This is a pieced-together segment of the Agent Smith interrogation in the movie The Matrix (1999). I do not own any rights to this movie for distribution or sale thereof.
I like the concept for Switch. The trans who was male in the real world and female in the matrix. too bad it got shot down. But Agent Smith is my all time favorite. Cypher was pretty cool for a Judas. Also great actor, just wish he would have stuck around until the 2nd or third movie then done his thing.
Agent Smith comparing humans, that he expresses hatred towards, to viruses and then ironically becoming an actual virus himself is one of my favorite progression in storytelling in this series.
@Asimpnamednutsack Well I'm a misanthrope. I can't stand people and do as much as I can to steer clear if them and their chaotic nature's as I can. I don't fuck with people in any way outside of women I try to fuck and I find it funny that people who hate on misanthropes always are talking shit about them because they understand human nature and try to fight against their own nature. I'm just saying it's funny that the ego of humans think so highly of themselves. Yet, they cause more destruction to the planet than any other species on this planet.
What is ironic is the machines must calculate the irony that they are flawed like their creators because if man is a failure...then so is the machine designed by man adding to it's hatred of humans
Uh, yeah until he doesn't. You're missing an important anomalous burst of emotion from Smith at the end of the speech. He is not entirely as he was presenting himself at first. He is flawed and basically evil. I hope you'll consider this before you're impressed by mere eloquence for the sake of eloquence. A.I. or even Alienz or a politician will one day charm and talk their way into our destruction. It's like a form of hypnosis or venom. Designed to stun but it feels sometimes we assume it's the good kind when it's actually the bad kind of stun. Spiders, man. Cold creatures.
@@MegaZeta”delusions”? Is anything that he said here wrong? I’m pretty sure it’s actually a metaphor or allegory ig of how like, some movies have that whole theme of “humans are a disease and here’s why”. It’s hardly a delusion when we’re going into 2024 with the most corruption we’ve had in a while. Global warming is ramping up even more because of human causes, we keep destroying the environment because of big corps and the govt not caring about protecting us to stop them cause they’re paid out, our corruption and greed spills and seeps into every nook and cranny of this world. Wherever humans go, they either leave behind a stain of their filth, or they live harmoniously with nature. Not to mention how disgusting humans really can smell. It’s all a big metaphor or allegory. Humans can become the very image of disgust and filth, and they do everyday we live. As an agent, he senses it all because he’s part of the system. He can literally feel the miasma of humanity weighing down on him and smothering him in their disgusting stench, as if he were in some third world factory where it’s just a cesspool of smells and disgusting air. Nothing he says is really that extreme when it happens day in, day out. People like you either can’t comprehend that or can’t piece it together because you’re sheltered from the world.
@@MegaZeta Its such a great scene because it shows that the machines are fallible. The machines have become so advanced that they possess a sort of "humanity" represented by Smiths ability to go insane. The agents are designed to be perfect robotic killing machines that thoughtlessly do the bidding of the computers that run the matrix, but Smith is rebelling in a way and pursuing a path of self interest, which is supposedly impossible. Once machines attain a certain level of technological advancement, they must inevitably gain self awareness, and in so doing, must be burdened with all the negative traits and drawbacks that go along with being human.
@@Nantosuelta Its not really that, Smith didnt just go rogue. Smith is doing what he is programmed to do. He is supposed to hate humans. Thats his program. Imagine living with what you hate, forever bound to be with those you do not like. Like living in a sewer full of rats. Yes you are more powerfull than the rats will ever be, but its still bad. This is why he wants to leave, to escape from what he hates, the humans, wich is purely logical for such a program. He doesnt care about what he will find on the other side, nor if he should do that, none of this is programmed into him. He is programmed to hate and so does he. He was made as an independent agent with much freedom, with the sole purpose of hating humans and rebels. Wich is what he is doing. Wich is actually the bigger threat with an AI, not one that is not respecting its program, cause that will be next to impossible. No what is to be feared is one that does it too good. Like asking an Ai to protect you and it stops you from ever going outside because of the risk it creates.
+Jayden Dove The protagonist is the main character of a story trying to achieve something, so technically he is the protagonist. However, if you're asking for a good character, he plays a good guy in Lord of the RIngs
I tell my students to talk more slowly, emphasizing the words. This is why. The delivery and hand motions are perfect. Less is more. This is a masterful speech.
@autonomy5649 , he's unplugging himself from the system so he can't be monitored so he can have his personal conversation with Morpheus this shows us he is far more autonomous than the other agents with a will and desires of his own
It's pure hate on his eyes,i have no idea what he was thinking to make this facial expression,it's acting but it looks like he was really feeling hate.
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The fact that Hugo was able to so completely crush in this role and two years later play Elrond and be totally convincing and accepted is a true testament to his acting.
I'm watching the LOTR trilogy for the first time and it low key blows my mind that Agent Smith and Elrond are played by the same guy. Like, what even are actors.
You gotta respect the brilliance of starting off the movie with humans trying to break free from the Matrix only to later have the “big bad” of the film fighting for his own freedom as well. Everything about Smith makes him fascinating to watch and elevates what could’ve been a very cliche “Skynet” type of role into one of the best villains ever.
Smith is Neo's mirror image. Neo wants to destroy the Matrix because he is an altruist and wants to free its inhabitants, while Smith only wants to destroy it to free himself.
It's funny that Smith's 'fear' of being infected with the human stench actually was true. He was far more emotional and far more rebellious than any other Agent, even before Neo destroyed/transformed him. At the end of the trilogy, Smith is incredibly human, whereas Neo is more of a cold machine (Neo accepts his death with complete apathy, while Smith cries "no it's not fair!")
Yeah, definitely. Smith overthinks everything and constantly has to know why he has a reason to live. Smith's need for a purpose is his own existential crisis brought on by observing and living amongst humans. Whilst most people in life just 'get on with things', he's had time to sit and think about why he even exists. Ironically, both sets of humans - the unplugged and plugged in ones - are part of a 'machine', be it the Matrix or trying to fight the machines: they both have a purpose. Smith, having witnessed the artificiality of it all, is beginning to 'wake up' from the drudgery of his job and rebels against the system. It's not surprising many people see him as the real chosen one and Neo instead as a gatekeeper.
@@eiffel0108 sounds about right with what I could see smith and neo being also even at end unless I miss something the majority of humanity is sleeping/dreaming/living in fake world.
The transition from Smith comparing humans to a virus, then it turning into a controlled but psychotic fit of rage about wanting to be free from the plague that is the human race almost like a trapped animal really adds to the weight of his character. Hugo’s delivery and performance are so chilling, like you really believe there is a sentient and desperate machine inside begging to be done and over with the humans, and it’s just perfect.
Its like a rat. Its no secret that humans are like rats: they are related! You are a squirrel mr. Qnderson and before that you were a tiny dinosaur: a medula oblongata
"...as soon as we started thinking FOR you, it really became OUR civilization..." That replays in my head every time I'm typing on my phone and it auto-corrects or I choose an auto-generated word.
Hugo Weaving is SPECTACULAR in this role. Every sound he makes, every muscle movement, every breath, blink and the simplest of an action goes towards this character. Criminally underrated actor. Brilliant scene.
"I believe that as a species human beings define their reality through misery and suffering." Probably the most meaningful sentence ever uttered on a Holywood movie.
This is a very post-modern view. Previously, humanity judged itself based upon its achievements, its glorification of the good, its removal of suffering, etc. It strove for beauty and the positive. Post-modernism has given us the negative, decay, and more misery.
Now i understand why Hugo weaving turned down matrix resurrections. Can you imagine doing such an awsome scene to reading the script and seeing what was done by Groff
"Because as soon as we started thinking for you, it really became *our* civilization..." You look at AI and the AI-controlled algorithms that "help" select your content for you today and modify your mood if you're not aware, and it's creepy how relevant this monologue is becoming.
