Thursday, May 13, 2010

The Matrix Was One Of The Best Movies Of The 90s

By Danielle Woodard

Released at the back end of the nineties The Matrix was one of the movies that changed the way movies were made. The cast included stars such as Keano Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss and Lawrence Fishbourne. The first in a trilogy, it started the journey of Neo, who was prophesized to end the war with the machines.

The directors of the movie were the Wachowski brothers, it took them about eight years for them to get a movie company to finance the movie and in the end Warner said yes. It was an excellent decision by Warner as the Matrix brand was extremely successful and financially rewarding for all.

Set far into the future in a time where the Human race has been conquered by machines, the Matrix itself is a computer program which allows the machines to control the human race whilst utilizing the thermal energy provided by the body much like a battery.

The few people free from the machines try to free as many people as they can from the matrix. They are able to 'plug' themselves back into the program and interact with people who are still trapped in the false reality.

As mentioned the plot follows a character called Neo, a person who has been trapped inside the Matrix. Neo leads a normal life within the computer world working for a reputable software company whilst selling illegal hacking programs on the side. In the matrix there are stories of what it actually is and Neo is intreged by them following one transgressions of one of the leaders Morpheus.

Little does Neo know but Morpheus has been looking for him, Morpheus sets Neo free from the computer world in which he has lived his life and informs him of his destiny.

Neo later finds out that the reason Morpheus had been looking for him to free him was because Morpheus believes that Neo is 'the one', he believes he is the person to save the human race and defeat the machines. Allowing the humans to return to the surface. The film focuses on Neo's journey understanding how to interact in the computer world and how to do things that he thought were not possible.

Every potential 'One' must visit the oracle to see if they truly are the one. When Neo visits her she tells him he is not but that Morpheus will die believing that he is. When the moment occurs Neo chooses to go back and save Morpheus, when he does then both Morpheus and Neo start to believe maybe he is the one.

After saving Morpheus, they attempt to exit the Matrix but find agents in their way. Agents are the control programs within the computer world removing any virus' or in this case the rebel humans. Neo battles the agents but is killed. When you die in the computer world you are supposed to die in the real world, somehow though Neo returns to life and starts to see the Matrix in a different form now he can see it in code form allowing him to manipulate things as he see's fit.

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