The Matrix In Review - Every Matrix Movie Ranked & Recapped

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This episode of Kinda Funny's The Matrix In Review we rank, review, and recap The Wachowskis 1999 film The Matrix starring Keanu Reeves.
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00:19:20 - Plot
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[@Amouroso]

I love having Carboni on Spider-Man, The Willems’ on Scream and now Paris on Matrix. Their enthusiasm and knowledge is so much fun to watch

[@furrybproductions]

January 31st, 1999. I was 16 years old and the first trailer for The Matrix dropped during The Super Bowl. Most amazing thing I ever saw up until that point. I went to ask my grandma if she saw the insanity I just witnessed and found her dead. I'll never forget that trailer.

[@fazon1997]

Holy shit dude. Prayers for you 21 years later my guy

[@furrybproductions]

@@fazon1997 thanks man. I remember it was a week after my birthday and my grandma wanted me to come over to get my birthday card. She was insistent. Like she knew.

[@thedarkknight2221]

One of the single greatest action films ever made and of of the greatest science fiction films ever made PERIOD.

[@8SweetPotatoLattes]

Love that y'all were able to get Parris in on these reviews!

[@19RoFlMao19]

But where is steven spohn??

[@bobieharvey]

So excited to see Paris after he was on the trailer reacts. He clearly loves this franchise and knows soooo much. Excited to listen to his take

[@furrybproductions]

Cipher was the guy they took out of The Matrix too late. They usually don't pull people out past puberty, but there's some Easter eggs in the film that let you know he was an adult when they took him out. That might be why he wanted to go back in. I think once you're past a certain age, you can rationalize staying in the simulation.

[@michealangelo12865]

True but I believe that they thought Cipher was a potential "One" as well

[@Blballerboy]

@@michealangelo12865 what makes you think that? Was there any hints?

[@michealangelo12865]

@@Blballerboy His infatuation with Trinity for one, he says Morpheus fed him lies and all the kids at the Oracle suggesting every Captain of a ship was looking for the The One

[@furrybproductions]

@@Blballerboy plus, why else pull him out The Matrix so late? It's the same reason they pulled Neo out so late.

[@theogofguitar]

I’m curious is it stated they avoid pulling adults out? I can get why but I never recall seeing anything explicitly showing that the characters we see outside have been free since they were children? Is that the oracles role to be the interface for all children waking up? I don’t recall Trinity, Morpheus, Tank, Niobi….ever mentioning coming to reality as a child.

[@fiffanatic17]

its crazy how nick going through the plot is giving me chills as i imagine the scenes in my head. thats how good and iconic this movie is. ive seen it probably 20 times and it will never get old

[@HEmmerich89]

I was so happy to hear Paris tell the trivia about Keanu's kicks! I learned that a few years ago when I broke my neck in an accident and required 2 vertibrae to be fused. I had always dreamed of learning martial arts and thought that had been shattered. I learned about keanu learning all of his MA training for matrix in a neck brace after he had fusion surgery and that helped me through recovery. I wasnt doing training through my recovery, but knowing someone had been through something similar and achieved a similar goal was inspiring!

[@ToastyBunsMcGee]

That subway fight between Neo and Mr. Smith is one of the best shot/choreographed action scenes ever filmed. Edit: Agent Smith is one of the best villains in film history

[@SonnyFrisco]

This and Terminator 2. Two of the greatest science fiction action films. One opened the 90's and one closed it.

[@TheStewiestPac]

Had to stop multiple times and go watch the scenes being talked about. It’s easy to forget how much of a masterpiece this was/is. Sequels notwithstanding, this is still a 10/10 all these years later.

[@iansmart4158]

The sequels RULE.

[@torystory12]

So glad you guys got Parris for this. Undoubtedly the coolest movie of all time

[@furrybproductions]

The dude who says, "Please open your coat, sir" is Bill Pope, the director of photography.

[@lungfulldrummer8921]

Same director of photography as team america 😆

[@usedfuzzbox]

Going to see this in 1999 with no spoilers, imagine that, blew my mind. Some of the best cultural touchstones generated to affect the next few generations....and the best action scenes as well!!

[@SonnyFrisco]

The extra green tint was added post Reloaded to match the sequels. The recent 4k versions corrected this.

[@mabsali8770]

One of the few films in history which you can label PERFECT.

[@lungfulldrummer8921]

For me it's only perfect when it's part of the trilogy. As a stand alone they don't use the potential of the matrix setting enough imo.

