WATCHING *THE MATRIX* FOR THE FIRST TIME

WATCHING THE MATRIX FOR THE FIRST TIME
the matrix reaction & commentary!
25 years ago, The Matrix came out so I thought that now would be the perfect time to finally watch it. I didn't know too much about the movie itself and my mind was BLOWN.
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[@orlandoaugustostock4578]

25 years passed quickly. The film is more current today than it was in 1999

[@ohedd]

Yea that's what's wild. The original Matrix pitch to Warner Bros was that the machines harvested human brain power to use as cloud computing hardware, which makes a lot more sense than the idea that they harvest human body heat for power generation (which is so incredibly silly) but in 1999 people would have no conception of the importance of computation power, so Warner Bros had the Wachowskis go with the battery idea. In other words Matrix was _toned down_ and yet, it is still incredibly forward looking. It is truly excellent sci-fi.

[@Souledex]

​@@ohedd Also in retrospect it turns out it was a powerful allegory for realizing a person is Trans - which super wouldn't have played at the time, and given the Wachowski's are both trans its even more ridiculous and tragic that "The Red Pill" has come to mean what it does for some folks

[@ohedd]

@@Souledex Yea, it would be cool if they went with their original idea of having Switch's "residual self-image" be incongruent with what it was in the real world, and they'd have a different gender in the Matrix. But for a minor side character, I could see how that would be confusing and add unnecessary confusion to the story.

[@maurivid83]

The marketing for this moving was legendary. I remember billboards on the street and on buses, simply telling you that no one could tell you what the matrix is. You have to see it for yourself. We literally did not know if it was a horrible movie, a comedy, a drama, nothing. And people walked out of the theater with an existential crisis. It was great! And when asked by people who hadn't seen it yet. What it was about, we would just repeat the slogan.

[@Kiraj8de]

Oh wow, I can't believe I forgot about the crazy advertising for the movie!!! We had no idea what it was about. And I remember seeing it in theaters when I was 10 or 11. My mind was blown. I think my mom had to buy my brother and I tickets. So we went to see the movie, while she saw a nice comedy. lol. She was probably sooo worried for us afterwards. It really made you question reality at that time. People who watch it nowadays have no idea how much of a terrifying and new concept this was back then. Thankfully I loved the movie. But it made us a little paranoid.

[@mattp6089]

It was insane in Australia, especially if you were in Sydney during the filming. We were acutely aware that this major movie project was in town filming and there was lots of buzz around the movie even that far before release.

[@MultiNeurons]

Yes right for me too it was the same, after the film I wen off the cinema and doubted about the reality around me! All was floating() and have been "allucinated" (in a good way) by the Matrix for years. And still very very passionate! Sincerely I would love to see how a very sophisticated artificial neural network would could continue the story of the trilogy (yes excluding the fourth)

[@stardustvideo]

"a body cannot live without the mind". Best plot armor ever

[@dennisvdwerf]

The oracle giving him cookies is brilliant

[@Mr.Ekshin]

The question is... were they tracking cookies?

[@aikighost]

@@Mr.Ekshin the oracle was.

[@iamredoctober]

I remember going to the theater to watch this with friends and we had no idea what we were about to see. Our minds were completely blown.

[@tomking7080]

Me too. I’m 46 years old and everyone was talking about The Matrix that Monday morning at work

[@ferociouzbeats4147]

thats so awesome, I wish I could have seen it for the first time in the theaters in 99, I was 5 years old, so not a chance, but I first watched as a kid around 9 ish and it blew my mind as well, of course I didnt understand everything about it, but for my age I understood it quite well, still on my top 3 favorite movies to this day

[@Ghost8386]

This film turns 25 years old tomorrow. I was 15 years old and a freshman when this film was released.

[@johto]

Yeah, about the same. Went to the premiere here in Finland randomly, had no clue beforehand what the movie was about. All i knew it was some action movie starring Keanu. Talk about mind blown after got out of the cinema 😅

[@LeDedoubleur]

I Was 20 at the premiere and I remember like it was yesterday… it was spectacular!

[@richlisola1]

I was a junior, and yeah I remember this movie was a bomb on the cultural landscape. Seismic.

[@tomking7080]

I was living in Los Angeles when this came out and I remember all the billboards around town and the big advertising space on the side of The Sunset building on Sunset Boulevard,where Soulcycle is today, had the “WHAT IS THE MATRIX?” Advertisement on it. Man,the 90’s were such a great era!!!

[@RicardoRandom691]

25 years later, I still love the sci-fi twist on "true love's kiss" so very much: As the kid said, it's not the spoon that bends, only yourself. He's the One because he believes he is, and he believes he is because Trinity believes he is. It just hits all the right buttons in my personal belief system.

[@Christobanistan]

It's moronic. Love can do things, but not that.

[@TimoRutanen]

@@Christobanistan They explore why that actually happened in the following movies, though they aren't generally nearly as good as the first one was in its uniqueness.

