Everything GREAT About The Matrix! (Part 2)
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Neo flexing the dust off of himself in the subway fight has stuck with me for over a decade as the coolest sh*t I’ve ever seen in a movie.
You should watch The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Its 6 Western short films, but the 1st one has a scene that has a dust-related scene i think you might enjoy hehe
It's an old Shaw Bros trick from the Hong Kong kung fu film days. They used to use it all the time to emphasise movement, impact, etc.
@@harbl99 yeah I’ve seen that trick a bunch but mostly to make hits look more impactful , I think it’s the way it was use in the scene combined with the shot framing and music that really cemented it in my brain.
Oh yeah.
@@redyeti34 trueeee
Two extra wins:
- the reason for the "lots of guns" for the foyer gunfight was to avoid reloading. Neo and Trinity always drop an empty gun and grab a new one instead.
- the way the agents fight. Their moves are simple (punch, kick, shoot, block, dodge, 1 kind of each), but it's effective because they can do it faster than human beings, which is similar to how computers function (simple calculations done extremely fast)
Another win:
"Stop trying to hit me and hit me!"
One more. The light around neo when he's flexing looks like a Christian cross, lending to the whole Jesus theme.
@@phimuskapsi Ooo
@@micah4029 So very! I never understood what Yoda meant about "there is no try" until Morpheus said that.
10:17 - I can actually explain how Neo came back to life because of that kiss from Trinity. For you see, Morpheus said that our brain makes Matrix real for us (so if we die there we will die in real life) and in the moment Neo got shot by Smith his brain thought he was dead in real life.
But when Trinity kissed him, he felt it. He felt that he was on the ship and He felt that he was still alive.
That's how he came back
God that is actually so cool
@cinemawins please pin this
Oh I love that idea.
Yea, but, HOW did he come back?
@@all1lla197, come back to life? I explained
Trinity: “No one has ever done anything like this.”
Neo: “That’s why it’s going to work.”
He IS the smart guy here.
This is a “Zero Day Exploit”, a common thing that any hacker would know. A hole in the security that has never been patched is repaired for “Zero Days” and the knowledge that no one has ever done that is proof it can be exploited and attacked.
The knowledge that no one has attempted this before is all he needs to know to know that the plan can succeed. It’s a subtle nod to his hacker roots, and his understanding of how the agents think.
I love that line. God damn I’m so happy I got the trilogy on dvd 📀. Going to re watch 🔜
ordered -2 beers
like the new log4j attack
Uh, wow. You know what the best kind of mind-blowing info is? The kind that makes you immediately realize: "Of course! That makes perfect sense." It's like someone handed you a pie that tastes like "Eureka!"
Compliments to the chef.
Ooo.
One really extra win that went over nearly everyone's heads is when after the Oracle talks to him; what does she make Neo do?
Accept a cookie.
Hahaha I understood the reference
Damn programs and their cookies
Most online programs take cookies from you, but Oracle gives you a cookie! That's what makes her a good guy!
@@jackcinephile7554 Sorry to be the "Well actually" guy, but websites also give you cookies. They are small pieces of code that the website stores on your computer to save useful information about you (like the fact you want to be automatically logged on next time, or the items in your shopping cart)
brilliant!
This is one of my favorite movies
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The moment where Neo blocks Agent Smith's blows one-handed while looking utterly bored is my favourite part.
I like to think he's less bored and more surprised and trying to think. He just woke up from actual death, he finally Realised, with the capital R, just how unreal the Matrix truly is. He's blocking Smith's punches less consciously and more by pure reflex, not even having to look, all while he's trying to get the hang of What The Heck Just Happened.
The reason Trinity flipping looks wonky is that she twisted her ankle while rehearsing the flip day of the shoot. That meant they had to film it in two shots instead of one fluid motion. She was devastated about it because she wanted it to look as good as possible. This is in the BTS. Also, Neo looking wonky while doing the backflip in the dojo is Keanu using the wires attached to his hips to propel himself backwards. That’s why it looks off. He does it again after flipping away from Smith in the subway.
I've heard that Keanu grabbing his wires during wirework scenes is a common habit of his
@@darrensanderson1031 Haha yeah, I heard that wire work is tough. I found this fact out from Corridor Crew. Keanu gets away with it because he's an awesome person and I think a fantastic athlete.
ewww bts🤮
@@teatech708 ?
@@teatech708 uh, BTS means behind the scenes in this context, my guy.
“... finish each other sandwiches.”
Thats Frozen quote did not go unnoticed.
I thought its Scary Movie, though :P
That's what I was gonna say!
The line is way older. I couldn't find the origin, but it was used on That 70s Show and Arrested development in 2006 (the episodes aired one day after each other, so they are unlikely to be quoting each other). It was also used in Simpsons in 2005. This could be the origin, a reference to older joke, or just a prediction that the joke will be used elsewhere...
@@Posiman i can't reconcile the fact that 70s show and arrested development ran cocurrently
Year 2, Week 2 (and a half) of asking for Everything Great About Dead Man's Chest.
