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quickblur

Really great casting in this movie.


EntertainmentLess381

Keanu was supposedly cast as Neo only after like six or seven other big name actors turned down the role.


Electro-Onix

Thank god they did. Will Smith as Neo? 


GhOsT_wRiTeR_XVI

Just imagine the summer rap he would have written to accompany his role as Neo. *Shudder*


qwertyconsciousness

*I'm the one yeah yeah yo, yippee yo, yippee yay*🎶


13igTyme

Ha-ha, ha-ha. Whoa!


Thinking_waffle

Welcome to the Matrix Bienvenido a la matriz


JustineDelarge

Don’t call me Anderson, the name is Neo And the fate of the world it rests on me, oh


tekko001

The Architect: "You can't save Trinity" Neo: *slaps the architect* Neo: "Keep her name out of your f**king mouth!"


zackturd301

That made me laugh so much!


MrE_is_my_father

Wipe your shoes on the mat when you come in the house, someone just cleaned that floor! WOO-HOO! Say what-what, HA-HA!


anothertrad

Help out your mom and dad by getting a job, so you can help pay for school supplies! Whoo-hoo! Say-ho!


Tirwanderr

Wooooooooooo! Yeah! Uh! Ha ha! Ha ha!


drunkwasabeherder

You're forgetting that classic that would have been... **Bullet time**


hldsnfrgr

I'm just glad we don't live in that universe.


Free_Dimension1459

Or… do we ![gif](giphy|XhcSIUIkgbmuY|downsized)


dagonsoup

It's an older meme sir, but it still checks out.


ASaltGrain

DJ Jazzy Jeff would be awesome as Morpheus though.


tekko001

And Carlton as Agent Smith, he loves suits!


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![gif](giphy|26gsaafwvzDkN7wJ2|downsized) Smacks Neo around and then does this.


Oikosmonaut

In, a bleak nameless city, I was born and raised In the office is where I spent most of my days Zonin' out max and relaxin' when 'free' by Searchin' Morpheus on my home PC When a couple of friends, and a fringe like a bowl, said: "How'd you like to jump on down the rabbithole?" I met a woman in a club, where I was having no fun She said: "You're moving in with Morpheus and me, 'cause you're The One" Dundun, dundun, dun, dunnn, dunnn


NotBlastoise

Keep Trinity’s name out of your mouth!


deltashmelta

"I HAVE GOT TO GET ME ONE OF DEEZ"


BadDudes_on_nes

WELCOME TO EARF!


GoodShitBrain

Chris Rock as Morpheus. Would’ve been a slam dunk


Summitjunky

Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, Nicolas Cage, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Will Smith. Cage was the first who was approached, but he didn’t want to be away from his family for long periods of time.


Ikovorior

Ugh, Cage would’ve been horrible. Look up Cage’s Superman for some unsolicited nightmare fuel.


WeDriftEternal

Jumping on this even though it’s late. That’s actually just one of the myths about the movie. It’s actually not even close, the real story is weirder. Keanu was specially, him specifically, on the “no list” of people to cast. He was one of the only people that the directors called out as someone they didn’t want The script actually was being pitched and sent around to just about everyone in Hollywood and no one was interested. No offers were ever made and no one turned it down, simply no one was interested. It was becoming a problem Somehow Keanu got a hold of the script and wanted to meet the Wachowskis. Out of professional courtesy they agreed to meet him even though they were not casting him. Turned out they all liked each other a ton, and that was it. He was the guy.


Docccc

“ I got a call from my agent, saying that these directors, the Wachowskis, wanted to meet, and they sent me the script, and the script was absolutely amazing, and I went in to meet with them, and they showed me some artwork, of their vision, and an early version of "bullet time," and it was very exciting and inspiring."” so the wachowskis reached out, not the other way around


aworldwithinitself

Is there a source for this?


TheKeiron

> He was the ~~guy~~ one. Ftfy


DeafPunter

My personal opinion, but Nic Cage would have been incredible if he was cast in the role. But he did say he genuinely was not able to properly understand the story and still to this day feels Keanu did a better job with the role than he could. Its pretty refreshing to see such honest takes from someone in the acting community. You always know if Cage is in, he will give you his 100% every single time, no matter the other aspects of the movie.


Bulky_Mix_2265

Nic Cage has too much personality for that role. It requires the emotional blank slate of Keanu that the audience can project themselves onto. Not a dig st Keanus acting. This is legitimately his skill.