[@Christobanistan]

@@TimoRutanen Yeah, the sequels were just awful.

[@swish007]

I like your take on it and I'd never thought of it that way.. until your comment I thought it was the silliest part of the whole movie. now I'm more on board with it. (it's still in essence the age old "power of love" cliché. I don't get too mad about it in movies though because love really DOES conquer all and only small-minded materialists get all uppity about the concept lol)

[@ineptgamer3814]

Given the pretty big revelation at the end the fourth film from 2021, I'd say those two bringing each other back from the dead and Trinty's killing of an Agent with the "Dodge this." remark has finally been explained after 25 years.

[@fernandoflores1303]

The kiss at the end. Not so much as true loves kiss. I thought of it as more of a rebooting of a device to install new software. There is a line when Neo is with the oracle and she said that he has the gift but is waiting for something. Neo says what, she replies with “your next life”.

[@Cyberautist]

A KZbin comment section essay on The Matrix: *1. Understanding the Logic of the Matrix:* About the resurrection at the end: The matrix-avatar of Neo (the "residual self-image" (RSI)) is a programmed image, like the spoon. Like the spoon this RSI of Neo does not exist. *It is just a bunch of code* - also because of this, machines can't know what tasty wheat tastes like. “Do not try and bend the spoon, that’s impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth… there is no spoon. Then you’ll see that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself.” - Spoon Boy - "Yourself" is the mind, which realizes the meaning of moving, of dying and of being alive. It is him beliving that the body/RSI is getting shot, so that his belief gonna make the RSI "act" dying. Because he realized that "being dead" in the matrix means exactly the same as "bending the spoon" - he realized it is not the spoon that bends - it is not the RSI that is gonna die - but it is he himself putting himself in this believe and made therefore the RSI "act" dying. Like the "Jump-Test" - he doesn't fall from the building - he make himself believe that he falls down. When he realized that it is all himself that drives the narrative, he bcomes the One and decides that his RSI is not dead. That how he managed through trinitys confession of love that he is not dead - "because he is the One and the One cannot be dead". And thats how he finally could fly - because there is no gravity - there is no spoon; it is only he himself. Now you know that Neo didn't died at the End of the movie and resurrected, but he was never dead in the firstplace, but thought that he had died, because he didn't understand, that the matrix-avatar is like the spoon not there. There is no residual self-image. It's only you giving it this meaning. Also this is the reason why the Matrix can't told you who you are because you only reside in the Matrix made RSI. It is not the real self. Like this the Oracle can't told you who you are because you have to believe that you are who decides to be. Something the Matrix cannot tell you and something the Oracle can't force you to believe but only showing you the doors. You have to go through the door you want to go through, by yourself. It is different from choosing the pill; your willingness or unwillingness to do something by heart let you choose the the right pill. If you only choose because you're curious, you will take the red pill, but you will not believe that this is your door. So you will regret this choice. If you just accidentally fall in the rabbit hole you don't wish to explore the "truth" and will take the blue pill to escape this "nightmare" you feel yourself trapped in (Agents chasing you etc. and you just want to live a "normal life"). If your innerst wish was to know and live by the truth, you will choose the red pill and stay in wonderland - because that's what you decide for yourself to be (So the splinter in your mind does't really matter, if you don't pay much attention to it and want to stay oblivious). Eventually the Oracle already knew that Cypher regret his choice and will try to go back. *2. Choice, Identity and Fate:* The Matrix Oracle Scene kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4axYnaiiZ6cb9k The oracle never told Neo that he isn't the One. She told him: Oracle: "Being the One is just like being in love - no one can tell you you're in love, you just know it, through in through. Balls to bones." Neo looks away as if he realises, that he doesn't know that is the One (or in love). Then she stands up and said: "Well, I have better a look at you". The she tricked him in choosing his self-believe/fate: Oracle: "Ok, now I'm supposed to say, < mmmh, that's interesting, but >, then you say ..." - - - - Here she is introducing this frame-game Neo: "But what?" Oracle: "But you already know what I am going to tell you." - - - - Here she repeats the pattern, to make Neo give the answer! Neo: "I'm not the One." - - - - Look who said it! It was Neo, not the Oracle. Oracle: "Sorry Kid." She just