I can't believe they pioneered a technology that would get copied 1000x over and they some how got it all wrong in the 2nd and 3rd installments because they wanted to with CGI instead.
I love the way they hint that this isn't 'reality' with the fake backgrounds on the rooftops.. Its a very meta way of showing without telling and its awesome.
this is one of those movies that you can’t unsee for the first time. it always sticks with you and you can’t relive the first time you watched The Matrix unless you enter the Matrix to do so.
This released the week I got out of the Marines. I was back on the block looking for something to do with my new found freedom and watched this as an afternoon matinee. When it finished I immediately bought another ticket and watched it again. What a great movie.
The late 90's and early 2000's was an interesting time to see anything even remotely sexy on or near base. Fear, Scream, Wild Things, Cruel Intentions, Varsity Blues, The Matrix...mmm.
Carrie Anne Moss was so freaking awesome at this role. I don't think there is a better portrayal of a feminine action role that is both beautifully woman AND powerful. I love it.
Carrie Anne Moss became the hottest woman on Earth for at least a year after this movie came out, and Trinity shot straight up into the stratosphere of "best female characters in movie history", right up with Princess Leia and Ellen Ripley because of The Matrix. This was a fantastic super hero origin film that crossed over with cyberpunk, kung fu action films, and there was a decent sci-fi story in there too about what it means to be human! She crushed this role, and this opener is one of THE BEST I've ever seen in 40+ years of movie watching. It hooks you right in, it gets you asking all the right questions, and in under five minutes, we love Trinity and can't wait to see her next scene.
It is a masterclass of filmmaking. Even without the bullet time kick (a marvel at the time) - every shot is artwork. The economy of storytelling is top notch - you don't even realize how many truths of the 'Matrix' have been revealed in these first few minutes.
saw it on release in London one Sunday morning with a hangover. Had no idea what it what about, but only film on at 10am & had Fishburne so took a seat, strong latte in hand. It absolutely blew me away. hard to describe just how incredible that experience was. I had never seen anything like it. in my top 10 all time.
Knowing now that Cypher was working with the Agents it makes sense that the Line was Tapped and despite Cypher's affection towards Trinity She was being setup to be taken prisoner by the Agents in this scene.
@@PHN-2024 they never say for certain, but maybe Switch or Apoc. Definitely one of the people Cypher pulls the plug on later in the film, because he clearly didn't care about them.
When I first had finished watching this movie, I had difficulties stepping down some simple stairs. My sense of movement and time perception was just overwhelmed by those effects noone had ever seen before. It took me about 15 minutes to reboot my perception of time and space.
The cinematography still blows me away. I first saw this movie via a poor quality screener that gave the entire image a sort of grey filter and it was still incredible. One of the most memorable movie experiences I'll have.
Trinity's pleather suit is right up there with Marilyn Monroe's 'Some Like It Hot' dress, Farah Fawcett's red swimsuit, and Carrie Fisher's 'Slave Leia' outfit. It immediately riveted itself into the brain of every male that saw it.
I think it is good to view this as though you have never seen it to realise what a great start this is. She defeats a room full of armed police using supernatural strength, agility, and their own weapons against them. And then runs scared from the Agents. Its a very clever way of showing h the Agents are increadibly dangerous without actualy showing you (other than the jump between buildings so you know they have powers like hers). She then disapears. Lots of exciting informatin but with no explanation/exposition
That dialogue reminds me so much of an older one in the 70's : " - Frank? - Frank sent us. - Did you bring a horse for me? - Ah ah ah, looks like... looks like we're shy one horse. - You brought two too many." I am sure you have recognized it. Two perfect openings.
i remember watching the first trailer which ran during the super bowl and it was so insane i ran like a maniac around the house. the matrix is still unmatched.
The first time I saw this scene in the theater… I didn’t know what was going on. The freeze frame with the camera panning around Trinity was 🤯 First thing I thought was “oh this is a comic book movie?”
