THE MATRIX PATH OF NEO YOUTUBE MOVIE
It was my last year of high school and I was contemplating a degree in cinematography, so this movie opened my mind to a whole new visual effects universe. I was in Mexico City when The Matrix came out, and Trinity had me at the first frame of that kick we experienced in 360 degrees. Keanu Reeves ushered in a new era in the 1999 movie The Matrix. In your playground, college dorm or family home, was The Matrix a groundbreaking instant classic or a pretentious cyberpunk snooze? A whole new universe With The Matrix 4 imminent, we asked sci-fi fans among the global CNET crew to share their memories of the Wachowskis' Oscar-winning, franchise-starting original.
It's a movie everyone remembers - even if they haven't seen it. (It debuted on April 8 in Australia and on June 11 in the UK.) It was a time when computer-generated imagery was revolutionizing special effects, video tapes were giving way to DVDs and mobile phones were fast becoming a must-have.
The Matrix opened in the US on March 31, 1999. It's out in December and the trailer for the 2021 reboot dropped this week. More than 20 years later, The Matrix 4 (properly titled The Matrix: Resurrections) is bringing eye-popping cyberpunk action back to the screen. In 1999, Keanu Reeves and friends exploded into theaters and heralded a new millennium, a new era for filmmaking and a time when bending over backward and flailing your arms while making whooshing noises was the coolest thing ever.