Everything GREAT About The Matrix Reloaded!

The Matrix 2! Reloaded! Or is it like The Matrix Sequels Part 1/2? Well anyway some people really didn't like this movie and then there was me. Matrix 4 Resurrections is coming! Here's everything right with The Matrix Reloaded!
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[@CobaltKitty]

Super fun fact: Carrie-Ann Moss spent months doing martial arts and flexibility training to be able to pull off that Scorpion Kick legitimately without the use of any wires or CGI, which is pretty well known but during the first movie she broke her ankle doing the jumping crane kick in that first action scene, and decided to work through the pain of it for the rest of shooting, and while training for the second movie she straight up broke her leg and after recovery still learned how to do the scorpion kick. Carrie-Ann Moss is an IRL Bad Ass Good Girl.

[@procrastinator99]

**cheers psychotically**

[@CobaltKitty]

@@procrastinator99 It was more fun that Carrie-Ann Moss is enough of a bad ass to get through all her training and injuries, obviously her being hurt isn't fun, sorry for the poor word choice.

[@procrastinator99]

@@CobaltKitty I got what you were saying totally fine.

[@CobaltKitty]

@@procrastinator99 Ah okay sorry, didn't wanna get my point twisted. ^^

[@georgiosioannispappas]

Yet another super fun fact about Carrie-Anne Moss: For The Matrix Resurrections, she had to literally learn how to jump from a 40-storey building while on wires and without a stuntwoman (something pretty dangerous to do), and she nailed it, had to re-learn how to drive motorcycle after 18 years as well as having to do all of her action scenes herself. For a 52-to-53 year-old woman who had not done anything related to martial arts since Revolutions, whose body had suffered from giving birth to three kids and whose main interests are yoga, aerobics and pilates (the polar opposite of martial arts), she excelled at her action scenes. It was more painful than before but, not that it wasn't painful 20 years ago. She still did it nonetheless. It's amazing what a determined person can do. PS: Forgot about the fact that she literally had to shave all of her hair for that pod scene in Resurrections.

[@lennynero8614]

The Freeway Chase is a great example of why using your vulnerable characters in action sequences can create a lot more tension than using God Mode ones like Neo.

[@thedoctor4327]

It’s a fun sequence yes but they should have switched who was fighting who. Morpheus and Trinity should have been fighting the randoms in the chateau and because they’re mortal it would have raised the stakes whenever one of the henchmen pulled one of the weapons off of the wall. Neo should have fought the Ghost Twins because they have powers that are beyond everyone else he’s fought, even Smith. It would have also have raised the stakes and forced him to use his powers as the One in new and creative ways

[@ぐんでrぃて]

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[@wasp1002]

Why would anybody go to the 'KZbin comment section' to click on a p#rn link

[@MylesKillis]

@@thedoctor4327 yeah imagine him trying to hit them and then just phasing all over the place

[@Devilke]

@@thedoctor4327 No! Just no! I’m not gonna put a whole text in saying why not but switching who is fighting who is the dumbest thing I red on KZbin. Morpheus and Trinity fought the twins and the only thing they could do was run.

[@ssjvegetadoragon]

The "rubber man" mode in the Godmode fight with 100 smiths still makes sense in the Matrix. Any gamer knows that when too much is happening at once, you have to accept giving up on things like "texture" in order to just keep the game running

[@stephencopley5083]

Never thought about it like that! As good an explanation as any, and I never hated the cgi just always thought it was a bit funny

[@misterwishart]

So how come the Matrix wasn't revealed the moment anyone went to a moderately sized concert and started noticing everyone looking like PS2 models?

[@juanita-dark]

@@misterwishart Witness memory wipe, or just a rationalised (by humans) anomaly within the matrix. You see stuff like that in the Animatrix.

[@misterwishart]

@@juanita-dark - So every single large gathering, across the globe, of which there would be a bunch every single day, was all either erased from memory or rationalised? ....keeping in mind that numerous cities across the globe will have more people than that on their main streets everyday. And even in the first Matrix we saw crowds of people larger than in the Smith fight. (no chance it was just a special effect that looked crappy, rather than trying to rationalise with some deeper meaning?)

[@master-of-mind5881]

The matrix reloaded is truer to the vision and filmmaking style of the wackowski’s. The original is a masterpiece, it’s flawless, sublime, it’s only flaw is that it is a studio film. What I mean is, they had to simplify aspects of the script so that the audience could understand the concept of the matrix. Machines using humans as batteries was incorporated as a rewrite of how the machines enslave humans because Warner brothers didn’t understand the wackowski’s original notion of machines harvesting humans via biofusion. The original film is tight in execution, exposition and exploitation. It’s the perfect synthesis of cerebral storytelling, metaphysical subtext, cutting edge visual effects, groundbreaking special effects, everything works cohesively as a “movie”. Reloaded is far more left-field in nature, hence the discrepancies in storytelling and filmmaking compared to its predecessor. The film suffers from over written exposition, execution varies it feels more pretentious then profound but it’s because this is the matrix at its most authentic. It’s not the sequel we deserved but the one we needed. I appreciate it so much more now then I did upon its release. The film has aged well, when you perceive it with clarity. The writing involving characters such as the architect, the oracle, Morpheus, the Merovingian, is exquisite. The juxtaposition between the matrix and Zion contributes to the authenticity in world building. The stakes concerning the impending invasion of the machines is suspenseful to say the least. I think reloaded is one of the best middle chapters of any trilogy. The middle chapter is supposed to be the most problematic out of the three for a reason. You could say it’s fate but fate it seems is not without a sense of irony.

[@PlayerNerfed]

The bullet dodging but not punch dodging is explained by the fact that the guns and bullets are part of the code and work as intended. The bullet leaving the gun can be worked out precisely so can be easily dodged by machines, people however are as pointed out inherently unpredictable by the machines so the fighting cannot be worked out 100% but can be predicted which is why they can block and fight against most people without issue.

[@nathanabbotts9588]

This makes a lot of sense tbh

[@AegixDrakan]

Yeah, that makes sense.

[@skylightdarkseal9517]

Like Morpheus said, all their power is based in a world built on rules. The laws of physics can be calculated down to the finest detail,(for example the kickback of weapons, the speed of the bullets, the angle and rate of fire) but the red-pills they are fighting are not nearly so orderly. Like you said, our innate unpredictability means they cannot be truly certain of our next move, hence why they can be caught off guard. But another part of it is the fact that red-pills are effectively program worms, sequences of code that aren't just anomalous, but completely alien. According to the agents, the red-pills _should not exist._ Humans are batteries, they are compliant, they are controlled, they- ( *click* ) _"Dodge this."_ *System error. Reload.* This paradox of resistance is what keeps throwing these programming bots for a loop (no pun intended): their operating code dictates that humans should not even be able to _talk back_ to them, so humans that are capable of killing their avatars isn't just wrong, its wrong in the sense that _Cthulhu and the Old Ones_ are wrong. The Agents will fight, as they are instructed and bound to do, but they are still fighting what, in their capacity for comprehension at least, amounts to Eldritch Abominations, Things that Should Not Be. (Sorry if that got a little creepy, I tend to get carried away. :)

[@cass7448]

@@skylightdarkseal9517 Don't apologise for the creepiness. That was the best part.

[@Aquilarden]

That's what I was thinking - bullets are following what is effectively a straight line for our purposes here and that's easily computed. Keep away from that line and you're good. Hand-to-hand can get a bit more complex.

[@TacComControl]

You missed the best win of the movie, the fact that when he throws a smith into a pile of smiths, it makes a bowling sound.

