So this isn’t explained well in this movie, but throughout the multiple iterations of the Matrix there have been what we would consider fantastical creatures, eg. Vampires, werewolves, ghosts etc. These entities (which are actually machine programs like Smith) are considered defective and are usually erased, but some fight to survive, they’re essentially rogue machines. The Merovingian is one of those machines, same the people that work for him. That’s why they’re able to fight Neo and his team despite not being agents, they’re literally supernatural creatures (such as the twins)
@@Gyokan7 There isn't _literally zero_ inclination, but it's true that there isn't anything like conclusive evidence. (And yet for some reason many people treat it like a proven fact instead of just a fan theory.)
I think it was explained perfectly well in the movie. Sure, they don't literally tell us that the Twins and those two bodyguards are ghosts and werewolves respectively, but it's not difficult to figure out if one was paying attention to Neo's conversation with the Oracle from earlier, and pays attention to Persephone's line about silver bullets.
Interesting fact: The character Z that is portrayed by Nona Gaye (daughter of Marvin Gaye) was portrayed by Aaliyah but due to her untimely passing, they recast her with Nona in her place.
Thats not interesting at all. The same as when people say a fact is gonna be fun. Now this is an interesting fact: You watched the jet li movie romeo must die while drinking chocolatr milk in the baby bottle... but you were past bottle age.
This movie is incredible. So underrated. Tough to say it’s better than the first, because the Matrix was so groundbreaking. But the action sequences in this movie are unreal. I don’t think I’ve seen a better one than the whole fight to freeway scene. Great reaction!
I'm not sure "underrated" is appropriate lol. It has a 7.2 on IMDB, and a 74 on Rotten Tomatoes. That is very high, considering sequels rarely rate well. It's not as beloved as the original, but few films are. I think the people that tend to talk poorly about this film are those that wanted more of the dark and gritty scifi feel the original had. This is more of an action flick.
I watched the Matrix 1,2,3 probably 5 times each and everytime I learned something I didn't understand or caught it was by far the best trilogy of all times ( try not to cry on the 3rd one )
@@wavy-vh9xbthe wachowski’s never wanted a 4th movie, but as the partner says in Resurrections, their parent company Warner bros would just make it without them. So they purposely made it in a way that would almost antagonise Warner Bros and expose their greed.
@@80Jay71 Sure, 14 year olds could recreate it in blender nowadays. Actually coming up with the action/moves/beats themselves tho, is something generally they don't tend to do. Nor multimillion dollar studios that do action nowadays for that matter. Either way for it's time it still completely holds up so your point is moot anyway.
Neo versus The Smiths was easily the best part of this movie. When I saw this in theaters for the first time I was zoned in trying to keep up. I already know that you made the choice to like this comment. Now you must understand the reason why
At 20:19, The French Guy is the Merovingian, a program in the Matrix who exists as a sentient being within the Matrix. He is as close to human as a program can get. He likes food, wine, women, and power. At his introduction, he is telling Neo and Morpheus that he chose his residual self image, a distinguished French mob boss, because he fell in love with the French accent, because even cussing in French just rolls off the tongue sexily. "It's like wiping your ass with silk." I think he also chose the name Merovingian because it is the family name of the first kings of France (known in the 5th century as The Franks), beginning with Clovis I. Merovingian is a way better name than Clovis.
I didn’t see the first movie in theaters in 99, I was still in middle school, but the second and third film I saw in the movie theaters and it was unreal! Particularly the second one! Blew my mind to be watching it on the big screen. The third film, I’ll never forget, I snuck out of my house at midnight and hopped on a train to Manhattan to see it by myself and was slightly disappointed by it, but it was still a very special moment. My parents never knew that I snuck out to see that movie.
When the kid says "you saved me." and Neo says "you saved yourself", that's a reference to one of the storylines ("Kid's Story") from "The Animatrix". Highly recommended if you like The Matrix. I'm not the biggest fan of anime and I still love it. It's 6 individual short anime stories so dunno how well it would work for your reactions but def worth a watch anyhoo. Animatrix comes between the 1st and 2nd films so it has no spoilers for the third film.
It also includes a more detailed background on the start of the human vs machine war and details of the mission by the Osiris that was mentioned at the start of this movie when they are discussing the machines’ plans to attack Zion.
The video game “Enter The Matrix” did nice job fleshing out Niobe and Ghost (her partner) and even had scenes with the real actors that were either deleted from the movie, or were shot specially for the game.
14:09 she told neo he was the one. she said "sorry kid. you got the gift, but it looks like youre waiting for something." neo says "for what?" and the oracle says "who know? your next life or something" she literally told him when he would actually discover and know that he was the one, its just the way she worded and paused on that sentence that makes everyone feel like she told him that he isnt the one when she was telling him the actual blueprint.
The blueprint. A lot of what makes us who we are isn’t any one static state but a casual series of events that shape us along the way. There is genetic potential, and whatever the environment brings out of the potential…which includes our interaction with everything in the environment. I’m sure The One is a genetic anomaly the Architect found within the species that he figured out how to cultivate within the “natural” crops they produced, and The Oracle figured out a way to bring about the right circumstances that would bring out the right kind of development to unlock that potential. It reminds me of the Kwisatz Haderach from Dune. The Bene Gesserit crossed bloodlines but they also laid the ground work for Paul to live a very specific kind of life from birth, to bring out the potential of his bloodline so his prescience could awaken without killing him. His training by Jessica, Gurney, and Duncan. The loss of his family. His ability to pick up different languages. His skill as a mentat. The trials in the desert, and training with the Fremen. Everything was a precursor to prepare him for his consumption of the water of life. For Neo, some people think it was the cookie but I think it was a little more complicated than that. I think Neo’s trigger was that very first conversation he had with The Oracle and the mental path she set him on after her reveals.