I remember back in 99, I had heard about this movie probably twice, just a "What is the Matrix?" slogan, saw ZERO commercials, zero anything to do with it. As far as I was concerned, the Matrix was what Optimus Prime had in him. SO my sister and I go to the movies for her birthday, we watch this movie, this scene starts...I am already hooked it has a very cool mysteriousness to it and I want to know more...then the scene plays on, I still don't know what to expect, I don't even know what kind of movie this is, action, drama, thriller?...not a single clue. I was just going to see it for her. It gets to Agent Smith, cool, some FBI guys...still no idea what this movie is about, but I am liking it. Then it gets to Trinity, mind blown....my 19 year old brain just went "HOLY SHIT!"
As this movie ages, you'll find details that are quite profound. For me, its they way the agent climbs up the laddr and how he just immaculate goes into a sprint like a world class runner. It trulys drives the gravity of the threat how beyond superhuman these agents are.
My favorite move along these lines is when Smith is fighting Morpheus and Smith gets to his feet from off his back by slamming his fists in to the ground to launch himself upwards. You just get a sense of how hard he can hit lol
Will never forget going to the movies to see this when it was first released. Critics "initially" wrote bad reviews and I had no idea what it was about..a friend had recommended it. I was blown away by this scene and was instantly a Trinity fan!
@@rcb3921 I remember the negative reviews distinctly. In 1999, most of us read movie reviews in the newspaper. You can still find several digital reviews on the internet criticizing it. Roger Ebert gave it 3/5 and said it was a "letdown." He was wrong!
I think I saw that specific scene numerous, numerous times, I love the "copper's expression" when he sees the agent jump from one building to the other, and his comment was an added ❤️
Fun fact: Screen adaptation by the Wachowski brothers who are from Chicago. As I recall, they injected at least couple of nods to the Windy City in the movie. We catch one here when Morpheus says that there is a phone at Wells and Lake, which is an intersection located in the Chicago loop.
Got into the theater a few minutes late... pretty much settled into my seat just in time to see her leap across the street and was like, "WTF?" Such an amazing movie that holds up all these years later.
One of the greatest movies of all time, in my estimation. It explored the nature of reality itself, and mankind’s unwillingness to understand hard truth, and his willingness to live as a slave rather than fight for freedom.
Man, imagine what the theater reaction was like in this movie during this scene; you think it's some kind of weird cyberpunk action movie and then Trinity leaps into the air and crane-kicks a cop, runs on a wall, leaps over a huge street from one building to another with the Agent chasing her doing the exact same sort of stuff. You'd think at first some kind of superhero thing or government conspiracy was happening but it's so much more.
First watched in San Francosco in 1999. Just realized what a prudent character Carrie Anne Moss's young Trinity is, never making unnecessary risks, and hewing to plans and orders. She seems particularly averse to Agents, and takes no chances with them that she can help. I personally theorize that the Oracle once predicted her death by an agent....
When the viewer A)understands what is happening on the screen (doesn't matter how many Lore books he read before of after) B)believes in what he see there C)share sentiments with good and bad (what is more difficult and totally depend's from the actor skills) characters - we get an awesome movie. We can rewiev it time after time hoping that it will awake the same feelings like we had before.
4:40 love this little moment, made me aware she is actually very afraid, she’s frozen but manages to still have the smarts and courage to fight and run when necessary, makes you realise also the severity of the situation because if the character character is afraid then the audience will be on her behalf too. She commands herself, no one else “get up trinity, get up!” it’s also very chilling The idea they must honestly be right behind her so she was ready for a jump scare just in case, makes you wonder what else they are capable of and what else has she survived from. She’s a survivor 💪🏻
Nah. Because when she dives herself into that tiny window and then, after landing on the start of the staircase and points her guns; is the most badass thing i have ever seen put in Cinema. To me it is up there with Sarah Connor's cell scape. Those are the perfect sequences of female badassery ever! And then in third the iconic "touch this" 👉💥😎
This movie ended 20th century filmmaking with a bang, and at the same exact time set the foundation for the 21st century. Culture still borrows from this film like it came out last month.
Yeah, you're right. This is probably the movie I go to to remember what going to the movies used to/is supposed to feel like. There really is nothing quite like it.
I remember being 14 years old, watching the scene, and being so excited about the mystery behind Trinity's non-human movement, I had no idea what I was about to watch in the next scenes.
Now that I've had this knee injury, and it hasn't healed very well, alas, I can no longer run up the walls every time I have to avoid the cops anymore. I will have to find some other evasive manuever next time.