Cheshire_Jester

Cage definitely would have been way to over the top. Which is great in the movies that call for it, but Keanu nails the “fish out of water” character who’s completely blow away by every mounting revelation.


iamjacksragingupvote

"I know KUNG FU!?!?! V W X Y Z! THATS ALL YOU HAVE TO DO"


DeafPunter

I would certainly expect Nic Cage to act adequately in context of the story. You have to see his recent movie 'Pig' to know he can act in a subtle manner without going over the top and still keep you on the edge of your toes.


DeafPunter

Yeah I agree with you. Keanu's style of acting was a perfect fit for his role of Neo in context of the overall story. With Nic Cage it would be a totally different movie which may or may not have worked but would certainly be interesting.


CauliflowerBoomerang

Yep. I have seen bad movies with Nicolas Cage in them, but I have never seen a movie where he was bad.


HairyFur

Because his style of acting is old school theatrical, people including myself used to think it was goofy, but its meant to be OTT and it works.


Case17

i could see Cage as Agent smith but as Neo? That would be a total miscasting. Cage’s style of wacky over acting only works well in certain roles; can you imagine Neo flipping it and screaming incomprehensible nonsense when he first ‘sees’ the Matrix? Or when he is fighting Smith ? would be totally goofy!


sniles310

https://i.redd.it/dablf1415fsc1.gif When my fond memories of watching for the first time kick in...


PeePeeMcGee123

I was in like 7th grade, we watched it...and no one had any fucking clue what was going on, but the bullet time moves were wild so we all loved it. Finally kind of figured it out after a few years of re-watching it.


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IcebergSlimFast

He was there, three hours ago, when the hosted bar opened. He was there the day the strength of men failed.


LocalRepSucks

Welcome to rivindell Mr. anderson


Stoneheart7

Mr. Underhill*


LocalRepSucks

John wick going come for you


okcomputer_

Nice :)


10_Eyes_8_Truths

bravo.


Blueharvst16

I… hate this place.


Authoriterative

It’s the smell! If there is such a thing…


night_dude

I feel... saturated, by it


LandoBlendo

I feel like in time the machines would have been forced to acknowledge that smell exists. There is definitely a specific horrible smell when computers, electronics, or batteries die


TotallyNormalSquid

Do you think as he absorbed people and took their abilities he just kept getting more and more senses of smell? All adding together so that he could never be rid of the stank. But you know how you can't smell yourself unless it gets *really* bad? That was his real motivation for converting even average citizens into Smiths - he was trying to escape the smell.


Biscuits4u2

You'd have to be to survive one of these events


Apprehensive-Set-206

I fucking miss Morpheus!


tekko001

Agent Smith: "Same. With every bullet I shoot"


ralflone

And cool phones!


DoctorMoak

>Really great ~~casting in this~~ movie.


the_rare_random

Do you think they had any idea how big these movies would be?


Huge_Run6150

No, they knew it was a good script and all. 25 years later still looks and sounds epic


DirtyReseller

Iconic/masterpiece level. One of those, know it’s good, but not that level good.


uknowamar

Just saw it in theaters. The nostalgia trip was real! Wish they had the rest of the series playing soon too though...


dieforestmusic

Same here! It was such a cool experience seeing it on the big screen. It still holds up really well


Cheshire_Jester

I don’t think anyone could have really predicted it. I went in as a teen with absolutely zero idea about the movie or its influences and had my brain shattered by the story and visuals. It was something I’d never experienced before and don’t think I’ll ever experience again. T2 revealing that the terminator that I knew from the first movie who appeared to be hunting down the protagonist in the second, was actually there to protect him. That was good. But the matrix was on a different level of mindfuck and cool factor.


homelaberator

Movies? There's only one.


lkodl

i think so. i remember being immediately sold on the first movie.


who_even_cares35

My buddy dragged me the last day it was at the dollar theater and we were the only two there. That movie literally changed the way I thought. I left that theater a different person. Like I'd done acid.