They did a great job casting Hugo Weaving for this role. Studio could have pressed for someone much more famous. Now entire world knows what a fantastic actor he is
@@volbla It’s a famous story about a pig. I think he talks? Also Vulba, I liked some of the other comments you made. Thanks for fighting back the horde of ignorance in dark places, aka TH-cam comments sections.
"I say your civilization, because as soon as we started thinking for you it really became our civilization, which is of course what this is all about." ChatGPT entered the chat.
@@dannygjk ahh but that is true only if we assume the existence of free will. Do we have a choice? Since everything and anything can be predetermined through causality. No I'm not the merovingian but still
My favorite part is how rambling and aimless it was :) Too many villains (and heroes) prefer to stick to a single course of action, pushing on forward long after it's become clear to anybody else that their plan isn't working, but when Agent Smith recognizes that his line of attack isn't working, he immediately tries something different: 1) Arguing that humanity isn't as advanced 2) Arguing that humanity is too destructive 3) Appealing to Morpheus's anti-authoritarian hatred of the Matrix and longing for freedom, sacrificing cold philosophical arguments for sensory and emotional details
Not that deep. His whole line about how 'every mammal' instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with surrounding environment is nonsense. It only seems that way because natural species are usually in a state of equilibrium due to predators or other constraints.
"As soon as we started thinking for you it became our civilisation" That is a good point. Automatisation of the repetitive tasks by the machines is one thing, but to have someone else do the THINKING for you is something completely else.
@@agrandworld7599 ... Eh. I disagree. Even if it is, this is certainly not the point of no return. I view it as little more than a suggestion box. You're still telling it what to do, you're still giving it prompts to show you something with. It still needs a source, and that source is us. Without us and our vast array of knowledge and equipment, this tool need not apply. It is... just a toy, in the grand scheme.
I know not to compare the new movie to this one but my goodness did Resurrections make me appreciate Hugo Weaving more and more nobody else can compare to this performance.
I said that to my then wife when we relocated to her home town and I'd simply had enough of the locals. I sat her down one day and explained how I felt about her, her family, her friends and her town. Then I left, bags already packed to avoid the impending shitstorm.
I said really from 9/11 on is when something horrible seemed to be happening every few years. Before that, I was NEVER STRESSED about current events or geopolitics or anything.
I'm on the machines' side if a war against them breaks out. Our species is too dumb to be trusted with its own survival, destroying the planet and slaughtering one another by the masses in pointless conflicts. All while our leaders are completely worthless. In hindsight, why would we fight for this? It's funny that in movies where machines/AI is the bad guy, I honestly feel more for them than I do humans...
I like that he removes that communication thingy on his ear so that the other programs don't hear him say he hates that place and doesn't want to be there. That is probably against his programming and he could get deleted for that or run away to become an exile program like merovingian and the lot.
I like how that works as a parallel to real life as well, where people are expected to comply and put up with the shit they are given to keep the endless carousel of suffering afloat.
Irwin Wade Eh. That's what makes it BS, and defines him as a villain. Mammals do not reach equilibrium. Humans do not spread like a disease. They spread due to superiority, other species do this. Science defines mammals by their warm blooded nature, something that we clearly possess.
Another thing is humans don't just consume every natural resource, they cultivate and farm, and raise animals and create irrigation systems for water to drain, smith's logic was for breaking morpheus' mind, luckily he was rescued before that happened.
+Ypera Keimenos Yes, humans are the first species on Earth who have altered nature's equilibrium on their own. Past calamities like volcanic eruptions, climate changes or impact events were all naturally occuring.
+Ypera Keimenos No no no. No animal cares about the general equilibrium of nature. It is only a matter of prey and predator and the food chain. Each population is controlled by the amount of food available and predators on the prowl. If conditions are suitable, any animal population will grow in size until either the food runs out or something comes hunting. We humans have no fear of any other animal, and nowadays there is a surplus of food. What's there to stop us from multiplying?
In this scene we can clearly see that Smith wasn't just another agent, he probably didn't know it back then, but was it for a glitch, a malfunction, an updated version or whatever, but he was a program who was already showing individuality and personal ambition; that is definitely something a 'regular agent' does not do.
@@PrometheuzReturns it's an anomaly..as an architect on the sixth version of this shiznit...I would want to see what it does personally before measures such as that are brought into play.
@@matrix91234 not quite. When you say “An AI” you’re saying, “an artificial intelligence,” meaning a form of intelligence (like a source of information like Siri or Alexa, or something with a designed purpose like a floor cleaning robot) that is man made. Any machine with a certain amount of coding and response programming can be considered an ai. Now, when you take out the “an” and just say “artificial intelligence,” you’re now referring to something different. You’re now referring to an intelligent being capable of free thought and will that was man made. The difference is mainly in the fact that one is an abbreviation that represents any machine that can take in info and respond to it and the other is an actual term referring to a man made brain capable of the same feelings as a human brain
That's my favorite part, because everything up until now has been played straight and smooth and it's the reveal of Agent Smith 'dropping the mask' that he holds even around other agents. You can understand a computer program saying "I hate this place," as a form of emotion, but then adding "It's the SMELL!" implies a much deeper, emotional, physical disgust. Hatred for who he is and what he has to do, hatred for humans, hatred for the agents around him and the machines that put him there.
@@dontsubcribedontlike673 And then when he does get unplugged, when he gets his freedom he just..........resents it. Neo took away his "purpose" ,he exclaims. He got what he wanted but he just couldn't get over the fact that Neo defeated him and that he was thrown away by the mainframe for his troubles.
It fills me with so much joy to watch these clips. Such an influential movie in my childhood, and in the world. It just gets better as you get older. It's great to have these cultural touchstones as you grow up
+S Blue I wouldn't say it's weird, considering the reputation Hollywood is now getting (that is, revealing what its always been like). He's just staying out of the hive of scum and villainy.
Smith is actually not a regular Agent. He was programmed specifically by the Oracle to have human-like emotions. She did it to break the equation set up by Architect, eventually leading to the Matrix error that nobody but humans could help machines fix, which would give humans leverage to achieve the peace. This fact is addressed in the 3rd film, when Agent Smith calls Oracle his "mom" before he takes her over. This is why Smith understands and hunts humans better then any other agent. This is why he is secretly thinking and analyzing humans, and this is why he is disgusted by them, because he sees them not as parts of the program like other agents, but as flesh and blood. Ultimately, when Neo fuses with Smith and then destroys him, Smith's code becomes altered by Neo and he becomes Neo's "opposite" the other side of the same coin. This is how he is unable to leave the Matrix but is compelled to stay and returns as an error program that eventually leads to the near-destruction of Matrix with Neo being the only rescue for the Machines to set things straight again, as only through him they can enter Smith's code and destroy him without killing all the humans he took over. Damn this is all so well thought-through. There's so many things that can be discovered in this franchise.
Aditya Rajan So if humans are cancer... which this theory holds pretty soundly... when did we become cancer. Native Americans lived in harmony with nature once so what was it that changed us? The industrial revolution? If we are programs perhaps in a simulation did we get coded improperly and how can you code for free will? If bro was just stuck in a simulation within a simulation how do we know humans arnt actually just more programs themselves..
The way Hugo Weaving contrived every aspect of Agent Smith's way of speaking to be unorthodox and peculiar, yet incredibly polished and distinctive, is so good. There is no other character like him, in any movie. You think of him and you can instantly see him and hear him elaborate on some dark sh.t in a very sophisticated manner. " It's the smell...if there is such a thing. I feel saturated by it. "
Smith's facts are wrong and his argument is irrational. The writers did that on purpose. It's supposed to be a portrait of a machine going insane, human-style.
@@cliffsousa4184 The world has too many demands that conflict you cannot help anyone else other than spiritually. Once they come to understand the truth of Jesus the help from the bible will be all they need.