@@predragtopic7874 Revolution in movie making, perception of reality and let alone, The Style! You werent probably alive yet back then, if you have to ask. This is the only movie Ive seen 8 times in a movie theater. You can even go as far to say that the history of film industry is divided to before and after Matrix. But I agree, there should have only been one movie, the next ones look like little fun projects from the same universe in comparison, pretty dumb and uncalled for. And ofc Keanu is a decent actor and down to earth modest, and I believe, a good person.
I assume it's a deliberate act of screenplay to have Trinity introduced to us in room 303, as in room 101 but times 3 as it's Trinity. Makes sense from a 'what we most fear' aspect, in that agents and dying in the matrix is Trinity's biggest fear. Or is that my imagination combined with one too many espressos?
Funny, I was thinking the same watching this today. I think when you first see the movie everything is such a (wonderful) assault on the senses you generally don't notice details like that. Plus I think it was a at least a little intentional as what we are seeing here is the Matrix and not IRL.
I watched the whole movie dozens of times (certainly most viewed movie by me) and many single scenes several dozens of times and I still discover new details: when we fly through the '0', the sparks flyup the rows of the scan line like they later do when we see the rows of pods with humans.
Carrie Ann Moss at the time was a working actor on FX, struggling to get work in Toronto. Used to see her walking down Bloor looking frustrated. Then this comes and wow does she knock it out the park. With a little help from Serious Midget and Chuck Spadina.
Directors were given 10 million USD for the movie / short movie by Studio and they spent all that on this Intro scene. When reviewed they got nearly 100 mil for the entire movie.
My screenplay that was submitted to blacklist called dark night in 2018 was somewhat based off of this intro screenplay. It depicted a post apocalyptic environment nyc plagued by a pandemic.
25 years.. I remember me and my friends would use this useless guy as a goalkeeper.. He was a big fan of 'The Matrix'.. He'd dodge the ball like Neo dodging bullets..
Yeah, whenever I, a straight cisgender person, watched this movie, and I felt like I could relate to it, I didn't know back then that the matrix they were trying to escape from was probably the matrix of conforming to gender social norms. In hindsight, it affects my perception of the movie somewhat.
So it's kind of like, seeing Trinity sitting there, and then thinking, 'Was Trinity really supposed to be a transwoman, and if so, how do you feel about her now?'
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That scene with Trinity and the police officers changed cinematography forever.
I can't believe they pioneered a technology that would get copied 1000x over and they some how got it all wrong in the 2nd and 3rd installments because they wanted to with CGI instead.
@@chaff5 totally agree Chaff
I agree!
It did. The first time i saw that i had to pick up my jaw.
Yes! Just now, having seen this film many times I just noticed that the broken window forms a clock face showing 3.
Best into ever. You don't understand what is happening but keeps you on the edge of the blade.
True, you don't find out the significance of this initial scene until much later, especially (spoiler alert) the teaser about the traitor in the crew.
I love the way they hint that this isn't 'reality' with the fake backgrounds on the rooftops.. Its a very meta way of showing without telling and its awesome.
this is one of those movies that you can’t unsee for the first time. it always sticks with you and you can’t relive the first time you watched The Matrix unless you enter the Matrix to do so.
There was nothing like it before
This released the week I got out of the Marines. I was back on the block looking for something to do with my new found freedom and watched this as an afternoon matinee. When it finished I immediately bought another ticket and watched it again. What a great movie.
The late 90's and early 2000's was an interesting time to see anything even remotely sexy on or near base. Fear, Scream, Wild Things, Cruel Intentions, Varsity Blues, The Matrix...mmm.
no one cares about your fake story.
@@jc-0h Also the LOTR trilogy...
I guess being a Marine you understood the message of not being free, of abiding by the matrix.....
This movie is now 25 years old!
-But it's STILL ahead of its time! 😀
Amazing right?
Truth nailed 🎯.
Especially if we find out that we are in some kind of Matrix.
classic
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I need to rewatch this soon, it's been far too long.
I watched it recently to educate my wife with must to watch movies:)..btw this first scene is "you will watch something f cool"
@@laynetravisI tried it on several people who did not get it 😩
I rewatch it every time I feel like it!
@@laynetravis I hope she appreciated it's genius and can now quote it word for word
@@dmayres she really did:)
Carrie Anne Moss was so freaking awesome at this role. I don't think there is a better portrayal of a feminine action role that is both beautifully woman AND powerful. I love it.
