THE MATRIX - Really That Good (RE-UPLOAD)
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*Re-upload for (sort-of) HD video and to resolve copyright issue - let's see if that holds.
Welcome to a NEW kind of film-criticism series, built around the radical premise that just because "everyone knows" a movie is a classic doesn't mean it stops being worth a deeper look.
THE MATRIX broke though like few blockbusters ever had in 1999, heralding a whole new breed of action film and action filmmaker for the 21st Century. It spawned legions of imitators, inspired whole books of philosophical analysis and utterly redefined the look and feel of Western action filmmaking.
Now, almost 20 years later, the film's staggering impact is clear - but what about its actual quality? Does one of the most influential blockbusters in Hollywood history still stack up now that it's gone from looking like the future of the medium to a historical artifact in its own right? And what does it mean today, in the wake of two ultra-divisive sequels and the surprising post-film public lives of its visionary creators?
Is THE MATRIX... Really That Good?
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"Black Vortex", "Disco Lounge", "Marty Gots a Plan", "Oppressive Gloom", "The Curtain Rises", "Ultralounge", "Wizardtorium," "Inspire"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Re-upload to fix copyright issues? Sure, I'll watch it a 5th time
Amen!
It’s....REALLY THAT GOOD 👀
Bob, I gotta say, your video essays are glorious! I've already seen this video 3 times, but the repost reminded me of its existence and has compelled me to watch again.
Thanks for all you did, Bob! Keep up the great work.
8:06
I haven't read them yet but I just made a realization, just from the title of the first article.
Agent Smith was dead-naming Neo...... Oh wow.
Not only that, but he always calls him "Mister Anderson" super gendered title.
"my name is neo" I don't think I appreciated this line until just now
Same. At first glance it just seemed like good guy saying something kool but not original in the face of evil while getting the upper hand yeah whatever...
BUT. It's actually him telling Smith to go fuck himself. That he's not just another cog in a machine to be pushed. That he's his own person who thinks for himself and isn't a machine. Also the whole trans rights stuff of flipping the bird to assholes who want to harm folks who are just sexually different and are not hurting anyone. It's kool
While trans rights is one of the most visible areas where it comes up, the idea of choosing your own name as part of determining your own identity and rols in life rather than passively accepting the role chosen for you by others/society in general is a pretty old one.
The idea that Keanu's character is actually two people - Thomas Anderson, conforming cog in society's machine; and Neo, rebellious hacker and anarchist messiah - and that his power comes from choosing to be that latter person is a recurring theme in the movie that pays off with that line.
With the wider real-world context, sure, if it's about something specific, it's probably about being trans, but it also applies to adolescence in general - the transition from being defined by your parents and their choices to choosing who you are as an adult.
@@rmsgreyalso, it reminds me of some black people choosing to adopt a new name and abbandoning their "slave name".
The Trinity helicopter bit made me think. What if there was a new film that was based along Matrix premises, but they found a catch, that when the download the info of the 'pilot', it was impossible to not also get a bit of a pilot's understanding of the world, their place, their ideology- and this eventually warps the characters into something they'd never intended, for example, not only absorbing the abilities, but necessary ideology, of a soldier. That'd be an interesting film relevant the the current landscape, where that magic trick of finding information often drags up with it bias, and when you go too deep, the ideology of others consumes you...
*yoink*
Subverting the freeing, utopian ideal of "new skills on demand as you need them" by requiring you to also download the life story of the pilot whose skills were uploaded actually sounds pretty interesting. I almost assume that it must already be a Phillip K. Dick story.
Shieet, that'd be a cool tale
It could dig up some really interesting questions regarding morality and the human condition also. It would be interesting to see a person struggle with the dissonance between knowing that a persons ideology is wrong (fascism anyone?) while also fully understanding the person fundamentally. That would speak well to the political divisiveness that is so rampant today. It would be a challenge to write it in a way that doesn't come off as moralizing or condescending though.
I'd watch that film.
