For many years, The Matrix was one of my top 5 movies ever. When I started to become more devout in my mid-twenties, I had to take a cold, hard look at the films I was watching. I realized that my rationales around this movie's violence just weren't cutting it: the film makes violence look cool and that killing innocent people is justified. That is never ok. Thankfully, you recognize this in your article. The police and security guards that the heroes dispatch may be working for the bad guys, but do they know they are? I don't think so.
Morpheus, the heroic leader, says this: "The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you’re inside, you look around. What do you see? Business people, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. BUT UNTIL WE DO, THESE PEOPLE ARE STILL A PART OF THAT SYSTEM, AND THAT MAKES THEM OUR ENEMY. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it." (Emphasis mine) The villainous Agent Smith calls Morpheus a terrorist. Based on that dialogue above, he's not exactly wrong, is he? I have abandoned The Matrix because of all this.
For many years, The Matrix was one of my top 5 movies ever. When I started to become more devout in my mid-twenties, I had to take a cold, hard look at the films I was watching. I realized that my rationales around this movie's violence just weren't cutting it: the film makes violence look cool and that killing innocent people is justified. That is never ok. Thankfully, you recognize this in your article. The police and security guards that the heroes dispatch may be working for the bad guys, but do they know they are? I don't think so.
Morpheus, the heroic leader, says this: "The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you’re inside, you look around. What do you see? Business people, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. BUT UNTIL WE DO, THESE PEOPLE ARE STILL A PART OF THAT SYSTEM, AND THAT MAKES THEM OUR ENEMY. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it." (Emphasis mine) The villainous Agent Smith calls Morpheus a terrorist. Based on that dialogue above, he's not exactly wrong, is he? I have abandoned The Matrix because of all this.