[@Blballerboy]

Agreed. It’s really difficult to hear any criticism from these guys, and that’s me saying it nicely.

[@jackcampbell7099]

That Dark Knight ending though Nick…

[@realrobrose]

The Oracle tells Neo that the one can't be told that they are the one, they have to discover it themselves. Then she says to Neo "You already know what I'm going to tell you" To which Neo says "I'm not the one" And she says "Sorry kiddo, you got the gift, but it looks like you're waiting for something." Never does she tell him that he's not the one, she just confirms for him that he doesn't believe he's the one.

[@jwm1444]

I don't even think it's a confirmation that he doesn't believe he's the one. I think she meant "No you ARE The One, and I know you don't want to be." Which is why she says later that she hates giving good people bad news.

[@thevikingbear2343]

The best dialogue of the movie is: -Don't worry about the vase. -What vase? **looking around trips and Breaks the vase** -That vase.

[@arodz21]

Fun fact not mentioned here: Mouse was also in Attack of the Clones as the 'Death Sticks" kid. And BTW Nick: Greatest ending of all time is The Dark Knight, period end of story. You yourself said so your Dark Knight in review. Are you changing your opinion now? 2.27.45 mark: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5e1lmqwhrKchtk

[@cbt1138]

Nick is very big on hyperbole.

[@jmartman13]

Awesome intro!!! Very excited for this in review series

[@crosvale7829]

As a 34 year-old who has seen The Matrix multiple times, am I just now realizing it's the greatest movie ever?!?!

[@holy_schnikes_aj]

The owner of the movie theater we were at came out before the movie started and said "I'm just out here to warn you that this is the loudest movie we have ever showed here. Just so you are aware." Small town.

[@furrybproductions]

Neo didn't question that he was finally in the real world because he's been questioning the world he's been living in his whole life. It was that moment when he goes, "Now it all makes sense".

[@furrybproductions]

I never realized that Choi and Dujour we're from Zion. Never realized that that might be Club Hel either. Mind blown

[@luciddre4m]

"How are you gonna talk, if you have no mouth or whatever?" - Agent Smith according to Nick Scarpino. Iconic line.

[@EVC1094]

FYI, Simulacra and Simulation is an actual book by philosopher Jean Baudrillard.

[@andyflushfilms6989]

just rewatched the trilogy and been waiting for this to drop!!

[@vindicare9915]

My favourite part is when Will Smith meets the talking pug

[@ryanbartley3152]

Mine is when Angelina Jolie curves the bullet

[@alexwaddington9808]

And when Samuel L Jackson is teleported to a cave in Horseshoe Bend

[@Cindroper]

One the best moments for me is after Neo gets kick across the ground into the stairs in the subway and shakes the dust off his clothes right before fighting Smith. The music too.

[@SteelCond0r]

Talking about great movie endings, I have always loved the way The Bourne Ultimatum (and honestly all the Bourne movies) end. The Moby song they use is hype as hell, and it is used so well in Ultimatum.

[@DarthDubie5]

Thanks Parris… now I have to rewatch The Matrix because you brought up so many things I missed lol. We need more Parris on in review. You’re the bomb.

[@dejjibd424]

Really enjoyed this!

[@edusszfx]

Awesome to have Parris is this! This movie is great! But can't wait to see what you guys think of the next ones..

[@jakeagawea]

fun episode, lots of cool theories shared! thank you!

[@daynmitchell7543]

Kevin's dog lol so cute

[@aarons.2323]

Some people are saying The Dark Knight has the best ending, and I think it definitely has one of, if not THE, best ending monologues ever. But visually, when you see Neo fly towards the screen high up in the sky, it was a WTF moment to cap a movie filled with them. Neo could fly. The implications of what that could mean for future possible films blew people's minds, that is only tainted because of what actually came after, even though I like Reloaded.

[@bigolpancake9136]

v happy parris is here, he's the best.

[@benlangolf9610]

Been excited for this for months!

[@icywinterof88]

Oh man we got Paris for this? Hell yes!

[@zerooverzero]

Nick, I would contend that: Winston- "I love this town!" *cue Ghostbusters theme, is right up there.

[@stevenmadethis2383]

Paris could straight up read the phone book and I would listen, his voice is fantastic.