I've always thought that if The Matrix had been a classic Cyberpunk short story, it's title would have been "My Name is Neo."
For a second i thought this was the promised Star Wars episode. But i'll watch RTG Matrix again, no problem.
I'm with you.I like these while doing chores.
@@jordansweet8054 I'm considering listening to them with my headphones while I work.
@@1987MartinT Risky but worth it.
@@jordansweet8054 I'm a janitor, and I mostly do yardwork. So I don't think I can get in trouble for it. I probably just need to ask for my workplace's Wifi password.
@@1987MartinT Lol.I work at a Welcome Center so I can't get away with that.Bully for you.
Glad to see this back up. Was really bummed I wasn't able to share it during its 20th anniversary a few weeks back, when it would've gotten great exposure.
wow. new sub for this. what a painstaking thorough essay. Honestly the fact that Zion was all part of the plan is my favorite part of the latter movies. But I get how it pulls the rug out from under you. Thanks for your hard work.
I love this series. With so much negativity online, it's nice to find something based on appreciation of great art skewed toward counter culture. I'm a budding creator and I love seeing academic breakdowns of what makes iconic art great.
"Chuck was never any good."
Shots fired! Good thing those shots came from the trench I am in because I agree! :)
Chuck Norris does not have to be good he only has to BE
But do you have a black vinyl trench COAT to wear in your trench?
I agree too, though i must admit, he had a few movies I enjoy in a guilty pleasure sense. Which is more than i can say for Steven Seagal, who i think is way worse than Chuck.
The Matrix movies in general aren't really my cup of tea, but I'm glad the first one is around if for no other reason than that it clearly meant a lot to a lot of people at different points.
"Is this film really that good?"
"Yes, it really is that good."
AKA - you were indeed doing it right all along.
:-)
8:53 "It doesn't get more basic than this gang: The Matrix kicks ass. In fact, The Matrix kicks so much ass so definitively, i feel like the popular culture is still ... numb ... in the ass ... a little bit." That was so good I just had to type it out so I could see it.
I remember cheering triumphantly in the theater when Neo corrects Smith, slams him into the subway tunnel roof, and then jumps out of the way of the train. From now on, that scene will bring me to tears.
Wow! Reupload on the same day as Mikey on filmjoy did a ''does it hold up?' Yeah, I think your assessment is insightful. But Mikey's heart is right - in how this film's meaning has grown and developed. Makes me think of David Foster Wallace's point re - post-cynicism. We have to get past it (cynicism that is), and, sorry, but to be serious -let's just start celebrating comedy and drama that's life-affirming. Why, and this is important, is 'The Matrix' more relevant now than then? 'Cos we are up against it and we need all we got. Love is not all you need - but it's a damn good start. And that's coming from someone who hated the 'love kiss deus ex-machina' in 'Matrix'. Having said that, right now I'll take it. Love ya. :)
Thanks.. I was missing this one... (and I had forgotten your fondness for sneeking THAT Avengers shot into every single video you make :)
Yaaaay, glad this got sorted and thanks for the re-upload. I've missed this video.
“Really That Good” is my favorite series on TH-cam. And this episode is a masterclass on video essays.
I was in middle school when this came out. My best friend and I saw it in the theatre. We then bought it on VHS and wore that tape out. We're grown and on opposite sides of the country now, but I think of her every time I see The Matrix. Appreciate the nostalgia, Bob.
I think this particular RTG episode is one of your best works Bob. I dove down the rabbit hole of all the works you cited in the description and it's been a great learning experience. Thanks for all the great content!
MOVIE BOB! I used to watch you all the time on the escapist. Love seeing your videos pop up on my feed. Thanks for the great insite as always.
By the way, he's back on the escapist now and makes three shows a week!
When you said 14, I was 14 when the matrix came out. Lol.
