi horror films out there
Can't wait for matrix reloaded & revolutions ^^
Anyone else wonder who the second traitor on the ship was? To get in and out of the matrix you need somebody on the outside to operate the equipment. Cipher had an accomplice.
I haven't watched Matrix in so long, I only just realized that Syfer is Ralpie Cifaretto from the Sopranos :D
4:12 did anyone see a car expload down there ?
It was a Nokia yes, so why no car explosion when the phone hit it, we all know the old Nokias were indestructable.
It's strange on how Brandon Lee was the first choice to play NEO if he lived. RIP Brandon Lee :( I'm hoping you watch Matrix reloaded and revolutions they good movies overall regardless of how whinny some of the "FANS" are.
Morpheus: I’ve seen an agent punch through a concrete wall. Men have emptied entire clips at them and hit nothing but air. Yet their strength and their speed are still based in a world that is built on rules. Because of that, they will never be as strong or as fast as you can be.
Neo: What are you trying to tell me, that I can dodge bullets?
Morpheus: No Neo. I’m trying to tell you that when you’re ready, you won’t have to.
Poor Lawrence--in that scene with the dusty bathroom--because he was super allergic to dust and essentially had asthma (to a point)! Obviously, he just went with it, and TBH, it made 'Morpheus' all the more heroic and desperate to sac himself for Neo.
Made the "he's not going to make it...!" scene even more incredibly powerful. 🙂
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After I saw the matrix I just wasn't the same afterwards it was the movie I judged all movies afterwards too. It set a new standard and everyone knew it
The crux lies in what is said. Morpheus says he will “find the one.” The oracle says Neo “is not the one.” Neo knows, therefore, that his sole purpose is to save and bring back Morpheus. He is unaware of his eventual awakening.
keep up the great reviews man, really like the way you do these and comments at the end of the movie, very well thought out.
No you're wrong the CGI for the Matrix still hold up pretty good for its time🍓❤️💝🐐😍
When Charlie's Angels imitated the Trinity move; that kinda wrecked it for me and didn't appreciate movies that copied that move since. There is only one Trinity!
When he was ready, he didn't have to dodge bullets.
Fun fact: the date on NEOs passport when the agents are interrogating him is September 11 2001.
I went to see this three times in the theatre. Not because of how good it was but because the film actually broke at the same point in the movie twice. The moment after the agent steps off the subway after Neo’s first fight with him. It was so weird. The second time it happened I was like ok maybe I’m actually in the matrix?? 😂
Keanu is an awesome action star too which def later on surprised me . Obviously now regardless how everyone feels over the trilogy you should def watch both Matrix Reloaded and well that other one too lol. My recommendations tho are def the John Wick trilogy and dude please watch SPEED if you havent yet. That is easily my top and im sure many fans favs action films of the 90s!!!
10:45
Don't try to throw up the red pill - that's impossible. Instead, only try to realise the truth. There was no pill.
They Live and The Matrix are 2 of those showing whats really going on type of movies. Special films. If you like Keanu Reeves check out Speed, Point Break, Bill and Ted 1 and 2 are fun as well.
I'm so glad I ran into your channel. Been binging your reactions and I enjoy them so much! Please continue through the rest of the Matrix trilogy and check out the Underworld movies too if you haven't seen them
Good use of the echo on At Last.
The thing I miss the most from the past are the cool looking cell phones.
I am glad one of the Wachowski brothers continued Matrix, and will give us Matrix Resurrection.
It will be awesome.
LOL 'I don't remember you being THE ONE'
21:41 Oh... you saying that... just wait for 'The Matrix Resurrections'...
I have zero issues with the CGI in this film. I do have issues with a lot of today's CGI, due to either way too much or the quality at times.
I saw this twice in the same week in the cinema in the first week it opened. Truly ground-breaking. #2 was good, #3 was still okay, #4 was well worth not paying a cent to see. Oh, and the Oracle taught me to be careful when receiving all cookies :)
Heh, Trinity being so badass was a (possibly unintentional) leas in to the 4th movie. I like the first 3 way more than the 4th, but none suck. This series was great.
Part 1 is the best point.
Part 2 is alright
Part 3 better than 2 ( for me )
But you must watch V for Vendetta 2005 same producers from the matrix trilogy with Hugo Weaving ( Agent Smith) and Natalie Portman.
"Remember Remember the 5th November" damn good movie.
First time I saw this, and he offered him the red pill I thought of Cheech & Chong.
" Aww take the reds man"
After watching all three movies watch the Animatrix too it fills in plot holes like the first wars and how a couple people excaped the Matrix on their own it pretty wild