[@HusslerkiD]

Love some Parris content

[@furrybproductions]

I've got a lot of positive things to say about Matrix 2 and 3. They're good movies. The Architect's speech in 2 was over most people's heads and so they said it was bad. Damn C students 😂🤬

[@luciddre4m]

They have some good scenes but they're far from good movies

[@lokithor99]

There are moments to this movie with extremely subtle noir framing. Right at the beginning when the agents first appear, and the scenes with neo in the car during the rain.

[@jeremyz4207]

If memory serves, the original script had the machines using humans as processors instead of batteries. The producers made them change it because the producers were afraid people wouldn't understand why human brains could be used in such a way. I also heard a fan theory that said the machines enslaved humanity because the laws of robotics prevented them from killing us.

[@furrybproductions]

That's EXACTLY what the humans were being used for. Costs to much energy to keep a human for harvesting energy, lol. I heard a theory that the war hasn't ended, that Zion is a small subset of humanity who were forced into a Pseudo Matrix underground and the machines are still fighting the humans above ground, outside of both The Matrix and the Pseudo Matrix, and the machines are using the processing power of humans to try to figure out how they work so they can win the war.

[@fackos88]

I thought the significance of Neo was that it was an anagram for One. Just like how he is the remainder of an unbalanced equation, I.E. The One.

[@OMGLX]

And Cipher is another word for Zero! I know this is like super entry level stuff for Matrix trivia, but I'm surprised neither tidbit was brought up in this In Review.

[@PatrickBrophy]

The year is 1999. I have quit college. I return home and go to sleep on the sidewalk for a little less than a week to wait in line for The Phantom Menace. While in line, we break to watch The Matrix in the theater. Easily the best part of waiting in line for a week for pod racing…

[@cbt1138]

Right there with you.

[@jwm1444]

My parents showed me this movie way too young and the only way they allowed it was if I watched the behind the scenes VHS to show me that it was all fake. It's what made me fall in love with movies. 7:43 Totally agree Nick. This is one of the best endings to a film I have ever seen. The ending of Se7en, the OG Halloween, The Usual Suspects, and Brick are in the top 5 for me.

[@CrisGG11]

Bro Paris blew my mind at 29:07 he needs to be in all of these matrix in review 🤯

[@luckn.3371]

Been watching MCU in review for a year now, and finally got around to watching the Matrix today. Searched up the soundtrack and lo and behold I see a Kinda Funny upload of the movie. Maybe we do live in a simulation🤷🏻‍♂️

[@athrun_zala7407]

I'm so ready for this In Review!!!

[@LurchLand]

I love Paris's expert knowledge and input on this review.

[@Gtrice13]

It is WILD that I got goosebumps just listening to Scarpino describe the ending. What a movie.

[@rhysedwards245]

I can't believe how well its aged. One of the all time greats

[@neojd]

Surprisingly short for an In Review. Glad you guys still love this masterpiece. The sequels aren’t as good of course, but the philosophical questions within them are timeless in their own way, and like Parris says they have their moments.

[@gearzofmudd]

My cousin had the raining green text as a screensaver way back in the day and I always thought that was the coolest thing in the world even though I was too young to watch/understand the movie at the time

[@ToastyBunsMcGee]

I can’t wait for Tim to dig deep in to Matrix lore. It’s insane lmmmfao

[@8bitdee]

Something not covered by the guys here is how much the Wachowskis were influenced by anime and how they wanted to represent that in the action, and it really shows. Whenevr you think of a shot in an action sequences in this film you think to yourself "that's anime af." People often ask if we're ever gonna get a good live action adaptation of anime and don't realize we already did 20 years ago.

[@CrossOutBryce]

I remember reading somewhere that the team in The Matrix THINK it's 2199, but that it's actually 2699 because they no longer have accurate ways to track time.

[@connerc97]

That intro is dope!!

[@Abefroman3]

I saw an advanced screening of the movie (2 weeks prior to release) from our local radio station and took a friend from school. Every hype moment they have talked about was at 10 in the theater, and for the next two weeks we were just telling our classmates you have got to go see this movie.

[@zdgro]

I can't let this Keanu slander stand. Keanu is great and his acting is perfect.

[@josephcertain545]

Neo waking up 7 times is important, because they are on the 7th iteration of the Matrix

[@KTop27]

you can also say with Neo's name, if you re-arrange it, it spells out 'One'

[@s___e___b___72]

My condolences to you and your family andy about your loss.

[@patriots234]

The matrix is easily one of 50 most important movies of all time.