Guy's, Zion has been destroyed 5 times already, this will be the 6th but Neo, for the 1st time, has chosen love over saving Zion. This is what surprised the Creator of the Matrix. To be concluded in part 2 (technically, this is one long movie).
An interesting headcanon I heard about the Neo scene vs all the Smith clones was that the reason it begins to look so 'video-gamey' as more Smith's show up is because well....they are technically inside a very technologically advanced video game. And the performance became impacted by the high concentration of Agent Smith's in one area. Thus, the rubbery CGI 🤣
Also, the Matrix does weird things with Neo because being the one makes him different in the Matrix. Remember when he went inside Agent Smith at the end of the first one and blew him up, after that he was flexing and the walls were warping around him. Also the floor when he goes superman mode.
That's how you square it! Basically, the Matrix dropped the Level of Detail to keep perceptual performance! This had never happened before, so it was trying to adjust in real time. Of similar note: That's why there's the domino and bowling pin sounds - the Matrix didn't know what sound to use for dozens of Smith's getting knocked over, so it picked a best guess on the fly.
This movie kinda brings up the idea of maybe there’s a matrix within the matrix even if you get out…this movie took that idea to an extreme. They were trying to say that a “matrix” can be built in the real world too…Zion is this other matrix where the machines herd together the difficult humans who don’t play by the rules…give them a pointless quest to busy themselves, like a video game…
I forgot about this one but I agree. The One was very satisfying to watch indeed. I actually need to check where I can watch it again. There is another one I personally recommend : "Equilibrium" It's more straightforward compared to The Matrix, and the budget is lower,, but I totally recommend it.
That freeway scene was the best ever in any movie. That freeway was built in Emeryville here in SF Bay Area near Oakland. I remember you can see it from the Interstate 80 Freeway just for the movie. They actually built a freeway for that scene. That`s why there were high walls enclosing the road.
The Oracle never said Neo wasn't the One; she said that he had the gift, but it looks like he's waiting for something, possibly his next life. He doesn't become the One until after Smith kills him, thus starting his next life.
The One is the one that believes in himself...that he can accomplish anything...that he can defeat the smiths etc... When he believes that he can...that is when he becomes "The One" by default... The Oracle only knows there is always at least one anomaly in every Matrix iteration, she doesn't know exactly who...it's his character she is judging...
@@logik200 Neo isn't even a human. He is the concept (the "anomaly") that the Oracle created, to create an acceptable Matrix for humans, after they refused the first versions of the Matrix created by the Architect and he wasn't able to find a solution. Neo never had a choice. This has been explained in the movies on multiple occasions.
@@MusicalZombie Respectfully I disagree...it's all about choice. In the 1st movie, Neo makes the choice to save Morpheus, not because he believed he was the One, he chose to save him because he believed he could. I don't think Neo ever believes that he is the One. He fights the machines to try save humanity...because he chooses to. I won't spoil it but there is a major reference to "choice" in the 3rd one. And Neo is human...they show him waking up from the pods in the 1st movie. 😁
@@MusicalZombie - He is always the one, but the Oracle was talking about THIS version of the matrix when she said "Sorry kiddo". Previous matrix versions had Neo and he was the ONE there as well. But yeah, she never said that he wasn't. I think people miss what she she told him after the "Sorry kiddo". I think most people focus on the "SOrry kiddo" and not the "Maybe next lifetime" part.
Reloaded got a lot of flack from critics. I actually enjoyed it a lot! You can never beat the original, but as a sequel, it expanded the Matrix universe and it brought so many great characters and action sequences. I loved it!
Interested Facts...The character Neo aka Mr Anderson was to actually be played by Big Willie (Fresh Prince of Belair) himself...Will Smith. But he turned it down after reading the first movie script on it, he said he found to to be too convoluted. So they then went and get Keanu Reeves and here we r now. Lol...after seeing the big success of the movies Will Smith always says that it was one movie role that he always regretted never took. P.S...He gave up this Matrix role to play the lead character in Wild, Wild, West instead. Lol😅😅😅😅that we all know that was a big flop.
Seeing this in theaters was a real treat. The Neo vs Smith fight was absolutely insane! At the time stuff like that was only seen in video games or Dark City maybe.
If I remember correctly from watching behind the scenes, the lengthy-but-awesome playground fight with the army of Agent Smiths consists of physical stunt people with Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith) face digitally pasted on the stunt people's face.
This movie came out when I was in college. I went to the movies with all my friends and this was the perfect theater experience. We spent weeks discussing what everything meant and guessing what was gonna happen next. This movie (and the third one) get a lot of hate from people now, but I still love both. I get why people didn't like the third movie, but I disagree bc I can't think of a more plausible plot to end the movie that wouldn't have felt flimsy.
The guy laying on the table at the end with neo is Agent smith. If you remember. He turned one of their people into himself and got out of the matrix with the phone. So his consciousness is in that guys body.
Fun fact: the Burly Brawl (the fight with the Agent Smith clones) took 27 days to film and cost $40 million dollars, which is one of the most expensive action scenes ever shot.