[@hedwrads]

Came here to see if anybody pointed this out lol

[@TheF5Mafia]

One scene I really liked was during the freeway chase when The Agent pulls open the top of the car with everyone in it, The Ghost twin and Morpheus temporary work together to shoot at The Agent. You can see Morpheus was shooting and The Ghost was aiming. Even if they go back to fighting right after, they both instinctively knew The Agent could easily kill them so they worked together to try and stop a bigger threat. Edit: Just fixing some grammar mistakes.

[@Leprechaunproduction]

Holy cow, I never noticed that before! That's awesome!

[@TheF5Mafia]

@@Leprechaunproduction Right? I don't care what people say, I loved this sequel! My personal favorite of the three.

[@atomicreactor6033]

Imma have to watch that scene more closely.

[@franciscopetrucci]

Ohh yeah!!! Nice catch!!

[@Levyafan]

Not to mention, the Twins are technically illegals within the 'new' Matrix, as they are a rudimentary relic of the 'older' one. It's like two gangs briefly stopping their fight to shoot at the cops.

[@SebasTian58323]

Idk why people dislike the sequels, I love them, even on recent rewatches. The story flowed very well to me especially back-to-back

[@latenightlogic]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3_YgKCel86DoLs that’s why. They’re terrible. You just don’t understand film.

[@73Stargazer]

I don't think they're great, but I do really like aspects of them each. In my opinion, they're flawed, but the good outways the bad.

[@TheDarthChief]

Same. I don't have the baggage people who watched these as they came out have bc I didn't watch these until well after they were all out. I also didn't know about the zeitgeist of "These movies are bad, you don't like them.'' I was able enjoy them as a collective single story rather than piece by piece and I agree that they do flow rather well. I also don't get why people didn't understand what The Architect was talking about. I had no problem with it.

[@73Stargazer]

@@latenightlogic no. We are not mad. I have my opinion. You have yours. I understand there are a lot of flaws, but I seriously enjoyed what they were trying to do. And that freeway scene was fantastic. The third one I definitely struggle with more, but again, aspects of it, I enjoy.

[@sirbrandalf7813]

@@latenightlogic ok? Liking things is more fun. Have fun trying to convince people something they like is bad. Even if you're right, what does it do, make people enjoy things less? Move on.

[@Donnerbalken28]

My Personal explanation for why Neo is able to stop the Sentinels is that the machines themselves are Part of the same mainframe that also hosts the matrix. Therefore, Neo can of course manipulate the Code the machines are running on. Would've been better if they spelled it out like that instead of "Some of your abilities carry over into the Real world", when in reality it's more of the opposite, that the overwhelming presence of the machines on Earth makes Part of their Digital World bleed into the physical one, and how that can be a weakness once someone who is made to fully comprehend the system the machines created figures out that the collective machine empire is just another layer of the Matrix.

[@littleredruri]

I always thought that was a given, I didn't even clock the "matrix within a matrix" thing until someone mentioned the theory to me.

[@mydragoncreator7092]

Same, I always thought it was obvious that the machines simply ran on the Matrix, and Neo was simply connecting to them through a wireless connection to the matrix. Plus, having the real world be a second, larger matrix just doesn't work, because then it's just a bunch of people in battery pods pretending to fight for free will.

[@GPsarakis]

@@mydragoncreator7092 It really is, heck, they connect to the matrix via a "pirate signal" from their ships, it's all done wirelessly. Neo just has the 5G in him. :P

[@mydragoncreator7092]

@@GPsarakis Yeah, plus Neo has machinery in him, it's how he plugs in when on the ship, it's really not that crazy to assume that he just used the part of the machines installed on him to do it.

[@Yaeza31]

You know, that's even majorly supported by Neo dreaming of events that will happen in the Matrix while he's not plugged in at all.

[@Sueiza]

This movie got so much flack for the rave scene, but I remember having absolutely loved it. Raw celebration of human life. All of Zion reaffirming that despite how bleak the world of The Matrix often feels they are, just like Morpheus says, "still here."

[@CortexNewsService]

I've always loved that scene. Humans connecting on the most basic level. Plus the music is absolutely epic.

[@nathanabbotts9588]

Yeah I genuinely don't get why people don't like it, dancing is a very human thing across all cultures and especially when combined with the drums and percussion instruments being used in the cave which is something that very early humans were known to do

[@TheDarthChief]

@@nathanabbotts9588 I just don't think people were ready for these movies in 2003. If they came out today I would imagine they'd get way less hate.

[@raptorcharly8055]

I also loved the Zion scene and I'm frankly surprised to hear it criticized. To me it really is just people, at their simplest, showing that they're brave and they're strong and they're alive in the face of everything. It's one of my favorite scenes, however much I say that about at least half the movie.

[@HolyTurtleOfDoom]

@@nathanabbotts9588 Right? Shit from 18 onwards everyones idea of a great time is to drink, listen to music, dance and get down. It's the most human thing ever. A cave rave with that music would be incredible

[@justinriley]

I've always thought that The Matrix Reloaded was an underrated sequel.

[@ぐんでrぃて]

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[@acimand]

Same here. The third movie is the problem, really. This movie had the best action sequences, the most interesting info dumps, and then the ending (I'm of those who theorized a Matrix within a Matrix) was deliciously provocative. I like the Jesus/Oedipus imagery and storyline in the third movie, but built-in WiFi didn't do it for me as an explanation. So I am happy with the memories of six months of theorizing and prefer to forget the third movie.

[@BlazingOwnager]

IMO it falls entirely off the rails after they get the key maker. Everything from that point - the architect, the using powers in the real world, etc. - damns the whole franchise. Before that it had some issues but nothing that was franchise wrecking. Also they WAYYYYYY overuse the bullet time. There's more bullet time in the intro of Reloaded than in all of the first Matrix and it cheapens it's impact.

[@BlazingOwnager]

@@acimand Matrix within a Matrix is something the creators didn't like but it was the only logical solution. Honestly, I would entirely be down for that explanation being used to pretty much retcon the 3rd movie. Neo and Trinity didn't die because that whole thing happened a level down.

[@tatehildyard5332]

@@BlazingOwnager I mean the architect thing is thematically pretty much the same thing as Matrix within a Matrix. Basically rigging the game to make sure humans keep subconsciously making the same mistakes under the delusion of rebellion as a means of keeping their resistance in check showing that the comforting chosen one will save us all narrative is not really the key to liberation.

[@daphonea]

"Is anyone not just the hottest human alive in the Matrix?" To be fair... it IS Monica Bellucci. I'm pretty sure she transcends the Matrix.

[@rachelburke5505]

Like the blue latex puppycat is the hottest latex creature in Changed

[@sirg-had8821]

Monica Belluci breaks the fabric of reality.

[@starwarsprequelsandsequels7582]

@@sirg-had8821 merci^^

[@zigfaust]

Meh. She's no Christina Ricci my dude.

[@zigfaust]

@@rachelburke5505 I had no idea what you were talking about and now I am furpilled and scarred for life. You bastard.

[@tigerstorm6622]

I remember we watched the Matrix for our philosophy class in high school. Somehow, someone was able to convince my teacher to let us watch the whole trilogy. Best 3 weeks of that class.

[@rachelburke5505]

Imagine if someone announced their transformation fetish on week 2

[@aardappelmethoed1151]

@@rachelburke5505uh what?

[@edmardisla8492]

@@rachelburke5505 ????