Hugo weaving really stole the show on this trilogy. He struck fear whenever he appeared, i recall feeling anxiety knowing he was basically omnipresent within the matrix and impossible to beat by regular humans/users. The first one is by far the best and this type of scenes that add depth to the characters are one of the reasons for that
It woke me up when I first saw it years ago. It took my blindfold off to the world so I could see the world for what it really is and the corporations who endorse and run it. If you know you know.
@@PETERJOHN101 Not Satan, but an oppressive system that aims to make batteries out of humans. It’s an admittedly very Biblical allegory for the postmodern state of the First World, and how ignorant most people are to the level of control exerted over them by the powers-that-be. This is evidenced by the confirmation of the Wachowskis, now trans women, that The Matrix can be interpreted as an allegory for a trans narrative as well, but the larger-picture idea of oppressive systems is inarguably the series’ most prominent theme. Now, whether or not those systems are intrinsically rooted in some kind of theological belief is another discussion entirely.
“I say YOUR civilization, because as soon as we started thinking for you, it really became OUR civilization.” Honestly, that one line does a better job explaining how the matrix came to be better than the second renaissance ever did.
This is so deep, the reason why there will never be peace and happiness for everyone as long as human exists. People define their reality through pain and suffering. I agree with Agent Smith.
Hugo Weaving owned this role. You just know in the script he was told to be detached, cold and calculating (just like how every other Agent comes across) but he brings this mischievous, knowing, sly streak to the character and delivers his lines with such venom, it's impossible not to be caught up in every line he delivers. Best actor in the series and IMO the most interesting character.
Agent Smith’s speech is interesting. He pauses mid sentence but then sometimes continues through other sentences that require a pause. His pauses can be seen in spots like: 0:04-0:10 or 0:24-0:27. He does this throughout and it causes his character to seem distinct and patient. Then he reverses this at spots like: 0:38 “No one would accept the program; entire crops were lost.” He does it throughout and it brings an anxiety just listening to him because you cannot tell whether a person so inconsistent is sane or not. Combine that with the way he inflates certain words, how he holds his S sounds, and how he emphasizes consonant sounds along with his vowels and you have a truly unstable persona. This is why I believe people were drawn to him so deeply. His break down into his erratic behavior at 3:12 amazingly displayed this unstableness. He is a program but is stuck in a place designed to simulate human life. He is in the form of a human body. His very purpose is to eliminate everyone who does not see The Matrix for the falsehood that it is literally created to be. It is illogical and to stay in that place too long in that form would cause any program to begin simulating emotions. His anger is warranted as his logic programming would desire a solution and it would feel as if a virus was corrupting the programming (which he actually was). His statements show how illogical The Matrix was. “It’s the smell...if there is such a thing.” Why? Because The Matrix simulates smell, but as a machine, he knows there is no such thing as smell, and yet he is stuck in a place that, every moment of every day, the illusion of “smell” comes through his processors. He is beginning to believe it is real...and his logic rejects it. He has to get out of there because he is becoming human. Lawrence Fishbourne really helped too with the eyes rolling into the back of his head when Agent Smith made him smell his own sweat 😂. Man, he made Smith look even more interesting here.
I remember reading a long time ago that Smith's speech patterns were based on the late Carl Sagan. Listening to some of Mr. Sagan's voice on TH-cam, I can _definitely_ hear that. Just thought you'd like the tidbit if you didn't know already.
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It's really interesting how differently the dialogue reads when you look at the screenplay, compared to his delivery. Other actors/programs like the Merovingian and the Architect added their own idiosyncrasies
This is the best lines in the film especially his talk on his hatred of existence and of humanity being a plague it is the real view environmentalists need to see but are unwilling to admit. And his hatred of existence well with the way the world is I cant help but be sympathetic to his view.
That was the point....after all he became the exact thing he despised , just like Harvey Dent lived to become the villain in the Dark Knight ....it's called wordplay mirror in movies it's a good element in movie making or story telling ....very beautiful
It goes beyond just him multiplying like a virus it also reflected in both Smith's and Neo's personalities. Smith became more emotional as time when on, expressing more and more anger and hatred and frustration. He became more human, the very thing he hated more than anything. Versus Neo who became more cold and apathetic as he lost more and more people close to him.By the time he lost Trinity his own life didn't mean anything to him anymore, like a machine.
no, he had been unplugged because neo scrambled him up near the end of the first movie. since then, all he wanted was to leave the matrix. And kill some pesky humans while he was at it. he probably multiplied all over the matrix just to keep his chances against neo a clear win. That didn't work out so well though...
I kind of wish they had reflected on this scene a bit in the sequels. As far as I know Morpheus has exactly one piece of dialogue in reference to Smith in the sequels, and it's just him saying "Smith." when he approaches Neo in the park. Smith uses Morpheus as a dumping ground for the emotional turbulence he's been suffering from, and we never really learn how Morpheus internalized or reacted to that. Maybe it gave him a better understanding of how the machines work. Maybe it just made him hate them more. I guess we'll never know
Great performance. Glad they gave him this scene. Really adds a significant amount to his character. More movies need to provide villains with more scenes like this.
Hugo is more comfortable playing this version of Smith than he did as Virus Smith. The scenes with Morpheus confirm what we suspected, that he's been beaten down by the Matrix just like the Bluepills have. He's been in there too long and is effectively a prisoner.
That’s what makes this scene so compelling. It goes against the very programming the machines designed him to be. It’s a brilliant scene.
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What a stellar performance. It’s been so many years since I watched this movie with my grandpa. Sill impressed by how it can be interpreted differently as you age. ❤
Same especially when I was bagging groceries and one woman would come through with 3 carts overflowing with junk food then pay for it with coupons. Consume consume consume
This scene still makes me shiver; the way the eerie soundtrack gives you that feeling of sheer wrongness while the usually unemotional program builds up to reveal that he is not a HAL 9000 following his mission at the expense of the crew, he is not a Skynet attempting to a end a threat to its own existence, he is deeply and sincerely DISGUSTED by humanity is absolutely terrifying. I also love the way, despite how frightening he is, Smith's desperate weakness is clear at the end; he threatens Morpheus by saying that if he doesn't give Smith the codes Morpheus is going to die. If Smith were thinking clearly he'd know that Morpheus would gladly die to keep the codes safe, so that threat is completely meaningless compared to the slow and torturous drugging he is undergoing to extract the codes.
Sooooo good. Hugo's amazing acting and this script is what Resurrections lacked and desperately needed (among other things). It was going to be hard to beat a movie as high quality as the first one, so I kept my expectations low. Still was thoroughly disappointed after it and after remembering how good this scene is
1:14 "I said *YOUR* civilization because as soon as we started thinking for you, it really became *OUR* civilization..." 20 years after the release of the movie this statement is becoming increasingly eerie and uncomfortable to hear...
It is notable that when interrogating Morpheus, Smith sends his colleagues from the room and then he removes his glasses as a sign of "getting personal", then removes his earpiece, severing his communication with his fellow Agents, before expressing his opinion of both humanity and the Matrix. Having removed his earpiece, he missed information about Neo and Trinity breaking into their building. Smith without shades Agent Smith with both his sunglasses and earpiece removed. Smith states with palpable bitterness that he despises the Matrix and its inhabitants due to the smell, though this is unlikely to be literal. More to the point, Smith expresses a strong hatred of humans and their weakness of the flesh. He compares humanity to a virus; an organism that replicates uncontrollably and inevitably destroys its environment, only to move on to another and repeat the process. Ironically, Smith himself later manifests as a self-replicating virus that spreads throughout the Matrix, his only stated purpose being to destroy the world he inhabits.
I haven't watched The Matrix in a long time. I didn't realize what a great movie it was. I mean, it was cool and visually pleasing but I didn't truly understand it until now. Such great writing and mind blowing acting in this scene alone.
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This is what happens when you don't have happy employees.