Wow, I thought yall already watched this. lol Well I’m glad yall finally did. Please, make sure you check out the “Animatrix” also. It is a series of nine short animated films. It’s really good, excellent unique stories. It shows the history and a detailed explanation of what the matrix is. It is the 20th anniversary. (2003) Just like Reloaded & Revolutions. 👌🏿😎🌴🌙
I appreciate your comments, Asia and BJ. "The Matrix: Reloaded" is definitely overwhelming. There was so much going on in the movie. For instance, the explanations for the existence of vampires, werewolves and UFOs (aliens). And that battle at that mansion/castle 500 miles 'due north'; as Link pointed out to Neo, for the Keymaker. I'm really interested in watching y'all's movie reaction to "The Matrix: Revolutions". The conclusion of The Matrix Trilogy.
Rather than using an existing freeway, producers of the film constructed one on the old runways of the naval base located in the San Francisco Bay area. The Matrix Reloaded production built 1.5 miles of freeway for the sequence, though portions were also shot in Oakland, California, including the Webster Tube.
The very first scene with the Oracle is one of the best in film history. The woman portraying the Oracle was perfectly cast for the role. In that first scene in the kitchen with Neo, she never tells Neo that he isn't the one. *He* comes to that conclusion on his own. She basically foreshadows his death when she tells him he's waiting for something, and he asks what, and she responds with, "Your next life maybe, who knows?" Telling someone outright, "You're the one," is not something most people would accept. So she knew it was something he would have to come to believe within himself. She also knew he was going to die, and she knew he would resurrect as The One. There are many Biblical references in these films, with Neo as a Christ-like character, Cypher as Judas, Trinity's name, the depiction of an underworld and Persephone, etc.
24:21 so the last guy to get Kilt in this fight is called Tiger Chen. He was Keanu Reeves personal trainer and translator for Yuen Woo Ping, the fight coordinator for this trilogy. Tiger and Keanu became good friends through this experience, which led to them making a movie togethet, Man Of Tai Chi. Tiger Chen is also the man who got stabbed in the eye in John Wick 3
The Wachowskis actually experimented with multimedia storymaking on the level of Star Wars and Marvel. There are 'good' tie in video games and comics and some books that are canon and tell more of the story. I played Enter the Matrix and Path of Neo on PC (and it actually ran well in HD and played better on PC and it had extra missions, sorry consoles PC will always be better) The additional content explains th world and the side characters a lot more. You can watch the gameplay and get the breakdown of the stories and comics on youtube after watching the 3rd movie.
44:24 This was one of my favourite lines from the movie. Cause it really makes you think. Most decisions are already made before the inciting circumstance. There's a particular way each one of us would react to certain occurences, depending on our personality types, our history, upbringing, experience, etc. It's as predictable as targeted ads. Most times, the conscious mind is simply trying to justify (to our rational minds) the irrational decisions our subconscious minds have already made.
You have to watch the 3rd and 4th movies, And the freeway scene, Located on Alameda Island, in California, the freeway was exactly realistic. It was the first freeway built by a Hollywood studio. At a cost of $2.5m, the freeway was 1.25 mile (2 km) long and was fenced with a 19ft wall, made from timber and plywood, designed to look like concrete.
You should've watched a recap of the first movie or something that explains what happened because you seem lost half of the time. For the third movie, revolutions, you better watch a explanation video about this movie because you missed half of it.
I saw this in the theater when it first came out. Very cool experience and one of the things I remember was after the end credits in the theater, there was the trailer for the third movie. It was pretty uncommon at that time for end credits type things and there may have been only 10 to 15 people that stayed and saw it. I likely would have left too but I was talking with the people I went with and we were talking about the movie and speculating about how many movies there would be and how the story would continue and we just happened to be there long enough so we got to see the trailer. The workers were in the theater just waiting for the end and all of them just smiled as we all finally left after we saw the trailer. Spoilers were a lot less of a problem back then and not many people knew about the end credits until after the first few days of the movie opening because not many people stayed for credits, but word of mouth eventually got out about it. Super cool experience.
You guys need to see Matrix: Revolutions ASAP....these two need to be seen back-to-back in order to really "get" them. If you wait to watch the last one, I feel like you will sort of be a lot more out of the loop than you should. They filmed Reloaded and Revolutions at the same time, and I think they basically just cut all of it in half--hence the "to be concluded" at the end of Reloaded.
I'll say it again. Ya two need to watch. 👶 Million Dollar Baby 👶 Roller Coaster of feels. Also. Animatrix is another roller coaster. That ties stuff together in the matrix story.
Neo is essentially their Jesus. He is their "savior" from the machines. The writers incorporated a lot of Biblical themes and imagery throughout the movie.
I love how the 2nd and 3rd movies were filmed together. A video game came out during this time. If memory serves it was called “enter the matrix”. Followed Nirobi and Ghost while they were supporting Morpheus and his team. The story of the game was very underrated and under appreciated. Like how Nirobi just happened to be there to catch Morpheus falling off the truck. It was all in the game. Sadly Ghost was under utilized in the movies. Although a unique idea for its time.
