Old Heads, what was it like watching The Matrix for the first time in '99?

[Alvin]

With Y2K right around the corner

 

[ryderldb]

It was cool. Special effects didn't blow me away too much. I was more blown away by the special effects in Terminator 2, but that could be because i was like 7 years old when that came out.

 

[General Mills]

I can’t remember what my exact reaction was but I remember I was chilling with my brother and we was talking about how piff Blade was. So then I say something like after Blade we got the Matrix and it was crazy. He was What is The Matrix


I legit was nikka. Put that shyt on and watched HIS reaction. He was the whole time

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

.......................

 

[Renkz]

I remember watching it on pc with my bros, we had the when neo was dodging the bullets
the neo vs Morpheus was

 

[jwinfield]

My pops took me to the movies to go see it, had no idea about it, hadn't seen a trailer.

From the time Trinity hit the

I was

I was 11 at the time.

 

[My Girl is Bow Legged]

the marketing around it was strange. nobody really knew what it was about, and the cast/directors didn't make you want to rush out and see it.

it really blew up when the dvd dropped. dvd was a new format and EVERYONE who had a dvd player had to have the matrix. I think it's the way most people were exposed to it at first

 

[ZILFIN]

Watched it on DVD when it dropped. I was confused about the storyline as a kid but the effects and visuals were dope.
The impact it had on just about every other movie and tv show from that era was insane too. The bullet dodging on the roof and the slow motion Trinity scenes were copied everywhere.

 

[Lord_nikon]

My face visually/cgi


My face understanding the story

 

[FlyRy]

I was 13 and it just melted my fukking mind.

there has not been a theater moment since like the reaction to the first time we saw Trinity do bullet time.

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

Caught it opening weekend in the UK. Knew nothing about it going in. Literally sat there like for the whole thing. One of my all time greatest cinema experiences

I kinda begrudge them doing sequels right away, because the mystique it could have had if they just did the first one, shown Neo flying off, then went dark for a decade would have been

 

[Devilinurear]

With Y2K right around the corner

It was ground breaking
I got really into philosophy after it came out.

Then I discovered it was a really weak story

 

[Monoblock]

I actually remember the trailer previewed on Super Bowl Sunday and no one knew what it was but when Keanu did the bullet dodge cats were pumped and word of mouth travelled around. Crazy though when I went to go see it there wasn’t that many people in the theater which made the experience that much more amazing. Went back told friends and saw it about 4-5 more times and the crowds got bigger each time and you saw people gaining interest. shyt was like nothing we ever saw before and the way it related to real life...mannnn. You have to realize back then that the internet wasnt as mainstream as it is now and still relatively new as far as communication so the possibility that this shyt could actually happen right around Y2K had people kind of trippin. The movie was a slow burn and didn’t start really hitting its stride until after the 3rd week in theater monetarily.
A few months later I swear everyone was trying to use that 360 angle shyt in videos and other knock off movies. It really changed action movies for a while generation.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

The 13th floor

 

[Mr. Negative]

I was more mindblown by Kill Bill, since I went into it without even seeing a commercial.

The Matrix, it was hyped up and dissected by the time I saw it. Even before all this social media shyt, life had a way of spoiling every good part of a mindblowing movie or TV show.

It wasn't until I got around a bunch of weed heads and we REALLY started performing an autopsy on it that I enjoyed it.