The Matrix (1999) | Reaction & Review (UNCUT)

I know that you posted this SO long ago, but i just had it rec'd on YT so i watched it. This movie actually is based on a lot of older works of fiction, some Anime, some novels, movies, as well as philosophical and religious ideologies. Probably one of the biggest influences was the anime movie Ghost in the Shell, that the Watchowskis have mentioned in reference to the movie multiple times. I know you guys are anime fans, so it might be worth watching? IDK if anyone else has mentioned this to you before, but there is also a deep subtext about being transgender in the movie. You'll notice that at the end of the movie it says it's by "The Wachowski brothers". Well in the intervening 27 years, they have both transitioned and are now known as the Wachowski sisters. The idea of living in comfortable ignorance or accepting the difficult truth is most likely about being trans, and the red pill or blue pill scene is HEAVILY trans coded. Supposedly, at the time, estrogen supplements were red pills, and the blue pill was supposed to represent the antidepressant Prozac, which was blue and was often prescribed to closeted trans women. (This is all conjecture though, it hasn't been confirmed by them). The character of Switch was also a lowkey trans person. The 2nd and 3rd Matrix movies are not bad; nowhere near as good as the first, but they're interesting for a one-time watch. You get to see the human city Zion, and where the machines come from, and it explains a bit more about the Agents and the Oracle and stuff. Don't bother watching the 4th one though, it's just a cheap rehash of the first movie, but way worse. Also if you liked the direction of this movie, and wanted to give the Wachowskis another try, they did a WLW movie called Bound which is supposed to be one of the best WLW movies ever made, maybe you could react to that too?

this has to be my favorite isekai lol electro magnetic pulse fam 😁

I think you’d enjoy the wachowski’s sense8 more than matrix 2 or particularly 3. The fourth one was pretty good though , and being a standalone story with callbacks (in my view), you could even watch it directly after this, wholly skipping 3 or 2&3.

I'm right there with you Dee, reading a synopsis is perfectly normal. It's just not that ideal when you're running a reaction channel, where the whole point is you going blind into the movie...😅😂 And no, this isn't like "Inception", "Inception" is like "The Matrix"...😉😁 ... Everything after '99 is like "The Matrix". You can't imagine the hype surrounding this movie when it came out. It blew everyone away. "The Matrix" became the blueprint for every action-scifi-dystopian movie that came after. Key Lines became memes that everybody knows, even if they never heard of the movie. The soundtrack could be heard everywhere. What do you mean the effects would be better now? No. They would maybe look a little smoother, but otherwise the effects are still holding up even almost thirty years later...🤔🤩 "The Matrix" is one of the milestones that redefined the way movies are made. The others (that I witnessed) were "Terminator 2" (#liquidmetal and excellent stunt work), "Jurassic Park" (First convincing CGI in a blockbuster movie), "The Lord of the Rings" -(First Trilogy filmed in one piece and a monumental one at that) and the last one probably "Avatar" (Pandora not Airbender). They all added something new to film making or the reception of movies. I don't think this movie took direct inspiration from Dune. It is a typical hero's journey like countless other stories in the histroy of mankind, from Homers Odyssey to Star Wars or LOTR...🙂 By the way, when I saw LOTR in cinemas shortly after watching this, I was so shocked to see Hugo Weaving as Elrond. When ever he was on screen I saw Agent Smith and it totally threw me out of the plot, I kept thinking how ridiculous Agent Smith looked with long braided hair, I simply couldn't take him serious...😂🙈 I would say skip the sequels. While not bad movies per se, they never once reach the same level as the first one and are okay-ish at best. They look smoother, but the story can't hold up. It feels like milking the cash cow. But that is only my opinion, I know that the fans of "The Matrix" are pretty much divided 50/50 if the sequels are good or ruin the story...🤔😅 For me this movie is a 10/10...🤩

Holy shit yesssss. Im honestly chomping at the bit to watch along to this later, I havent seen this movie in years though it was one of my favs for a while. The Wachowskis intended for this film to be part of a trilogy, though how successful the finished series actually landed with audiences is something still put up for debate. There is a series of animated shorts made into a collection called, "The Animatrix" that explores different stories within the Matrix that I think would make for a very fun watch. As for watching the sequels (Reloaded and Revolutions), I think they're still exciting action movies and fun conceptually, but can be a little too abstract when it comes to rounding out the overarching story. Resurrections (2021) was....simply not it.

Yessss! I know what I’m watching after work!