confirmed what he believed already and did't told him what he should believe. Why? That's why: "[...] no one can tell you you're in love, you just know it, through in through. Balls to bones." Like this, the choice to sacrifice himself for Morpheus - she never told him that he will choose to act like the One, even though he doesn't believe exactly to be the One. It's just that the situation of free choice let him believe that his choice matters, as if he decides about the fate of Morpheus and of himself. But it was the ability to choose that let to his mental awakening and act like the One is supposed to act: "[...] you just know it, through in through. Balls to bones." *3. Secrets:* The oracle could foretell him what is going to happen with Morpheus, because she is a program from the machine-city that depends on the Matrix as part of their power plant. So whatever Cypher told to the Agents, she already knew about when she met Neo. So the plan of the Agents was to capture Morpheus in the building where the Deja-Vu happened, because they had this deal with Cypher to give them the opportunity to capture Morpheus. That was their plan and that's how the Oracle knew that they will capture Morpheus - she also knew that the crew would have to pull the plug - or because now Neo is on the field: Choose to rescue Morpheus. He just had to believe that is gonna work, because (!!!spoiler alert for the second movie!!!) "the One" is a program opposed on Neo, that the Matrix created to fix a bug in the program, that the Machines call the "Integral Anomaly" and in order to handle it they opposed the abilities of the One on Neo. That's also how the Oracle could know that Neo is "The One", because that's how the Matrix wanted to control the "Integral Anomaly" of the Matrix code, by putting it somewhere where it could not easily break out and gave him control over the Matrix, like seeing the Code, stopping bullets with the mind, hijacking an Agent and obliterate them from the inside and flying around like Superman. Because the Oracle is part of the Matrix system, she knew that someone has to become the One at some point - like the other "potentials" who live with the Oracle. And that's why he only had to believe that he is the One, because otherwise he could not realise the power of the "Integral Anomaly" inside him. So the Oracle had to make him believe that his choice matters in order to be able to tap into his greater potential as the One. Also you have to enjoy the little computer jokes. ^^ * The agents literally put a computer bug into Neo. * Neo had to accept the cookies from the oracle to proceed. * Oracle was one of the first major database companies in the 1990s, so it makes only sense to give her character that very name. * Plus they first used the constructor to select attributes they'll carry over to the main program, the matrix. * In computer science, "agent" means "software system capable of making decisions". So calling those guys agents actually has a double-meaning! *Deep philosophy: The Spoon Boy and Zen philosophy:* THE MATRIX: THERE IS NO SPOON kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3K7pYJrmbKke6s The spoon parable is actually the exact same insight into reality as "Hui Nengs Flag" - a famous Zen Koan: Quote: The wind was flapping the temple flag and two monks started an argument. One said the flag moved, the other said the wind moved. They argued back and forth but could not reach a conclusion. The Sixth Patriarch said, “It is not the wind that moves, it is not the flag that moves, it is your honourable minds that move.” The monks were awe-struck. - End Quote. Because its not the spoon who knows that it bends - nor it is the flag or the wind, its only you yourself who knows - or as Morpheus said: Don't think you are - know you are. So its not the idea of an action, but the knowledge of the action, that unravels as this reality infront of you, not the words or the codes. The old greeks also understood this - they taught, that "light" - meaning consciousness, is comming somehow from inside you through your eyes - and project the epistemology of what is real and what is not, and what is a perceived, and comprehensive quality, onto the fabric of what you interacting with, as the effective reality (versus the perceived reality). So Epistéme is the source of the spoon bending. Its the source of the flag and the wind waving - waving as the episteomological realisation of what is happening. Semantics don't exist outsight of consciousness - and therefore it can be suggested, that there is an objective cosmic mind, rather than subjective idealism. Why does math work? How can the Mandelbrot set exist with all its complexity - humans haven't invented the rules - but discovered them, while they where allways there: the Feigenbaum constant shows, that fractals are not figments of our subjective imaginations, but that the logic of these intellectual realites are in everything that exists - whether we feel humilated or not by this realisation. As the Hermeticists say: The All is Mind. The universe is mental. Thanks for reading.