You two are funny, you both enjoyed the movie so much that you didn't realize that 2 hours and 15 minutes just flew by and it was over...lol. Really good movie. Catch the 3rd installment ASAP 😉
Neo fell unconscious after using "The One" powers in the real world and is now in a coma next to the guy that the Agent Smith clone downloaded into. Roll on the next part...!!! Thanks for another cool video, guys...! 👍🏻
A lot of people get confused on why Neo stayed and fight Smith in the big Smith fight. The reason being is...He's the One. Up to that point, he had nothing to fear or worry about inside the Matrix and he believed he could easily win against Smith. But as the fight went on and on, he started realizing that Smith is becoming a genuine threat. When he finally looks around and flies into the sky that is essentially Neo losing the fight. He was overwhelmed. For the first time since becoming the One he now has come across a threat that he cannot handle or protect other people against.
my personal headcanon behind why the Oracle doesn't just tell Neo or anyone else directly what to do, or what she means, is because if you know the future, then it's likely not to happen the way it's supposed to play out. For example if you met your younger self, and you told them you two are supposed to be together, then you might end up forcing the relationship to blossom rather than allow it to happen organically, which could prove to be counterproductive in both your cases. I think that's why the Oracle can't just tell Neo straight up what's going to happen because he has to figure it out for himself, so that's why she speaks in riddles and only tells him what he needs to hear to get things done. At least, that's always been my theory. You two should definitely check out the 3rd film, "Matrix Revolutions", as it concludes what happens after the events of what transpired in "Matrix: Reloaded." I would also recommend watching "The Animatrix", as it's a series of anime anthology short stories that expand on the lore of the world behind the Matrix films without giving away anything to what happens in the next two films. I'd highly recommend it if you both are into anime, or if you're into world building aspects of the movie series. As far as the 4th Matrix film, "Matrix Ressurrections", it's up to you both if you want to watch it. It does continue the story after the 3rd one, but it's not required viewing. In other words, you can skip the film, and it wouldn't feel like you missed anything. It's mainly because after "Matrix Revolutions", the Washoski siblings didn't anticipate ever coming back to do another film, as they wrapped up the story nicely in the 3rd film. Yet because of money, WB paid tons of cash to revive the series, so the 4th movie basically sets up a new trilogy that has yet to be continued at this time. That's why I said it's up to you if you want to watch the 4th film or not, but you don't have to if you just want to stop after watching the 3rd one.
Morpheus : "hello Niobe..."
Agent Smith : "Keep my wife's name out of your f..cking mouth !"
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Lmfao 🤣🤣🤣
Lol....we'll done 😂
These are real tears from laughing so hard at this. 😂
"I'm serious... I'll slap the snot outta you. "
So this isn’t explained well in this movie, but throughout the multiple iterations of the Matrix there have been what we would consider fantastical creatures, eg. Vampires, werewolves, ghosts etc. These entities (which are actually machine programs like Smith) are considered defective and are usually erased, but some fight to survive, they’re essentially rogue machines. The Merovingian is one of those machines, same the people that work for him. That’s why they’re able to fight Neo and his team despite not being agents, they’re literally supernatural creatures (such as the twins)
Yep, from the nightmare iterations of the Matrix. Merv, likely a past The One, kept them as body guards.
@@theduckfromthejoke152 There's literally 0 inclination that that's the case so I wouldn't worry about it.
@@Gyokan7 There isn't _literally zero_ inclination, but it's true that there isn't anything like conclusive evidence. (And yet for some reason many people treat it like a proven fact instead of just a fan theory.)
I think it was explained perfectly well in the movie. Sure, they don't literally tell us that the Twins and those two bodyguards are ghosts and werewolves respectively, but it's not difficult to figure out if one was paying attention to Neo's conversation with the Oracle from earlier, and pays attention to Persephone's line about silver bullets.
Interesting fact: The character Z that is portrayed by Nona Gaye (daughter of Marvin Gaye) was portrayed by Aaliyah but due to her untimely passing, they recast her with Nona in her place.
At least we still got Queen of the Damned with her 🥺 gone way too soon
she was also supposed to have a much larger role but after she died they rewrote the scripts for 2 and 3
I thought the role of Pinkett Smith was for Aaliyah
Thats not interesting at all. The same as when people say a fact is gonna be fun.
Now this is an interesting fact:
You watched the jet li movie romeo must die while drinking chocolatr milk in the baby bottle... but you were past bottle age.
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When Neo fought the oracles bodyguard, he was literally fighting a firewall to break through and see her 😂. These movies were way ahead of their time.
It's as if the movies are better than what people think they are.
This movie is incredible. So underrated. Tough to say it’s better than the first, because the Matrix was so groundbreaking. But the action sequences in this movie are unreal. I don’t think I’ve seen a better one than the whole fight to freeway scene. Great reaction!
I remember in the theater, at the end of the freeway scene, the deafening silence. Everyone's jaw was on the floor.
When Neo was fighting all the Smiths Outside it felt like 15 minutes to me in theaters but it was really like 5+ minutes.
I'm not sure "underrated" is appropriate lol. It has a 7.2 on IMDB, and a 74 on Rotten Tomatoes. That is very high, considering sequels rarely rate well. It's not as beloved as the original, but few films are. I think the people that tend to talk poorly about this film are those that wanted more of the dark and gritty scifi feel the original had. This is more of an action flick.
LMAO @ 1:52. after Asia said "who is neo" and then BJ's reaction. Thanks for making my day!.
I watched the Matrix 1,2,3 probably 5 times each and everytime I learned something I didn't understand or caught it was by far the best trilogy of all times ( try not to cry on the 3rd one )
You got that right The Matrix 1-3 are great don't really care about the 4th one though.
The 4th one makes me believe even more that the sisters didn't even write the matrix
written by someone elsesThe script they were shopping around was stolen
@@wavy-vh9xbthe wachowski’s never wanted a 4th movie, but as the partner says in Resurrections, their parent company Warner bros would just make it without them. So they purposely made it in a way that would almost antagonise Warner Bros and expose their greed.
Gotta watch the animatrix and finish the stories
Freeway sequence is still pretty epic
Top 5 action scene of all time
No. It's done in Unreal Engine by 14-year olds nowadays. The story is lacking.