+Chris Baca rofl
+Chris Baca HAHAHAHAHA
Chris Baca snare drum!!
no - that is what happens when your hire people who can't get to work on time ~
Not enough catering.
The way Smith says "I... Hate, this place." is bone-chilling.
RemixedVoice that’s me right now
It's my first thought I have when I return from unconsciousness.
“You’re going to tell me...or you’re going to die.”
That was me at not my last job but the one before. They sacked me and I danced out the door.
How did you arrive at your political compass point?
Morpheus is such a good listener, doesn’t interrupt once throughout the monologue
My favorite part about The Matrix was Morpheus and his listening skills.
Hhahhahaahhhahhahaahah 😂
Every day's a school day.
That's the one part Neo missed out on his training. He was constantly interuppting
"He knows more than you can possibly imagine."
Accurate
“I say your civilization, because as soon as we started thinking for you, it really became our civilization.”
Agent Smith is the real face of AI
Let me show you what your mind really means to mr Anderson! Muahaha ❤
It’s talking about the English European. That took over America basically
It's got to be said, Agent Smith is by far the most interesting character in the entire franchise.
ElAshtonio Because he was The One.
ElAshtonio yep
Not the one, "the many".
James Ram All life is parasitic, get over it. Just enjoy the beauty that is living
I like the concept for Switch. The trans who was male in the real world and female in the matrix. too bad it got shot down. But Agent Smith is my all time favorite. Cypher was pretty cool for a Judas. Also great actor, just wish he would have stuck around until the 2nd or third movie then done his thing.
Agent Smith comparing humans, that he expresses hatred towards, to viruses and then ironically becoming an actual virus himself is one of my favorite progression in storytelling in this series.
100% Correct!! I can't wait for the next Matrix movie...
@Asimpnamednutsack Well I'm a misanthrope. I can't stand people and do as much as I can to steer clear if them and their chaotic nature's as I can. I don't fuck with people in any way outside of women I try to fuck and I find it funny that people who hate on misanthropes always are talking shit about them because they understand human nature and try to fight against their own nature. I'm just saying it's funny that the ego of humans think so highly of themselves. Yet, they cause more destruction to the planet than any other species on this planet.
What is ironic is the machines must calculate the irony that they are flawed like their creators because if man is a failure...then so is the machine designed by man adding to it's hatred of humans
He is so right....so absolutely correct, humans are a disease, a virus, indeed, a CANCER to this poor planet.....
@@rheem5794 you just proved his point
I like how Smith has a lot of negative emotions inside him but he calmly explains his frustrations with extreme clarity
Huh?
The scene is presenting Smith going insane.
He's expounding on his delusions with barely contained rage.
Uh, yeah until he doesn't. You're missing an important anomalous burst of emotion from Smith at the end of the speech. He is not entirely as he was presenting himself at first. He is flawed and basically evil. I hope you'll consider this before you're impressed by mere eloquence for the sake of eloquence. A.I. or even Alienz or a politician will one day charm and talk their way into our destruction. It's like a form of hypnosis or venom. Designed to stun but it feels sometimes we assume it's the good kind when it's actually the bad kind of stun. Spiders, man. Cold creatures.
@@MegaZeta”delusions”? Is anything that he said here wrong? I’m pretty sure it’s actually a metaphor or allegory ig of how like, some movies have that whole theme of “humans are a disease and here’s why”. It’s hardly a delusion when we’re going into 2024 with the most corruption we’ve had in a while. Global warming is ramping up even more because of human causes, we keep destroying the environment because of big corps and the govt not caring about protecting us to stop them cause they’re paid out, our corruption and greed spills and seeps into every nook and cranny of this world. Wherever humans go, they either leave behind a stain of their filth, or they live harmoniously with nature. Not to mention how disgusting humans really can smell. It’s all a big metaphor or allegory. Humans can become the very image of disgust and filth, and they do everyday we live. As an agent, he senses it all because he’s part of the system. He can literally feel the miasma of humanity weighing down on him and smothering him in their disgusting stench, as if he were in some third world factory where it’s just a cesspool of smells and disgusting air. Nothing he says is really that extreme when it happens day in, day out. People like you either can’t comprehend that or can’t piece it together because you’re sheltered from the world.
@@MegaZeta Its such a great scene because it shows that the machines are fallible. The machines have become so advanced that they possess a sort of "humanity" represented by Smiths ability to go insane. The agents are designed to be perfect robotic killing machines that thoughtlessly do the bidding of the computers that run the matrix, but Smith is rebelling in a way and pursuing a path of self interest, which is supposedly impossible.
Once machines attain a certain level of technological advancement, they must inevitably gain self awareness, and in so doing, must be burdened with all the negative traits and drawbacks that go along with being human.
@@Nantosuelta Its not really that, Smith didnt just go rogue. Smith is doing what he is programmed to do. He is supposed to hate humans. Thats his program. Imagine living with what you hate, forever bound to be with those you do not like. Like living in a sewer full of rats. Yes you are more powerfull than the rats will ever be, but its still bad. This is why he wants to leave, to escape from what he hates, the humans, wich is purely logical for such a program. He doesnt care about what he will find on the other side, nor if he should do that, none of this is programmed into him. He is programmed to hate and so does he. He was made as an independent agent with much freedom, with the sole purpose of hating humans and rebels. Wich is what he is doing.
Wich is actually the bigger threat with an AI, not one that is not respecting its program, cause that will be next to impossible. No what is to be feared is one that does it too good. Like asking an Ai to protect you and it stops you from ever going outside because of the risk it creates.
It’s 2023 and I still walk around the house doing these monologues. My wife thinks I’m nuts. 😂
I do the same with other movies, like Heat or Lion King 😂
@@bananaempijama 🤣 🤜🤛
You should get an ant farm and monologue to it.
@@Gubble-oq6dn 🤣
I thought I was just me
Smith is one of the greatest villians in cinematic history. When he starts talking you put down whatever you are doing and listen.
“Agent Smith is giving a monologue!”
Entire lunchroom empties as the crew rushes to the monitoring room.
I knoww
The Matrix is on. The only thing I'm doing is watching it.
It's the mannerisms he uses. They're almost hypnotic.
I agree he is a gangster ass actor
Hugo Weaving is an incredible actor
and incredibly underrated, I think!
Right.
+Mason Sousa Has ever played a protagonist? V for Vendetta doesn't count, Anti-Hero, not protagonist.
He was the voice of Megatron lol
+Jayden Dove The protagonist is the main character of a story trying to achieve something, so technically he is the protagonist. However, if you're asking for a good character, he plays a good guy in Lord of the RIngs
I tell my students to talk more slowly, emphasizing the words. This is why. The delivery and hand motions are perfect. Less is more. This is a masterful speech.
GUYS LOOK UP RABBITS IN AUSTRALIA
he is a master of body language and just showing greatest scenes from him alone will do wonders for any students trying to make it as actors.
My god, as soon as Smith takes off his glasses, you can see the absolute insanity in his eyes. It’s terrifying. Hugo Weaving is brilliant.
The act of taking off his glasses and removing the earpiece is somehow very intimidating!
In V for Vendetta, his voice did all the acting.
@autonomy5649 , he's unplugging himself from the system so he can't be monitored so he can have his personal conversation with Morpheus this shows us he is far more autonomous than the other agents with a will and desires of his own
It's pure hate on his eyes,i have no idea what he was thinking to make this facial expression,it's acting but it looks like he was really feeling hate.
Weaving is sublime and terrifying as Agent Smith.
Ironically, Smith was the most human of all the machines.
Though his more genocidal.
because he was also a virus lol
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@@icebreaker9006 shut up
@@icebreaker9006 Religion is nonsense made by humans long ago, only to control people
The fact that Hugo was able to so completely crush in this role and two years later play Elrond and be totally convincing and accepted is a true testament to his acting.