[@wackyvorlon]

Also, this movie is an allegory for the transgender experience.

[@Cyberautist]

@@wackyvorlon Yes I know. For every aspect of self allignment. If you are raised in a cult, and you learn to alling your authentic self with the ourter reality, it is as realising you were raised in the false construct (the social body/role, not the biological body); still the past tries to haunt you and trying to tell you that your authentic self is not real and that you made it up, and your allingment with said authentic self is just your pretense to feel special or above the "reality of things". So the experience of realising that you have an authentic self and you are not just the outer shell others perceive, is part of the transgender character in The Matrix "Switch", who in the Matrix is perceived as a woman and was supposed to be a man in the real world (unfortunately we never saw this actually happen in the movie). The authentic eternal self btw. is called Atma and is part of the Yoga tradition of the mystic non-duality teachings (Advaita Vedanta), that talks about five illusory bodies (Pancha Kosha), that are constructed around your Atma and distract you from realising your Atma.

[@Kaiverze]

​@@wackyvorlon right, the character Switch.

[@mikeythehat6693]

If you think anybody actually read all that you're dreaming.

[@Cyberautist]

@@mikeythehat6693 5 people have read it enough to have liked it - that`s enough for me.

[@caribbeanman3379]

You don't really have to die in the real world if you die in the Matrix. It's just that most users don't develop their mind-over-matrix abilities well enough to realize this so the shock of dying in the Matrix creates a strong psychosomatic reaction that results in them dying in the real world. But Neo developed it well enough so he was able to come back. It's possible that the kiss, rather than being a magical, true-love's kiss, was actually like a kind of reality-grounding trigger that woke up his subconscious mind to the fact that there is a real world outside of the Matrix world in which he was dying, so his real-world body to disregarded the death mode signal he was getting from the Matrix world, thus halting the psychosomatically generated death that he was dying.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Now, imagine seeing this 25 years ago, when the concept of living in a computer simulation was not yet fixed in the American psyche.

[@sabin97]

not only in america, but in every other continent as well.

[@KthulhuXxx]

Meh, you're giving The Matrix too much credit here. That concept had been in existence for multiple decades at this point. Hell, Dark City came out the previous year, and despite a much lower budget, had a lot of similar concepts, effects, and aesthetics as this movie. (It's also a better film, IMO.)

[@Kiraj8de]

@@KthulhuXxx The concept may have existed before then. But I promise those movies were too niche for anyone to have ever heard of except by a few. Matrix had a widespread audience with a masterful story, and beyond amazing graphics and choreography for its time. It was the first film to genuinely introduce living in a computer simulation idea to the masses. It may not be your favorite, but you have to give credit where it's due.

[@Lurker-dk8jk]

@@KthulhuXxx There was also TRON. It was quite the phenomenon back in its day. The arcade game was very good. Dark City blew me away when it came out. Never did finish finding all the hidden items on the DVD edition of the movie. The Matrix DVD had a similar game in the menus to find all the pills. I don't think it's a coincidence.

[@nathanberrigan9839]

The concept goes back millennia. One of the earliest examples is from Plato with his shadows on a cave wall.

[@crapstirrer]

There's also a collection of short films titled The Animatrix and several video games. The Matrix was quite the multimedia experience at the time.

[@crapstirrer]

Morpheus's glasses are pince-nez, literally translates to "pinch nose". An older style of glasses, like Roosevelt old. Sprung nosepads grip the bridge of the nose and that's what holds them in place.

[@ClassicGOD]

“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.”

[@primusstovis3704]

It must be Thursday.

[@edgreene4394]

Life, don't talk to me about life.

[@TheRawrnstuff]

1:36 "I was gonna ask, are we in the real world or the matrix" ... Well, that's the big question, isn't it?

[@raumzeitrelativ8615]

💯😉

[@theveryworstluck1894]

go outside and see if you can jump across the street. Try many times, if necessary.

[@raumzeitrelativ8615]

@@theveryworstluck1894 But "on the 1st jump, they all fall"... what means that would only show if you were in the jumping test simulation... if you fall into the soft streat, it means yes, it's the Simulation ✅️ If you die , it means no, it's not the simulation But if you die for real, you're just dead … if you die in the Matrix, you'll also be dead into the real world because "the body can not live without the mind" So, only evidence is about the simulation!!! 😉

[@icoborg]

so half of the movie is already ruined

[@johnwinter9399]

Watching this movie on DVD in 1999 after enduring VHS was like living in the future, being able to skip to any chaper instanly was pure magic. I must have watched the lobby sceen 10x over. Plus all the extra content and cool menus was a huge jump in technology together with "massive" 32 inch screens was the shit!!!

[@hellomark1]

I remember hearing when this came out, DVDs were still pretty new in general, and this one had some extra features or encoding such that it wouldn't work on some players.

[@rowdydog]

I remember seeing this movie in the theater. At that time no one had seen anything like this. Mind blown!!!!

[@TonyTigerTonyTiger]

" ... designed for one thing." "To search and destroy." Somebody can't count.

[@TimoRutanen]

I was waiting for someone to say 'that's two things'. Or that it was designed for two things. I was disappointed.

[@tracyoliver6648]

25 years...i feel so old...

[@Dragnumb55]

The thing I love about the matrix and sci-fi series and movies like it is that it asks these really philosophical questions about should you accept reality no matter how dark it is or should you live in a dream where you just accept the lies around you

[@Pixelologist]

16:45 - "What the hell?" Everyone in the matrix is a digital representation; software. The agents are also software...of the mal- variety.They can attack any other digital "person" and take them over.

[@FrancisXLord]

You do understand that 'Follow the white rabbit' is an Alice in Wonderland reference, right? As no doubt the title 'White Rabbit' for the theme song you mentioned is also. I mean I've heard so many attribute references to texts from a hundred or more years ago to something else that also references it. For instance, 'That's a Hook reference!' - no it's a Peter Pan reference; 'That's a Spaceballs reference!' - no it's a Wizard of Oz reference.

[@johto]

Howly shit, 25 years already? It doesn't feel that long. I still remember watching it at the cinema when it was new 😅 🤓

[@aikighost]

The sad thing for me is the buddy that I went to see the Matrix with (twice) on its opening weekend in 99 died of cancer last year. Sucks man.

