I’m old enough to have watched this movie in the theaters opening weekend. 26 years ago? What?
Flooopo on
Peak cinema. All of cinema history led up to this moment and it’s been downhill ever since.
Namelok on
I like how everyone posts the neo dodging bullets meme but forgets that he actually doesn’t and gets hit twice.
xavPa-64 on
Keanu Reeves always looks someone who has no idea what they’re doing and is trying his best to fake it, and I love it
SquirrelMoney8389 on
Gen Z on this sub: “I keep hearing about this, is it a good movie? Should I watch it or will I be bored?”
Kvothe_Sengar on
One of film’s most iconic moments. What I think falls under the radar is the “Trinity! Help!” I love how it shows that Neo is actually scared in that moment after seeing them wipe out dozens of people. After all the super hero shit they pulled off as a team, that agent inspired real fear in Neo, and he immediately calls for Trinity. It’s really a beautiful lead-in to the dodge.
Terrible-Suit9991 on
That gun barrel camera shot followed soon after by Trinity crashing into the building have lived rent free in my mind every since I saw this in theatres.
BaneReturns on
The early 2000s were defined by seeing constant parodies of this scene in all forms of media, especially Newgrounds cartoons.
tuppencehaepny on
I absolutely love the way Trinity says “not yet”
SimianWriter on
It occurs to me that the vfx designer possibly made the bullet shock waves to represent frames per second. When the bullets are in slow motion you can see the stepping between the waves as there is no data being generated just like in editing.
In a program like Houdini, you can slow down a baked animation but you have to retroactively recalculate the sub frame velocities if you want the animation to look smooth again.
Since the Matrix is a real time simulation, there no sub frame calculations to represent objects faster than they were intended to be played back.
RancidMilkMan on
Such a great stand alone movie. So glad it never received any sequels!
puffysuckerpunch on
that fucking shot where she says it is so good
Chem_is_tree_guy on
Ok, so I love The Matrix and I love this scene, but watching it on it’s own just now really highlights some problems for me:
-Neo’s bullets are doing nothing to the glass behind the agent
-Trinity is just standing there the whole time, including being out in the open as the agent arrives, yet the agent is somehow ambushed by her for an easy execution. Why wasn’t she shooting at the agent too? Why isn’t the agent shooting at her or concerned with her presence?
netsteel on
Kids today have no idea how groundbreaking this movie was. I remember watching it in the theater and coming out speechless.
RRawkes on
A scene that changed cinema forever. I remember watching it in the theatre, astounded.
Blikenave on
L E G E N D A R Y
This scene spawned memes and parodies for a decade.
FaulerHund on
Why don’t any of the window behind him get hit with bullets and shatter
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I’m old enough to have watched this movie in the theaters opening weekend. 26 years ago? What?
Peak cinema. All of cinema history led up to this moment and it’s been downhill ever since.
I like how everyone posts the neo dodging bullets meme but forgets that he actually doesn’t and gets hit twice.
Keanu Reeves always looks someone who has no idea what they’re doing and is trying his best to fake it, and I love it
Gen Z on this sub: “I keep hearing about this, is it a good movie? Should I watch it or will I be bored?”
One of film’s most iconic moments. What I think falls under the radar is the “Trinity! Help!” I love how it shows that Neo is actually scared in that moment after seeing them wipe out dozens of people. After all the super hero shit they pulled off as a team, that agent inspired real fear in Neo, and he immediately calls for Trinity. It’s really a beautiful lead-in to the dodge.
That gun barrel camera shot followed soon after by Trinity crashing into the building have lived rent free in my mind every since I saw this in theatres.
The early 2000s were defined by seeing constant parodies of this scene in all forms of media, especially Newgrounds cartoons.
I absolutely love the way Trinity says “not yet”
It occurs to me that the vfx designer possibly made the bullet shock waves to represent frames per second. When the bullets are in slow motion you can see the stepping between the waves as there is no data being generated just like in editing.
In a program like Houdini, you can slow down a baked animation but you have to retroactively recalculate the sub frame velocities if you want the animation to look smooth again.
Since the Matrix is a real time simulation, there no sub frame calculations to represent objects faster than they were intended to be played back.
Such a great stand alone movie. So glad it never received any sequels!
that fucking shot where she says it is so good
Ok, so I love The Matrix and I love this scene, but watching it on it’s own just now really highlights some problems for me:
-Neo’s bullets are doing nothing to the glass behind the agent
-Trinity is just standing there the whole time, including being out in the open as the agent arrives, yet the agent is somehow ambushed by her for an easy execution. Why wasn’t she shooting at the agent too? Why isn’t the agent shooting at her or concerned with her presence?
Kids today have no idea how groundbreaking this movie was. I remember watching it in the theater and coming out speechless.
A scene that changed cinema forever. I remember watching it in the theatre, astounded.
L E G E N D A R Y
This scene spawned memes and parodies for a decade.
Why don’t any of the window behind him get hit with bullets and shatter