The best
@@80Jay71no
@@80Jay71 Sure, 14 year olds could recreate it in blender nowadays. Actually coming up with the action/moves/beats themselves tho, is something generally they don't tend to do. Nor multimillion dollar studios that do action nowadays for that matter. Either way for it's time it still completely holds up so your point is moot anyway.
Neo versus The Smiths was easily the best part of this movie. When I saw this in theaters for the first time I was zoned in trying to keep up. I already know that you made the choice to like this comment. Now you must understand the reason why
Hell no, the chateau fight is way better.
At 20:19, The French Guy is the Merovingian, a program in the Matrix who exists as a sentient being within the Matrix. He is as close to human as a program can get. He likes food, wine, women, and power. At his introduction, he is telling Neo and Morpheus that he chose his residual self image, a distinguished French mob boss, because he fell in love with the French accent, because even cussing in French just rolls off the tongue sexily. "It's like wiping your ass with silk." I think he also chose the name Merovingian because it is the family name of the first kings of France (known in the 5th century as The Franks), beginning with Clovis I. Merovingian is a way better name than Clovis.
I didn’t see the first movie in theaters in 99, I was still in middle school, but the second and third film I saw in the movie theaters and it was unreal! Particularly the second one! Blew my mind to be watching it on the big screen. The third film, I’ll never forget, I snuck out of my house at midnight and hopped on a train to Manhattan to see it by myself and was slightly disappointed by it, but it was still a very special moment. My parents never knew that I snuck out to see that movie.
Yes! I’m so happy you guys are continuing the Matrix! Please do the 3rd movie, Revolutions! ❤️
ASAP
Animatrix :-)
"The Animatrix" will fill in some gaps to the story. Like how Neo saved that one kid. Suicide warning though. But "The Animatrix" explains alot.
..also the stuff of nightmares. 😅🤷♂️👍
and for us gamers the video game "Enter the Matrix" fills in the gaps in this movie itself and in between this movie and revolutions.
The fighting scene around the door with the grand staircase was awesome. But the highway scene with the agents and the twins was completely insane.
When the kid says "you saved me." and Neo says "you saved yourself", that's a reference to one of the storylines ("Kid's Story") from "The Animatrix". Highly recommended if you like The Matrix. I'm not the biggest fan of anime and I still love it. It's 6 individual short anime stories so dunno how well it would work for your reactions but def worth a watch anyhoo. Animatrix comes between the 1st and 2nd films so it has no spoilers for the third film.
It also includes a more detailed background on the start of the human vs machine war and details of the mission by the Osiris that was mentioned at the start of this movie when they are discussing the machines’ plans to attack Zion.
The video game “Enter The Matrix” did nice job fleshing out Niobe and Ghost (her partner) and even had scenes with the real actors that were either deleted from the movie, or were shot specially for the game.
@@breekrach3241 yeah a lot of ppl sh*t on the game but I loved it! The hacking mini-game was quite cool too :-)
@@MikePerigo oh yeah, second renaissance parts 1&2 were my favourites. So many philosophical and historical metaphors, beautiful!
@@gy7694 Same. Definitely those 2 were the best.
Asia: “Girl…it’s over. Where the key maker?!?” Lool 😂
Okay now, don't make us wait 5 months to see y'all's part 3 reaction. ❤❤❤
Matrix movie is so far ahead at the time and even today considering how far we are with AI technology. These movies are fantastic!!
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14:09 she told neo he was the one. she said "sorry kid. you got the gift, but it looks like youre waiting for something." neo says "for what?" and the oracle says "who know? your next life or something" she literally told him when he would actually discover and know that he was the one, its just the way she worded and paused on that sentence that makes everyone feel like she told him that he isnt the one when she was telling him the actual blueprint.
The blueprint. A lot of what makes us who we are isn’t any one static state but a casual series of events that shape us along the way. There is genetic potential, and whatever the environment brings out of the potential…which includes our interaction with everything in the environment.
I’m sure The One is a genetic anomaly the Architect found within the species that he figured out how to cultivate within the “natural” crops they produced, and The Oracle figured out a way to bring about the right circumstances that would bring out the right kind of development to unlock that potential.
It reminds me of the Kwisatz Haderach from Dune. The Bene Gesserit crossed bloodlines but they also laid the ground work for Paul to live a very specific kind of life from birth, to bring out the potential of his bloodline so his prescience could awaken without killing him. His training by Jessica, Gurney, and Duncan. The loss of his family. His ability to pick up different languages. His skill as a mentat. The trials in the desert, and training with the Fremen. Everything was a precursor to prepare him for his consumption of the water of life. For Neo, some people think it was the cookie but I think it was a little more complicated than that. I think Neo’s trigger was that very first conversation he had with The Oracle and the mental path she set him on after her reveals.
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“Who is Neo?”
Reminded me so much of Miles mom asking “Who is Spider-Man?”
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Guy's, Zion has been destroyed 5 times already, this will be the 6th but Neo, for the 1st time, has chosen love over saving Zion. This is what surprised the Creator of the Matrix. To be concluded in part 2 (technically, this is one long movie).
7:40 "He tryin to make a baby Neo" BJ got me cryin 😂😂🤣
An interesting headcanon I heard about the Neo scene vs all the Smith clones was that the reason it begins to look so 'video-gamey' as more Smith's show up is because well....they are technically inside a very technologically advanced video game. And the performance became impacted by the high concentration of Agent Smith's in one area. Thus, the rubbery CGI 🤣
Also, the Matrix does weird things with Neo because being the one makes him different in the Matrix. Remember when he went inside Agent Smith at the end of the first one and blew him up, after that he was flexing and the walls were warping around him. Also the floor when he goes superman mode.