I know it's been a while, and I know you're personal life and COVID-19 and everything else has been hectic, but I really hope you'll get back to doing more "Really That Good" videos again. Personally, I'd like to see you The Wizard of Oz, an animated movie (maybe Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, maybe Toy Story, or maybe just an animated movie you think is deeply impactful and great), and eventually, even The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Always glad to see more of this show. It's Really That GOOD!
... I'll see myself out.
Just watched Movies with Mikey's "Does it Hold Up" video for The Matrix and I immediately thought so myself,
Gotta go watch Movie Bob's video
So glad you re uploaded it!
Thanks for the re upload Bob. This is one of my favorite episodes of really that good. Cant wait for the star wars episode. Thanks for all the hard work!
This was worth the rewatch, though not an episode I come back to every four months or so the way I rewatch Transformers - Really That Good.
This is probably the most important RTG. I'm glad it's back.
You put a lot of work into this and it shows. Thanks for a great break down of one of my favorite movies/trilogies.
Aw yeah. Definitely still that good
Had to come back to watch this after the Movies with Mikey episode. MwM is usually pretty satisfying, but the mix of genuine enthusiasm and academic rigor in this episode brings it to a whole nother level.
I remember when a friend at work told me he saw The Matrix. I said "isnt that just Johnny Nemonic part 2?" He said No, and I cant tell you any more. From that second on I HAD TO FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS. The matrix changed and mixed genres. Blair Witch, less than 3 months before created a whole genre.
In highschool I had never heard of the internet. My first year of college we had one computer attached to the internet via a dialup modem. I became a lab monitor so I could use it on the weekends. The next year there were several stations (at the back of the class no less) that had internet on them. One picture could take 10 minutes to download. My third year all of the computers had access, and the next year I bought my first web computer for home and it seemed everyone I knew was online in some form. That was 1993 to 96.
Wow. A lot that I didn't know. Good info, thanks for doing the deep dive and pointing out a lot of cool things.
That whole thing about Switch would have been F'n cool, and I think I might have enjoyed the movie more if it had been in.
You read my mind! I was just trying to show the original video to someone the other day when I saw it had been taken down. I have been using your points in fancy conversation for years and I'm glad I can finally just send people here instead of trying to link them to actual academic papers when they ask for sources.
THE MATRIX - Really That Good is really that good
Thanks for the reupload I 100% missed this the first time around.
Rewatching this because it was announced today the trailer for the 4th movie _The Matrix Resurrections_ drops in 2 days!
Edit (2 years later): _Resurrections_ sucked, just like _Reloaded_ & _Revolutions,_ but Bob’s analysis here is still awesome. I rewatch it every once in awhile. I wish he’d bring back the _Really That Good_ series!
I think this is your best work, Bob. Fucking well done 🍷
You’re on point about The Matrix being an adolescent film in terms of mindset, for better and worse. I saw it for the first time when I was 13 and I feel like that was just the right age to be introduced to it and really fully vibe with it. That’s the point where you starting to get into a rebellious phase and it’s a movie that really does speak to and appeal to that via a kind of power fantasy. All of a sudden, you, at 13, feel like Neo for going against the grain and your teachers, authority figures etc. are the machines and the agents.
And by that same token, realizing the pitfalls in that attitude as I get older is also why I’m able to appreciate the sequels a little bit more now than back then. Not completely but I think there’s good ideas at the heart of them.
Bob, I got to say, from the minute I saw it when I was 13 to now, the Architect tv room scene is still my favorite scene in any movie ever. Damn what anyone says 😁
But "culture is still a little numb in the ass area" is one of the best lines in an essay ever 👍
it still constantly baffles me that the man who wrote this excellent essay and the man who runs the constant disaster that is the moviebob twitter account could be the same person
I don't know if anyone else has already written it, and I arrive quite late, but I will drop it anyway:
Grant Morrison's "The Invisibles" is "The Matrix" with lovecraftian horror instead of machines. The Matrix trilogy is VERY MUCH a rethread of that, both thematically and stylistically. If you never heard of it and you like this movie, you should look it up.