[@christopherwatters6813]

Great reaction video, Yasmine! I remember seeing The Matrix on opening night in '99 and my friends and I were so pleasantly surprised! One of my favorite first time movie experiences ever.

[@ashe666]

Been so excited for this since it popped up on your Letterboxd haha!

[@3Kings_Industries]

So, less True Love's kiss, more, humans outside the Matrix can still respond to external stimuli, eg. Shock Therapy. The kiss triggers the auto response of adrenaline that restarted Neo's heart, awakening his physical response, while he was in the digital field. Thus, he did die. And, his brain aknowledged the death. But, the kiss reminded his body that he was not dead. And, his unique trait of being the one, allowed him to see past the wall of programing.

[@robovike]

If you can find it, the animated anthology series "The Animatrix" goes a long way to answer your question about how other people broke out of The Matrix. Also gives a two-part background of how the machines took over and how humanity fell to them. Honestly the background into and additional lore is great, but there are like 10 or so shorts and the various animation styles are alone worth it to watch.

[@erikohman2294]

The white rabbit goes back to Alice in wonderland. As a rule of thumb stuff in this movie is a reference to a piece of literature. As another rule of thumb stuff in this movie is symbolic. They cramed so much stuff in here someone needs to come slapp the roof.

[@besupaaa]

I keep looking dor Matrix reactions to watch people experience it for the first time ans I really liked your reaction! :) i will subscribe. Thanks for galking about it after the movie too, this is the best part of a reaction to me!

[@do0ranfrump260]

I knew nothing about this movie and walked in to see it in the theater the week it came out.. imagine my surprise..

[@terrylandess6072]

Many of your viewers have had a lifetime to catch all the best or most entertaining films. Take your time and enjoy the ride.

[@Lygre]

Man. 25 years. I remember watching it for the first time in a cinema in Bergen, Norway. Then when I got back to Oslo I watched it two more times in cinema, if I remember correctly. Perhaps my favorite movie of all time. It is still good 25 years later, and it will be good 25 years from now.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

Glasses without arms do actually exist. However, those are far from comfortable because they work by grabbing the skin of your nose and holding tight.

[@artman2oo3]

I really enjoyed your reaction! Your reactions are so good and sometimes kind of adorable! I just subscribed.

[@Raixor]

*Loved your reaction! And, at **19:32**, when they close-up on Neo's boots. Those are "F**k You Boots", or "F**k Off Boots" (in the UK): Steel-Toe boots with the leather sliced off, usually with a razor blade, so it's nice and tidy, to expose the steel. There are "already-exposed" toe boots you can buy, but of course...LAAAAAAME!!! lol*

[@sasapetroski981]

After 25 years still best movie, can watch every day 😊😊

[@michael3349]

Cannot believe its already been 25 years. Great movie and reaction. I love how (assuming we aren't already in the Matrix, lol) this movie just becomes more and more relevant with the rise of AI in the modern world. Hopefully our ingenuity doesn't become our undoing. (Or else we'll need to find another Keanu Reeves.) Happy Easter!

[@lordofchaosinc.261]

Back then there were two kind of viewers in the audience. Those who questioned reality when they saw the movie and those who said "nah I always felt it wasn't real".

[@aridassa7458]

This film is The One. A truly special movie, influential and awesome.

[@boqndimitrov8693]

it's never too late to watch this movie, even if you had to wait another 20 years. I'm sure that even then it will still be current and liked.

[@marksardakowski4323]

The glasses have a clip on them. I should have kept mine and they were pretty popular back then.

[@ryguy81538]

I saw this in the theatre on opening night with a friend of mine who wanted to see it. I had never even heard of it and knew nothing about what the premise was. Boy was I lost. I couldn't wrap my head around even the basic concept until about halfway through. I was hooked though. I've seen all the sequels, for better or worse, many times and shown it to many friends and family as well. Glad you enjoyed it and your reaction was really entertaining.

[@flickshtain]

I don't remember needing time to process this film. But I was under 40 years old when the film came out. They will tell me that this requires a certain mindset, but I am just a computer technician, not a programmer. But where my generation really differs from today’s is in its level of education, broad outlook, and erudition. With the same level of education for me and my son, I know more. After looking at his textbooks and talking to his teachers, I understood why. The level of requirements since I studied has dropped significantly. Although it should have been exactly the opposite.

[@captainofdunedain3993]

The Oracle gave him a cookie a substance for activation. When Trinity kissed him, cookies program triggered and Neo became the one.

[@robertbunting3117]

I haven't seen it in a while but I remember The Matrix cartoon being pretty good

[@s.henrlllpoklookout5069]

Grace Slick: "One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small." Morpheus: "For the last time, that isn't what these pills do!"

[@willcool713]

Morpheus' glasses are called a pince-nez. They were popular before WW1 and work okay if you have the right shape face. They give me migraines.

[@Michael-D.-Williams]

When you live in the same city that the Matrix was shot, walking through the scenes, it is doubly trippy. Especially when you see a helicopter.

