The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Keanu Reeves: Neo
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Quotes
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The Architect : You are here because Zion is about to be destroyed. Its every living inhabitant terminated, its entire existence eradicated.
Neo : Bullshit.
[the monitors respond the same]
The Architect : Denial is the most predictable of all human responses. But, rest assured, this will be the sixth time we have destroyed it, and we have become exceedingly efficient at it.
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The Architect : Hello, Neo.
Neo : Who are you?
The Architect : I am the Architect. I created the Matrix. I've been waiting for you. You have many questions, and although the process has altered your consciousness, you remain irrevocably human. Ergo, some of my answers you will understand, and some of them you will not. Concordantly, while your first question may be the most pertinent, you may or may not realize it is also the most irrelevant.
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Neo : Why am I here?
The Architect : Your life is the sum of a remainder of an unbalanced equation inherent to the programming of the matrix. You are the eventuality of an anomaly, which despite my sincerest efforts I have been unable to eliminate from what is otherwise a harmony of mathematical precision. While it remains a burden assiduously avoided, it is not unexpected, and thus not beyond a measure of control. Which has led you, inexorably, here.
Neo : You haven't answered my question.
The Architect : Quite right. Interesting. That was quicker than the others.
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Agent Smith : I killed you, Mr. Anderson. I watched you die... with a certain satisfaction, I might add. Then something happened. something that I knew was impossible, but it happened anyway. You destroyed me, Mr. Anderson. After that, I understood the rules, I knew what I was supposed to do, but I didn't. I couldn't. I was compelled to stay, compelled to disobey. And now, here I stand because of you, Mr. Anderson. Because of you, I'm no longer an Agent of this system. Because of you, I've changed. I'm unplugged. A new man, so to speak. Like you, apparently, free.
Neo : Congratulations.
Agent Smith : Thank you.
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Neo : But if you already know, how can I make a choice?
The Oracle : Because you didn't come here to make the choice, you've already made it. You're here to try to understand *why* you made it. I thought you'd have figured that out by now.
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[Johnson blocks Neo's punch]
Neo : Hmm, upgrades.
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Councillor Hamann : Down here, sometimes I think about all those people still plugged into the Matrix and when I look at these machines I... I can't help thinking that in a way... we are plugged into them.
Neo : But we control these machines; they don't control us.
Councillor Hamann : Of course not. How could they? The idea is pure nonsense. But... it does make one wonder... just... what is control?
Neo : If we wanted, we could shut these machines down.
Councillor Hamann : [Of] course. That's it. You hit it. That's control, isn't it? If we wanted we could smash them to bits. Although, if we did, we'd have to consider what would happen to our lights, our heat, our air...
Neo : So we need machines and they need us, is that your point, Councilor?
Councillor Hamann : No. No point. Old men like me don't bother with making points. There's no point.
Neo : Is that why there are no young men on the council?
Councillor Hamann : Good point.
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The Oracle : Candy?
Neo : Do you already know if I'm going to take it?
The Oracle : Wouldn't be much of an Oracle if I didn't.
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The Architect : The function of the One is now to return to the source, allowing a temporary dissemination of the code you carry, reinserting the prime program. After which you will be required to select from the matrix 23 individuals, 16 female, 7 male, to rebuild Zion. Failure to comply with this process will result in a cataclysmic system crash killing everyone connected to the matrix, which coupled with the extermination of Zion will ultimately result in the extinction of the entire human race.
Neo : You won't let it happen, you can't. You need human beings to survive.
The Architect : There are levels of survival we are prepared to accept.
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[about Merovingian]
Neo : What does he want?
The Oracle : What do all men with power want? More power.
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Neo : Are there other programs like you?
The Oracle : Oh, well, not like me. But... look, see those birds? At some point a program was written to govern them. A program was written to watch over the trees, and the wind, the sunrise, and sunset. There are programs running all over the place. The ones doing their job, doing what they were meant to do, are invisible. You'd never even know they were here. But the other ones, well, we hear about them all the time.
Neo : I've never heard of them.
The Oracle : Oh, of course you have. Every time you've heard someone say they saw a ghost, or an angel. Every story you've ever heard about vampires, werewolves, or aliens, is the system assimilating some program that's doing something they're not supposed to be doing.
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[after first meeting with The Merovingian]
Neo : Well, that didn't go so well.
Morpheus : Are you Certain the Oracle didn't say anything else?
Neo : Yes.
Trinity : Maybe we did something wrong.
Neo : Or didn't do something.
Morpheus : No, what happened, happened and couldn't have happened any other way.
Neo : How do you know?
Morpheus : We are still alive.
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Seraph : You seek the Oracle.
Neo : Who are you?
Seraph : I am Seraph. I can take you to her. But first, I must apologize.
Neo : For what?
Seraph : For this.
[fighting ensues]
Seraph : [fighting has stopped] Good.
Seraph : The Oracle has many enemies, I had to be sure.
Neo : Of what?
Seraph : That you were The One.
Neo : You could've just asked.