I rewatched the trilogy a few years ago after watching this for the first time and i stand by how I felt then: the sequels are very good, actually. I love them. The three films make an extremely good whole.
36:06 this is the bad creepypasta theme tune. Yes i know thats not what it originally was, but that's what i associate it with
That scene *RULES*.
"You're already doing the right thing." Yeah. Definitely.
If I were to make a main criticism of The Matrix, it might be that Neo is just boring. The world was fleshed out amazingly well, but the main character was given almost no personality traits for the audience to grasp onto. He's bored and frustrated with life, and he's special because of it. And?
I just noticed the Good Night Moon picture at 16:29! That’s my kid’s favorite book. Awesome! I love this series.
The Mandela Effect proves we are in a Matrix. It changed a scene in the Matrix where Morpheus used to say, "What if I told you" but now he doesn't say that.
Also the first Oracle actress was only in the first movie but now she's also in the second movie.
I saw it when I was 16. Last showing at the cinema. You've pretty much summed up everything I felt back then 😁
Yeah, I came to the Matrix in my angry atheism phase and I was like "oh my god this so specifically touches upon so many things that I am going through right now DID THEY MAKE THIS MOVIE SPECIFICALLY FOR ME?!? get out of my head oh holy shit this is awesome". It was like I had constructed it on a computer.
It was so fucking good, compared to most other action fare, that it was scary. Still is. This shit got so many layers - I wasn't even surprised when the trans meta got "discovered" because I was like "yeah, sure, it's the Matrix. OF COURSE, there's some deep meaningful shit in there that I didn't even notice."
But that was after.
It's weird, really. Keanu Reeves movies have found me always during those times where they were most meaningful to me.
For example, I saw Bill & Ted after I saw the Matrix and had undergone the necessary shifts in personality to come the fuck down off my teenage/early 20s high horse. I had chilled the fuck out, and hey look, there's a Keanu Reeves movie to perfectly fit that.
And now?
Do you know how many crappy, direct-to-DVD action movies I have seen in my life?
Where the action is cut to shit because the editor needed to camouflage the fact that the actors aren't really good at stunt work. And that the movie didn't have the budget to a) properly train them, or b) shoot as many takes as it, well, takes?
Or some pseudo-deep re-hashing of yet another action movie plot: girl-gets-kidnapped, ex-soldier in the wrong place at the wrong time, revenge, etc. There's probably a few in there that wanted to copy the Matrix, but those quickly fade from memory for me because they usually fail miserably. Like, everyone can see a bad phoney.
Or I simply can't think of any cheap Matrix clones right now because no-one from the low-budget / B-movie /midrange action sector has even dared going near it.
Fuck, there's so many bad action movies out there, I LIKED all the Taken movies with Liam Neeson, simply because I was comparing them to the n-th clone of Transporter and yet another movie that tried to convince me that some ex wrestling star was actually a firefighter but actually-actually he used to be a special forces Marine solder type dude.
And what does Keanu Reeves do?
He goes and gets himself into a no-nonsense action movie franchise, run by precicely the kind of people who know how to pull it off: Stuntmen.
Going to go see John Wick 3 on Wednesday, I believe, and I am so looking forward to it.
Gosh, I wish there were more like that. For that matter, I still massively enjoy any movie that Jackie Chan had a hand in on the productin side of things. That man, for example, also knows how to correctly cut and act an action scene.
I was lucky enough to see this movie about a month before it hit theaters. Hoo boy was my mind blown! I immediately hit what message boards and other internet platforms that existed at the time and sang its praises! One of them was a website that focused on the Grant Morrison comic "The Invisibles" which had been doing in comic form for a few years what Matrix did in film. SO much so that I had heard years after Grant Morrison had a lawsuit for a minute and that the Brothers had copies of the comics on set. In short if you're interested in something with a lot of the same things on its mind but as a comic go and get "The Invisibles".
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Yay! I was just wondering about you. Hope you’re doing great, MB.