There is. kim Kardashian 😂
Probably yes. Emily Blount was good in Edge of Tomorrow too but wasn't so iconic
Alien , Signoury Weaver
@@SEPHIROT12k Action?
@@halberderdier8073 yeah! She can use her butt as a weapon! That’s iconic, you guys 😀😀😀
Carrie Anne Moss became the hottest woman on Earth for at least a year after this movie came out, and Trinity shot straight up into the stratosphere of "best female characters in movie history", right up with Princess Leia and Ellen Ripley because of The Matrix. This was a fantastic super hero origin film that crossed over with cyberpunk, kung fu action films, and there was a decent sci-fi story in there too about what it means to be human! She crushed this role, and this opener is one of THE BEST I've ever seen in 40+ years of movie watching. It hooks you right in, it gets you asking all the right questions, and in under five minutes, we love Trinity and can't wait to see her next scene.
I’m bald
I heard that they shot this scene and basically got a blank check for the movie. Never forget seeing this scene for the first time ❤
It is a masterclass of filmmaking. Even without the bullet time kick (a marvel at the time) - every shot is artwork. The economy of storytelling is top notch - you don't even realize how many truths of the 'Matrix' have been revealed in these first few minutes.
saw it on release in London one Sunday morning with a hangover. Had no idea what it what about, but only film on at 10am & had Fishburne so took a seat, strong latte in hand. It absolutely blew me away. hard to describe just how incredible that experience was. I had never seen anything like it. in my top 10 all time.
Opening nights (or days) were the best!
The audience didn't know what was coming.
Sigh.
It's different now.
When I’m hungover i can’t move for fear of throwing up. What the fuck are you doing in a movie with a latte
Universe telling you to wake up! Not literally.
“No Lieutenant, your men are already dead.” 😮
Except that the last policeman was just knocked out by that over the shoulder kick.
Best line of the movie.
@@Thurgosh_OG
What makes you think his forehead wasn't caved in?
She had to kill them all to make sure none of them could become agents.
Knowing now that Cypher was working with the Agents it makes sense that the Line was Tapped and despite Cypher's affection towards Trinity She was being setup to be taken prisoner by the Agents in this scene.
That’s why he said “You weren’t supposed to relieve me.”
@@spencergsmith So you’re saying Cypher was suppose to be caught by the Agents?
@@PHN-2024 no I’m saying Cypher thought someone else was going to relieve him, and he didn’t plan for Trinity to be cornered by them.
@@spencergsmith Now I’m curious who was suppose to originally relieve Cypher because that Person would have definitely been captured by the Agents.
@@PHN-2024 they never say for certain, but maybe Switch or Apoc. Definitely one of the people Cypher pulls the plug on later in the film, because he clearly didn't care about them.
When I first had finished watching this movie, I had difficulties stepping down some simple stairs. My sense of movement and time perception was just overwhelmed by those effects noone had ever seen before. It took me about 15 minutes to reboot my perception of time and space.
The cinematography still blows me away. I first saw this movie via a poor quality screener that gave the entire image a sort of grey filter and it was still incredible. One of the most memorable movie experiences I'll have.
4:25 😍 the effects!👍🏼
I wish I could see this movie for the first time again.
I wish I could rewind my life back to 1999 and see again.
Trinity's pleather suit is right up there with Marilyn Monroe's 'Some Like It Hot' dress, Farah Fawcett's red swimsuit, and Carrie Fisher's 'Slave Leia' outfit. It immediately riveted itself into the brain of every male that saw it.
For sure a stunt double for the butt shot!
@@GlenSeymour For sure a stunt double for the whole fight scene. Somebody that ripped has be in the gym a minimum of 6 hours a day.
Michelle Pfeiffer as cat woman ! 🤪
@@JacquelineDoughert Comes to Michelle Pfeiffer, I'm more of a 'Fabulous Baker Boys' guy.
No man. It's just you
I think it is good to view this as though you have never seen it to realise what a great start this is. She defeats a room full of armed police using supernatural strength, agility, and their own weapons against them. And then runs scared from the Agents. Its a very clever way of showing h the Agents are increadibly dangerous without actualy showing you (other than the jump between buildings so you know they have powers like hers).