[@master-of-mind5881]

The matrix reloaded is truer to the vision and filmmaking style of the wackowski’s. The original is a masterpiece, it’s flawless, sublime, it’s only flaw is that it is a studio film. What I mean is, they had to simplify aspects of the script so that the audience could understand the concept of the matrix. Machines using humans as batteries was incorporated as a rewrite of how the machines enslave humans because Warner brothers didn’t understand the wackowski’s original notion of machines harvesting humans via biofusion. The original film is tight in execution, exposition and exploitation. It’s the perfect synthesis of cerebral storytelling, metaphysical subtext, cutting edge visual effects, groundbreaking special effects, everything works cohesively as a “movie”. Reloaded is far more left-field in nature, hence the discrepancies in storytelling and filmmaking compared to its predecessor. The film suffers from over written exposition, execution varies it feels more pretentious then profound but it’s because this is the matrix at its most authentic. It’s not the sequel we deserved but the one we needed. I appreciate it so much more now then I did upon its release. The film has aged well, when you perceive it with clarity. The writing involving characters such as the architect, the oracle, Morpheus, the Merovingian, is exquisite. The juxtaposition between the matrix and Zion contributes to the authenticity in world building. The stakes concerning the impending invasion of the machines is suspenseful to say the least. I think reloaded is one of the best middle chapters of any trilogy. The middle chapter is supposed to be the most problematic out of the three for a reason. You could say it’s fate but fate it seems is not without a sense of irony.

[@rault114]

Are you really sure it wasn't your teacher's idea all along?

[@00naruhina]

The Architect's breakdown I have always loved. I love technobabble and especially narratively important technobabble.

[@ぐんでrぃて]

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[@wren7195]

@@ぐんでrぃて He didn't mean THAT kinda babble you goofy porn bot, but colour me amused. I LOVED the Architect, but I was a English Lit student. My friends all just kinda widened their eyes and went "wot?"

[@mlisaoverdrive]

Fun Fact: I loved this breakdown so much I memorized it. Also, I watched the movie twice, in theatres, in order to fully understand what he was saying

[@allature]

One of my favourite things about that exposition dump is how he spends like 10 minutes pontificating on the nature of the matrix and the one, using egregiously obscure vocabulary until the last line "-- She is going to die and there is nothing you can do about it." It always hits.

[@wren7195]

@@allature *nods agreeing* That and the cameras all going "bull shit" with our Neo shows he's got some sort of "sense" of humanity. Everything else felt kind of like showing off, but also attributed more to minute specifics. His relying on as you said "She is going to DIE and there is NOTHING you can do about it" is a very blunt twisting of the knife. Rough fellow. "What do you take me for? Human? *pish posh* "

[@zzljaylzz]

This is one of my favorite movies. It always has been. The fighting scenes dont have those fast cuts and Keanu trained hard to memorize as much of the choreography so that there wouldnt be. I loved how the movie had so many different action set pieces. I loved all the philosophy conversations too. The discussion of whether we actually make choices is one of my favorite topics of conversation, and this movie comes to mind every time. It feels strange telling people this is my favorite matrix movie and them just not seeing what I see. Ive always wanted to see a jedi do cool stuff through a whole movie, and this satisfied that itch.

[@oddball87]

@AFL Rookie yeah, Chad Stahelski. He was mainly used for any major wire work that was required; two examples from The Burly Brawl alone that spring to mind are the big forward flip Neo does into the courtyard and the wall slam before he rips the pole out of the ground towards the climax. I think Chad also did stand in for Keanu in some shots purely due to being faster than him, but don't quote me on that. For the most part, tho, Keanu dedicated himself to doing the majority of the work, which impressed Chad enough that, when he moved to directing and started preproduction for John Wick, he was pretty adamant that Keanu was the only fit for the role. If you can get a copy, hunt down either the initial 2 disc DVD releases of Reloaded and Revolutions (which might be a little difficult to find these days) or the Blu-ray trilogy boxset. Either one will have the behind the scenes docs, but I think the Blu-ray editions have different ones to the DVD releases (I'm not sure if they carried all the DVD BTS features over to Blu-ray).

[@Andrew-zq3ip]

Good points. Fast cuts and shaky cam just screams hack action directing.

[@raptorcharly8055]

I'm with you, I love the action in this movie!

[@jasonblalock4429]

Yeah, I really like Reloaded as well. To me The Matrix vs Reloaded is basically like A New Hope vs Empire Strikes Back. One is fun and stylish, the other is darker and deconstructive. There's no right or wrong there, it's just a matter of taste. (Revolutions I'm a lot more mixed about, although I do love the ending.)

[@master-of-mind5881]

The matrix reloaded is truer to the vision and filmmaking style of the wackowski’s. The original is a masterpiece, it’s flawless, sublime, it’s only flaw is that it is a studio film. What I mean is, they had to simplify aspects of the script so that the audience could understand the concept of the matrix. Machines using humans as batteries was incorporated as a rewrite of how the machines enslave humans because Warner brothers didn’t understand the wackowski’s original notion of machines harvesting humans via biofusion. The original film is tight in execution, exposition and exploitation. It’s the perfect synthesis of cerebral storytelling, metaphysical subtext, cutting edge visual effects, groundbreaking special effects, everything works cohesively as a “movie”. Reloaded is far more left-field in nature, hence the discrepancies in storytelling and filmmaking compared to its predecessor. The film suffers from over written exposition, execution varies it feels more pretentious then profound but it’s because this is the matrix at its most authentic. It’s not the sequel we deserved but the one we needed. I appreciate it so much more now then I did upon its release. The film has aged well, when you perceive it with clarity. The writing involving characters such as the architect, the oracle, Morpheus, the Merovingian, is exquisite. The juxtaposition between the matrix and Zion contributes to the authenticity in world building. The stakes concerning the impending invasion of the machines is suspenseful to say the least. I think reloaded is one of the best middle chapters of any trilogy. The middle chapter is supposed to be the most problematic out of the three for a reason. You could say it’s fate but fate it seems is not without a sense of irony.

[@madmastah2503]

I don’t remember where I heard it, but someone said that the rubbery-ness of the 100 Smith fight could possibly have been a fault of The Matrix, it couldn’t handle the rendering, cpu overload, things like that seeing as how it was the first time anything like that happened, and that is why the scene looks the way it does. Just a theory of course, but I like it

[@davidbujna8480]

Yeah, but I can picture the CGI company be like: "Ugh, boss? The CGI doesn't look good, it will flop." "Nah, just chunk it up to Matrix not capable of handling that, they will think it was on purpose!"

[@darekun46]

I dislike how post-hoc that is. Imagine if the scene had shown that overloading. Every time a new wave of Smiths rushes in, patches of the scene suddenly go pixelated and only slowly recover as more resources are allocated, faces blatantly glitch one at a time from live action face film to the CGI models, things like pigeons and background clutter glitch out and are simply removed to conserve resources. It would've been much cooler to watch, and would've provided an explanation during the scene. However, it would still suffer the problem of not explaining later stuff with even more Smiths.

[@jayc5555]

It was just the quality of the effects at the time. They hold up better than most do. If they were going for a fault in the matrix the should of made it obvious like things glitching and neo looking at himself wondering why he looks rubbery. If that was what they were going for make it obvious to the audience. The average movie goer will just look at this and think the effects were bad.

[@LadyOnikara]

Sort of the same thing you would get if you tried to run the Matrix on a 20 year old laptop. (That statement alone reminds me of how old I really am. Since I remember the world without internet but my mom could still somehow pay her bills on our Commodore 64. My brother set that up.)

[@panner11]

Yeah regardless of the explanations and/or criticism. When I was a kid, that was the landmark action scene of the time, it was just so cool for the era.