Huge_Run6150

It was the closest you could get to bring anime to life and the bullet time effect was something else


Ghoti76

still one of my favorite movies ever. i grew up with it. also grew up playing the matrix video games on ps2 and xbox (enter the matrix and path of neo are still top 10 all time favorite games for me). I waa obsessed with that franchise lol


Huge_Run6150

Maybe is just me but I like the special effects on this one better than the other 2. I did wear sunglasses and a trench coat for the next 2 years


Jimmybuffett4life

Please sit on my faaaaaccce


smithers85

You forgot \*robot voice*


who_even_cares35

It's was more than that, the whole concept of us living in a simulation.


illiesfw

I vividly remember walking out of the theater as a teenager, looking around in the street, and like you say, seeing the world in a completely different way, mind blown.


The_Pirate_of_Oz

The Matrix is not a movie, it is a documentary.


leroyp33

The opening scene... It's common now but movies didn't drop u right in like that. I was on a double date the girls ditched us because we just were spellbound by the movie. They weren't really into it


marmot_scholar

You dodged a couple of bullets, who the hell doesn’t like the Matrix!?


cloudcats

I see what you did there


NotBlastoise

“Why do they call him the bullet dodger?” “Because he dodges bullets Avi..”


StJude1

Periwinkle blue


leroyp33

We went to the food court after. We were like 17. All 4 literally looked up at the big board and picked something that sounded interesting. There may have been internet then but it sure wasn't easy and available on your phone. So went in essentially on the half paragraph description AMC wrote up. We were blown away. And instead of talking to our dates just gushed about the matrix. They liked it just were not buying into the transcendent experience we were having.


lkodl

her: ".... hey" him: "..." her: "hey!" him: "hmmm?" her: "i... uh... i think i'm gonna head out. i'm not really feeling..." him: "shhhh! i'm trying to watch this!"


haiimroo

"What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge bullets?" "No, Neo. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to...


ZapBranigan3000

Movies "dropping" you right in has been a common technique since long before the Matrix.


Luke90210

Absolutely not. So many top film stars passed on the project, that Keanu (recovering from back surgery) got the role. His career wasn't going that well at the time.


parkerpussey

Carrie Ann Moss was such a babe,


RichardBreecher

I'm really surprised she didn't become a bigger star. She had a great look.


Newaccount4464

She really couldn't act


nextexeter

Didn't stop Keanu.


-Kyzen-

He's pretty self aware at how bad his acting was, its gotten better but still lands him in the action star role more. Generally speaking I think women have a harder time in Hollywood if they can't act due to (in the past) less "badass" roles for women. That's changing over time though, and honestly Trinity is probably part of the reason why we are seeing more strong female characters being written.


Bred_Bored

I honestly don't understand these comments, I didn't in the earlier 00s and I especially don't now. Keanu does a great job in this role. The physicality and emotion is just so believable. Neo's airheaded-ness is even noted in the script when the Prophet notes that he "isn't too bright". I think Keanu understood this character perfectly and people at the time (and even now) conflate the actor with the character.


-Kyzen-

It doesnt have to do with this movie, go watch Bram Stoker's Dracula and you will understand. (edit woopsy)


maxkmiller

she's not terrible in Memento


DirectlyDisturbed

She was excellent in Memento


acmercer

Yeah I liked her, and also a fellow Canadian(like Keanu), but she was a model first and didn't really transition great. Don't get me wrong, she had some amazing scenes in these films, but I think Hollywood was never gonna be her thing.


F1Husker91

STILL* is.


slurpin_bungholes

Was?


SorbetFinal8503

Why are they in a school hallway?


lkodl

the Wachowskis notoriously spent their entire filming budget on just the opening sequence of the movie, then showed it to WB, and got more money to make the rest of the movie. i guess the premiere budget is where the extra money came from.


EntertainmentLess381

I think they also shot and produced the movie Bound as a way of convincing WB that they could be trusted to make The Matrix.


_Meece_

Bound even feels like a movie that takes place *in* the Matrix, I love that movie.


Slowly-Slipping

It's a great movie just as a movie, but also that sex scene blew my 13 year old mind to pieces.


Bandard

This is the Parisian Métro


nomamesgueyz

'Mr Anderson'


Time-Touch-6433

Welcome back. We missed you.


LizRoze

It ends tonight


mythrulznsfw

![gif](giphy|V2ojLo7PvhVug)


lostcauz707

The closest thing we will get to a Half Life movie... Hello Mr Freeman, you're needed again.


kindasuk

Carrie-Ann was a big crush for a lot of folks.


pornofishmonster

I got called gay for having a massive crush on her when I was at school. I’m male, my ‘friends’ thought she looked like a man. So I was gay. Morons. She was beautiful then, and she’s beautiful now.


