The movie “The Matrix,” released in 1999, was written and
directed by Andy and Larry Wachowski. The movie’s title refers to the
computer-generated world that all of humanity believes is reality. Neo, or
Thomas Anderson has been searching for the truth of the Matrix and in the end,
he is determined to rescue the world from that trap. The movie’s plot shows that human purpose has
been reduced to being a battery source for the machines that humans themselves
created. The main evil in the world –
the matrix, the machines, the agents – came about from humanity itself. Humans were the ones who brought this kind of
evil, and it seems like only one human can rescue all of mankind from the
slavery that it has been pulled into.
Despite the darkness and hopelessness that fills most of the movie, I
think it does in one sense long for the coming of the kingdom. It calls for truth to be revealed and people
to believe enough in themselves to show that truth to everyone else.
You make a few good observations, but I would have liked to see you flesh them out a little bit more (and in so doing, fulfill the technical requirements of the assignment). For example, does Neo actually "save" anyone? If this film longs for a kingdom (a new way of being), what kind of kingdom is it?
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