[@Varia613]

I believe the Merovingian “causality” scene was a reveal of how the “one” is possible created by the Oracle. It lines up with his dialogue of how choice is an illusion by those with power. He used the cake to manipulate the coding in that women. Who’s to say the Oracle didn’t do same with the cookie offered to Neo.

[@Queue3612]

fuck, thats a good point.

[@GeneralBolas]

I think his point in that scene is both more subtle and more obvious. He's highlighting the fact that Neo and the crew... aren't actually making any choices. The Oracle told him "go here and do this... or don't". That's not really a choice; "don't" means Zion will be destroyed. He's pointing out how the Oracle is using the knowledge that she is keeping from them to keep them under her control. She offers the illusion of choice. The Architect offers a similar choice: everyone dies, or a bunch of people die and everyone else remains a slave. That's not supposed to be a choice, and the whole purpose of the system of the Matrix is to funnel humanity's options to that: agree to continue to be slaves, or we annihilate every last one of you. Neo is only really able to make choices when he has power, when he can offer the Machines something they can't get otherwise. And the Oracle knew that, which is why she created Smith to begin with: to be the threat that the Machines that they would *need* Neo to defeat. To unbalance the equation.

[@jaketheripper7385]

Interesting you bring that up because the truth is... She absolutely did. Idk if you've already heard about this bit of lore previously, but if you managed to sus it out on your own then I have to say, "well done". You must be a pretty intuitive, intelligent, and highly attentive person. Usually only turbo-nerd superfans know about this little detail, and generally only due to all of the deep-dive videos that exist out there discussing this topic. Good form sir/madame, I say good form indeed.

[@JustinoElArtista]

I remember seeing this in theaters on opening night. The entire audience was cheering during the action sequences, especially when Morpheus got redemption standing up to an agent. No, it's not a perfect film, nor could it possibly live up to the expectations we all set after the first one. But that's mostly on us, the viewers, rather than the filmmakers. Our own hype can easily get in the way of simply enjoying an experience. It's pretty hard to see something for what it actually is when all you do is compare it to what it's not.

[@sarkrex3212]

I never understood why the sequels were hated. You couldn't repeat the success of the 1st movie. THAT would have sucked. They had to go deeper, explore the mythology they created, and not be afraid to tear it apart. Btw, you should also do the Animatrix as well.

[@GeneralBolas]

I'd say the fundamental problem is this: the Mythology of the Matrix was never deep enough to be explored. The Matrix-the-film created exactly enough backstory and lore to justify itself and the story it was trying to tell. But it wasn't good worldbuilding. It was like a movie set; it looked great from a particular angle, but if you see more of it, it looks quite fake. Good worldbuilding needs to start off with a proper foundation. And The Matrix-the-film wasn't really that. The trick The Matrix pulled off was to straddle a very fine line. It was a film about a group of people in a world, but the elements of that world were designed to fit into allegorical ideas that the audiences could relate to. Here's what I mean: In the world of The Matrix, seeing past illusions and systems of control literally allows one to leap high and if you're good enough, to even fly. But this also is analogous to the idea of seeing past illusions and systems of control in the real world that gives you power in our world. It's a perfect mix. Indeed, the most frequently maligned part of The Matrix-the-film, the whole "people are batteries" thing, is a place where the analogy breaks down. On the allegorical level, this is a great idea. People build systems of control for this exact reason: to extract energy from the underclass and build their own civilization off of it. But within the universe of The Matrix... that's just not how thermodynamics works. It doesn't make sense that the Machines would do this. My point is that the sequels, in focusing on trying to build on a world that simply is not designed to be built on, manage to both have relatively weak worldbuilding *and* lose the balance that The Matrix-the-film managed to strike.

[@mattpluzhnikov519]

​@@GeneralBolas , like...I GET that it's basically the pinnacle of hand-waving away what is otherwise a pretty legitimate critique, but seeing as you brought up the battery allegory/issue...Morpheus DID say the Machines had worked out a new/special form of fusion when they started up the process of farming humans.

[@dragonxx444]

Seraph is the login/firewall to the oracle. The fact that neo was about to beat him meant he had the right to meet the oracle

[@peteyd1984]

The fight with Seraph is basically 2FA

[@rhithym]

None of the flaws about the sequels take away from the franchise, and i'd argue in a back to back to back watch it's a masterpiece altogether. There's so much to love about both 2 and 3, and im tired of ppl ragging on these films for whatever lazy reason like bad cgi.

[@raptorcharly8055]

^^^

[@Mathue360]

The CGI from 2003 is bad, has always been a stupid argument. The CGI is great (for its time) and the fight scenes were fantastic

[@EddieB-ready]

@@Mathue360 also the agents being rubbery is fun when you think of them as having ragdoll physics inside the matrix.

[@master-of-mind5881]

The matrix reloaded is truer to the vision and filmmaking style of the wackowski’s. The original is a masterpiece, it’s flawless, sublime, it’s only flaw is that it is a studio film. What I mean is, they had to simplify aspects of the script so that the audience could understand the concept of the matrix. Machines using humans as batteries was incorporated as a rewrite of how the machines enslave humans because Warner brothers didn’t understand the wackowski’s original notion of machines harvesting humans via biofusion. The original film is tight in execution, exposition and exploitation. It’s the perfect synthesis of cerebral storytelling, metaphysical subtext, cutting edge visual effects, groundbreaking special effects, everything works cohesively as a “movie”. Reloaded is far more left-field in nature, hence the discrepancies in storytelling and filmmaking compared to its predecessor. The film suffers from over written exposition, execution varies it feels more pretentious then profound but it’s because this is the matrix at its most authentic. It’s not the sequel we deserved but the one we needed. I appreciate it so much more now then I did upon its release. The film has aged well, when you perceive it with clarity. The writing involving characters such as the architect, the oracle, Morpheus, the Merovingian, is exquisite. The juxtaposition between the matrix and Zion contributes to the authenticity in world building. The stakes concerning the impending invasion of the machines is suspenseful to say the least. I think reloaded is one of the best middle chapters of any trilogy. The middle chapter is supposed to be the most problematic out of the three for a reason. You could say it’s fate but fate it seems is not without a sense of irony.

[@panner11]

Yeah I can definitely understand criticisms of how the narrative is presented. It seems intentionally esoteric, and especially difficult for first time watchers to understand. But the narrative itself is really compelling imo. And yeah the action set pieces are great, anyone targeting that in particular as their gripe are just looking for attention.

[@tycad8990]

You mentioned The Animatrix several times so now I gotta talk about it; The Second Renaissance is still some of my favorite bits of animation ever made. Especially the second part when it gets nice and brutal.

[@thedoctor4327]

It honestly frustrates me that everyone reacting to The Matrix franchise for the first time on KZbin skips it because it in many ways it is a far superior follow up to the first movie than either sequel movie

[@oddball87]

I know I'm being a little nitpicky with this, but the section you're referring to is The Second Renaissance (Parts 1 & 2). However, I agree that it's up there with Final Flight of The Osiris as the best part of the Animatrix. The history and lore expansion builds on what the first movie gave us, and yeah, seeing the brutality of the machines final reckoning of our species was haunting. Imo, for the most part, it's good to great, but parts like Kids Story and Matriculated (which I think is the one with the surface team in the real world reprogramming one of the machines?) I found boring. World Record was fun, but throwaway, as was the one with the detective (the name of which I'm blanking on ATM). The rest were decent. Regardless of my opinion, on the whole, it does add some depth to world, so I would also agree that it should be a required part of a trilogy (soon to be quadrilogy) run.