She then disapears. Lots of exciting informatin but with no explanation/exposition
Masterpiece! Still the best movie ever made. Thank you Wachowskis.
"No Lieutenant your men are already dead."
Thank you agent Smith, you cold-coded s.o.b, for my favorite line in the movie.
That dialogue reminds me so much of an older one in the 70's : " - Frank? - Frank sent us. - Did you bring a horse for me? - Ah ah ah, looks like... looks like we're shy one horse. - You brought two too many." I am sure you have recognized it. Two perfect openings.
@@williamscattin588 I'm not all that big on Westerns.
i remember watching the first trailer which ran during the super bowl and it was so insane i ran like a maniac around the house. the matrix is still unmatched.
Yep, still the best movie ever made.
Did the same! Hah
The first use of the bullet time effect on Trinity will forever be quite marvelous.
wow that clip was breathtaking she was marvelous....❤
The first time I saw this scene in the theater… I didn’t know what was going on. The freeze frame with the camera panning around Trinity was 🤯
First thing I thought was “oh this is a comic book movie?”
I remember back in 99, I had heard about this movie probably twice, just a "What is the Matrix?" slogan, saw ZERO commercials, zero anything to do with it. As far as I was concerned, the Matrix was what Optimus Prime had in him.
SO my sister and I go to the movies for her birthday, we watch this movie, this scene starts...I am already hooked it has a very cool mysteriousness to it and I want to know more...then the scene plays on, I still don't know what to expect, I don't even know what kind of movie this is, action, drama, thriller?...not a single clue. I was just going to see it for her.
It gets to Agent Smith, cool, some FBI guys...still no idea what this movie is about, but I am liking it. Then it gets to Trinity, mind blown....my 19 year old brain just went "HOLY SHIT!"
As this movie ages, you'll find details that are quite profound. For me, its they way the agent climbs up the laddr and how he just immaculate goes into a sprint like a world class runner.
It trulys drives the gravity of the threat how beyond superhuman these agents are.
My favorite move along these lines is when Smith is fighting Morpheus and Smith gets to his feet from off his back by slamming his fists in to the ground to launch himself upwards. You just get a sense of how hard he can hit lol
Another 10 seconds... but nooooooo.....
😹😹😹👍
Will never forget going to the movies to see this when it was first released. Critics "initially" wrote bad reviews and I had no idea what it was about..a friend had recommended it. I was blown away by this scene and was instantly a Trinity fan!
I do not remember anyone who appreciated sci-fi having anything negative to say about the first Matrix.
@@rcb3921 I remember the negative reviews distinctly. In 1999, most of us read movie reviews in the newspaper.
You can still find several digital reviews on the internet criticizing it. Roger Ebert gave it 3/5 and said it was a "letdown." He was wrong!
I didn't see it in the theater specifically because of the bad reviews. 💩 to movie critics forever.
Why is "initially" in quotation marks? Either it was initially, or it wasn't.
...you're not using them for _emphasis_ are you?
I think I saw that specific scene numerous, numerous times, I love the "copper's expression" when he sees the agent jump from one building to the other, and his comment was an added ❤️
Fun fact:
Screen adaptation by the Wachowski brothers who are from Chicago. As I recall, they injected at least couple of nods to the Windy City in the movie. We catch one here when Morpheus says that there is a phone at Wells and Lake, which is an intersection located in the Chicago loop.
an intersection located in the Chicago loop, that's obviously in Sydney, Australia :D
They also mentioned Wabash.
Having moved to Sydney and living there for 20 years now it’s amazing how nearly every outside shot is just “oh I know that place.”
They're now the Wachowski sisters.
@@mitchellbaxter6314I’m bald
Neo may have been the one, but Trinity was the scene chewer!
Got into the theater a few minutes late... pretty much settled into my seat just in time to see her leap across the street and was like, "WTF?" Such an amazing movie that holds up all these years later.
A masterpiece, a milestone film for the eternity
One of the greatest movies of all time, in my estimation. It explored the nature of reality itself, and mankind’s unwillingness to understand hard truth, and his willingness to live as a slave rather than fight for freedom.