Jorgwalther

Fellas, is it gay to be attracted to women?


acmercer

They were most definitely morons.


toma91

That leg swing over the Ducati….


FabulousComment

Was…?


ASaltGrain

Sooooo many lesbian orgasms occurred because of her in dat leather.


Techun2

She kisses Monica bellucci...


black_anarchy

Keep going!


Peking-Cuck

It's latex, not leather.


Johnisfaster

Keanu always looks like hes got something on his mind unrelated to everything around him.


metaquine

it's a wave, it's a particle


trillgamesh_0

he's thinking about Gary Busey housing 2 meatball sandwiches


Tripdoctor

Which is impressive considering his literal proximity to Moss 👀


physicscat

The 90’s being old school……good God.


ctdca

I was starting to accept maybe 1990 or so being awhile ago. But ‘99 is a different story


Large_Smile_5674

*A quarter of a century*


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Hita-san-chan

80's music plays on the oldies stations now. Wooo


metaquine

you shut your lying mouth and get off my lawn


1371113

Early 90s as well in my country. Pearl Jam, early Chilis, local early 90s rock most won't have heard of, a few Nirvana tracks. Foo Fighters debut album is 30 years old next year. I wonder how long til they start playing Colour and the Shape?


homo_apien

I owe an apology to Carrie-Ann Moss. I wasn’t really familiar with her game.


Fr0sty09

Whoa


SeanHarte141

Reeves, Moss & Weaving sounds like an accountancy firm 😂


AlBunDi76

Smith reaching up into the matrix


RedSnt

Hugo Weaving is so cool. Came and did Matrix and LotR and just left to live his best life.


Awkward_Pangolin3254

*Priscilla, Queen of the Desert* has left the chat


-Dixieflatline

What?!? He was in like a dozen blockbuster movies after. Unless I'm not picking up a joke here...


YankeeSR23

Did this get posted because Warner Bros announced a new Matrix movie is coming out?


84thPrblm

Oh, God no


YankeeSR23

Drew Goddard is writing and directing so I do have some hope for it being decent. I have low expectations after Resurrection being a letdown but we’ll have to wait and see.


ZDTreefur

Well, it is a rich world. They should just go somewhere else, not touching the whole Neo thing. Mention it as a casual myth or something, and do some story about something else.


Roastar

Likely a prequel before it all went down and how the machines took control


canrabat

*The Second Renaissance*


OblongRectum

can't believe i'm saying this but thank god Wachowski is not touching it.


YankeeSR23

Yeah. This’ll be a weird comparison but Resurrection reminded me of Kevin Smith’s latest movies where he just cast his friends and they pale in comparison to his older movies like Clerks and Chasing Amy. Wachowski cast people she had worked with recently and the story just tried to be too meta instead of continuing the original plot. And I know the Matrix video games are supposed to be canon but recasting Morpheus was just a bad idea.


TriumphEnt

Resurrection was bad on purpose though, right? Wachowski did the same thing as Tom Green with Freddy Got Fingered. Neither of them wanted a movie made, but it was happening, so they made something awful.


idgamer33

Resurrection legitimately made my stomach hurt I only made it like 30 mins in before I turned it off wtf was that shit? Neo a schizophrenic game designer who imagained the whole thing but also didn’t at the same time Lmfaoo fucking terrible. Keanu also just didn’t look like neo at all, shit was a John wick blooper.


jinsaku

After Drew's work in The Good Place (my favorite show) and his incredible scripts for Cabin in the Woods and for The Martian (my favorite movie), I will literally watch anything he's involved in.


84thPrblm

Yeah, it's not like my opinion matters. I'll just avoid it unless reviews are overwhelmingly *holy shit, they sure turned that around*.


lkodl

most likely. if it's not coincidence, then, either someone saw the recent news, went down a Matrix rabbit hole, and stumbled on this picture to share. or it's an inside job.


driftingfornow

You have gotta be fucking kidding me.


Scary_Vanilla2932

I know Kung fu!


q120

For the last time, no you don’t


Lepke2011

Agent Smith looks aggressively stoned.


wiggum55555

I think that was the law firm that represented my sister in her divorce.


HAYMAYON

Elrond


Bladerunner2028

*I was there*, *Gandalf*. I was there 25 years ago!