Excellent work as always, Bob. Thank you.
Hopefully this stays up. After watching it the first(?) time it was posted it did inspire me to binge the trilogy over a couple of nights after not having seen 2 and 3 in a bunch of years.
I remember when I was in school and citing anything from the Internet was derided as a non-valid source!🤣🥴
Didn’t remember that this was a reupload until bob said “2017”
Yeah, I can finally watch this one! I first discovered your channel and this series of videos earlier this year, but was disappointed that I couldn't watch this episode.
I was looking for this video EVERYWHERE just a couple weeks ago. Why did it get taken down in the first place?
The Architect scene feels so squandered because it's a brilliant idea and I love how its staged. Infinite-screens of Neo's infinite reactions.
In a few years "REALLY THAT GOOD: JOHN WICK".
as good at that Movie is, i'm not sure it rises to this level. Mad Max Fury Road however...
@@Frostfly Bob only gave Fury Road a 4/5 so dunno if he's on board for that.
Transformers the movie is crap. He still did a really that good on it
Robert Peters
th-cam.com/video/j7f26gVlDQI/w-d-xo.html
A relevant transformative transformers the movie reviewish thing
This is a really underrated video. Good job man.
To quote Star Lord, "Finally".
I teach college biology and I made a joke relating to the matrix and i discovered this year, noone in my class had seen it or even knew what it was :( I told them all to watch it, and I hope they did.
Really? I must say I'm surprised if none of them saw it. Not saying I would expect all or most college aged kids to have seen it, but you'd think at least one cinephile would have. Then again I didn't see a lot of 1970s dystopic sci-fi until well into adulthood, so maybe it's not that surprising.
What a good, good video. Awesome job Bob :)
I shouldn't have to imagine living in a certain time period to enjoy a movie a truly good movie will be enjoyable regardless of the time period
Your thoughts on the broad idea of The Matrix being about "anarchy" works a lot more for V For Vendetta and Fight Club which I don't feel have aged as well as The Matrix has.
V for Vendetta yes, Fight Club no mainly because fight club in its ideas are all about how someone can think they are the rightful anarchist for society but is actually a destructive force towards society hence Tyler not being real at all.
Well Bob, looks like you (along with the many people you researched) called it! Lily Wachowski came out and said The Matrix is about being Trans.
5:21 I had thought you were going to go in depth into this scene for the purpose of examining _why_ no one can be told what the Matrix is, but you never did, so here's mine:
I saw this movie back when it first came out at the age of 20. I read a lot of articles about it following its release, mostly on the topic of philosophical viewpoints and the like, and one that I read sticks with me even to this day. It spoke about this scene, and specifically the idea that one cannot be simply told the nature of the Matrix, not from a logical or technical viewpoint, but from a philosophical one. I forget the exact article (and I doubt it's still online anywhere, as it's literally 20 years old now), and I forget the philosophers it cited, but it basically boils down to this:
If your understanding about a subject is based on a false representation of that subject, then your understanding _even if factually correct_ is inherently false. Yes, Morpheus could have simply said "You're in a computer simulation of the world, controlled and policed by sentient AI who's sole purpose is to keep you complacent so they can continue to use you for an energy source", but Neo's understanding of what a computer is, what a simulation is, even what an AI is, is all predicated on information fed to him by the very simulation he's trying to escape. Neo can point at a computer and say, "That's a computer" and he's wrong. That's not a computer, Neo's never seen a real computer, so anything he says about a computer, even if it's technically right, is still wrong. The words he's using are being used to refer to things that aren't real.
This is the viewpoint Morpheus is taking when he says "No one can be told what the Matrix is", because while Morpheus would know what he's saying is right, Neo's entire education of literally everything makes it inherently false. He has to see it for himself, in the real world, for the concept to be truly right.
Discuss.
Pokerface You’re thinking of Socrates’ (by way of the Great Dialogues of Plato) allegory of the cave and shadows.