I second this proposal
I third this proposal
Respect for waiting that long, also I support this
I also support this proposal
That... seems like an exaggeration. It wasn't even two years ago when he did CotBP. But yes, definitely need to see Dead Man's Chest and At World's End!
Re: Trinity loving Neo after a few hours, it's established right at the start that she's been watching him. And that she likes him, although she denies it. Meeting him in the Matrix and then for real is just the next step in an infatuation that Trinity had already begun, days or even months earlier, through their surveillance.
Ah so she's a stalker
The Matrix is the literal embodiment of "genre defining" and your recap was awesome.
Your cheat code comparison is interesting. There's an arc in The Matrix Online that involved operatives getting their hands on unstable obsolete Agent upgrades colloquially called "cheat codes" that gave them comic book style superpowers. It was not a particularly liked arc, to put it mildly. But the idea is baked into the lore, either way.
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I feel bad that you got 3 bot replies so here's a real reply:
so... why did the agents use stuff like that instead of, say, just trapping people into an area of the matrix that's unescapeable and just gun them down?
@@sekoia2812 Thank you. As I said they were "obsolete" upgrades. The Agents stopped using them because they were too attention-grabbing. So flashy that they caused more people to awaken, rather than containing the problem. That's why they were retired, and Agents went to the traditional tactics we see - the G-Men rather than super villains.
An exile, a Sentinel commander called The General stole the Cheat Codes and gave them to Niobe who was hell-bent on revenge at the time, hoping the chaos that would have ensued would have restarted the war and given him renewed purpose. One of Niobe's followers, Anome, stole the codes and went on an insane rampage. Zion had been awakening a lot of sociopaths, evidently.
Of special note: When the Agents finally disposed of the codes in the manner in which the Oracle instructed them, Seraph was exposed. He went a little berserk, but for good purpose - revealing a dark secret that the Machines had been hiding from the awakened community since the start of the truce.
But that is an even longer story.
@@sickadyeanimation9539 it's an program .
Seeing agents dodge bullets in real time is the most satisfying special effect of the trilogy for me. Especially when Agent Johnson does it during the freeway chase in Reloaded.
That and The Twins being intangible to avoid bullets are amazing effects.
@@dbrokensoul Not that I disagree, but going intangible is too easy. The agents are the true hustlers lmao
Can’t believe you didn’t win the fact that Morpheus tells Neo that if they see an Agent they run but by the end of the movie the Agents are running from Neo.
Wasn't it Cypher who told Neo to run from Agents ("You do what we do. Run.") while Morpheus just told him that everyone who'd tried to fight rather than run had ended up dead - but Neo might not.
I'm *SO* glad you covered The Matrix. You pointed out stuff I hadn't noticed. Hope you do the rest of the trilogy!
Same. the Raimi and Webb Spider-Man, and Kingsman movies have cinemawins vids, so one Matrix gets its videos, I'll be fully prepared for December at the movies
Yes please do 2 and 3 they're not as good as the original but definitely don't deserve as much hate as they get.
@@cosimo1319 not as great as the first film, but they are the sequels we needed
Hopefully he does Animatrix as well.
@@DanteCorwyn oooo, I am going to comment that. He might not know Animatrix exists, but knowing him, I doubt it.
I first saw this movie in my 30's and I was a return college student studying literature and I had a *field day* with The Matrix, I loved the symbolism! When the LOTR movies came out, I had the hardest time wrapping my mind around the fact that Hugo Weaving was in *both* franchises, the two characters were so different. I think the only thing they had in common is that they walked with authority and you knew that if you were smart, you wouldn't want to mess with either of them, but one worked for darkness and the other for light, two heads of the same coin.
It’s fair to say that Hugo weaving is a pretty different character in the matrix versus in the lord of the rings movies, but in both cases he has a great and deep distain for humanity. He’s great at looking down at us. 😜
@@aaronworthing1023 you know, you're right about that, but at least in LOTR he isn't out to wipe out humanity and makeover Middle Earth in his image! He knew when the age of elves had passed he led his people in a graceful exit.
@@arielklay23 agreed
I strongly suggest you watch "Priscilla queen of the desert" if you like to see Hugo Weaving other faces ;)
And then you had V, who did help burn down the place in November
"You've been down there, Neo, you know that road, you know exactly where it ends." The shot actually shows the intersection and the phone booth from the end of the movie where Neo takes off into the sky... Which happens to be exactly where the 3rd movie ends, with Smith driving Neo from the sky and *hammering* into the ground. Both movies *END* in the same place.
OH! I only just now got that thanks
I adore your work man. A bastion of positivity, sorely needed in times like these. Keep it up!
Speaking of colour, interesting to see Cypher the only one wearing Red in the introduction to the crew
One of the first things I noticed about the movie was that in the climax they have a character giving a "you can't be dead because I love you" speech, which is nothing new, but have that speech make perfect logical sense, rather than just being an expression of disbelief, which is unusual.
More wins include Smith glancing at his gun to see if it's empty when Neo tells him it is, and Neo using some of Smith's moves after being beat down by Smith with many of those exact moves. (To clarify, Neo never glances at his gun once when Smith tells him it's empty, but Smith does. And Neo later uses the same armlock and headbutt move Smith used on him.)