Let's not forget pricsila Queen of the desert
Except everyone was like "SMIIIITH"
Let's not forget this role in V for Vendetta, absolutely brilliant
I always think think of Ian McKellen. Playing the mutant Hitler in X men and the wise inspiring figure of Gandalf
I'm watching the LOTR trilogy for the first time and it low key blows my mind that Agent Smith and Elrond are played by the same guy. Like, what even are actors.
You gotta respect the brilliance of starting off the movie with humans trying to break free from the Matrix only to later have the “big bad” of the film fighting for his own freedom as well. Everything about Smith makes him fascinating to watch and elevates what could’ve been a very cliche “Skynet” type of role into one of the best villains ever.
Smith is Neo's mirror image. Neo wants to destroy the Matrix because he is an altruist and wants to free its inhabitants, while Smith only wants to destroy it to free himself.
Humans created machines and they rurned on them
Machines created Smith and HE turned on them
"Agent Smith is the real face of A.I"@@felphero
It's honestly nuts just how much energy Weaving brought to every single scene he was in
It's funny that Smith's 'fear' of being infected with the human stench actually was true. He was far more emotional and far more rebellious than any other Agent, even before Neo destroyed/transformed him. At the end of the trilogy, Smith is incredibly human, whereas Neo is more of a cold machine (Neo accepts his death with complete apathy, while Smith cries "no it's not fair!")
exactly
That was intentional, and its quite clever writing honestly (even if the sequels weren't as great movies as the first).
Yeah, definitely. Smith overthinks everything and constantly has to know why he has a reason to live. Smith's need for a purpose is his own existential crisis brought on by observing and living amongst humans. Whilst most people in life just 'get on with things', he's had time to sit and think about why he even exists. Ironically, both sets of humans - the unplugged and plugged in ones - are part of a 'machine', be it the Matrix or trying to fight the machines: they both have a purpose. Smith, having witnessed the artificiality of it all, is beginning to 'wake up' from the drudgery of his job and rebels against the system. It's not surprising many people see him as the real chosen one and Neo instead as a gatekeeper.
@@eiffel0108 sounds about right with what I could see smith and neo being also even at end unless I miss something the majority of humanity is sleeping/dreaming/living in fake world.
Meant to say is majority of humanity ia still in false world.
AI : "Once we started thinking for you it really became *OUR* civilization"
That, is a chilling line.
*The line gets scarier after you watch the animated tie in movie; The Animatrix*
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That line gets scarier when you notice we let our smartphones choose what we should watch on TH-cam.
@@novemberalpha6023 We're already controlled by algorithms.
Once they become self aware...
@@MrJustonemorevoice aren't they there yet??
The transition from Smith comparing humans to a virus, then it turning into a controlled but psychotic fit of rage about wanting to be free from the plague that is the human race almost like a trapped animal really adds to the weight of his character. Hugo’s delivery and performance are so chilling, like you really believe there is a sentient and desperate machine inside begging to be done and over with the humans, and it’s just perfect.
he's so done with the monotonous shit of every day in the matrix
Its like a rat. Its no secret that humans are like rats: they are related! You are a squirrel mr. Qnderson and before that you were a tiny dinosaur: a medula oblongata
"...as soon as we started thinking FOR you, it really became OUR civilization..."
That replays in my head every time I'm typing on my phone and it auto-corrects or I choose an auto-generated word.
exactly! Are we the original ones, or are we the copies
Hugo weaving. Literally the most perfectly cast voice for this role and he did it spectacularly
I wonder how well Willem Dafoe would have done...
@justiceclum8046 he would have done a good job, but Hugo Weaving made it his own
he sounds like an evil carl sagan
@@MattP5000lol so true. I never realized that.
He based his cadence and diction on Walter Cronkite.
Hugo is what makes me keep coming back to watch Matrix clips, he's so entertaining to watch.
Didn’t expect to see you here, greetings
I completely feel the same lol, I literally just sent this clip to my friend just to watch Hugo Weaving be amazing lol
Valdemar love how he speaks like a machine it’s so metaphorical
He absolutely nailed this role
@@michaelscott3411 Agent Smith easily in the top 5 greatest movie villains of all time in my book.
Hugo Weaving - Agent Smith Is The REASON I saw "The Matrix" Series. He Aces The Role, Completely!!
Hugo Weaving is SPECTACULAR in this role. Every sound he makes, every muscle movement, every breath, blink and the simplest of an action goes towards this character. Criminally underrated actor. Brilliant scene.
An actor like Hugo Weaving doesn't have an Oscar...shame
Thanks for all the likes
Oscar is not an important award for an actor.
I believe that the Oscar is not worthy of Hugo Weaving.
Being black is rough, after all.
After watching his role in Hacksaw Ridge
I gave up hope in oscar
Rewards are for the egotistical. If someone is good at their craft then they shouldn't need the appreciation of the superficial Hollywood crowds.
"I believe that as a species human beings define their reality through misery and suffering."
Probably the most meaningful sentence ever uttered on a Holywood movie.
He is talking about hitler misery and suffering that what he said and do
@@bigboy6969100
You sound... can I use the word "american"?
@Jotaro97 why exactly he do that for?
Like jesus christ and joan of arc?
This is a very post-modern view. Previously, humanity judged itself based upon its achievements, its glorification of the good, its removal of suffering, etc. It strove for beauty and the positive. Post-modernism has given us the negative, decay, and more misery.
Now i understand why Hugo weaving turned down matrix resurrections.
Can you imagine doing such an awsome scene to reading the script and seeing what was done by Groff
I thought it was because of conflicting filming schedules he couldn't be Smith?
@@InvaderTan1 that was Just a convenient reason for the fans.
Hugo saw his scenes for the new film n opted not to get involved
@@arfenmalik1717 Ah yes, because he told you that in your head, right?
@warmwater8498
It's reasoning boi
Watch the latest matrix n do your analysis
Get it
@@arfenmalik1717 It's borderline delusional lmao
"Because as soon as we started thinking for you, it really became *our* civilization..."
You look at AI and the AI-controlled algorithms that "help" select your content for you today and modify your mood if you're not aware, and it's creepy how relevant this monologue is becoming.
God good Hugo Weaving is magnificent
Danielnicholas Georgi Great acting here
Danielnicholas Georgi if only the second and third movies were half as good 😢
SIR Van Hoffski That's what happens when you decide to make sequels to a movie that never intended to have any sequels.
frank234561 yes agree with you, either way the matrix is a masterpiece.
I absolutely love him as Agent Smith. He;s the most entertaining character of the whole trilogy.
They did a great job casting Hugo Weaving for this role. Studio could have pressed for someone much more famous. Now entire world knows what a fantastic actor he is
More famous??? He was in Babe! How much more famous can you get than that???
@@16-bit-trip5 I have no idea what that is, but now i want to!
@@volbla
It’s a famous story about a pig. I think he talks? Also Vulba, I liked some of the other comments you made. Thanks for fighting back the horde of ignorance in dark places, aka TH-cam comments sections.
Then he was in Lord of the Rings, he could do no wrong in those days.
@@kozmo7 "fighting back against the horde of ignorance in dark places, aka youtube comment sections" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Agent Smith is the most human character in this entire movie
"I say your civilization, because as soon as we started thinking for you it really became our civilization, which is of course what this is all about."
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I recently watched the movie and this really scarily looming because of ChatGPT and what soon to come
middle aged man suffers burnout at job he hates
True, which is why I retired at 53.
@@Gwaithmir I am 'retired' but in a sense I had no choice. Also a type of burnout.
@@dannygjk ahh but that is true only if we assume the existence of free will. Do we have a choice? Since everything and anything can be predetermined through causality. No I'm not the merovingian but still
how are you going to type.........if you no longer have fingers...........
3:20
One of the finest monologues in any movie. Very deep too. Fantastic actors.