[@mikeymike1843]

I have a friend with the last name Anderson. To this day every time we meet, I say " Mr Anderson ".

[@JohnSmith-cw7hb]

This was __STUNNING__ to watch for the first time on opening day in 1999! And many of the other times :) Glad you finally saw it!

[@eagledee7753]

Time can not be a construct (completely), because the computer running the simulation needs a clock too in order to simulate entropy. You could argue that the time inside the simulation is simulated, because it follows it's own ticking pattern, but again, the clock used to track time outside the simulation falls in the same category. We could argue a time frame in a simulation can be controlled and even stopped, but once you turn it back on, it only works because it is based in a higher imperative flow (who is to say which level is in base reality, probably higher levels are also simulations...). So, ironically, I would feel that time is one of the most genuine elements of any simulation. Edit: I recommend you watching The Animatrix, before watching the continuations, you will have a lot of questions answered.

[@chrisleebowers]

12:35 "Sentinel. A killing machine designed for *only one* thing..." "Killing?" "...Search *and* destroy" This bit of dialog always bugged me. Searching and destroying are *two* things. Killing is not always the same as destroying so that's arguably three things. "Sentinel" means a *guard* which is usually a stationary post and doesn't require going searching for anything, so that's like *four* things.

[@TimoRutanen]

It would have been great if someone muttered 'That's two things' after

[@erikohman2294]

Search and destroy is so much of a concept, some people may see it as a single thing. Not unlike "RnR" witch is kinda its own word and its own concept, but arguably two words. Postmodernity relies on our perception of reality being language dependant. As such the question "is that really one thing?" Is part of the questioning of reality as it realtes to our perception. Sorry if that sounds a bit nonsensical, but.. its the matrix.

[@Weirdaman]

The best part is that it was a documentary, WB simply recorded Keanu Reeves' weekend.

[@kellymoses8566]

The directors spent the entire budget they were first given on the opening scene betting it was good enough to make the studio give them a bigger budget.

[@bonbonpony]

02:31 The rabbit hole of this reference goes a wee bit deeper though ;) It originates in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll. The White Rabbit was the one who led Alice into the magical rabbit hole that led to Wonderland. There's much more references to Alice in Wonderland in "The Matrix", e.g. the mirror surfaces that are ever present in the movie are a reference to "Through the Looking Glass", another part of Alice's adventures in which he passes through a mirror to the mirror world. The analogies with the Matrix and the real world should be rather obvious. 03:00 Good catch :> 03:31 "Metacortex" - interesting name for a corporation, don't you think? ;> 05:51 Noticing any similarities between the "falling letters" of the Matrix code and the rain drops running down the windows right now? ;> I mean, they even made it look green-ish ;) 07:44 Yeah, kinda like you are right now, isn't it? ;> 08:16 And the most insane claw machine ever :) 14:00 Yeah, he's the sus amongus :q And it's rather unfortunate that they made it so painfully obvious in the movie that makes you question mental capability of the rest of the crew for not seeing right through it :q 25:13 Hahah yeah, and Neo is one hell of a Sleeping Beauty ;D 25:23 Yeah, a well-deserved moment in the movie ;> Perfectly emphasized with the music score. Notice how this theme evolved throughout the movie along with Neo, culminating in this scene. There's a nice analysis of the music score from this movie somewhere on KZbin, and one dude even made a doctoral thesis about it. 26:36 Rage Against the Machine - they couldn't choose anything more fitting :J 27:05 There's another movie that came out in similar time than "The Matrix" which deals with similar themes, but was less recognized and eclipsed by it: "The Thirteenth Floor". Perhaps you could watch it too when you'll be dealt with "The Matrix" trilogy? :J And if you're a fan of Keanu Reeves, then I recommend "Johnny Mnemonic", which is also a cyberpunk genre movie. 29:24 Hahah yeah, there's a bit of truth in this one - "The Matrix" might be one of the first movies in which the color tint has been used for the scenes to thematically distinguish which events are taking place inside the Matrix (the eery unnatural green ones, referring to the green color of phosphors used in early TV and computer screens) and which ones are taking place in the real world.

[@arraymac227]

FYI, the trailer for _Matrix 4: Resurrection_ has _White Rabbit_ as it's main theme.

[@elischultes6587]

I saw this and Fight Club on a drive in theater

[@officersquidman]

Morpheus' glasses are a real style called pince-nez (not pronounced even close to that spelling). They use spring tension to pinch onto the bridge of your nose.

[@SeanBlader]

"You're John 'mutha-fuckin' Wick, you got this." -Yasmina 25 years ago, he was Ted... Or Johnny Mnemonic...or Thomas A. Anderson, program writer for a "respectable software company." At best he was Jack Traven, LAPD bomb squad. It wouldn't be another 15 years until John Wick was unveiled to the world. Definitely watch the sequels. When I was a kid, until I was like 20-something I wasn't a pill taker. What got me past it was not thinking about the pill and just taking a big gulp of water with the pill in my mouth.