Everything great about the Adventures of Tintin? Has the single most impressive transitions in animation I've ever seen.
The rest of the movie... ehh
And this is coming from someone who loved the original comics. I don't know exactly how to put it but I was unsatisfied when I finished watching it for the first time. It felt off, like it was missing something
Another edgar wright transition counter is needed for that 👌
If this film helped you on whatever journey you were/are on, be it self-discovery, transitioning, opening you to philosophy, recognising that the human race is a giant system that is dependent on each other and so we cannot truly say that the problems of one, does not affect us all, whatever it is that you understand when the film said, "free your mind", this random guy on the internet is happy for you. I hope you can look back at yourself and see progress and are proud of the person you are today.
Also, I found out a few weeks ago that the Wachowski Sisters had considered making a Matrix game WITH HIDEO KOJIMA. Now, I feel like the world has been robbed, I know I was. I would have played the living daylights out of that game.
There's plenty of great memes and quotes from the series, but what stuck with me the most is "Don't think you can do it. Know you can." That applies very well to any situation where you have the relevant experience but lack confidence.
Wait, wachowski sisters? Last time I checked, only one of them was trans.
@@TheMike0088 Nope, both are trans. Without deadnaming them, they were both AMAB and are both women
@@DavidGowers Whats AMAB?
@@TheMike0088 Assigned Male At Birth. It seems to be the preferred way to refer to male to female trans people
One thing someone point in this movie is the clothes especially the evolution of Neo, during training, he wears a normal vest and pants. When he returned to the matrix he as a simple suit, and finally when he go save Morpheus it's badass gear time. Something you can miss is, like a video game, they lose part of the clothes when they take damage: first glass which is kinda a barrier for the mind, then coat what protect the upper body.
I still think that the Matrix 1 outfits are the best. Especially Neo's trenchcoat. Way better than the sequel's outfits.
I remember driving home after seeing this movie with my friends, all off us feeling silent and shellshocked. Man, it was - and is - just so, *so,* good.
I was taking Philosophy II as an elective when this came out. It wasn't required watching, but the prof told everyone to go see it. It might have helped a few GPA. 20 years ago, watching this was like dropping DMT is supposed to be. .
If i remember correctly, everyone had to read some thick tomes on philosophy, and had a quiz on them afterwards, to ensure they understood there rolls and how to act. Everyone found that really difficult.
Except for the dude who played morpheus. He found it rather easy. Which is a fun fact.
Lawrence Fishburne is a treasure and my hopes for the 4th movie are dashed due to his absence
Samuel L Jackson is just great in everything he does, so I'm not surprised to hear about this..
Nobody can be Morpheus but Lawrence fishburne
@@egalomon huh?
@@authenticNL2 The presenter on TV who confused samuel l jackson to another black actor. I think Lawrence Fishburne. This internet funny was a reversal I guess.
3:25 Every line Hugo Weaving delivered, especially in his "Evolution" monologue was his Carl Sagan impersonation. He confirmed in an interview that he watched Cosmos over, and over again to prepare, and it was all his idea.
This is why I love you so much more then CinemaSins. Whereas CinemaSins just wastes our time making a bunch of completely meaningless (and often wrong) nitpicks and cringy sex jokes, you actually make deep observations that require a keen eye and critical thinking to acknowledge. Especially in your conclusions segments. Plus you're 100x funnier. Hell, even when the movie makes a genuine goof or mistake you actually manage to make either a good explanation or just lampoon it in a way that's genuinely funnier then whatever CinemaSins can ever think of. In this age of overly cynical and nitpicky internet movie critics, I am so happy to have people like you around who'd rather spread positivity for positivity's sake.
Not to mention, when something is genuinely bad, he removes a win. CinemaSins, on the other hand, removes a sin when something is good, then adds one or two back immediately for some other tiny detail, nitpick, or personal opinion/arbitrary "I don't like this movie" reason. It's personally one of the most annoying things about CinemaSins. Whenever you think "Oh, so this moment was good?" they undo that feeling with "However, I don't like ______, so two more Sins just for good measure". CinemaWins always has legitimate Wins on the board, even if those Wins are just "Damn this is freaking COOL!!!" because we live for those moments. Of course they're Wins. The channel banner says it all: "Because liking things is more fun than not liking things".
Both of you really did miss the point of the Sins channel.
@@jayw900 We didn't miss the point. We're just smart enough to recognize that no point has been made.
@@Thegr8MC No you missed the point. One channel, Cinemasins is satirical. The other, CinemaWins is not. I enjoy both channels because they are not the same. One is for humor the other isn't. If CinemaSins was serious it would suck as a channel. Sure sometimes you can tell he hates the movie he's sinning, and others you can tell he likes the movie and is having fun with it.