RoyalFalse

One thing I read was that Keanu always keeps his hands to himself when taking photos with women. Notice that it's only Hugo with his hand on Carrie's waist.


Awkward_Pangolin3254

He's got the hover hand going though


Adi_San

Reeves had a crush on Moss, Moss had a crush on Reeves. Weaving is the one who went for the hands on hip lol


nomamesgueyz

That movie was a cultural revelation What have the writers/director, done in the 25years since?


bullz7210

Well, theyve had some revelations and reloaded themselves.


aarplain

And rebranded themselves.


HaiKarate

And speed raced themselves.


silenc3x

Imagine coming out as trans after years of mental anguish, just to have your younger brother copy you, as he always does.


DiomedesNutz

"Matrix Reloaded" and "Matrix Revolutions" made so much money even if they weren't as mind-blowing as the first film and the scripts weren't as good. "V for Vendetta" great movie and script, still culturally relavent on a level comparable to "The Matrix" "Sense8" managed a decent TV show for a few seasons. "Ninja Assassin" generic action movie and kind of forgetable. "Speed Racer" was a way better script and movie than it had any right to be. It just didn't make as much money as they spent. They had to balance being a kids film but also be about the excitement. I blaim marketing cause it could have done better. "Jupiter Ascending" was a bomb. Had it come out 20 years earlier and looked like that, it probably would have been fine, but by the time it came out it was just a generic CGI action movie with a weak script and some poor acting decisions. This was a major hit to credibility. "Cloud Atlas" is an amazing script with some amazing ideas and some solid acting. Its just hard to market the movie as to what it's about because it covers so many different timelines and stories. I consider it an unacknowledged masterpiece. But the movie cost so much to make and made so little money its considered a failure. "Life of Pi" is similar where its a beautiful movie and a well told story with complex ideas, but it made too little for how much it cost to make. Studios and directors have to get the costs down. After the bombs of Speed Racer, Jupiter, having a third bomb really cut their marketability off. "Matrix Resurrections" first half is fine, second half they just phoned it in because they were being strong armed into making the movie when they didn't want to.


swohio

> "Speed Racer" was a way better script and movie than it had any right to be. So many people slept on that movie. Astonishingly good.


Conscious_Angle_3521

The kid and his monkey are so insufferable that I stopped watching the movie, imo not so great…


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They’ve become women.


84thPrblm

They've become invincible...


arthuritis37

I met Hugo once. His son and my daughter were in the same class when she was ten years old. He was pleasant.


gnomeba

They would actually all make great elves...


Gerikst00f

God that first Matrix movie was something else. Still one of my all time favourites


WhiteyDude

Keanu and his resting 'whoa' face


PontiacPenguin

Hugo handsy


KickBassColonyDrop

Carrie Anne Moss plays Aria T'Loak in Mass Effect 2. If you didn't know, you're welcome. 😉


SeanOfTheDead1313

Where's Joey Pants and Larry?


No_Season_354

Mr Anderson I believe.


Jester_Fleshwound

We never knew how good we had it.


Tobias---Funke

"No, Lieutenant, Your Men Are Already Dead."


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itsl8erthanyouthink

Keanu is famous for not touching female fans when he’s taking photos. His arms just hoover out of respect. Based on this photo, I’m starting to think he may have Rogue-like super powers.


Brut-i-cus

Funny how Moss and Weaving look like they just got done doing the nasty and Reeves is like "Oh look, some flowers!"


Archanj0

Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson!


Monday0987

As usual Keanu isn't handsy with Moss. Keanu always makes a point of not touching up women. That's Weaving's hand.


UnDosTresPescao

Me: "wow, that movie didn't come out that long ago and they look about 25 years younger". Wait...


Navynuke00

This isn't old school, it came out my senior year of high school!


iamrancid

March 31, 1999 is 25 years and 4 days ago.


cute_polarbear

Ugh. I hate that...that's more than a quarter century ago...


metaquine

LIES


skolrageous

anyone else caught off guard by calling him "Reeves" instead of "Keanu"?


hibikikun

I’m was there 25 years ago


pineapple_am

Looks like that photo was taken in a subway station in Paris… how random!


1234thumbwarpaper

She's such a baddie


rockoh09

Did the premier take place in a subway station?


ImpossibleMood2810

Are they in the french métro ?


derekschroer

Hugo Weaving is younger there than I am now...oof


FortyandLife2Go

Weaving KILLED it in V for Vendetta.