The Matrix Philosophy

I just finished watching all three movies of The Matrix trilogy. I could probably say that this trilogy is one of the best trilogies I have seen, apart from The Godfather and The Lord of the Rings. How is it possible that someone can think of a story like that, not to mention all those lines/dialogues and the visual imagery of the movie itself? I find the movie philosophical in a sense that it discusses many different aspects of human existence: battle between good and evil, the purpose in life, following your dreams, love as the greatest thing on earth, believing and living one’s destiny, hope, peace and the will to survive and succeed. I guess the movies covered it all and the action scenes, storylines, costumes, the actors and actresses, props and the location shots do not diminish the entertainment value of the whole movie. I now understand why fans of Neo doubled because of this movie.

The movie tells us many things. I guess in the final analysis, we may not know everything, but we always believe in something, and we all know what we have to do. It is also a matter of choice, doing what we think is right, or choosing what is best for everyone. We do make our own destinies, as I believe so, we make our own choices, and that one can never know what the hand of fate can do next. (This is why men hesitate to get to know me. I always think too much and try to rationalize everything. However, I do not see anything wrong with it. It is always nice to be enlightened on things that we do not understand.) At some point in the trilogy, it did made me think about something, which may be likened to the first part of the novel , “Sophie’s World”, where the young Sophie receives a letter from someone she doesn’t know with these questions written in a piece of paper: Who are you? Where did you come from? Some scenes in the movie bring you to this kind of situation, where a question comes up and you do not really know what the answer is.

You see, I really think too much. I should better go to sleep and rest. Lord Morpheus is waiting for me.