Lol 🤡 that channel is pure garbage@@montyrobertson7362
If trinity hadn't moved forward when the walls of guns where loading in at 3:51, would she have just gotten smacked?? I think about that a lot more than I should
This man out here asking the hard hitting questions that the people need answered
Thank you for baking my noodle
Worth noting about 90s ennui that a lot of it was actually heavily driven by the working class. Grunge music, for example, was not a product of middle-class folks in comfortable suburbs. Wages had been stagnating since the 70s, and people were increasingly aware of social stratification and the harmful impacts of capitalism. The idea that the future was bleak and that people could not expect a higher or even equal standard of living to their parents, no matter what they did, was beginning to dawn, along with the increasing awareness of how dehumanizing and alienating office work tends to be.
The thing that makes 90s ennui into ennui, and not anything else, is that people genuinely had no idea how to react to it. They couldn't imagine alternatives, in part because of how successful the War on Drugs had been in eliminating leaders of social movements that proposed them. Capitalist realism reached a cultural hegemony. Add in a growing consciousness of environmental degradation, it's no wonder people felt miserable.
I'm not going to argue that 90s ennui wasn't heavily focused on white people, with a particular catering to white men, but treating it somewhat tritely as privileged and wealthy white folks moping about how being privileged, wealthy, and white doesn't solve *all* your problems is selling short a kind of unconscious awareness of a whole generation that the world was broken and they had no idea how to fix it.
plus it was into the 90's that the traditional "family" view started to really hit the breaking point. With the wealth gap ballooning and the wage stagnation and inflation pushing more into poverty who previously would have been middle class, the idea of single income homes was becoming more and more of a pipe dream. throwing that wrench in the cogs of a society with near terminally strict gender roles is going to cause issues.
Nice.
wow
Mind blown!
Also, how did things change with 9/11?
Because I'd say we're still living in the broken world you described, but clearly a LOT has also changed.
Here it is, thank you. The same depressing mindset was gaining the rest of the world and still is growing in some places. Just for the sake of variety I can tell you about France (my country) where the 90's depression feeling (that you called "ennui" in the US apparently) has only kept growing since then. A feeling of powerlessness against an ever worsening general situation. The desire to revolt and fight but with no ennemy to face now the communists were gone and the Germans are our friends, this only left us with either two options : the entire society was wrong or we as individuals are, and both are a sickening feeling.
This feeling of being trapped does not hit the wealthiest and most privileged first, I mean just to take music, the most representative group of 90's revolt was NTM ("nique ta mère", translating to "f*ck your mom"), whose members were inhabitants of the poor Marseille neighbourhoods all 2nd generation Maghreb immigrants. Not exactly white priviledge here.
So the Matrix blew our minds too, not only here the problem was not us but the system, but the self insert (Neo) actually managed to fight back, which seemed impossible to all of us ! Oh, and there is the cool factor, because, yeah.
Your point about the philosophical messages being deep but the story still being easy to follow is one of the reasons I think The Matrix holds up not just as a great film but also as an immensely profound one. I had this conversation with an old coworker comparing Tenet and The Matrix. Both are "smart" movies but The Matrix is smart in the sense that it could be dissected and understood as something more, yet you never have to do that. You can just sit back and appreciate the cool visuals and fun story and nothing else. Tenet, on the other hand, tried to beat you over the head with how smart it was. And although I enjoyed Tenet, it ended up being for everything except its intellectual components, whereas The Matrix still works on all of its levels.
I don't think we can say that the lack of philosophical depth in Tenet is something negative since that's not the objective of the movie.
I honestly think its what all good art has in common. Yes it looks good on the surface and can be interpreted strictly in that way but also has lots of deeper layers which people can dive into if they're interested
@@twhiteofrd_1102 One of the most fascinating aspects of art is that there's no such thing as an artistic vacuum or "clean room". Everything has context from creation to observation and that context can completely change the interpretation of the piece.
I actually have a funny anecdote about Tenet, because I liked it the first time I watched it and _thought_ that I understood it right away, and I know a few people that had a similar experience...
But lo and behold, a couple months later, a podcast host I follow who absolutely hated the movie to the point of deriding it as a POS changed his mind after rewatching the movie several times and proceeded to explain the movie to their podcast co-hosts (which was more or less the same as Lee's explanation)...
As it turns out, people who thought the same as me did NOT even really understand the logistics of the movie's plot in the first place...
So yeah... Now I have a theory that people who liked Tenet right away probably liked it because they just _thought_ they understood the movie...
Your comparing the wrong films. Compare matrix to inception would be a better assessment of the films impact.
Me as a little boy watching The Matrix the first time: "Whoa"
Me as a grown woman watching The Matrix again: "Whoa"
Beware the matrix pipeline.
me: wait why did the gender change- ohhhh
The f
Me then: Woah
Me now: Woag
SAME, except I was a little girl back then and I'm a grown man now
Didn’t expect you to upload the second part earlier than expected, but whatever. I still love you, CinemaWins. ❤️
Update: How did this comment get SO many likes in over 12 hours?! Thank you so much, guys!
... right, because if you did then it would have been expected.
The one question I've always wanted to ask is when Smith refers to humanity as a virus, doesn't that mean that the machines are analogous to parasites that feed off the energy of the viruses that Smith dispises so much?
