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What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge bullets?
— The Matrix • 1999
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Neo's question is the audience's: is this about to get silly? Morpheus's answer, that when you are ready you will not have to, is the point. Mastering the rules of the Matrix means the bullet stops mattering. The film's slow-motion bullet time gave action cinema a new look, and dodging bullets became the shorthand for it.
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In context
Spoilers for The MatrixShow the scene
In a training program, Morpheus walks Neo down a crowded city street, then points to a woman in a red dress who turns into an Agent aiming at Neo's head. Morpheus freezes the scene and explains that Agents are sentient programs and that everyone who has fought one has died. He has seen an Agent punch through a concrete wall, he says, and men empty whole clips at them without a hit. Neo asks if he is telling him he can dodge bullets.
Sources (2)
- Wikiquote: The Matrixtraining program street scene, before the Nebuchadnezzar crew sceneReference checked
- Wikipedia: The MatrixleadReference checked
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