[@user-tx9uf5lt7v]

“… to deny our impulses… is to deny the very thing that makes us human.” -Mouse Thank you for your reactions, señorita. Astute as well as entertaining. Keep on keeping on and Gritos from Tejas. “You know what that means??? It’s Latin. It means know thyself.” -Mother Matrix

[@Jar.in.a.Bottle]

All open their eye's even wider after watching Matrix-1, having pondered Matrix-1 seeming coincidences, upon next meeting the Oracle.

[@DarkKnightBatman420]

Although my appreciation for the matrix diminished a bit after about 20 viewings and seeing the sequel films including animatrix a fair amount, I would still probably give it props for having one of the best executions of a groundbreaking concept put to film. It outscores the other films in that, but not action. For the sake of keeping the comment short, I just want to say it's becoming alarmingly possible to actually create simulations in which ai characters live in. It's a long way to crossing that bridge in a really significant way, but it's like the framework is in development/exists.

[@ofthenearfuture]

I was 12 when this came out and it blew my damn mind, and watched the tape so many times haha, was pretty much nothing like it at the time

[@merkury06]

Saw it opening night at the theater, seated too close, epic!

[@aarrgghh]

"i'm glad i know that this is a thriller, not a horror movie."

[@richardpetty9159]

Great movie but that was an unfortunate line.

[@LuminairPrime]

Shout out to the classics that are classic for a reason! Glad this one is still exceeding expectations!

[@mikeaninger7388]

“ listen Copper top…” they were calling him a battery and he didn’t realize it was literal

[@Natedogg7719]

Fun reaction. Watch them all. All are wonderful

[@adgato75]

That song , the tattoo, and the saying "follow the white rabbit" are all references to "Alice In Wonderland"

[@jakesmith5278]

Simply one of the most awesome movies ever filmed. Blew my mind when I saw it in 1999 at the theater. Glad you enjoy it today still.

[@MadcapMatt]

Also speaking of movies being rereleased in theaters all the Sony Spider-Man movies are coming back. Starting on April 15th with Spider-Man every Monday the next in the timeline comes out. One day only ending with No Way Home.

[@foxdogsourdough]

Thoroughly enjoyed your reaction. Thank you. Time for #2

[@jayfrancelf]

Just wanted to give a compliment on how much your reactions have improved because I just watched your DarkKnight reaction and it was reallllllly hard to get through. But this was great

[@mattx449]

This one never gets old.

[@bvrsteve]

Cant tell you how many reviews I have seen of this film but this has to be in the top 3. Great job.

[@OneKillQuota]

So, prior to this movie, there wasn't a lot of mainstream discussion on reality being a simulation. Or even the phrase "The Matrix" wasn't widely talked about...if at all. So the fact that you already have heard of this and the cultural impact this movie had...sort of lessens just how intense this movie was when it came out. And this was back when trailers didn't give away entire plots and twists in their trailers. This movie absolutely floored people in it's era. So much so that even if you have not seen the movie...you still have some understanding at least at a fundamental level of what it's about.

[@Theomite]

I saw this in theaters a few weeks into the release and the theater was just over half full. There had been a lot of press about it, mostly in magazines, but nobody was sure what this movie was so that teaser trailer wasn't AS effective as they hoped. It took a few months before it started to permeate into the culture. It was the DVD that blew it up, and by 2000 you started to see a lot more MATRIX references and by 2001 it was oversaturation. It took about 2 years before everybody was borrowing that Digital Green color-correction and putting it in damn-near everything--THE RING pretty much made it a standard for most of the '00s. There's a book called _Best. Movie. Year. Ever._ about the films of 1999. I recommend reading it and then trying to watch as many of the films in it in the order they were released because it gives you an idea about how music video visual properties were being exported to films and why so many 90s films are so iconic due to warping perspective and using analog visual tricks to make themselves more dynamic.

[@tomking7080]

How to know if you are in the Matrix in the movie is every time the screen has that green tint to it,it means that they are in the Matrix. You will notice that when they are on morpheus’s ship there is no green tint and that’s because they are in the “real world “.

[@MadcapMatt]

Regal cinemas are rereleasing this in theaters across the US on April 3rd and 4th. Highly recommend checking it out if you can.

[@henrytjernlund]

Beautiful reaction. Thank you.

[@henrytjernlund]

look up this movie on owl kitty.

[@GJH1010]

They are playing the original on IMAX all around the country on April 3, 2024

[@anonymes2884]

One of those movies that makes me jealous of anyone watching it for the first time. At least in Western cinema there really was "Before 'The Matrix'" and then "After 'The Matrix'" (of course I didn't know that before going in, when I was lining up to buy my nachos and cheese :). (that said, it's pretty traditional in the way it follows Campbell's "Hero's Journey" so yep, Neo is indeed a lot like Paul Atreides _and_ Luke Skywalker and indeed pretty much _any_ "chosen one" - Morpheus is basically Obi Wan Kenobi and Yoda combined and now you can't unknow that :)

[@wackyvorlon]

It was incredible in the theatre. I’d never seen anything like it.