Trinity is hotter than all these modern Gen Z girl "actresses"
Man, imagine what the theater reaction was like in this movie during this scene; you think it's some kind of weird cyberpunk action movie and then Trinity leaps into the air and crane-kicks a cop, runs on a wall, leaps over a huge street from one building to another with the Agent chasing her doing the exact same sort of stuff. You'd think at first some kind of superhero thing or government conspiracy was happening but it's so much more.
First watched in San Francosco in 1999. Just realized what a prudent character Carrie Anne Moss's young Trinity is, never making unnecessary risks, and hewing to plans and orders. She seems particularly averse to Agents, and takes no chances with them that she can help. I personally theorize that the Oracle once predicted her death by an agent....
The way she lands backwards with the dual pistols drawn and she’s shaking staring at the window is just masterful.
When the viewer A)understands what is happening on the screen (doesn't matter how many Lore books he read before of after) B)believes in what he see there C)share sentiments with good and bad (what is more difficult and totally depend's from the actor skills) characters - we get an awesome movie. We can rewiev it time after time hoping that it will awake the same feelings like we had before.
No Lieutenant Your men are already dead- the most chilling words in the opening scene As good today as its theatrical release back in 1999 😊
4:40 love this little moment, made me aware she is actually very afraid, she’s frozen but manages to still have the smarts and courage to fight and run when necessary, makes you realise also the severity of the situation because if the character character is afraid then the audience will be on her behalf too. She commands herself, no one else “get up trinity, get up!”
it’s also very chilling
The idea they must honestly be right behind her so she was ready for a jump scare just in case, makes you wonder what else they are capable of and what else has she survived from. She’s a survivor 💪🏻
Nah. Because when she dives herself into that tiny window and then, after landing on the start of the staircase and points her guns; is the most badass thing i have ever seen put in Cinema.
To me it is up there with Sarah Connor's cell scape.
Those are the perfect sequences of female badassery ever!
And then in third the iconic "touch this" 👉💥😎
Dodge this, right?
@@axnjxn91 ah yes. Thx. Sorry is just that I see it more often in Spanish and can't remember the exact words in English. Jejeje
This is the pinnacle of all movie openings (for me)
This movie ended 20th century filmmaking with a bang, and at the same exact time set the foundation for the 21st century. Culture still borrows from this film like it came out last month.
Yeah, you're right. This is probably the movie I go to to remember what going to the movies used to/is supposed to feel like. There really is nothing quite like it.
Carrie Anne Moss, purrrrrrrrrrrr!
I remember being 14 years old, watching the scene, and being so excited about the mystery behind Trinity's non-human movement, I had no idea what I was about to watch in the next scenes.
Thank you
for reminding how Beautiful Carrie-Ann Moss is/was :)
Now that I've had this knee injury, and it hasn't healed very well, alas, I can no longer run up the walls every time I have to avoid the cops anymore. I will have to find some other evasive manuever next time.
I love Trinity ❤😊 Carrie rocks
That first scene woke us all up.
This movie was a revolution.
Of what? Good movie, but revolution? Second and third are esence of shit. Keanu is good.
@@predragtopic7874 Revolution in movie making, perception of reality and let alone, The Style! You werent probably alive yet back then, if you have to ask. This is the only movie Ive seen 8 times in a movie theater. You can even go as far to say that the history of film industry is divided to before and after Matrix. But I agree, there should have only been one movie, the next ones look like little fun projects from the same universe in comparison, pretty dumb and uncalled for. And ofc Keanu is a decent actor and down to earth modest, and I believe, a good person.
No it wasn't, that was the third one :). I couldn't resist!
@@glitchinthematrix9374 The third one was a dumb shitshow, but thats just my opinion.
What an absolute masterpiece it was and still is!
Quarter of a century later and it still feels cutting edge and modern.
I assume it's a deliberate act of screenplay to have Trinity introduced to us in room 303, as in room 101 but times 3 as it's Trinity. Makes sense from a 'what we most fear' aspect, in that agents and dying in the matrix is Trinity's biggest fear. Or is that my imagination combined with one too many espressos?
Interesting take.
Can you believe that it was shot in 1999? I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw these graphics. So tastefully made.