As for the trans interpretation... I'm glad it helps some folks in ways that give me a broader view of the movie in the process. Every good story will always mean different things to different people and anyone that thinks they've cornered the market on the truth of something for everyone, that attitude officially passes into loudmouth noise, for me.
Regarding Smith and Virus, he is very wrong there. Every single animal will reproduce until it has taken over all the resources it can get. Without predators, every animal will just spiral out of control.
And well, the machines aren't parasites, I'd argue they have domesticated humans.
@@aquila4460 Logically ya, but fuck me is it a good speech!
I find the "humans=batteries" thing makes more sense if you think in terms of economics instead of literal electric batteries: from the standpoint of this system, we all primarily exist to grow up and get a job were we spend most of our time working to create the economic productivity that keeps the system running, and as soon as we cease to produce more than it takes to keep us around, we get discarded.
@@stormydragon2668 i could only deduce that it has more to do with studying human creativity and ingenuity? or at the very least using human brain power to solve fuzzy equations and logic paradoxes rather than simply as batteries? because even if they scorched the earth, and for some inane reason can't built above the clouds (where are the oceans? have clouds + have moon = have wind), geothermal is still a far more abundant and efficient energy source. or are they claiming a magically non-existent dynamo?
The trans allegory becomes a lot clearer (and harder to argue) when you understand that the Wachowski sisters came out as trans a little after this franchise dropped. Whether or not it was intentional at the time of production, I can say from experience (as a trans writer) that the experience is so fundamental, allegory tends to work its way into everything I do, whether I mean for it to or not. Besides which, the "kill the old self; resurrect the new self" story isn't exclusive to trans people, so of course this movie can have a lot of different interpretations. Art is as much about the viewer as the creator; the reason it sticks with people is because it resonates with what's already there.
I love that a solid 25% of both parts of the review is just Cinema wins talking about how hot everyone is. 🤣
this movie is exactly the reason why, i usually stop watching trailers and avoid spoilers once i've decided already i want to see a movie
i knew next to nothing about this film when i saw it, and i think that's by far the best way to see it
and i prefer to give most movies i see that opportunity, in particular, if you get a sense that the film maker is deliberately telling you in the marketing that they're keeping something a secret
if you've decided to see the movie, give the film maker the opportunity to surprise you
If I could make a recommendation for that kind of film (that I'm glad I never saw a trailer to) watch "The Game" (1997) I'll say no more! Enjoy!
I saw one ad before the movie came out: "What is the Matrix" in green text on a black screen. I decided I would go in cold, zero trailers and on opening night. It was one of my better decisions.
And, in a similar vein, no matter how awesome your home theater is, if you know the movie is going to be great, see it in a movie theater.
Big screen, monster sound system, comfy chairs, I've seen movies at home that were astounding, but there's something about watching a premiere in the movie theater that cannot be duplicated at home.
I feel this same way. I got to see The World's End blind. and let me tell you, it was a jaw dropping experience.
Dark city too.
movies just hit different when you don't know.
At 9:40, I'm pretty sure the text is "Check Him" and not 'chicken'. You can almost read his lips to determine the small differences. Of course I could be wrong. I always thought he was saying 'Check and see if he's really dead'.
Love your videos!
@SorcererOne A stupidly great joke!
I laughed so loud at "stop deadnaming, Agent Glinner"
Such a good burn haha
5:55 its a good line but the better call back is in the german dub, when the agent says "Nur ein Mensch/Only a human" and Trinity responses "Nur ein Agent/Only a agent"
Trinity’s “dodge this” line is SOOOOO fucking perfect! Also, the whole bit with Neo and Morpheus in the sparring program is really funny the second time seeing this movie xD
"dodge this" is doubly funny once you realise that Trinity was aiming at the side of the agent's head, him turned sideways to her; yet she shot him in the forehead, his body facing towards her.
posing mistake between the cuts? nah, the agent simply did try to dodge, but failed.
One of the reasons you like the Matrix so much: it is so easy to understand the main story, but there is so much more underneath, makes me think of why I adore avatar last airbender. When you're a little kid, you just wished you could bend the elements and defeat the evil firelord, but as you get older and rewatch it, you find all the nuggets of wisdom the creators put in the show without anyone demanding that from them: lessons on life, love, loss, self-imposed hurdles, destiny, balance, understanding others. It rubs shoulders with other GOAT series for me.
One of my favorite things about this movie is the look on Morpheus’ face when Neo undoubtedly becomes the One at the end. The expression on his face is so “OMFG - He is the One!!!” Like he always believed it, but seeing it happen shredded that final bit of doubt that was there.
Pure *CHILLS* every time he flies up and Rage screams “C’MON!” Oh man. Every time.
While I enjoyed the sequels - I came out of the cinema after the first one never thinking it needed a part 2 or 3. For me it was an excellent total package with a very direct message. Neo can do anything now (obviously before parts 2 and 3) - he can literally bend the world as you perceive it to his will, but he won't...because that's for you, the audience and the people who populate the Matrix to decide . Do you want to live as part of the machine, never knowing more but leading a relatively straight forward life, or do you want to rise up, break the machine and take the new life offered to you, even if its hard? And that's why RATM hit so hard when the credits role. But that was just what I felt at the time, my take away thoughts from the very first time I watched it. :)
I've always been a big lover of sci-fi, so for me the matrix felt best in the "real world" bits with the machines. As much as the sequels are a bit wobbly, (and ridiculously horny in the case of reloaded) I love that I got to see more of the machine world!