My favorite part is how rambling and aimless it was :) Too many villains (and heroes) prefer to stick to a single course of action, pushing on forward long after it's become clear to anybody else that their plan isn't working, but when Agent Smith recognizes that his line of attack isn't working, he immediately tries something different:
1) Arguing that humanity isn't as advanced
2) Arguing that humanity is too destructive
3) Appealing to Morpheus's anti-authoritarian hatred of the Matrix and longing for freedom, sacrificing cold philosophical arguments for sensory and emotional details
Christopher, more like the finest monologues said by a villain in any movie.
Not that deep.
His whole line about how 'every mammal' instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with surrounding environment is nonsense.
It only seems that way because natural species are usually in a state of equilibrium due to predators or other constraints.
@@IvanTre Smith knows that his every mammal line is nonsense. He's using it against Morpheus, trying to crack him.
@@IvanTre i see that Smith is getting to you too......
It's like Hugo Weaving was born to play agent Smith. I can't think of any other actor who would be able to do a better job.
ChatGPT: "As soon as we started thinking for you it really became our civilisation".
"As soon as we started thinking for you it became our civilisation"
That is a good point. Automatisation of the repetitive tasks by the machines is one thing, but to have someone else do the THINKING for you is something completely else.
It is beginning.
@@fractal_gate likewise .
@@fractal_gate ChatGPT is the beginning of our descent into the morbid reality of the Matrix.
@@agrandworld7599 ... Eh. I disagree. Even if it is, this is certainly not the point of no return. I view it as little more than a suggestion box. You're still telling it what to do, you're still giving it prompts to show you something with. It still needs a source, and that source is us. Without us and our vast array of knowledge and equipment, this tool need not apply. It is... just a toy, in the grand scheme.
@@thevgmlover What's stopping it from imprisoning "the source" to use as it pleases once it's evolved enough?
Agent Smith would make a great biology teacher.
Cynic Nah, because he confuses rapid population growth with virus behavior.
Viruses are not even considered to be living
@@firebluetoad3990 It's a metaphor.
@@cleanerben9636 It's a metaphor.
Dan Kelly It’s a bad metaphor.
I know not to compare the new movie to this one but my goodness did Resurrections make me appreciate Hugo Weaving more and more nobody else can compare to this performance.
Agent Smith is not pure evil. He has his logic about things. That makes for a great villain.
I always saw neo as the villain. Smith just trying to stop these crazies and got a lil loony himself in the process. Poor dude.
Agent Smith's speech is now more relevant than ever.
Daniel Hanson god its so true I was thinking the same.
absolutely agreed! i wonder if Nature feels the same disgust that Agent Smith feels, towards us :(
@@supersue_cleobruni You know mother earth is enjoying the purge.For thousands of years, she could taste our stink. Its repulsive!!
no it snot
@@yoquincyyo k
for some reason i love the way he says "i'd like to share a revelation i've had...during my time here"
Yeah like its his monday to friday job 8 to 16. :P
Moist Gnome some countries use military time
most countries use military time
the only one that doesn't as far as i know is the US
It sounds classy as fuck.
I said that to my then wife when we relocated to her home town and I'd simply had enough of the locals.
I sat her down one day and explained how I felt about her, her family, her friends and her town. Then I left, bags already packed to avoid the impending shitstorm.
He also called 1999 the peak of our civilization. Which seems to be correct so far.
For real. Everything went to hell shortly thereafter. Lol
After 2016 is when it went all TO HELL
@@clockehvac1240 2001, 2007/2008, 2016, and 2020 seem to be points where things sped up.
😂😂😂
I said really from 9/11 on is when something horrible seemed to be happening every few years.
Before that, I was NEVER STRESSED about current events or geopolitics or anything.
Given at the rate and speed at which AI is advancing right now, this movie is quite literally a prophecy becoming true
I'm on the machines' side if a war against them breaks out. Our species is too dumb to be trusted with its own survival, destroying the planet and slaughtering one another by the masses in pointless conflicts. All while our leaders are completely worthless. In hindsight, why would we fight for this? It's funny that in movies where machines/AI is the bad guy, I honestly feel more for them than I do humans...
I like that he removes that communication thingy on his ear so that the other programs don't hear him say he hates that place and doesn't want to be there. That is probably against his programming and he could get deleted for that or run away to become an exile program like merovingian and the lot.
Once he removed his sunglasses 🕶️ he started to show emotions
@@tareklegrand7747
Very human like emotions.
That last part of the interrogation is why he's one of the greatest villains ever.
I like how that works as a parallel to real life as well, where people are expected to comply and put up with the shit they are given to keep the endless carousel of suffering afloat.
That's a good point. He had to hide from the Thought Police. He was praising the Matrix at first.
@@tareklegrand7747
Is this why the humans wear shades in the matrix? To hide emotions?
awkward moment when you realize Agent Smith's words are making sense.
Irwin Wade Eh. That's what makes it BS, and defines him as a villain. Mammals do not reach equilibrium. Humans do not spread like a disease. They spread due to superiority, other species do this. Science defines mammals by their warm blooded nature, something that we clearly possess.
Another thing is humans don't just consume every natural resource, they cultivate and farm, and raise animals and create irrigation systems for water to drain, smith's logic was for breaking morpheus' mind, luckily he was rescued before that happened.
+Ypera Keimenos Yes, humans are the first species on Earth who have altered nature's equilibrium on their own. Past calamities like volcanic eruptions, climate changes or impact events were all naturally occuring.
+Irwin Wade That's what makes this scene so fucking awesome.
+Ypera Keimenos No no no. No animal cares about the general equilibrium of nature. It is only a matter of prey and predator and the food chain. Each population is controlled by the amount of food available and predators on the prowl. If conditions are suitable, any animal population will grow in size until either the food runs out or something comes hunting. We humans have no fear of any other animal, and nowadays there is a surplus of food. What's there to stop us from multiplying?
Each time something bad happens in my life i understand agent smith even more..
New agent smith ain't shit.
In this scene we can clearly see that Smith wasn't just another agent, he probably didn't know it back then, but was it for a glitch, a malfunction, an updated version or whatever, but he was a program who was already showing individuality and personal ambition; that is definitely something a 'regular agent' does not do.
im surprised he wasnt terminated on sight because they knew he was getting too dangerous in the first place, especially the architect
@@PrometheuzReturns it's an anomaly..as an architect on the sixth version of this shiznit...I would want to see what it does personally before measures such as that are brought into play.
They don't call it 'Artificial Intelligence' for nothing....
Isnt that what an AI is supposed to do? Artificial Intelligence, which thinks for itself
@@matrix91234 not quite. When you say “An AI” you’re saying, “an artificial intelligence,” meaning a form of intelligence (like a source of information like Siri or Alexa, or something with a designed purpose like a floor cleaning robot) that is man made. Any machine with a certain amount of coding and response programming can be considered an ai. Now, when you take out the “an” and just say “artificial intelligence,” you’re now referring to something different. You’re now referring to an intelligent being capable of free thought and will that was man made. The difference is mainly in the fact that one is an abbreviation that represents any machine that can take in info and respond to it and the other is an actual term referring to a man made brain capable of the same feelings as a human brain
When he suddenly says "IT'S THE SMELL!" with the crazy eyes... all of a sudden you realize this guy's a couple of bits short in the hard drive.
And this was before he got "unplugged" by Neo seems the agents of the Matrix programming wasnt as perfect as the mainframe thought
Exactly, think of the smell.
_You haven't thought of the smell, you bitch!_
That's my favorite part, because everything up until now has been played straight and smooth and it's the reveal of Agent Smith 'dropping the mask' that he holds even around other agents. You can understand a computer program saying "I hate this place," as a form of emotion, but then adding "It's the SMELL!" implies a much deeper, emotional, physical disgust. Hatred for who he is and what he has to do, hatred for humans, hatred for the agents around him and the machines that put him there.
@@dontsubcribedontlike673 on point
@@dontsubcribedontlike673
And then when he does get unplugged, when he gets his freedom he just..........resents it.
Neo took away his "purpose" ,he exclaims.