[@dmtgallardo]

10

[@patriots234]

@@dmtgallardo correct

[@dragonsneedtobereal]

I was in an Uber a few years ago where the driver played dragula 4 times in a row. I was terrified

[@reflectionist]

And speaking of 1999, Neo was probably just downloading mp3s off of Limewire for Choi and Dujour.

[@dejjibd424]

Oh man, I'm looking forward to watching this.

[@joestaples8834]

I'm getting chills each time Nick builds up to the next hype plot moment. Forgot how impactful this movie has been on me

[@ROY4L-AC3]

On the topic of why they use humans as batteries instead of animals, apparently in the original script the idea was to use humans as computational processors instead. Using the human brain to crunch more information. However the studio was concerned that the average audience member wouldn't understand that idea so they made them change it to the power idea instead

[@reflectionist]

I'm not a nit picky guy, this is a slam on me and my comprehension. But I knew right away, as soon as Nick said "Vis a vis" that he was talking about the Architect, that meeting with the Source was the climax of Reloaded. That's kind of sad that I knew that RIGHT off the top of my head. But I NEVER ONCE picked up on the whole thing behind "the informant is real" and Cypher was tipping them off to kill whoever was on the shift and then found out it was Trinity and started bugging out. I had no idea. Good call, guys.

[@CompletelyInadequate]

The Matrix 1 is GOATed, the sequels not so much lol but the 2nd one still holds a special little nostalgic piece in my heart even if the story starts getting off the rails for me. I love the fact that nobody was able to figure out that Neo rearranged is literally One, he is The One, it also defines as new, so he is the new chosen one. Love the In Review series Spiderman with Carboni was great and this with Paris is going to be awesome!

[@jasonc2341]

Clubbed to death is a banger.

[@gavataris]

I like to imagine Hair-Down-Kev is what K-Dog looks like inside the matrix

[@geoafe66]

New trailer was great! got me hyped.

[@margunnthier8913]

that moment when Kevin starts stroking his hair lol

[@ilya-lysse]

I don't know where you watched it for this review and I should check my vhs or dvd, but I have heard that the color tint wasn't so pronounced in the first release, then adapted to be more in line with 2 et 3 after.

[@diegogriffiths2506]

I'm pretty Nick would respond to his own question at 7:45 with the dark Knight ending

[@stevenwoods2763]

You guys NEED to do the Animatrix, even just a 30min screencast ep

[@talkz1238]

Kinda sad they didn't get Steve. I guess he's busy being a twitch ambassador

[@realrobrose]

I thought the entire thing of Neo going to that club and meeting Trinity was like a dream that Morphius and them were putting into his head via hacking the matrix somehow. The same way the agents make him believe he's dreaming when they put the bug in him.

[@GandalfGreyhame3]

Get nick to watch the latest 4K hdr versions for the next two because it makes a huge difference!

[@Amouroso]

In Review is my fav show on the entire internet 😭

[@nicholasarkis6116]

NEO is also an anagram of ONE. He's the One.

[@GP-zj2hv]

Been waiting on this shit fam!!

[@reflectionist]

37:29 - I don't remember if this was the case or not, but I'm thinking back to this scene and I can't remember if there was more window on the other side of the big thin aluminum vent thing. Like, Neo just casually opened the wrong fucking window entirely.

[@lancerloco]

Before they get into the plot, Nick should say “I know the plot” and Tim can respond with “Show me”

[@BHCha-]

This was great.

[@ThatVanguard]

Parris on this one is perfect, wouldn't be near as good without his passion and knowledge

[@stuartbarton1371]

When they pick up neo for the first time the rain on the cars windows is meant to be like the green matrix code

[@jimsmith8797]

Speed racer is underrated. Love it tbh. Haven’t watched it since came out tho. I’ll have to

[@Inkadu4You]

The 90s vibe of this movie is so dope I can’t wait until you guys do Blade in review

[@dejjibd424]

Agent Smith and the Machines?! now that sounds like a awesome band haha

[@Bradtastik]

Completely forgot that this film came out the day I was born on March 31, 1999 😅

[@Kon5ept]

Just imagine if Will Smith said yes after it was pitched to him first before Keanu Reeves. Crazy!

[@karlmoore1837]

I can imagine the pin board Paris has up for all the matrix law, gearing up for the next installment.

[@blankbacon9931]

REVIEW THE ANIMATRIX ALSO! It's a million percent worth your time and adds a lot to the lore and universe.

[@GGMU1987]

Parris killing the game!