You've been living in a dream world, Neo.
- Morpheus
The Matrix (1999) is a futuristic, sci-fi film where Neo - the main protagonists - is said to be The One who is to save the world which was now run by machines who had converted the entire human race into batteries while showing them the Matrix, or a world - a computer generated environment - that they believe is the normal world. In the Matrix (film), Neo is not aware of the Matrix's existance but suspects, doubts, and with the help of Morpheus he is enlightened on what the world had truly become.
I could say The Wachowski Brothers (Andy Wachowski & Lana Wachowski) had done very well in directing and writing this film, the flow was smooth and the plot and story were quite outstanding and very original in my persceptive. The construction of the Matrix, the logic behind its reality was very fascinating since it bent time and space to a degree that was not truly too unbelievable, and had features where viewers could still relate to it from their own persceptives; in short, it was realistic despite the fact in reality (the movie's universe) it was a computer simulation.
The acting was good, Neo (played by Keanu Reeves) was played well along with Morpheus (played by Laurence Fishburne), Morpheus had this imposing aura about him at the beginnng of the story like an anti-hero but once he was revaled in the real reality of the world (the human world ruled by machines) where he looked quite kind and not so intimidating, I found that change to be a bit abrupt and surprising though it did establish quite well that 'this was the real me' as in this was who he really was and not that simulation with the black glasses that we see throughout most of the story. The rest of their group were done well as well, Cypher (Joe Pantoliano) though had a short moment of glory did pretty well despite his sudden antagonistic role; the 3 men in black Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving), Agent Brown (Paul Goddard), and Agent Jones (Robert Taylor) were also quite good, especially the main antagonists among them who portrayed his anger and frustration about his situation very clearly, almost bordering on being human himself but still maintaning his robotic-like attitude.
The setting of the Matrix were very exceptional although I'm a little upset that the current state of the human world outside the Matrix was not fully shown, but with everything else, the ship of their team, the Matrix, and the part of the world that was actually shown, it was all nicely done and arranged.
The fight scenes from Neo's practice scenes to the actual battle to reclaim Morpheus were beautifully choreographed and very artful in terms of movement and special effects. The entire movies special effects and CGI were nicely done despite that era being only new to the terms ad capabilities of special effects. Kudos to their Special effects and Visual effects department!
The Matrix, for me, is a very well made film, because if you would watch the film, you would notice that it's a net full of metaphors and comparisons to the world around us, and I find it amazing that the director/s had fit all of that into an almost 2 hour motion picture.
One metaphor that stood out for me that most was the way the world of the Matrix had so much similarity to the world that we move in today, and I don't mean the way that the Matrix looks but more on how their society works, or how the computer programs control the humans who are blind to what is truly going on.
The governing offices of the world, with media as their announcers, control the way people think, can think, would think, should think, and what they believe in. This can easily be countered by saying, they don't really have totalitarian control and that we can still say and do what we want to do but if you look at it, majority of what we say and know was influenced by the higher-ups in society, and if not influenced, limited, like the more senstive information on a certain issue that can ruin the government's image. So, the Matrix is like that, controlling the humans who move in it to think that this' the normal way of things when in fact it is not, or it can be different. Thus, their speeches in the movie where they relate the Matrix to 'waking up' from it to 'still sleeping' - remaining asleep and oblivious to the truth behind the truth.
Also, the Matrix is also correct in saying that there are some who would oppose and fight anyone that would stand against the Matrix, or the-way-things-are, since they have lived in it for too long, they believe it to be their way of life and existance. There are some who are afraid to move on from what they already know, afraid of change, which the Matrix personifies as the people who try to fight Morpheus' group.
I guess you could say that the clear message the matrix presents is that the power to change the way things are now is within ourselves, within the spirit to live awakened and the will to fight against the higher-ups who lure us in for their own gain. It must always be factored in our thoughts that whatever the media, the higher-ups, or the people in power say should not always be 100% believed, that the things around you and the things said should be questioned.
And that staying passive will not help anyone or yourself. You are affected and involved whether you like it or not
"It is your decision whether you awaken or stay asleep"
-Morpheus
Lastly, the last thing I learnt from the Matrix is if you want something to happen, you have to be the one to do it yourself. Throughtout the movie, whether it can be denied or not, Morpheus was in a higher level of expertise and knowledge about the Matrix than Neo. He'd (Morpheus) admitted to have searched for him for years, and Neo had trained for only months to defeat the Matrix. Why? Because he had wanted to, even if the Oracle told him otherwise, even if he had wanted to quit at one point, he had still done it because he had spirit and he had a goal he wanted to reach. In comparison to Morpheus, the one who sought after Neo even though the real goal of their team was not to find Neo but to destroy the Matrix and free them from the machines; the mysterious Oracle had told Morpheus that he would find The One and Morpheus had listened. Basically I'm saying, well... let's just leave it at that. But yah, if you want it, reach for it, no matter what other people tell you.
"I do not live to please You" - quoted from my friend, Mary.
Sincerely,
Zacharias Walker
(Lily) (Will)
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