[@tycad8990]

@@oddball87 Fair enough man. It's been ages since I last saw it lol.

[@master-of-mind5881]

The matrix reloaded is truer to the vision and filmmaking style of the wackowski’s. The original is a masterpiece, it’s flawless, sublime, it’s only flaw is that it is a studio film. What I mean is, they had to simplify aspects of the script so that the audience could understand the concept of the matrix. Machines using humans as batteries was incorporated as a rewrite of how the machines enslave humans because Warner brothers didn’t understand the wackowski’s original notion of machines harvesting humans via biofusion. The original film is tight in execution, exposition and exploitation. It’s the perfect synthesis of cerebral storytelling, metaphysical subtext, cutting edge visual effects, groundbreaking special effects, everything works cohesively as a “movie”. Reloaded is far more left-field in nature, hence the discrepancies in storytelling and filmmaking compared to its predecessor. The film suffers from over written exposition, execution varies it feels more pretentious then profound but it’s because this is the matrix at its most authentic. It’s not the sequel we deserved but the one we needed. I appreciate it so much more now then I did upon its release. The film has aged well, when you perceive it with clarity. The writing involving characters such as the architect, the oracle, Morpheus, the Merovingian, is exquisite. The juxtaposition between the matrix and Zion contributes to the authenticity in world building. The stakes concerning the impending invasion of the machines is suspenseful to say the least. I think reloaded is one of the best middle chapters of any trilogy. The middle chapter is supposed to be the most problematic out of the three for a reason. You could say it’s fate but fate it seems is not without a sense of irony.

[@heatherrockwell9012]

The scripts for your videos are getting GOOD- like, the density and amount of references and wordplay in this is bordering on ridiculous, and I love the little asides and running gags. It's making them increasingly delightful to watch :)

[@joshuanaraine]

Also a win! Cheers!

[@alex57633]

I like to think that the smith fight looks rubbery and not as real because the machines that coded the matrix never really thought they would need to code for such a thing. And even if they did the other souls in the matrix could just be removed or reprogrammed. Like they were going to do with cypher in the first film. Just my head cannon.

[@mistamemewide]

I actually like that.

[@christophergarcia3695]

I always thought it was the matrix struggling to handle what's going on. A in matrix born program that can bend the code around it conflicting with hundreds of viruses, it's like the rendering and processing is having a lot on the table.

[@alex57633]

@@mistamemewide thank you😂

[@vil3on]

I always thought it looked awesome because at the time it was kind of the best cgi I had ever seen.

[@alex57633]

@@vil3on yeah to be honest I never really noticed it until it was pointed out to me

[@phenix1947]

These fight scenes might look goofy now but I've watched them so many times as a kid that they feel like a muscle memory and I still think they are awesome

[@BearPawSwipe]

That is because they ARE awesome!

[@christoferprestipino7433]

They don’t look goofy.

[@phenix1947]

@@christoferprestipino7433 I meant the CGI parts

[@christoferprestipino7433]

@@phenix1947 oh, well yeah, there’s no denying that.

[@highstimulation2497]

goofy? do the ones today not look absurd and unreal? (I haven't really even seen that many newer ones, but the ones I HAVE seen indeed seemed implausible and laughable to me. but yeah. I;m old:)

[@Delta2357]

People forget how old this movie is, the GCI stands reasonably well after what, 20 years?

[@bklowe0131]

This trilogy is a masterful blend of specific action heroes with generic themes. So many action movies isolate their hero so that only a few can truly imagine themselves in his/her role. This movie makes the themes so all-encompassing that anybody can see it as a part of their worldview. If you're religious, Neo makes a stellar religious stand-in. If you're choosing to come out of the closet (sorry if that terminology is dated), this is a fantastic representation of the struggles one might feel in making those tough choices. If you love superheroes (or super villains, for that matter), this movie has what you need. If you consider yourself intellectually-minded, the expository dialogue will tickle the corners of your mind. I love action and I love exposition dumps. I graduated with a degree in Psychology, partially because of how this movie made me want to dig deeper into the human mind. I know that it is not the best in terms of overall quality and I have extremely high hopes for Resurrections. However, the trilogy will always have place in my collection of films that I will re-watch constantly.

[@cjkalandek996]

While its execution makes it fall short, I personally think the ideas this film tries to explore are beyond that of the first one. The themes surrounding determinism, with our heroes finding out every decision they've made their whole lives was by design in the machines' system of control.

[@singletona082]

I took the matrix as both modern retelling of the story of buddha and a warning. 'All that fancy talk of rebellion is carefully curated for the sake of controlling those voices. 'You may rebel in the ways we find most marketable. be that profit, or in scaring your parents into voting the way we want them to vote.'

[@David-kd4qr]

I agree, I think that it needs work (not that I know how to fix it) but I really like what it was trying to do! Too many sequels are just the original with more action. It really kept going with the story and made it a lot more interesting to me personally.

[@tatehildyard5332]

Yes. Yes to these

[@master-of-mind5881]

The matrix reloaded is truer to the vision and filmmaking style of the wackowski’s. The original is a masterpiece, it’s flawless, sublime, it’s only flaw is that it is a studio film. What I mean is, they had to simplify aspects of the script so that the audience could understand the concept of the matrix. Machines using humans as batteries was incorporated as a rewrite of how the machines enslave humans because Warner brothers didn’t understand the wackowski’s original notion of machines harvesting humans via biofusion. The original film is tight in execution, exposition and exploitation. It’s the perfect synthesis of cerebral storytelling, metaphysical subtext, cutting edge visual effects, groundbreaking special effects, everything works cohesively as a “movie”. Reloaded is far more left-field in nature, hence the discrepancies in storytelling and filmmaking compared to its predecessor. The film suffers from over written exposition, execution varies it feels more pretentious then profound but it’s because this is the matrix at its most authentic. It’s not the sequel we deserved but the one we needed. I appreciate it so much more now then I did upon its release. The film has aged well, when you perceive it with clarity. The writing involving characters such as the architect, the oracle, Morpheus, the Merovingian, is exquisite. The juxtaposition between the matrix and Zion contributes to the authenticity in world building. The stakes concerning the impending invasion of the machines is suspenseful to say the least. I think reloaded is one of the best middle chapters of any trilogy. The middle chapter is supposed to be the most problematic out of the three for a reason. You could say it’s fate but fate it seems is not without a sense of irony.

[@shivangc999]

As someone who was born in 2000 and was a kid when the world was hyping The Matrix trilogy, I watched all the Matrix movies together when I was about 15-16, I'd watched them before with my father but the nuances of the movie went over my 7 year old head when I did watch them. I never understood the hate Reloaded and Revolutions got, sure are they not as mind blowing as the first movie? Probably not, The Matrix was a watershed moment in cinema and nobody could be able to replicate the sheer brilliance and the reveal of the first movie but did the Wachowski siblings still create an utterly mind blowing awesome trilogy? You bet your goddamn ass they did, I love all 3 Matrix movies and I'm so glad this channel finally decided to do all of them. The story always flowed logically for me and although there are few people who do love the last two movies, I'm glad we exist. Thank you CinemaWins.

[@mikeyoung9810]

Most hate is just that, hate. An emotion that warps a person's reality and twists their perceptions. Once twisted it's hard to see anything clearly. Love works the same way. That's why a professional reviewer tries to leave personal opinions based on their feelings out of a review. And then they judge the movie based on facts that come from experience of analzying endless numbers of movies. Most of my favorite movies aren't very good compared to others but I like them anyway.