@@Aldrnari956 I remember that was referenced, but I think there was another guy who posited this in response to Descartes' "brain in a vat" question. I can't remember who, or if they meant it as a rebuttal or a companion piece, but this is the part I can recall.
@@Aldrnari956 After some google searching, I found the source (but not the original article), a man named Hilary Putnam, and it was an argument made in rebuttal to the Brain in a Vat scenario to disprove it. It's very complicated, but it boils down to:
-Assume we are brains in a vat
-If we are brains in a vat, then “brain” does not refer to brain, and “vat” does not refer to vat
-If “brain in a vat” does not refer to brains in a vat, then “we are brains in a vat” is false
-Thus, if we are brains in a vat, then the sentence “We are brains in a vat” is false.
If you want to read the whole thing, here's a link: www.iep.utm.edu/brainvat/
Be warned, however, it's heavy stuff. I'm still puzzling it out myself.
My view on The Matrix isn't all that philosophical but more that I think the worldbuilding is really good and I really like the idea of the history of different Matrixes and some of their inhabitants continuing in newer versions. It gives a fun and unique sci-fi explanation for fantasy elements, but we never really see that much on screen, other than hints about the Twins and silver bullets and whatnot. So while it probably wouldn't work as a film I think a anthology novel about exploring stuff like this would be cool.
"So, that's probably not a coincidence." good timing on the editing there
If you really want to dig deeper into the social, spiritual and metaphysical themes of The Matrix you're better off going to the uncredited source material, namely The Invisibles by Grant Morrison, the comic book series which was used as a reference on set. It's vastly superior and long overdue a proper credited adaptation.
I'm really loving this series you're doing, and was wondering if you ever considered doing a Really That Good episode about the Blade trilogy? you've referenced the movies a few times and they're some of my favorite sci-fi movies ever and they still seem to hold up after all this time, especially Blade 2.
Much like the Matrix itself, I've seen this before, but now that it's been brought to my attention again I have to watch it again.
I was looking for this the other day and thought I was crazy when I couldn’t find it.
I didn't knew this was taken off
MovieBob: What else is there to say about The Matrix?
Movies with Mikey: BUT DID YOU KNOW!?
It is really that good. It could come out today and still be great. (Let's just ignore the other two.)
I almost passed on The Matrix at the time because Dark City had just come out like the year before and from the marketing this looked like a dumber version of that.
I was proven wrong opening day of course, and in retrospect I'm glad that the movie to be co-opted by deeply shitty internet neo-fascists was this one and not the one dripping with visual nods to Weimar-era German Expressionism (because *yikes*), but Dark City's still a damned brilliant movie that posed many of the same questions but kind of fell through the cracks and I hope everybody checks out the director's cut.
Me, I'm going to rewatch 'em both today.
Never seen the director's cut of it, but I kind of felt the same way. That Matrix was a more accessible version of Dark City. I still like DC better as a movie, but acknowledge they're two different films with their own merits.
Also I love your mock dudebro voice Bob. Comedt gold.
I still think that people underrate the sequels. Or, rather, the sequel. The Reloaded and Revolutions are really one movie hacked into two parts at a fairly arbitrary point. A lot of things that seemed wrong earlier were just fine when viewing them as as a single long narrative.
Even though it nearly demolished neo's hero arc in the first movie, from the antagonists' narrative it was brilliant. Even with all the capabilities the one is able to do, the machines (architect) were still able to develop a system to keep him and the humans under control.
And even then, both Smith and Architect were sick of the nature of human beings. So the architect's plan of orchestrating neo to choose not to save Zion in Reloaded was maliciously well crafted and showed how much weariness and intolerance he had for them.
It actually extends his arc: just as the matrix was an illusion, so is Zion and the war as they knew it, but also as the machines knew it.
It's pointed out in various places that the programs gotten do what they were made to do. The matrix makes no sense for it's stated purpose... but the people who stated it's purpose aren't reliable they're mostly just repeating what they've been told, or have reason to lie. It does however make sense if you consider that the machines were originally made to coexist with humans. The humans were terrified when they realized they'd created true intelligence, and turned on them, but that original nature of theirs remained, hence all the matrix rigamorole.