That still doesn't mean that it had to look that bad
@@AMMS10 Never said it did. Was just talking about a headcanon, man 😂
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That's how you square it! Basically, the Matrix dropped the Level of Detail to keep perceptual performance! This had never happened before, so it was trying to adjust in real time.
Of similar note: That's why there's the domino and bowling pin sounds - the Matrix didn't know what sound to use for dozens of Smith's getting knocked over, so it picked a best guess on the fly.
The making of the highway scene is really awesome
Asia - "Who is Neo?"
BJ just silently rubbing his face looking like did she really just say that? 😂😂😂😂
This movie kinda brings up the idea of maybe there’s a matrix within the matrix even if you get out…this movie took that idea to an extreme. They were trying to say that a “matrix” can be built in the real world too…Zion is this other matrix where the machines herd together the difficult humans who don’t play by the rules…give them a pointless quest to busy themselves, like a video game…
Y'all need to watch The One with Jet Li. Has similar fights as the matrix with slow motion and dramatic fights scenes
They need to watch ANYTHING with Jet Li!!!!
'Hero' was freaking great. Good script, solid action, beautiful sets and costumes. One of those rare movies that just gets everything right.
I forgot about this one but I agree. The One was very satisfying to watch indeed.
I actually need to check where I can watch it again.
There is another one I personally recommend : "Equilibrium"
It's more straightforward compared to The Matrix, and the budget is lower,, but I totally recommend it.
That freeway scene was the best ever in any movie. That freeway was built in Emeryville here in SF Bay Area near Oakland. I remember you can see it from the Interstate 80 Freeway just for the movie. They actually built a freeway for that scene. That`s why there were high walls enclosing the road.
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Asia: "Who is Neo?"
BJ: ".........."
The Oracle never said Neo wasn't the One; she said that he had the gift, but it looks like he's waiting for something, possibly his next life.
He doesn't become the One until after Smith kills him, thus starting his next life.
No, he was always the One. There is MUCH more to the story than many people think. 😉
The One is the one that believes in himself...that he can accomplish anything...that he can defeat the smiths etc... When he believes that he can...that is when he becomes "The One" by default... The Oracle only knows there is always at least one anomaly in every Matrix iteration, she doesn't know exactly who...it's his character she is judging...
@@logik200 Neo isn't even a human. He is the concept (the "anomaly") that the Oracle created, to create an acceptable Matrix for humans, after they refused the first versions of the Matrix created by the Architect and he wasn't able to find a solution. Neo never had a choice. This has been explained in the movies on multiple occasions.
@@MusicalZombie Respectfully I disagree...it's all about choice. In the 1st movie, Neo makes the choice to save Morpheus, not because he believed he was the One, he chose to save him because he believed he could. I don't think Neo ever believes that he is the One. He fights the machines to try save humanity...because he chooses to. I won't spoil it but there is a major reference to "choice" in the 3rd one. And Neo is human...they show him waking up from the pods in the 1st movie. 😁
@@MusicalZombie - He is always the one, but the Oracle was talking about THIS version of the matrix when she said "Sorry kiddo". Previous matrix versions had Neo and he was the ONE there as well. But yeah, she never said that he wasn't. I think people miss what she she told him after the "Sorry kiddo". I think most people focus on the "SOrry kiddo" and not the "Maybe next lifetime" part.
Reloaded got a lot of flack from critics. I actually enjoyed it a lot! You can never beat the original, but as a sequel, it expanded the Matrix universe and it brought so many great characters and action sequences. I loved it!
Interested Facts...The character Neo aka Mr Anderson was to actually be played by Big Willie (Fresh Prince of Belair) himself...Will Smith. But he turned it down after reading the first movie script on it, he said he found to to be too convoluted. So they then went and get Keanu Reeves and here we r now. Lol...after seeing the big success of the movies Will Smith always says that it was one movie role that he always regretted never took. P.S...He gave up this Matrix role to play the lead character in Wild, Wild, West instead. Lol😅😅😅😅that we all know that was a big flop.
I remember seeing this in theatres and being blown away. You guys were so invested! Keep them coming(and finish the Trilogy!)
At the end Neo showed he had powers in real life too, when he froze the sentinels
Seeing this in theaters was a real treat. The Neo vs Smith fight was absolutely insane! At the time stuff like that was only seen in video games or Dark City maybe.
Bruh to me that fight felt like 15 minutes to me but it was really like 5+ minutes.
@ReggieWolfpac1 first time I saw it, it did feel like 15 min
If I remember correctly from watching behind the scenes, the lengthy-but-awesome playground fight with the army of Agent Smiths consists of physical stunt people with Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith) face digitally pasted on the stunt people's face.
Loved this sequel just for all of the various fight scenes. The Chateau fight is particularly nice.
This movie came out when I was in college. I went to the movies with all my friends and this was the perfect theater experience. We spent weeks discussing what everything meant and guessing what was gonna happen next.
This movie (and the third one) get a lot of hate from people now, but I still love both. I get why people didn't like the third movie, but I disagree bc I can't think of a more plausible plot to end the movie that wouldn't have felt flimsy.
agree w evertythingg you're saying
I agree
The guy laying on the table at the end with neo is Agent smith. If you remember. He turned one of their people into himself and got out of the matrix with the phone. So his consciousness is in that guys body.
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Fun fact: the Burly Brawl (the fight with the Agent Smith clones) took 27 days to film and cost $40 million dollars, which is one of the most expensive action scenes ever shot.