[@starschwar]

Regarding the vague explanation of Neo's powers in the real world: this is actually foreshadowed by Neo's conversation with Hamann. Hamann muses that the water recycling systems of Zion are essential to their survival, but he has no idea how they actually work. He just accepts that they do. He immediately likens this situation to his inability to understand Neo's abilities. It's sort of a meta shorthand. We aren't going to get an explanation for everything, that isn't what this story is about. It took me ages to make this connection. I'm still scratching my head about how it works, but I've come to accept that I don't really need to, either.

[@gorthproductions]

I love how you made the text the normal color you've always used when they're in the real world, and green in the matrix because of the green tint the matrix has. Amazing

[@Sharktankgaming]

Could've included how the Marovingians wife is named Persephone. Goddess of the underworld, wife to Hades in Greek myth. Him being in control of certain elements of the matrix, him basically being immortal and having werewolves, ghosts, etc. at his command could've been a seriously good win 👌 btw, love your stuff. Always excited when I see another video uploaded. Keep it up! 💪

[@YoshMaster]

This is BY FAR my favourite of the 3 movies! When the music for the highway fight started I turned around to my friend and said “this song is so amazing, these fights are so amazing, holy shit this is amazing” and the next day we went back to see it again! The soundtrack is one of my most played cd of all time. I just love this kind of electronic techno!! All the fight scenes are so incredible coming from a super fan of kung fu movies! It was the first DVD I ever bought and I bought a surround sound system just to watch it haha

[@keaton3889]

With the movies that Reeves has been in, he is now a master martial artist, a master of gun-foo, a master of style, and a legendary Rock Star with a cool as hell telephone box.

[@sharkdentures3247]

Let's be honest, that bench speech from Men In Black IS the most profoundly accurate statement in the history of cinema! I also LOVE the Smith Speech. I wasn't thinking so much about the CADENCE, but the TEMPO of it. (the half-pauses are VERY neutral) It seems if you printed it out several times & then placed commas in different locations on each printing, the ENTIRE context of the Speech changes. Also glad you included my favorite line from this movie. "O-kay, you have some skill." - Something about that deadpan delivery just makes me laugh everytime!

[@GiselleGauthier]

I love that because before he spells it out, it communicates that he's *so* done with this "One" business since he has survived six of Neo's predecessors. He's not impressed.

[@Levyafan]

@@GiselleGauthier "yeah, okay, I get it, you can do cool tricks, cool, have a cookie"

[@Pyronic24]

The conversation between Neo and the Architect is easily in my top 5 moments from the trilogy, especially after growing up and actually understanding what is being said.

[@jormungandrtheworldserpent8382]

something i think this movie does brilliantly is the respectful enemy thing and i wish it was done more often it makes the villain feel less like there just there to be in the path of the hero and more like there goals just don't aline

[@theothersparrow]

Loved it when it released, and still do. Reloaded/Revolutions are a hill I will die defending.

[@BlazingOwnager]

Will you defend it in a mech suit that has absolutely no protection for the pilot by firing endless streams of bullets at critics who swarm around doing nothing for like 45 minutes?

[@theothersparrow]

KNUCKLE. UP.

[@raptorcharly8055]

I can say the same, I love them both.

[@juanita-dark]

They're my favourites, tbh.

[@juanita-dark]

@@BlazingOwnager The mecha suits aren't meant to protect. Zion is always supposed to be annihilated.

[@robvegas9354]

I was one of the 'don't make a sequel' folks back in the day.. But I really enjoyed Reloaded when it came out. Great movie! The action is epic, that car chase is insane. The scene with the architect is stunning stuff!!

[@thatlightinguy]

Matrix Reloaded was a legit movie, I don't care what people say.

[@iainsteele5737]

yes, it did exist as a movie. what’s your point?

[@ぐんでrぃて]

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[@nova2512]

*Yes, there was a plot, characters, movement, sound and everything. Just wasn’t that great of a movie*

[@gabrielvermund]

@@iainsteele5737 that it's awesome!

[@AirbenderHawk]

Same!

[@JMPDev]

22:02 the subtle editing work here, having the subtitles show chromatic aberrations and then switch from real-world blue to matrix green is just so, so, so good! ding!

[@Tarpo]

I always felt like the agents could dodge bullets because they were a part of the matrix. Gun, bullets, all programmed and their physics determined by the matrix so Morpheus fighting agents can happen because he isn’t pre programmed so they can’t predict how he will move and attack.

[@Wouldyoukindly4545]

I always figured the Agent's bullet dodging was an automatic response. Like when your hind brain jerks your hand away from a hot stove before your frontal lobe is even aware of the pain. They might not even be able to stop their dodging, that would be an interesting thing to see.

[@Levyafan]

Or, better yet: the bullets fly completely depending on Matrix laws, so Agents are able to bypass them. But the red-pilled people? They move independently and are breaking the Matrix's laws, especially Neo. The Agents have to depend on their enhanced physique and reflexes to keep up instead.

[@emilywilhite5807]

Love seeing positive things being said about this sequel. The first is my fave movie of all time. 2 and 3 aren’t on that level but I still love them.

[@yal100]

That "Furious Angels" by Rob Dougan score for the "hmmm upgrades" fight is just perfect. I loved Reloaded, it was the T2 to the Matrix's T1, if you get my drift. Such an elegant blend of music, slo-mo, semi slo-mo and real speed in all the fight scenes. The Wachowskis did an amazing job.

[@Wdomino]

Ive always loved this one, dont get me wrong, I love the layered, more meaningful "The Matrix" but this truly feels like a good sequel to both the story and the evolution into the franchise. I especially love the score in every fightscene, gets me every time.

[@raptorcharly8055]

The score is definitely an underrated aspect to me, I think it really enhances the movie. And I love this movie as a sequel to the Matrix, I definitely think the first is the best but the second has never disappointed me.

[@ayannawilson1223]

20:05 the way the Architect says “please,” when he’s talking about the Oracle, always made me think they used to be married but divorced because she cared about helping the humans and he didn’t.

[@lonew0lfclaw859]

"Hope is a quintessential human emotion that is humanity's greatest strength while simultaneously its greatest weakness" Damn i was bamboozled and amazed at the same time wen i first watched this movie. One of my favorites of all time. Critic's opinion be damned.

[@negativeland5207]

The subversion of the hero’s journey being not only a predetermined outcome but an outcome that has happened multiple times is such a cool idea.

[@DynamicUnreality]

16:30 Holy shit, I never knew Morpheus was whipping the Ghost in the face with the cut seatbelt, but that is absolutely what he is doing there. it was worth the whole watch just for that tiny tidbit of new information. Not that it wasn't worth it before, but I always thought these films were great, and don't exactly need much convincing ;D

[@blazingblue_3039]

22:03 I love how the subtitles glitch when Neo stops the sentinels. Great little detail.

[@clementtrochet3517]

Just a side note about 12:36 : In France the movie was classified as not advised for children under 12 because of the violence, not the language. We really don't care about swearing, at most the movie can be considered "not advised for children under 10" if there is a looot of cursing. The worst ratings we can get is forbidden under 16 or 18, but that's extremely rare, even the most violent hollywood blockbusters like Logan or Deadpool were -12 when they came out in theaters.

[@Leo-sd3jt]

Persephone's name being Persephone seems to imply so many things regarding her background. Her wanting to kiss possibly another human makes it even sadder because of what it seems to imply.

[@Sereomontis]

Honestly, the biggest takeaways I've gotten from the "Everything Great About Matrix" videos so far, is that they were R-rated. Who knew? I was like 11 when I saw the first Matrix movie. Never would've realized it was an R-rated movie.