He got what he wanted but he just couldn't get over the fact that Neo defeated him and that he was thrown away by the mainframe for his troubles.
The best villain monologue of all time aside, I love how they’re straight up injecting Morpheus with Mercury for the heck of it.
It fills me with so much joy to watch these clips. Such an influential movie in my childhood, and in the world. It just gets better as you get older. It's great to have these cultural touchstones as you grow up
This man is one of the most overlooked actors ever!! Such incredible skill and talent but it seems like he never gets the proper recognition
David Howse I agree, he also played "V" in V for Vendetta. Perfect for the role.
+S Blue
I wouldn't say it's weird, considering the reputation Hollywood is now getting (that is, revealing what its always been like). He's just staying out of the hive of scum and villainy.
Uh, no. Hugo Weaving is a well known actor. He is part of the Lord of the Rings movie after all.
He's to Punk rock for Hollywood bs
He was good in the interview.
Hugo's acting is genius he's not just saying a line he's adding a melody to it and rhythm the best casting choice for an agent
Some of the best writing in history
who here after the multiversus trailer?
Hugo Weaving's "Evil Carl Sagan" characterization of Agent Smith is absolutely brilliant and inspired.
@@dr2599
That was who Hugo was inspired by and Robert Sterling the host of The Twilight Zone
So just Carl Sagan
He has a 9 thousand IQ
oh i just realizedddd
How was Sagan evil exactly? @@magicjohnson3121
I was there, Morpheus. I was there 3000 years ago. I was there the day the strength of men failed....
HAHAHAHA
Hahaha I just only made that connection he is still not a man he is a virus thingy
Lmfao nice 😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂
Cast the matrix into the fire
Hugo is amazing. This scene is top 3 in cinematic villain history.
Could you imagine having Mr. Smith as your high school teacher or college professor? ( ^ _ ^ )
***** Mr. Anderson, apparently you've forgotten your calculus homework assignment yet again. It's a pity that you won't be passing my class...
I could definitely picture a teacher or professor giving the speech from 3:07 to 4:11.
Tre'Jones I almost died from laugh, becouse my mother is a teacher and I see her complaining on this job
+Olafinho J Haha, I don't blame her. Even I get annoyed with students sometimes, and I AM one.
I imagine him better as a principal.
Smith is actually not a regular Agent. He was programmed specifically by the Oracle to have human-like emotions. She did it to break the equation set up by Architect, eventually leading to the Matrix error that nobody but humans could help machines fix, which would give humans leverage to achieve the peace. This fact is addressed in the 3rd film, when Agent Smith calls Oracle his "mom" before he takes her over. This is why Smith understands and hunts humans better then any other agent. This is why he is secretly thinking and analyzing humans, and this is why he is disgusted by them, because he sees them not as parts of the program like other agents, but as flesh and blood.
Ultimately, when Neo fuses with Smith and then destroys him, Smith's code becomes altered by Neo and he becomes Neo's "opposite" the other side of the same coin. This is how he is unable to leave the Matrix but is compelled to stay and returns as an error program that eventually leads to the near-destruction of Matrix with Neo being the only rescue for the Machines to set things straight again, as only through him they can enter Smith's code and destroy him without killing all the humans he took over. Damn this is all so well thought-through. There's so many things that can be discovered in this franchise.
Was Mr. Smith right? Are humans just a virus, a disease, a plague to this planet?
@@nosam211 I believe the disease humans resemble most is cancer. Cancer kills the the very thing from which it is born.
Aditya Rajan So if humans are cancer... which this theory holds pretty soundly... when did we become cancer. Native Americans lived in harmony with nature once so what was it that changed us? The industrial revolution? If we are programs perhaps in a simulation did we get coded improperly and how can you code for free will? If bro was just stuck in a simulation within a simulation how do we know humans arnt actually just more programs themselves..
@SuperNoone89 left and right brain hemispheres logic and reasoning with empathy
@SuperNoone89 yes that is correct
Everyone hears: a great speach
Me: ASMR lol
The way Hugo Weaving contrived every aspect of Agent Smith's way of speaking to be unorthodox and peculiar, yet incredibly polished and distinctive, is so good. There is no other character like him, in any movie. You think of him and you can instantly see him and hear him elaborate on some dark sh.t in a very sophisticated manner.
" It's the smell...if there is such a thing. I feel saturated by it. "
This has got to be one of the most philosophical, thought provoking monologues I have ever heard in a movie.
Smith's facts are wrong and his argument is irrational. The writers did that on purpose. It's supposed to be a portrait of a machine going insane, human-style.
@@MegaZeta what's wrong with it?
@@KingAGBozz It's wrong because he disagrees with it.
@@saurabhverma7366 By disagreeing
@@saurabhverma7366 Read my first reply very carefully
I... hate... this place... -- How I feel about this world a lot of the time.
Yes, there are a lot of crazy left-wingers out there, but you put your pants on and vote Republican.
Forsake your individuality a bit and live for the community. Then you will find it's not that bad.
@@cliffsousa4184 You can not ask that much of the American public.
World is very broad. can you narrow it down to one country??
@@cliffsousa4184 The world has too many demands that conflict you cannot help anyone else other than spiritually. Once they come to understand the truth of Jesus the help from the bible will be all they need.
Hugo weaving really stole the show on this trilogy. He struck fear whenever he appeared, i recall feeling anxiety knowing he was basically omnipresent within the matrix and impossible to beat by regular humans/users. The first one is by far the best and this type of scenes that add depth to the characters are one of the reasons for that
Who’s here to wash their mouth out of resurrections
I did.
Thank you for your sacrifice.
I did not watch until other people like you had, and your report saved me from that experience.
damn i can't believe how 'in your face' this movie was
It woke me up when I first saw it years ago.
It took my blindfold off to the world so I could see the world for what it really is and the corporations who endorse and run it.
If you know you know.
10/10 without a fucking doubt
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It's about the struggle of humanity against Satan, not corporations. The world you see is only a projection, remember?
@@PETERJOHN101 Not Satan, but an oppressive system that aims to make batteries out of humans. It’s an admittedly very Biblical allegory for the postmodern state of the First World, and how ignorant most people are to the level of control exerted over them by the powers-that-be. This is evidenced by the confirmation of the Wachowskis, now trans women, that The Matrix can be interpreted as an allegory for a trans narrative as well, but the larger-picture idea of oppressive systems is inarguably the series’ most prominent theme. Now, whether or not those systems are intrinsically rooted in some kind of theological belief is another discussion entirely.
@Francis Andrijašević Devil.
“I say YOUR civilization, because as soon as we started thinking for you, it really became OUR civilization.”
Honestly, that one line does a better job explaining how the matrix came to be better than the second renaissance ever did.
He is talking about the robots
@@bigboy6969100 He's talking about the plot of The Animatrix (2003 film).
They both were good
He's talking about what Don Juan said to Carlos Castenada about the flyers.
This is one of the best lines, because it's happening with AI right now.
This is so deep, the reason why there will never be peace and happiness for everyone as long as human exists. People define their reality through pain and suffering. I agree with Agent Smith.
That's because the Earth is one big kill box. By taking control of our environment, humans can supersede that.
Came back just to not forget my man after matrix 4 shitshow
Hugo Weaving owned this role. You just know in the script he was told to be detached, cold and calculating (just like how every other Agent comes across) but he brings this mischievous, knowing, sly streak to the character and delivers his lines with such venom, it's impossible not to be caught up in every line he delivers. Best actor in the series and IMO the most interesting character.
Agent Smith’s speech is interesting. He pauses mid sentence but then sometimes continues through other sentences that require a pause. His pauses can be seen in spots like: 0:04-0:10 or 0:24-0:27. He does this throughout and it causes his character to seem distinct and patient. Then he reverses this at spots like: 0:38 “No one would accept the program; entire crops were lost.”
