Goofs for The Matrix (1999)

Crew or equipment visible: During the scene in which Neo receives
the cell phone via overnight delivery you can see someone's hand
to the left of Neo's desk. This hand is obviously not Neo's nor
the delivery man's. (Due to cropping this error does not show up
in the letterboxed version, only in the 4:3 "TV" version.)

Continuity: In the first scene in which Neo appears, we see him
from above, sleeping in front of his computer. The keyboard he is
using is a Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro with the atypical curved
key configuration. When messages begin appearing on his screen, he
tries to stop them by hitting various keys, but the closeup of the
keys show keys from a standard keyboard that are clearly not the
keys on a Natural Keyboard Pro.

Crew or equipment visible: When Neo is examining the spoon prior
to bending it, a crew member dressed in black - probably the
cameraman - is reflected in the spoon.

Revealing mistakes: During the Agent/Trinity chase, when the last
police officer fails to completely jump across, his legs cause the
"brick" wall to vibrate noticeably.

Boom mike visible: While showing Neo what has happened to his real
world, Morpheus looks to the sky and remarks: "Fate, it seems, is
not without a sense of irony." As he looks up, you can see the
boom mike reflecting in his sunglasses.

Revealing mistakes: During the beginning scene, when the officers
are chasing Trinity on the rooftops, over their heads, you can see
that the sky is really the ceiling of the soundstage painted
black.

Continuity: The establishing shot of Neo's building shows his
company name as "Metacortex" while a plaque inside the building
lists it as "Meta Cortechs." (Visible overhead as Neo starts to
run for the office.) Arguably a glitch in the matrix, but since
people come to work at this building every day, they would notice
and this could reveal the unreality of the matrix to them.

Errors in geography: The matrix is apparently simulating some
unknown American city (the accents of the characters, references
to one phone call, IRS, and Social Security number). However, the
sign near the elevator button refers to a "lift," a rooftop sign
says "authorised," an ATM has a sign for an Australian bank, and
cars are seen driving on the left (or, when Neo drops the phone,
on the right against the road markings). Arguments for these
inconsistencies being part of the matrix and hence not problems
don't wash, since the matrix is trying to be accurate (else why
make it so much like the "real" world).

Crew or equipment visible: When Neo reaches to open the door to
the Oracle's apartment, the lens of a camera is visible.  The
camera itself seems to be covered with green cloth to match the
color in the hallway, and even has a yellow tie painted on it to
match the one Morpheus is wearing, since he is standing behind the
camera.


Revealing mistakes: Less than a second before Neo jumps off the
building in "the first jump," special effect artifacts are briefly
visible around him. (As he's running, side view, against the sky.)

Crew or equipment visible: As Neo passes the camera while falling
during the "Jump Program," his shirt is blown open by the wind and
clearly shows the harness he is wearing underneath.

Factual errors: There is no way for the subway trains to be
powered. There is no wire on top of the tunnel, there is no third
rail, and the two rails are not powered or Neo would have been
electrocuted when he fell on the tracks during the fight with the
agent. The two trains that pass lack any kind of separate
locomotive.

Factual errors: The sprinkler system manages to fill the floor
nearly 3 inches full of water in only a matter of minutes. This is
hugely over exaggerated as if this were the case the entire
building would be nothing but water in only a couple of hours.

Revealing mistakes: When Neo is running from the agents, he jumps
off a fire escape, and when the camera flashes further away you
can clearly see the thick gray mat used for the fall.

Revealing mistakes: During the lobby gunfight, when Trinity runs
on the wall, the first "stone" wall panel that she hits flexes.

Revealing mistakes: A security guard calls for help on his radio
at the beginning of the lobby shootout. He is wearing knee pads
underneath his uniform.

Revealing mistakes: During the fight scene in the subway, as the
Agent is about to punch through the concrete post, the section to
be punched out is clearly visible.

Crew or equipment visible: When Neo is holding Morpheus outside
the helicopter, a safety cable is visible as a black line along
Morpheus's arm going up to Neo in the last long shot before Neo
lets go.

Plot holes: If the Agents can punch through concrete pillars, then
why can't they knock Neo in half with one swing?

Factual errors: The fire downstairs causes the sprinkler heads to
activate in the entire building, but that is not how sprinkler
heads work. They are activated on an individual basis (or at best
by zone). If all sprinklers went off, there would not be enough
pressure to supply water to all of them (particularly in such a
tall building).

Factual errors: When Neo is sleeping in front of his computer, the
results of his search program are projected onto him. Real
monitors do not project images.






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