[@rachelburke5505]

I was that same age when I first watched Reloaded. *_Aaand that’s how I got a transformation fetish_*

[@sugarkross355]

Fighting with the pole he just tore from the ground, the Foley guys are working overtime. The sound of the wind over the ends of the pipe as it cuts through the air, and that oh so satisfying "Ponk" of it hitting a smithclone. Delightful.

[@caesarzave9609]

i love this movie idk why it gets sm hate honestly everyone says the 1st one is the best but it wouldnt hit as hard without 2 and 3. its a story spread over 3 parts

[@raptorcharly8055]

Definitely! Don't know why people hate on the sequels as much as they do, I at least thought they followed up well.

[@rielo9725]

3:06… I love that you made this reference. It’s good to know that this movie’s existence in many, many ways gave us the perfection that is the John Wick movies…

[@singletona082]

I actually thought hte stilted acting made sense: FOr the humans they've been caught in a cycle so are essentially going on a script path that has bene lain out and seemingly perfected down to a process that only allows minor variations... And Neo is just wrecking balling that shit. For the machines: Uncanny valley not quite in step with what is 'right' TOTALLY makes sense. THey ain't human. that isn't air they are breathing. to them smell is just a set of quantifier tags drifting about in a simulation. So 'It's the smell... if there is such a thing' Y'know?

[@HS_Gomikubi]

I also like to think some number of people in the Matrixverse 'act' the way they do at least partially because of Neo's status. To them The One is practically Jesus, so it seems reasonable that a good chunk of the people who've met Neo or even so much as heard stories about him would try to emulate their savior in whatever ways they can.

[@nova2512]

*0:22** It’s not just a punch clock, it’s also a metaphor for how we are slaves to the system in real life. We spend the first 18-22 years of our lives learning, training, and indoctrinating ourselves so that we can get a job and work for 40+ years so we can save up enough squares of paper to not have to work anymore. And what color are those squares of paper? GREEN*

[@l.bakker7563]

Mine are not green

[@HelloSadness101]

Mine are not green

[@nova2512]

@@HelloSadness101 *Then your in a country that doesn’t matter. Hence why your own name beckons sorrow. Lol jk. But it is an American movie, and at the time of the first and second matrix the dollar was the strongest currency and preferred around the world, so we count the money as green.*

[@JOSHCHIMICH]

@@nova2512 you’re* Learn to spell, American, lol jk.

[@nova2512]

@@JOSHCHIMICH *That is cause I’m American but not the shitty education like you might think (I went to private school). That is the iPhone autocorrect. I usually don’t have time to really read over what I write because on top of America’s shitty education, we also have shitty healthcare. If it was better my 86 year old grandmother with ridiculous amounts of dementia would be able to have the help she needs to stay out of one of America’s other black eyes, nursing homes. But sadly we need another 50 years or so.*

[@raptorcharly8055]

I really like this movie, honestly. I've always felt it flowed well, the action was top-notch, and it was a fun sequel to the original. It's not as good as the first, but I didn't expect it to be. I don't really understand all the hate, and I don't particularly care to - sometimes it seems like people just really want to not like it.

[@barrylyndon5552]

I've always thought Morpheus whipping the crap out of the ghost dudes face with his cut seatbelt was the best bit. Fight goes from horrific do or die razor fest to "So help me god if you dont stop flicking your albino brother I'll turn this car around"

[@edythewurtzler2013]

It's really interesting that you mentioned how you think Lambert Wilson would make an excellent Bond villain, as he was actually considered for Bond himself when Goldeneye was being cast. I actually suspect he would have been very good in the role (his French accent in this film is very much hammed up from his natural voice).

[@masterman9999]

The other thing about Morpheus, the matrix is about the strength of ones mind. Since Morpheus' belief in the one was validated through Neo, he became stronger.

[@Micsma]

I like to think rubberyiness in the fight sequences is just how we perceive the movement because it's happening so fast. Kinda like smear in drawn animation

[@Shaiyo5]

It's also the fact that for it's time, this is actually extremely advanced CGI. But not advanced enough to make it "invisible", so to speak.

[@ぐんでrぃて]

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[@ArkhBaegor]

@@Shaiyo5 Yeah, I remember back in the day when it released on DVD I would watch that scene over and over being amazed. Shit looked great in DVD quality

[@ZrodyApo]

There's a little detail about the Ghost twin in the car that I always liked, when the Agent is dodging bullets on the car the Ghost twin looks at him both with surprise and fascination (at least it looks like that to me), it seems as if he's telling himself "that's a nice trick, why can't I do it too"

[@callmeshaggy5166]

I haven't looked into it much, but I'm guessing that humans can't live in/rebuild the real world after achieving peace. The machines were not destroyed. I am thinking the Matrix is reintroduced to help people cope/save the humans, with Neo and the gang taking the place of agents under the premise of doing it right. It'll be a "Are we actually the bad guys?" kinda movie.

[@DanteCorwyn]

That was the angle I was hoping they'd go into. Morpheus himself says that humanity won't be free till the matrix is destroyed. So, what's going to happen to all those people still plugged in? And he even himself says that humans "scorched the sky". The machines are literally giving them the tools to survive and thrive, and only go after them when they become enough of a threat to the machines again.

[@leonprowse5806]

15:53 I lost it when I realized (after the billionth time watching) that during the tunnel sequence the camera travels through the bullet hole in the destroyed wing mirror. Thanks to this channel, I can now nerd out about it with like minded people!

[@JoshSweetvale]

3:50 Doctor Who did an _amazing_ episode a few years ago crossing over the Da Vinci Code/Matrix idea. Also has one of my top 10 badass Doctor Who clever plan trap gloat things.

[@wakandaforever616]

What was the name of the episode

[@JoshSweetvale]

@@wakandaforever616 Extremis

[@ravenjmain]

Out of the trilogy reloaded is my favorite movie. The twins, the highway scene, the smith fight, and all the fight scenes set it over the top for me lol

[@anthonyleach7608]

I actually liked this more than the first movie when it first came out back in '03

[@lewislw4344]

I'm probably being biased because The Matrix Reloaded was my first matrix, but this movie is still my favourite even after falling in love with the first one. This one just seems so much "bigger"...

[@jasonblalock4429]

Other wins: 4:13 I love the way the Matrices' mech movements lag behind the operator. The operator is always about one second ahead of what the mech is doing - for obvious mechanical reasons which are ignored in nearly all other mech fights. Realism win! 4:58 Notice Morpheus says he doesn't believe in hope. He ONLY speaks in beliefs and certainties... until the highway chase, when he *hopes* that he was wrong about it being suicide. It's the one time he openly expresses uncertainty, which adds to the tension. Win! 8:50 Not being smug, but a lot of people *did* work that one out. The Oracle being genuinely oracular could only make sense if she were a program/machine. I like that the Wachowskis recognized this, and didn't make a big deal of the reveal. Self-restraint win! 11:15 It's *superficially* a yup moment, but it's actually Neo's first big mistake. He SHOULD have realized he was outmatched and flown off. But he can't let himself lose to Smith, and escalates. This leads to him almost truly losing. The music really helps convey this by getting increasingly frantic going forward, even when Neo seems to be winning . It's a great fight-based storytelling win. 19:18 ALSO, you wanna talk "verbal kung-fu"? That's this scene. It's not just a data-dump. The Architect is DELIBERATELY being as smug and confusing as possible as a way of disempowering Neo. And it almost works. To a certain extent, he's doing to Neo with words what Neo does with jumpkicks. He has the *meta* high ground. (If you can't tell, I'm one of the few people who genuinely liked Reloaded from day 1. :-D)

[@elsewhereprince3969]

The Architect speech is my favorite part. You have to think in order to understand it and the whole bit about the one not actually being a savior but part of the system makes it so enjoyable.