Seraph : No. You do not truly know someone until you fight them.
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The Architect : As I was saying, she stumbled upon a solution whereby nearly ninety-nine percent of the test subjects accepted the program provided they were given a choice - even if they were only aware of it at a near-unconscious level. While this solution worked, it was fundamentally flawed, creating the otherwise contradictory systemic anomaly, that, if left unchecked, might threaten the system itself. Ergo, those who refused the program, while a minority, would constitute an escalating probability of disaster.
Neo : This is about Zion.
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The Oracle : Do you see her die?
Neo : No.
The Oracle : You have the sight now, Neo. You are looking at the world without time.
Neo : Then why can't I see what happens to her?
The Oracle : We can never see past the choices we don't understand.
Neo : Are you saying I have to choose whether Trinity lives or dies?
The Oracle : No, you've already made the choice. Now you have to understand it.
Neo : No. I can't do that. I won't.
The Oracle : Well, you have to.
Neo : Why?
The Oracle : Because you're the One.
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The Oracle : So, let's get the obvious stuff out of the way.
Neo : You're not human, are you?
The Oracle : It's tough to get any more obvious than that.
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Neo : I suppose the most obvious question is, how can I trust you?
The Oracle : Bingo. It is a pickle. No doubt about it. The bad news is there's no way if you can really know whether I'm here to help you or not, so it's really up to you. You just have to make up you on damned mind to either accept what I'm going to tell you, or reject it.
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Neo : If I were you, I would hope we don't meet again.
The Architect : We won't.
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Neo : Why don't you tell me what's on your mind, Councillor?
Councillor Hamann : There is so much in this world that I do not understand. See that machine? It has something to do with recycling our water supply. I have absolutely no idea how it works. But I do understand the reason for it to work. I have absolutely no idea how you are able to do some of the things you do, but I believe there's a reason for that as well. I only hope we understand that reason before it's too late.
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Neo : Why are you here?
The Oracle : Same reason. I love candy.
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Neo : Choice, the problem is choice.
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Neo : [to Trinity and Morpheus] Get him out of here, I'll handle them.
Merovingian : 'Handle us'? You'll *handle* us? You know, your predecessors had much more respect!
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Persephone : I'll give you what you want, but you have to give me something.
Neo : What?
Persephone : A kiss.
Trinity : Excuse me?
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Neo : There are only two possible explanations: either no one told me, or no one knows.
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Neo : Hiya, fellas.
Agent Jackson : It's him.
Agent Thompson : The anomaly.
Agent Jackson : Do we proceed?
Agent Thompson : Yes...
Agent Jackson : ...he is still...
Agent Johnson : ...only human.
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The Architect : If I am the father of the Matrix, she would undoubtedly be its mother.
Neo : The Oracle.
The Architect : [condescending] Please.
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Merovingian : And now I have some real business to attend to, so I will say adieu and goodbye...
[They all stand]
Neo : This isn't over.
Merovingian : Oh, yes it is. The Keymaker is mine and I see no reason to give him up... No reason at all...
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The Architect : It is interesting reading your reactions. Your five predecessors were, by design, based on a similar predication: a contingent affirmation that was meant to create a profound attachment to the rest of your species, facilitating the function of the One. While the others experienced this in a general way, your experience is far more specific. Vis-à-vis: love.
Neo : Trinity.
[the monitors show images of Trinity]
The Architect : Apropos, she entered the Matrix to save your life at the cost of her own.
Neo : No...
The Architect : Which brings us at last to the moment of truth, wherein the fundamental flaw is ultimately expressed, and the Anomaly revealed as both beginning... and end.
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The Architect : As you were undoubtedly gathering, the anomaly is systemic, creating fluctuations in even the most simplistic equations.
Neo : [All from the monitors] You can't control me! I'll smash you to fucking bits! YOU'RE FUCKING DEAD! FUCK YOU! I'll fucking kill you! I can say whatever I want! You can't make me do that! You old, white, prick!
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Agent Smith : Mr. Anderson, welcome back. Surprised to see me?
Neo : No.
Agent Smith : Then you're aware of it?
Neo : Of what?
Agent Smith : Our connection.
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Morpheus : Smith?
[Neo nods his head, winded]
Morpheus : Now there's more than one of him?
Neo : A lot more.
Link : But how? How can that be possible?
Neo : I don't know. Somehow he's found a way to copy himself.
Morpheus : Was that what he was doing to you?
Neo : I don't know what he was doing. But I remember what it felt like.
Trinity : What?
Neo : It felt like I was back in that hallway... it felt like dying.
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Neo : What happens if I fail?
The Oracle : Then Zion will fall.
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Neo : I just haven't been able to sleep much.
Councillor Hamann : It's a good sign.
Neo : Of what?
Councillor Hamann : That you are, in fact, still human.
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Merovingian : Something to eat? Drink? Of course these things are contrivances, like so much here, for the sake of appearances.
Neo : No thankyou.
Merovingian : Yes, of course. Who has time? Who has time? But then if we never *take* time, how can we have time?