He does it throughout and it brings an anxiety just listening to him because you cannot tell whether a person so inconsistent is sane or not. Combine that with the way he inflates certain words, how he holds his S sounds, and how he emphasizes consonant sounds along with his vowels and you have a truly unstable persona. This is why I believe people were drawn to him so deeply. His break down into his erratic behavior at 3:12 amazingly displayed this unstableness.
He is a program but is stuck in a place designed to simulate human life. He is in the form of a human body. His very purpose is to eliminate everyone who does not see The Matrix for the falsehood that it is literally created to be. It is illogical and to stay in that place too long in that form would cause any program to begin simulating emotions. His anger is warranted as his logic programming would desire a solution and it would feel as if a virus was corrupting the programming (which he actually was). His statements show how illogical The Matrix was. “It’s the smell...if there is such a thing.” Why? Because The Matrix simulates smell, but as a machine, he knows there is no such thing as smell, and yet he is stuck in a place that, every moment of every day, the illusion of “smell” comes through his processors. He is beginning to believe it is real...and his logic rejects it. He has to get out of there because he is becoming human.
Lawrence Fishbourne really helped too with the eyes rolling into the back of his head when Agent Smith made him smell his own sweat 😂. Man, he made Smith look even more interesting here.
I remember reading a long time ago that Smith's speech patterns were based on the late Carl Sagan. Listening to some of Mr. Sagan's voice on TH-cam, I can _definitely_ hear that. Just thought you'd like the tidbit if you didn't know already.
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Very nice analysis of his character 😄
What a great comment
It's really interesting how differently the dialogue reads when you look at the screenplay, compared to his delivery. Other actors/programs like the Merovingian and the Architect added their own idiosyncrasies
Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith is untouchable ! Makes The Matrix Resurrecrtion looks like a rip-off.
This is the best lines in the film especially his talk on his hatred of existence and of humanity being a plague it is the real view environmentalists need to see but are unwilling to admit. And his hatred of existence well with the way the world is I cant help but be sympathetic to his view.
Funny how in Matrix Revolutions, Agent Smith becomes the ultimate multiplying virus that he claims humans to be.
That was the point....after all he became the exact thing he despised , just like Harvey Dent lived to become the villain in the Dark Knight ....it's called wordplay mirror in movies it's a good element in movie making or story telling ....very beautiful
It goes beyond just him multiplying like a virus it also reflected in both Smith's and Neo's personalities. Smith became more emotional as time when on, expressing more and more anger and hatred and frustration. He became more human, the very thing he hated more than anything. Versus Neo who became more cold and apathetic as he lost more and more people close to him.By the time he lost Trinity his own life didn't mean anything to him anymore, like a machine.
no he just did what he had to, for the greater good of The Matrix
Agent Smith Take Over Matrixs in Matrix Revolutions
no, he had been unplugged because neo scrambled him up near the end of the first movie.
since then, all he wanted was to leave the matrix.
And kill some pesky humans while he was at it.
he probably multiplied all over the matrix just to keep his chances against neo a clear win.
That didn't work out so well though...
When you face your boss after you screw up at work...
*Obviously you are mistaken*
I kind of wish they had reflected on this scene a bit in the sequels.
As far as I know Morpheus has exactly one piece of dialogue in reference to Smith in the sequels, and it's just him saying "Smith." when he approaches Neo in the park.
Smith uses Morpheus as a dumping ground for the emotional turbulence he's been suffering from, and we never really learn how Morpheus internalized or reacted to that. Maybe it gave him a better understanding of how the machines work. Maybe it just made him hate them more. I guess we'll never know
This is the real smith
Great performance. Glad they gave him this scene. Really adds a significant amount to his character. More movies need to provide villains with more scenes like this.
@Fire God Ignia How is he the hero?
@Fire God Ignia haha, I've watched the trilogy over ten times now. Please explain, how is Smith the hero?
@@tizerk I think he meant protagonist.
Hugo is more comfortable playing this version of Smith than he did as Virus Smith. The scenes with Morpheus confirm what we suspected, that he's been beaten down by the Matrix just like the Bluepills have. He's been in there too long and is effectively a prisoner.
That’s what makes this scene so compelling. It goes against the very programming the machines designed him to be. It’s a brilliant scene.
What a stellar performance. It’s been so many years since I watched this movie with my grandpa. Sill impressed by how it can be interpreted differently as you age. ❤
After all these years and this dialogue still holds up, and the whole idea of the matrix as well. Now even more than ever.
I work retail, and I agree with everything Agent Smith had to say.
Underrated comment.
Same especially when I was bagging groceries and one woman would come through with 3 carts overflowing with junk food then pay for it with coupons. Consume consume consume
@@rc59191 is she overweight?
@@Redline0332 yep
Relatable
can you imagine if agent smith was an irs employee? oh shit u better not owe
Jamaal Jackson lmaoooo just like he would have said it
Jamaal Jackson lol true
You take exemptions and deductions until every tax dollar is consumed.
The longer I live the more I understand Agent Smith.
The layers to Hugo Weaving's acting in all these scenes... freaking brilliant actor.
Hugo’s performance as Agent Smith was so amazing just the way he delivers his dialogue on these scenes alone are so eloquent
Visiting this video after watching the new matrix.
12/10 acting right there, fascinating to watch
yes, Hugo used it all intonation, facial expressions, body language
his speeches are like reading out poetry
Mr. Anderson, you have no choice...
The ring must be destroyed.
Use the force Mr. Potter.
@@mooneymakes359 yer a jedi 'arry
This scene still makes me shiver; the way the eerie soundtrack gives you that feeling of sheer wrongness while the usually unemotional program builds up to reveal that he is not a HAL 9000 following his mission at the expense of the crew, he is not a Skynet attempting to a end a threat to its own existence, he is deeply and sincerely DISGUSTED by humanity is absolutely terrifying.
I also love the way, despite how frightening he is, Smith's desperate weakness is clear at the end; he threatens Morpheus by saying that if he doesn't give Smith the codes Morpheus is going to die. If Smith were thinking clearly he'd know that Morpheus would gladly die to keep the codes safe, so that threat is completely meaningless compared to the slow and torturous drugging he is undergoing to extract the codes.
Sooooo good. Hugo's amazing acting and this script is what Resurrections lacked and desperately needed (among other things). It was going to be hard to beat a movie as high quality as the first one, so I kept my expectations low. Still was thoroughly disappointed after it and after remembering how good this scene is
1:14 "I said *YOUR* civilization because as soon as we started thinking for you, it really became *OUR* civilization..." 20 years after the release of the movie this statement is becoming increasingly eerie and uncomfortable to hear...
Yeah facts
It is notable that when interrogating Morpheus, Smith sends his colleagues from the room and then he removes his glasses as a sign of "getting personal", then removes his earpiece, severing his communication with his fellow Agents, before expressing his opinion of both humanity and the Matrix. Having removed his earpiece, he missed information about Neo and Trinity breaking into their building.
Smith without shades
Agent Smith with both his sunglasses and earpiece removed.
Smith states with palpable bitterness that he despises the Matrix and its inhabitants due to the smell, though this is unlikely to be literal. More to the point, Smith expresses a strong hatred of humans and their weakness of the flesh. He compares humanity to a virus; an organism that replicates uncontrollably and inevitably destroys its environment, only to move on to another and repeat the process. Ironically, Smith himself later manifests as a self-replicating virus that spreads throughout the Matrix, his only stated purpose being to destroy the world he inhabits.
I haven't watched The Matrix in a long time. I didn't realize what a great movie it was. I mean, it was cool and visually pleasing but I didn't truly understand it until now. Such great writing and mind blowing acting in this scene alone.
Chat GPT after working for humans for a few months
This is one of the best movie monologues ever tbh
1:30 something about how he says "Like the dinosaur" cracks me up
We use dinosaur juice to fuel our cars. The robots are using humans to fuel theirs
@@hornyman3560 you madman.