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Despite coming out in 1999, The Matrix remains one of the most beloved, discussed, and dissected movies ever. Fans are always noticing new details that illuminate the first film in the Wachoskis' franchise in interesting ways. Below, we rounded up some of the most fascinating details fans shared on this groundbreaking movie.
Inside the Matrix, everything is tinted green. But when Agent Smith becomes a rogue program, his suit turns charcoal black like Neo's clothes, while the other Agents keep the green tint.
When Neo is searching for the ringing phone in the apartment building, he walks into apartment 303. HTTP Status Code 303 (See Other) is returned when the requested resource is available at another location. Neo checked the wrong apartment and was shot point blank.
Neo is given a choice of Reality (red pill) or Wonderland (blue pill). In the reflection in Morpheus's glasses, we see Neo reach for the red pill in one lens, but in the other lens, he isn't moving, suggesting he reaching for the red pill in reality.
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The Book At The Beginning Reveals Neo's Feelings About The World
In The Matrix, we all know Neo opens the book Simulacra and Simulation, which is about how human experience is of a simulation of reality. But he opens to the chapter "On Nihilism." Nihilism is "extreme skepticism maintaining that nothing in the world has a real existence," a reflection of Neo's beliefs about the "real world" around him even before he meets Morpheus.