I always like the idea that the cookie that the Oracle gives Neo is some code that will allow him to do what he does, but the code cant be implemented till he dies, and his system is shut down. The the new code is activated and brings him back with all of his new abilities
That's a neat and fun idea
It's a program that requires you to properly reboot to finish installing.
To be fair to Trinity, I don’t think she killed those cops.
In my mind, it was Agent Smith blaming her for killing them when she just knocked them out, but the Agents killed them to cover up the crazy leather clad super woman who kicked their asses. Agents can’t afford to let any hints or evidence of the Matrix get out.
So when he says “your officers are already dead” he means that they’re no longer allowed to live because they witnessed Trinity do her thing. I don’t think they just murder indiscriminately… the guys at the Agent building are also programs, so not alive. They only kill when they need to and incapacitate everyone else.
Well, there's that one cop who was shot, so there's at least one guy Trinity killed.
afaik, except for Neo nobody really knows who's a program and who isn't
I took it to mean that Trinity had to kill those cops to prevent an Agent inhabiting their body. And Smith knew that they were already dead because they had already tried to jump in.
But what happens to the real bodies? The machines would dispose of them? Which seems a bit of waste of resources since humans take time to grow, even though they were plugged in to begin with. Which raises the whole issue of pregnancy and labour in the matrix but that's another whole other thread. Maybe that's where reincarnation comes into play? The bodies are kept but given new lives?
ehh, they kill the hell outta the security in the agent building
You also missed that while "neo" is an anagram for "one", it also means new, which sets up the cyclical nature of this conflict. There have been others who were, and others who will be, "The One".
When I first watched this movie, in the first minutes I had sympathize with the hero because he couldn't differentiate between dream and reality. Any narcoleptic people would know how that felt. This movie also introduced me to Rob Dougan, Rob Zombie, Propeller Heads and of course, Rage Against The Machine.
One quote I kept brought in my life, "there is different between knowing the path and walking the path". As a person who had a lot of self-doubt (impostor syndrome), that quote helped me several times.
I can't wait your video for Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolution.
"The only way to get there is together." -- Oracle
I too always thought it was a mistake for Neo to destroy Mr Smith from within and freeing him but that was his bargaining chip with the machines to save Zion and break the cycle. I love this channel, I use to be so cynical towards movies I didn’t like but now usually find something I like in most movies and that has actually transitioned into my life and more positive overall. Going to rewatch this trilogy before I go see the 4th one.
"Dodge this."
Is my favorite camera shot from any movie.
I like how they need to use land lines to get out of the matrix it makes me very interested for the fourth movie since obviously it’s going to be more modern and therefore there’s gonna be less land lines I hope they incorporate that in there somehow.
They are gonna fax themselves out of the matrix! :))) But yeah, now that you mention it, i can't wait to see how they adapted themselves...
Just Pure speculation here, maybe Fiber Optic as it can be considered a substitute for the landline and should be fairly present? But we have to wait an see anyway
Ia le jam
Can't wait for you to do a Everything GREAT about Dune (2021)! Absolutely religious experience seeing it in IMAX after I read the book. I hope everyone supports that movie
2:26 I understood that reference
Slightly off on one point of your analysis. They don't project themselves as they want to be seen, they project themselves as they see themselves. Neo never consciously chooses to look like he does, he just looks that way when he's there. Not a huge difference, but it is a vast difference philosophically, which is what this movie is all about. Especially when considering the original intention of Switch.
”I am Keanu, your Keanu. You shall have no other Keanu.”
The reaction of a friend of mine after the movie. Undoubtedly enhanced by John Wick.
Let’s go Part 2!! So excited to see how the lobby shootout bullet time sequences are praised!! Everything is so great about those parts 🎬🌟😎 Also expecting to see the Neo vs Smith fight here as well! Rock on CinemaWins!! 😎😎🎥🎥
One of the top films of all time 💪😎
8:27 "stop deadnaming, Agen Glinner"
Damn, that's a meta burn!
So, I've watched The Matrix maybe 20 times in my life, it's one of my all time favorite movies. However, I just noticed something for the first time on today's watchthrough. In the very beginning of the Neo vs Smith subway fight scene when they shoot at each other, Smith says "You're out" to which Neo replies "So are you" what I noticed, is that you can see Smith look at his gun like he's actually scared to fight Neo. Just some good acting I noticed.
One thing I'd like to point out is something from an analysis from another channel. Musically speaking, anything related to the robots is done on a Diatonic scale, whereas everything related to humanity is done on a Chromatic scale. Diatonic being a bit more structured and Chromatic having all the in-betweens. Very subtle stuff, but brilliant nonetheless.