The camera work in the fight with the Mr Smiths was amazing.
I love how Asia did her lil “chi” like Morpheus did when he jumped in the air 😂😂😂😂😂
Wow, I thought yall already watched this. lol Well I’m glad yall finally did.
Please, make sure you check out the “Animatrix” also. It is a series of nine short animated films. It’s really good, excellent unique stories. It shows the history and a detailed explanation of what the matrix is. It is the 20th anniversary. (2003) Just like Reloaded & Revolutions. 👌🏿😎🌴🌙
I appreciate your comments, Asia and BJ. "The Matrix: Reloaded" is definitely overwhelming.
There was so much going on in the movie. For instance, the explanations for the existence of vampires, werewolves and UFOs (aliens).
And that battle at that mansion/castle 500 miles 'due north'; as Link pointed out to Neo, for the Keymaker.
I'm really interested in watching y'all's movie reaction to "The Matrix: Revolutions". The conclusion of The Matrix Trilogy.
The PS2 game was awesome 😬👍🏻
Still one of the best fighting games ever made, it really does need an update tbh.
Great vid as always, family 🙏
Rather than using an existing freeway, producers of the film constructed one on the old runways of the naval base located in the San Francisco Bay area. The Matrix Reloaded production built 1.5 miles of freeway for the sequence, though portions were also shot in Oakland, California, including the Webster Tube.
39:33: Don't do me like that
Don't do me like that
What if I love you baby?
Don't do me like that
- Tom Petty -
Don't Do Me Like That
*Neo fighting 500 agents* Asia: "somebody bring me da phone" I'm cracking up!🤣🤣🤣
The very first scene with the Oracle is one of the best in film history. The woman portraying the Oracle was perfectly cast for the role. In that first scene in the kitchen with Neo, she never tells Neo that he isn't the one. *He* comes to that conclusion on his own. She basically foreshadows his death when she tells him he's waiting for something, and he asks what, and she responds with, "Your next life maybe, who knows?" Telling someone outright, "You're the one," is not something most people would accept. So she knew it was something he would have to come to believe within himself. She also knew he was going to die, and she knew he would resurrect as The One.
There are many Biblical references in these films, with Neo as a Christ-like character, Cypher as Judas, Trinity's name, the depiction of an underworld and Persephone, etc.
24:21 so the last guy to get Kilt in this fight is called Tiger Chen. He was Keanu Reeves personal trainer and translator for Yuen Woo Ping, the fight coordinator for this trilogy. Tiger and Keanu became good friends through this experience, which led to them making a movie togethet, Man Of Tai Chi. Tiger Chen is also the man who got stabbed in the eye in John Wick 3
"girl, it's over. where's the keymaker?" LOL
15:01 save her, allowing her to escape... because I AM THE 1🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
“That’s John Wick they messing with” 😂
The Wachowskis actually experimented with multimedia storymaking on the level of Star Wars and Marvel. There are 'good' tie in video games and comics and some books that are canon and tell more of the story. I played Enter the Matrix and Path of Neo on PC (and it actually ran well in HD and played better on PC and it had extra missions, sorry consoles PC will always be better) The additional content explains th world and the side characters a lot more. You can watch the gameplay and get the breakdown of the stories and comics on youtube after watching the 3rd movie.
44:24 This was one of my favourite lines from the movie. Cause it really makes you think.
Most decisions are already made before the inciting circumstance. There's a particular way each one of us would react to certain occurences, depending on our personality types, our history, upbringing, experience, etc. It's as predictable as targeted ads.
Most times, the conscious mind is simply trying to justify (to our rational minds) the irrational decisions our subconscious minds have already made.
Just FYI the highway they were driving on doesn't exist they built it specifically for the movie
You should watch your own reaction video of the 1st part, to refresh your memory for part 2.
You have to watch the 3rd and 4th movies, And the freeway scene, Located on Alameda Island, in California, the freeway was exactly realistic. It was the first freeway built by a Hollywood studio. At a cost of $2.5m, the freeway was 1.25 mile (2 km) long and was fenced with a 19ft wall, made from timber and plywood, designed to look like concrete.
Ya'll both crack me up with your reactions. Can't wait for the 3rd Matrix movie reaction. Hope it's tomorrow. Great work team work!!!
Lmao, BJ, your reaction to seeing the "to be continued" had me rollin. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse got me the same way. 😅
This is my favorite one and was the first rated R movie my dad let me watch😂 I was like 7. Ahh good times
Bro said when HE go in the matrix 😂😂😂
How have I been watching y’all for this long and just now finding out you’re from Texas?! I like y’all even more!!
“Who’s Neo?” lol oh no…
6:00 - 6:16 is easily one of the most badass parts of this movie! I could replay that scene over and over 😍🔥
You should've watched a recap of the first movie or something that explains what happened because you seem lost half of the time. For the third movie, revolutions, you better watch a explanation video about this movie because you missed half of it.
19:04 The MAN The Myth The Legend ROY JONES JR! One of my favorite Boxers!
Great flick. Always enjoyed the 1st 2. 3rd is ok.
Scene where Morpheus grabs the key maker then whips his sunglasses off and jacket and the music starts again. Most epic scene
I saw this in the theater when it first came out. Very cool experience and one of the things I remember was after the end credits in the theater, there was the trailer for the third movie. It was pretty uncommon at that time for end credits type things and there may have been only 10 to 15 people that stayed and saw it. I likely would have left too but I was talking with the people I went with and we were talking about the movie and speculating about how many movies there would be and how the story would continue and we just happened to be there long enough so we got to see the trailer. The workers were in the theater just waiting for the end and all of them just smiled as we all finally left after we saw the trailer. Spoilers were a lot less of a problem back then and not many people knew about the end credits until after the first few days of the movie opening because not many people stayed for credits, but word of mouth eventually got out about it. Super cool experience.