[@darthtyrion8057]

Just discovered you with this reaction! Love your stuff! Can you please do more movie reactions? 😅❤

[@flibber123]

I've seen this movie many times and i never thought to connect the window washers to the scaffolding. Your reaction is the first time I've encountered that, nice! The sequels are alright. The main issue I have with them is that this movie ends with saying what he's going to do next. The sequels take things in a different direction. So I was disappointed in the sequels for that reason. Depending on what you were hoping for, you might not be disappointed.

[@BattleAngelFan99]

This movie was the most positively surprised I've been by a movie I saw at the theater. Going into this one, all I had seen was a trailer which showed a bit of action and featured Morpheus saying "No one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself." And Keanu had been in a couple action movies, but I still thought of him as Theodore Logan with his mouth agape saying "Whoah". I had no idea it was about a virtual reality. By the end of it, this became instantly one of my favorite movies of all time. Now, others have surpassed it on my list of favorites, but I kinda knew those would because I knew a lot about them before I saw them at the theater. Primarily, I'm talking about the Lord of the Rings movies. Years later, the only other movie I can say surprised me approaching how much the Matrix did would be Alita Battle Angel. If you haven't seen that one, I'd say definitely react to it, and prepare to have your mind blown a bit. It's not quite as ground-breaking as The Matrix, but it's very good.

[@ryanbrooks8045]

Did you see him fly at the end? ;) When it came out, no one really know what was going on either. The trailers were intentionally mysterious and there was a website setup for it too. Check out some trailers sometimes.

[@dragade101]

@29:36 Morpheus wears a modern Pince-Nez glasses. Its kind of frameless + temple free glasses that is nearly practical to wear (several close up shots of Morpheus, they appear to be glued on). Andrew Neis contacted the costume designer and built out their Matrix collection: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnrMiWWvo9V_fcU However for a deeper dive into the history of Pince-Nez glasses could be considered: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnbSo5mVgN1obbssi=ni9q2sT-S6f0bqsN&t=91

[@neo_101]

Hi, I enjoyed your reaction. Just to tell you and all that the best part of the movie comes after seeing it. Day by day you will realize that this is totally real. Keep safe, and have fun😎

[@davidelmquist8670]

On to the sequels!

[@stevenvicijan4338]

It's a Gift that keeps on giving [ Btw, the term " corazónovi " came out of this showing before tye hrink of Y2K ].

[@Crespwnian]

the window cleaner are actually "The Wachowski's" who are the writers and directors of the matrix

[@tracyoliver6648]

It's hard for me to imagine knowing him as John Wick before Neo... Of course, his best role will always be Ted "Theodore" Logan!

[@3Kings_Industries]

What about as, Johnny Mnumonic

[@briansorensen5102]

I drove by the Circle-K about two hours ago. It is now branded as Corner Market. Sad. I would have called it WS Market.

[@SlyPearTree]

I doubt it's the origin but the no mouth thing was done by Joss Whedon in Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 1 Episode 2 a couple of years before The Matrix.

[@StanleyKuo184]

One of the greatest sci fi movies of all time. Its impact on the pop culture is immeasurable.

[@randallbollinger9625]

Am I going to have my mind blown during this… yes Am I going to lose my grip on reality… no, you are going to be awakened to reality

[@Tigermania]

The second movie also has some really good scenes that worked far better on a huge cinema screen compared to a home tv/monitor. Walked home from the first movie contemplating the meaning of reality. :)

[@sumonjamal1653]

'The Matrix' was originally a trilogy - the storyline continued w/ Part 2 (Matrix: Reloaded) and part 3 (Matrix: Revolutions) and ended there... There was a Part 4 (Matrix: Resurrections) made in 2021 w/ Keanu Reeves and Carrie Anne Moss returning... but it was a box office failure because both Morpheus (Lawrence Fishburne) and Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) were not in it... the storyline was also lacking.

[@sifumagoo1776]

This franchise has a mixed response. Almost everyone agrees this first movie is EXCELLENT. Some see it as a standalone movie, and ignore the other two parts of the trilogy. Personally, I enjoyed the whole trilogy. There's a 4th movie that's also kinda mixed. There's an animated movie called The Animatrix, which is a series of 9 short animated movies from different artists. If you like the concept, I'd suggest giving them all a shot. They may not be the "best movie ever", but they're worth a couple of hours.

[@MrCoolAttitude]

I knew one day I would be seeing Matrix on here given you missed out on so many movies. It still is fire.

[@Neos_ghost]

I was directly named after the charector of Neo so hearing u say my name feels like an honor😊