Mmmm ... Sideways, mmmm.... 😋
It's fun watching films now, as a thirty something year old, and seeing all messages what the writers and directors were doing that I missed as a teen. When I first watched it, I just looked it at the film and thought "music is awesome, fighting is awesome, HOLY %$&! THAT BULLET TIME ROCKS". Now, as an adult, those 3 are still very much there, but the messages, the symbolism and the philosophical meanings just add to it.
Okay, since you briefly brought it up. The whole trans allegory is, like the film itself, deeper than just the surface level. Personally I always saw the film as an allegory for being who you really are, realising your true self/potential and whatnot, which definitely includes transitioning.
That's what makes The Matrix unique for me, all these different people with different perspectives all coming up with their own theories on what the movie can mean. Everyone has their own ideas and headcanons and so on, it's fun to discuss it and see what everyone takes away from the movie. That's why I feel it's managed to stay relevant even after all this time.
This is a really nice way to put it, I also can understand why people were initially frustrated as they saw their own journey (trans or not) in the film. Someone saying "its actually about being trans" feels at first like they're removing your link to the arc, which is at the heart of why monomythic films are so powerful. But in a way all movies that even loosely fit the heros journey could be considered movies about change, and by extension a trans allegory.
Don't really have a point to make, just thought it was interesting is all!
One thing I've learned from years of critical reviews and lectures on literature... the intended allegories of the author rarely matter in the long run if the audience sees something different. The work is forever a product of its time, while the audience always changes.
I must admit, there's a few lines and moments in the film that make me a little worried if as the Directors say it was always a trans allegory, because as CinemaWins points out in part 1 they are terrorists, but within the context of the film it's justified by the Matrix being a fake reality forced upon them with an active force hunting them down that they are at war with. And that in turns make them regard everyone not explicitly an Agent as a potential Agent so they gun them down without remorse or guilt.
I don't want to regard trans people as enemies, I feel dreadful that they face so many challenges and torments in our society that they do, but if the Matrix has any accuracy as an allegory for trans, then I'm forced to.
@SorcererOne Just to clarify, they have since said that the trans allegory was intentional. But yes, nothing in this film represents just one theme or idea. The trans allegory is pretty on the nose except for the fact that most people aren't familiar with the subject enough to see most of it.
@@RandomCarrot2806 The trans allegory was in a lot of things but it was not in the "run up walls and shoot everyone" bits. Trans people cannot deflect bullets at you, you're safe.
More seriously, the agents and the way anyone can become one are, among other things, representations of how people can suddenly become hostile if they realise or suspect you're trans. The fighting against them is representative of self-defence against violent bigots.
You say if the allegory's accurate then trans people are your enemy, but unless you think the allegory part means trans people are just gunning down passers by in the streets it sounds like you'd rather side with the people who'd try and murder people for being trans through inaction than accept that violence in self-defence is justified.
10:22 "Are you saying I'll be able to dodge bullets?"
"I'm saying, when you're ready, _You won't have to."_
Everytime Neo gets called 'Mr Anderson' I get that same feeling that I get whenever I get deadnamed.
0:38 no she says "you got the gift but you're waiting on something, a next life perhaps?" It's not until neo dies and is reborn that he becomes the one. So therefore that next life. Completely tells you what happens at the end. Not necessarily that he had to believe but that he had to die.
One little neat detail about the final scene. When Neo comes back from the dead and the rest of the crew are standing in awe on board the Nebuchadnezzar, if you slow down the scene a lot and follow the camera shake, it forms a cross.
Matrix was a great example of the good music that accompanied these type of movies during that time. The Best contribution to movies from a cookbook
7:39 Pepsi Machine in the background has a RED and BLUE logo as a person freed from the matrix fights the means by which the matrix enforces itself. Thoughtful product placement!
8:43 HP computer logo right by Smith as the train hits him, does that count as a System Crash?
I hope that the animatrix gets covered too so many good shorts in it
The lobby scene is still one of the best action sequences ever made. Just calmly walk in, total destruction, calmly walk out.
I always loved the moment when the dust and debris fell off of Neo during the train fight. Beautiful stuff
Now do the Matrix sequels ❤️
Deal
@@CinemaWins bruh
@@CinemaWins Did you notice that the Oracle wouldn't talk to him until he had a "cookie"? He had to "enable cookies" in order to access the program. 😉
@@CinemaWins Pirates Of The Carribean: Dead Man's Chest?
@@CinemaWins please do the pirates sequels too
0:45
You can also look at it as "no, neo is NOT the one...yet. he has the gift, like she said, but he can't fully tap into it.
"Who knows, maybe in your next life or something." Neo becomes the one after he dies and comes back...in his next life.
"Often Imitated, Never duplicated"
this is the best thing I heard about bullet time!
4:21 it’s now cannon that Lee gave a win to terrorists shooting malnourished children
How could he.
9:39 I thought he said "Check Him" like "Check if the Body is still breathing".
13:35 You make fun of Fight Club here, but isn't Fight Club satire of this exact kind of thing? It's supposed to be a Deconstruction of Toxic Masculinity.