[@garrettlison4992]

Every time I hear "people hated this film," I feel like I just watch movies wrong because I generally like what I see, even if it doesn't have the most creative ideas or whatnot.

[@jdaqueri9551]

That's just fine. Watching movies is about enjoying yourself, not proving you have the Bestest Opinion Of Them All.

[@kaycordingly2437]

It always bugged me when people criticized the big “Neo vs. 100 Agent Smiths” scene by saying that Neo could have just flown away at any time. Seraph JUST SAID like 5 minutes ago “you do not truly know somebody until you fight them”.

[@spacedinosaur8733]

“Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more.” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

[@Miss_Myth]

My very first reaction when I saw you'd done The Matrix was excitement at the fact that that meant this was coming next. As someone else said, this is my favorite of the trilogy (I'm not alone! Who knew?!?) for multiple reasons, most of which you covered. My two complaints were that first, I terribly missed Tank (who I loved) and was so upset that they'd killed him offscreen (though I do also love Link), and second... I'm with you on the "yuck" of the dance scene. But there was so much that outweighed my personal complaints. Seraph became one of my favorite characters in the series, we still had the first Oracle, and I was very, very proud of myself for answering The Architect's "why you're here" bit with "You didn't answer the question" a *microsecond* before Neo did. Can't wait to hear your conclusions - especially since we'll get more insight on this movie included! (Edited for typo)

[@KallenScarlet]

Wasn't expecting this to come out so soon, but I'm not complaining! Thank you for this!

[@lavoroxan8114]

I notice you on 22:05 when mentioning the "matrix within a matrix" the blue subtitles of the real word becomes the green subtitles of the matrix.

[@FletcherReedsRandomness]

I prefer Revelations, because that’s where Agent Smith talks about cookies and does the weirdest evil laugh I’ve ever heard.

[@BlazingOwnager]

Revelations was terrible but that laugh was amazing.

[@HariOmRadhaKrishna]

When Matrix 3 was coming out our local theatre showed a double feature of The Matrix & Matrix 2. So I saw them (for the 1st time) like 1 big Zack Snyder Justice League 4 hour movie.

[@radwolf76]

13:20 my third or fourth time seeing Reloaded in theaters (probably about 2 months after release), when the cake scene came up, after the woman's "reaction", I shouted out that line from When Harry Met Sally: "I'll have what she's having!". Had the whole audience cracking up.

[@Dresqus]

I love how You've changed the color of subtitles, depending on the world - green for Matrix light-grey-blue for reality!

[@whatwecare4]

9:53 One of the coolest details about this movie for me was when the camera shows Smith's face and I thought that half of his glasses (one of the lenses) was actually styled like Neo's now, further establishing the connection between them.

[@wakandaforever616]

Great catch

[@grounsonffm6007]

17:33 I always assumed they could move faster to dodge because accuracy wasn’t a concern whereas when fighting they want all hits to land and so have to slow down

[@KayleighBourquin]

I always liked Reloaded (and Revolutions, they are best watched together), it is undeniably weaker compared to the first film, but that doesn't mean it is at all bad. The Matrix was beyond expectations, an 11 out of 10, if you will. So Reloaded only being 7 or 8 feels like a let down, but nothing could ever truly compare to the first film. But it is a fantastic film. The whole trilogy, when watched in one sitting, or over a weekend, is just sublime. Everything fits together, Reloaded/Revolutions don't feel like an ad hoc addition, but rather the scripted outcome of what The Matrix set up. My worry is that The Matrix, and the trilogy, will be a one of a kind kinda deal, and the upcoming fourth film just won't stack up. But, admittedly, having since watched more Wachowski films and projects since Revolutions, I feel confident in expecting it to be at least good, if not great.

[@georgegooge8212]

One thing that always gets my attention in these films is the great acting of Keanu Reeves and Hugo Weaving during the back and forth between Neo and Smith. You can really sense the hatred between them. Each wants, needs, to destroy each other, but they still have an utmost respect for each other.

[@JakeSezz]

“Ok that was uncalled for” I lmao’d Monica Bellucci is just…😍

[@StoryGameArtist]

5:01 You're changing the colour of the text to suit the hues of the movie! Next level, unlocked!

[@Micsma]

Once our expectations are put aside we can enjoy the fun elements That's why I have no expectations about most of life.

[@AceSpadeThePikachu]

Fun fact: A recent TV spot for Resurrections revealed that exile henchman Neo presumably face-smashed with a mace at 15:09 is alive and well and still one of the Merovingian's bodyguards. So either Neo pulled a Captain America and only incapacitated the henchman (we don't see where the mace actually hit since the camera cuts away), or he was one of those "notoriously hard to kill" exiles and that mace wasn't coated in silver.

[@theruoc147]

I always imagined neo’s brain was essentially interacting with the “wifi” of the machines in the real world.

[@171QA]

Glad you had fun reviewing this.

[@BlazingOwnager]

Biggest thing I want to point out between the sequels: The original movie felt like a dark, noir slow burn. So many great noir shots, homages, etc. The whole look of the movie was great that way, making great use of the Dark City sets and aesthetic. The second movie and third movie are shot like traditional superhero fair, are much brighter and more colorful and lack any sort of that noir feeling that the first movie had. It's REALLY noticeable if you go back and watch the first movie cold again and it always makes the sequels feel cheap & cheesy from the first 5 minutes.

[@NEON-XMV]

Holy shit yes, I actually explained to a friend years ago after realizing that what made the two films feel so disconnected from the first is that the more oppressive, uneasy atmosphere of the original and the noir/horror elements were pretty much removed in favor of increasing the action and sci-fi elements

[@lucieb6309]

While i agree about the 2nd film, the 3rd always felt extremely dark to me. Even darker than the first one, both in essence and in aesthetic. I'm saying that knowing that I've actually watched it yesterday evening... Yep, felt much darker

[@cambion_entertainment]

I'm surprised you didn't pick up on the bowling pins sound when Neo sends one smith into the crowd of other smiths before peacing out

[@OAN3476]

My idea: the One is a part of the system. Neo being the one makes him part machine in the real world. Maybe, he uses wifi and the matrix grid in the real world with something akin to technopathy, since all the machines would require a constant connection to the matrix.

[@PalaDave99]

Okay so this is one of the times when I'm glad I didnt speak English when I've first seen this movie. The dub/translation in my native elevated the dialogue so much over the original it's not even the same movie Also the text glitching out when Neo stops the machines is a nice touch

[@spasminos]

Dropped everything. Paused music, saved Skyrim. You're awesome dude and I love your videos.

[@RandmAnimal]

Did you double save?

[@spasminos]

@@RandmAnimal manual and a quick.

[@alm2187]

18:40 A bit of related trivia: Carrie-Anne Moss said her biker coaches started her out small. Seems it's better to pick up some skills on a bike that handles easy. To then level up was to start over with a bike that's one size up.

[@jejeakle]

I’m one of the only people who actually loves this trilogy, and doesn’t care for or about the downsides

[@wakandaforever616]

You're definitely not alone in that

[@RhysClark97]

16:40 fun part about this sequence with Morpheus, they removed an entire sideguard of the bridge for this shot and nobody notices while watching, it was a 1 second shot and it was just to make the edit more readable.