The prophet's purpose wasn't to create somebody who could recreate Zion, it was to create somebody with the clarity of mind and will to rise above the conflict, see it - and the machines - for what they truly were, and make Zion obsolete.
You can't stop the war... the trick is to realize there is no war.
I have to go back to work, but I'll be back for the rest later
I always have to put the speed on 0.75 when watching your video's.
This is a good idea.
MIND BLOWN
thank you.
Hahaha, I have it at 1.25
I've always liked fast-talking and fast-talkers. I wanna get the information into my brain as fast as possible.
One of your best, ever.
one of your best videos no problem watching it again you could repost all your really that good videos and I would happily watch them all again
Do Rio Bravo, High Noon, The Breakfast Club, Gone With The Wind, Wizard of Oz, Silent Running, Blade Runner, 3:10 To Yuma, The Big Sleep, His Girl Friday, Wild Bunch, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Mad Max 1,2,3, From Dusk til Dawn, Escape from New York, King Kong, Wages of Fear, Cape Fear, Wall-E, and ALIEN/S.
PLEASE!
Though I don't think this is the only reason why this is true, I kind of assume that part of the underwhelmment of the Phantom Menace has to have come from this movie coming out in the same year.
Great video - thanks so much!
MY BODY IS READY FOR THIS!
Okay this is an old video that I'm coming back to after awhile for fun, but I'm noticing some problems with your thesis.
The bit where you describe the Matrix's moral logic with all the plot details stripped out at 36:06 falls apart really fast because the Morpheus's crew never go on the offensive in this movie. They are always on the defense against the agents. The scene of Neo and Trinity murdering the cops is them trying to save Morpheus. The goal was not to blow everything up for funsies, it was to save their friend. Every other action scene has Morpheus's crew on the run from the Agents. Their goal is also to get people out of the Matrix not by destroying it, but by showing them that there is a world beyond it. Morpheus's crew do not commit random acts of violence, they only start a fight once, in order to save Morpheus. Didn't have a good place to stick this part, but the Agents could be anyone because you never know who turns out to be homophobic or have really crazy, hurtful views.
Also, Magneto is not a good guy in any way. He wants Mutant supremacy. Deciding that a person is inherently better because of their race, gender or wether or not they have superpowers is always always wrong. The ultimate tragedy of Magneto is that he should know better. He was a holocaust victim, he's seen what racial prejudice causes people to do. He followed the example of the man who ordered the death of his friends and family. If you see him as a good guy or an extremist gone too far, that is immensely disturbing to me.
Amazing coverage!
Still waiting for your Star Wars review. Are you going to do lord of the rings? Or the godfather 1 and 2? Cuckos nest? Or jaws? Raiders of the lost ark? Back to the future? Citizen Kane? Psycho? The graduate? Love your work do more :)
29:51 in case you're just finding this in 2020, or beyond, and would like an analysis of the transgender elements which have been present in the film since 1999
I suddenly want another interpretation with the context of the latest Matrix. For someone who agrees that it should have been done with the 1st movie. I have not seen the 4th movie but I'd love to have a reason to affirm that decision or something that forces me to be a matrix completionist.
9:45. 12:40
So the Matrix is at once a combination of everything that the 90s film industry had been leading up, and also a completely new direction divorced from what had come before it. It is interesting looking at the footage here, because with time even the completely futuristic matrix is starting to like a time piece.
I don't know what you're talking about I loved every word out of Colonel Sanders mouth.
Hell yeah it’s back !
You know Matrix still holds when the only way you can explain to students certain concepts of Buddhism is "Any of you ever saw The Matrix? Remember the scene when Neo starts seeing the code? That's this".... and everyone starts to nod their heads with sudden enlightment about not exactly the easiest philosophical concepts of awarness.