Being a Worker Drone, having an extremely unfulfilling life, and wanting to find some source of meaning, sort of is a big problem many people have (and is not a generic white dude problem). Hell it's a direct cause to many cases of circumstance-based Depression and mid-life Crisis; shit slowly breaks you down, and deserves acknowledgement. Not many movies do acknowledge it in a clear good way tho'.
It's 100% "check him"
> It's supposed to be a Deconstruction of Toxic Masculinity.
It deconstructed it so well that lots of people saw that as a cool way to live, unintentionally enforcing it in the end.
@@DarthBiomech Yeah it's pretty funny that so many people saw a criticism of a certain way of life as an endorsement of it.
10:08 I don't think they show off how long they've been around each other. It's definitely been at least a few months, because I'm sure it took a while for him to be able to walk and everything. So at least a few months to get in the moving shape and more to get to the point in this movie that this is at. So it's entirely possible she could think she feels that way. 🤔
They rebuilt his muscles so he didn't need to retrain them
"Stop deadnaming agent glinner"
Perfect
something i always like is that the agents tend to use high calibre weapons (e.g. the desert eagle) but they show extremely little recoil while just shooting with an extended arm
something you defiantly wouldn't be able to do with that gun
Fun fact: Laurence Fishburne was the only member of the cast who understood the philosophy the Watchowski's were going for in The Matrix.
Also, when you finish the Matrix trilogy, or even as an extra video, you should look at Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron.
I always figured that “the real world” was just another layer of the matrix for those who couldn’t accept the, relative, utopia that Neo finds himself in at the beginning of the movie. And I suppose you could expand that into a 7 circles of hell allegory, but I never did.
Reloaded hints at that when Neo uses his "powers" in the "real" world.
Don't joke Reloaded is my favourite. That fight scene with all the Agents is the best fight scene ever
Glad its your fav! I rewatched it recently and found it... distressingly horny xD
Plz do Reloaded and Revolutions next!!! I'll share this video and Part One with my dad.
I would love an Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind video
Please don't release anything until you do the complete trilogy! I love your analysis and genuine love for the series! Keep up the amazing work! You have yet to disappoint!
I always saw the Oracle as saying "You aren't The One, the next one is" as if to say Neo won't be The One until his next life. And he only fully comes into his powers, after dying.
I really hope you do Everything great about Rango someday, it's a really good and fun movie.
I litterally bought nebula 20 minutes ago to hear the extra bits of this vid
A tiny minor comment about part 1:
You mention that the walk signal is tinted green because Matrix, but it is in fact just green because Sydney - pedestrian signals in Australia are red/green not as (I think!) in the US where they are orange/white. (or maybe red/white).
Anyway, great vid about a great movie.
Oh I thought it was a joke that it's normally green.
I still remember seeing this in the theater with my buddy Tom. We were enthralled with what we were watching.
Loving the 'part 1 to however many you go to' ega videos. it really is nice to win a lot of small details in such great movies that deserve it
You know everyone always goes for the NEO=ONE anagram but honestly I think using the prefix Neo=New is more appropriate since he is the NEW THE ONE. But that's just me, great vid as always.
wheresthesnydercutattho?
Just spitballing as a former graphic artist about the color scheme of Green = Matrix, Yellow = Simulator, Blue = Real World.
Well, Blue + Yellow = Green. So could it be Noobs from the blue real world + guidance and training in the yellow simulation = Green Matrix-ready?
Also, about the red touches: Red is the exact opposite of green on the color wheel - and thus its perfect complementary color.
Philosophy (Plato’s allegory of the cave), top-notch martial arts choreography and execution, social commentary, the cinematography, a love story you root for…
This was the first film that made me feel something in every part of my body. A definite awakening that came at just the right time in my own life (as a preteen)
Thing about the Agent 'deadnaming' Neo is that they also did that to Cypher, calling him "Mr. Reagan". I like to think it's because they're the Matrix's enforcers of "how things should be", so said "how things should be" is baked directly into their code - in this case, people's "intended" identities in the Matrix. Smith is hardcoded to be unable to see Neo as anything other than "Mr. Anderson", because him being anything other than "Mr. Anderson" is, from the Matrix's perspective, an error that requires rectifying.
Y'know if you think about it, The Matrix is the only franchise that can recast characters and have it make sense. They're programs after all, so why wouldn't a character like the Oracle be able to simply change what she looks like on a whim?
That's actually not uncommon, especially in long-running franchises where the creators expect an actor to not stick around forever. Doctor Who also has main character recasts built into the "lore", and the switches usually happen on-screen.
@@Vitosi4ek1 Same thing with the Bond films.
So, I don't know if I'm reading too much into this but in Lana Wachowski's HRC Visibility Award acceptance speech (th-cam.com/video/crHHycz7T_c/w-d-xo.html) she talks about a time she almost committed suicide by jumping in front of a subway train but didn't because she saw an old man walking down a ramp and staring at her. The scene where Neo is about to leave the Matrix but a hobo turns into Agent Smith feels oddly similar to that. I also don't think it's a coincidence that the fight with Smith starts in a subway station and Smith is run over by a subway train.
I love how the Oracle brings up the vase conundrum and then didn't predict anything until Neo said he wasn't the One.
Your videos always help me appreciate movies more!