A great movie ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥😊
My favourite movie scene ❤🎉❤ fantastic fight scenes Trinity ❤🎉❤
Back then, i bought this on VHS. One of the best Sci-Fi movies ever 😎
The green square flashing like:
Codename: Kids Next Door
Great work editing Edward Furlong into the thumbnail!
amazing scene, though that flat wallpaper skyline seems really obvious now with HD and UHD bringing out all the details.
Funny, I was thinking the same watching this today. I think when you first see the movie everything is such a (wonderful) assault on the senses you generally don't notice details like that. Plus I think it was a at least a little intentional as what we are seeing here is the Matrix and not IRL.
Trinity is one of my favorite in this movie along with Neo
Fantástica, Trinity la mejor.❤️👍👍👍
Neo: "Are you my mommy?"
Trinity: "Yes, Neo."
With this opening scene you knew there was going to be some crazy shit going down.
Trinity is the Ripley of the Matrix.
The music in this sequence is perfect.
I watched the whole movie dozens of times (certainly most viewed movie by me) and many single scenes several dozens of times and I still discover new details: when we fly through the '0', the sparks flyup the rows of the scan line like they later do when we see the rows of pods with humans.
Holy shit, great catch!
That is one super complicated sequence of shots. Still amazing to see how it all comes together in awesomeness.
Cypher was already trying to get Trinity killed in the opening scene.
We live in the Matrix now, it's just not sci-fi.
All time favorite! I wish movie makers would follow the same but different pattern.
I wished they show the ending of her picking up the phone that's rings
Carrie Ann Moss at the time was a working actor on FX, struggling to get work in Toronto. Used to see her walking down Bloor looking frustrated. Then this comes and wow does she knock it out the park. With a little help from Serious Midget and Chuck Spadina.
Personal Midget
Gonna listen to Tom Waits smack gum while he muses how time is a funny thing.
I think this was the last film I saw twice in one weekend in the theater when it came out. Man what a time.
Matrix 1 was one of the best action movie
Directors were given 10 million USD for the movie / short movie by Studio and they spent all that on this Intro scene. When reviewed they got nearly 100 mil for the entire movie.
I wonder if Cipher was trying to get Trinity killed here in the beginning.
No, he liked Trinity and was surprised that she took over the shift instead of whoever was assigned to take over from Cypher.
When I first saw this I thought “She really wants to take that call”
How can a movie be this fucking perfect?
Still one of the most awesome intros for any character ever
*The best and the only Matrix. Masterpiece movie ahead of its time and perfect.*
My screenplay that was submitted to blacklist called dark night in 2018 was somewhat based off of this intro screenplay. It depicted a post apocalyptic environment nyc plagued by a pandemic.
THE scene to keep from the entire saga is this first 5 minutes beginning of Matrix.
this movie made my childhood.
When the characters had expression on their faces. In M2 and M3 they have a deadpan face during the whole thing.
i've seen it in theater when it came out...didnt know what to expect at all......i was in AH the entire movie!
25 years.. I remember me and my friends would use this useless guy as a goalkeeper.. He was a big fan of 'The Matrix'.. He'd dodge the ball like Neo dodging bullets..
Wachowski bros RULE! Wachowski sisters STINK!
Yeah, whenever I, a straight cisgender person, watched this movie, and I felt like I could relate to it, I didn't know back then that the matrix they were trying to escape from was probably the matrix of conforming to gender social norms. In hindsight, it affects my perception of the movie somewhat.
So it's kind of like, seeing Trinity sitting there, and then thinking, 'Was Trinity really supposed to be a transwoman, and if so, how do you feel about her now?'
The light wasn't swinging and all of a sudden it does.
Highly recommended movie. Trinity is my girl
When the Agents pulled up in the car from Men in black, I knew it was gonna be fire
Excellent work Trinity 👏 ❤❤❤
One of movie's great scenes!
Baddest opening scene EVER! And Trinity so was so HOT❤❤❤❤❤ And of course, the music score by Don Davis was off the hinges"
The Matrix architecht has learned the lesson: barely any hard lines in existence nowdays.
Fun fact: the human rebels actually killed more people than the machines did.
Interesting... This seems to be using the pre-blu ray color coding, which was much more subtle than the later applied sequel color coding.
When I first saw that all I could think was "That must have been an important phone call."
Wonderdul video from italian boy live in rome and I m fan of this wonderful movie
Matrix is 25 years ago 🤔 😮 😳 😲