His face when she says "whos neo?" Lmao
“He’s trying to make a baby neo” Neonatal? 😂🤦♂️
Still to this day I think about when BJ said “oh he cracked the da Vinci code” at the end of the first movie reaction and it still kills me
Asia is like all of us who watched these for the first time😂 You have to watch them multiple times to really get what's going on.
I hope she watches it again before watching REVOLUTIONS
Girl it's over where the keymaker 😂😂😂
Neo is John Connor, that's why the terminator was trying to kill Sarah Connor to stop him ending the war in the future
You guys need to see Matrix: Revolutions ASAP....these two need to be seen back-to-back in order to really "get" them. If you wait to watch the last one, I feel like you will sort of be a lot more out of the loop than you should. They filmed Reloaded and Revolutions at the same time, and I think they basically just cut all of it in half--hence the "to be concluded" at the end of Reloaded.
The First One - The Matrix is And Was My Favorite And The Best!?! 😎✊👊👍🍁
The key maker is the doctor in John Wick. Great reaction you two, glad you're continuing with the series ❤
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Asia: 'who's Neo?'
BJ:💀
I'll say it again. Ya two need to watch.
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Roller Coaster of feels.
Also. Animatrix is another roller coaster. That ties stuff together in the matrix story.
I watched this one and the third one back to back because this ending just left me hanging lol.
Neo is essentially their Jesus. He is their "savior" from the machines. The writers incorporated a lot of Biblical themes and imagery throughout the movie.
LETS GO LIONS! Great video, love your channel by the way
I love how the 2nd and 3rd movies were filmed together. A video game came out during this time. If memory serves it was called “enter the matrix”. Followed Nirobi and Ghost while they were supporting Morpheus and his team. The story of the game was very underrated and under appreciated. Like how Nirobi just happened to be there to catch Morpheus falling off the truck. It was all in the game. Sadly Ghost was under utilized in the movies. Although a unique idea for its time.
You have to watch part 3 to find out what happens. 😊
The name of the ship is a reference to the Babylonian King; Nebuchadnezzar II.
I have been waiting my entire life for the Lions to get to where they are now!!!!!!!!
You two are funny, you both enjoyed the movie so much that you didn't realize that 2 hours and 15 minutes just flew by and it was over...lol. Really good movie. Catch the 3rd installment ASAP 😉
I wonder what really happens if you try to catch someone while flying 300mph
The guy on the table at the end (Bane) has been taken over by Smith, so Smith is essentially in the real world.
You should watch the MTV music awards with Justin Timbelake and Sean William Scott. It parodies this movie and it’s frickin hilarious.
Who is Neo? Neo like the singer? Bro I was DYING 😂😂😂
Bro. I don’t know what it was but you guys had me CRACKING UP with this one.
Neo fell unconscious after using "The One" powers in the real world and is now in a coma next to the guy that the Agent Smith clone downloaded into.
Roll on the next part...!!!
Thanks for another cool video, guys...! 👍🏻
We're gonna need part 3!
yall reactions to the twins has me crying laughing omfg!!! "need to call ghostbusters for they ass" lmfaooooo
A lot of people get confused on why Neo stayed and fight Smith in the big Smith fight. The reason being is...He's the One. Up to that point, he had nothing to fear or worry about inside the Matrix and he believed he could easily win against Smith. But as the fight went on and on, he started realizing that Smith is becoming a genuine threat. When he finally looks around and flies into the sky that is essentially Neo losing the fight. He was overwhelmed. For the first time since becoming the One he now has come across a threat that he cannot handle or protect other people against.
my personal headcanon behind why the Oracle doesn't just tell Neo or anyone else directly what to do, or what she means, is because if you know the future, then it's likely not to happen the way it's supposed to play out. For example if you met your younger self, and you told them you two are supposed to be together, then you might end up forcing the relationship to blossom rather than allow it to happen organically, which could prove to be counterproductive in both your cases. I think that's why the Oracle can't just tell Neo straight up what's going to happen because he has to figure it out for himself, so that's why she speaks in riddles and only tells him what he needs to hear to get things done. At least, that's always been my theory.
You two should definitely check out the 3rd film, "Matrix Revolutions", as it concludes what happens after the events of what transpired in "Matrix: Reloaded." I would also recommend watching "The Animatrix", as it's a series of anime anthology short stories that expand on the lore of the world behind the Matrix films without giving away anything to what happens in the next two films. I'd highly recommend it if you both are into anime, or if you're into world building aspects of the movie series.
As far as the 4th Matrix film, "Matrix Ressurrections", it's up to you both if you want to watch it. It does continue the story after the 3rd one, but it's not required viewing. In other words, you can skip the film, and it wouldn't feel like you missed anything. It's mainly because after "Matrix Revolutions", the Washoski siblings didn't anticipate ever coming back to do another film, as they wrapped up the story nicely in the 3rd film. Yet because of money, WB paid tons of cash to revive the series, so the 4th movie basically sets up a new trilogy that has yet to be continued at this time. That's why I said it's up to you if you want to watch the 4th film or not, but you don't have to if you just want to stop after watching the 3rd one.
Awesome reaction you two. The look on Asia's face was priceless during the part where Morpheus landed on Naiobi car lol😂.