The Matrix: Fear of Technology in a Dystopian World

Like today’s world, in The Matrix technology dominates society. There are two dimensions in the film: the artificial intelligence world and the “real” world. The AI world is painted in all the glories of the world the viewer knows: a world where choices are “made” by the individual and “supposed” freedom exists. Morpheus offers Neo an opportunity to see the world for what it really is and break free from the bondage of technology, “You take the blue pill – the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill – you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.” The humanistic need to mentally

The Matrix is a film about the enslavement of humankind by artificial intelligence, sentient beings, with mechanical bodies, created by people to service humanity, and the discovery of a person, Neo, that possesses abilities that can defeat the Artificial Intelligence and manumit humanity. The majority of human beings have their consciousness/minds trapped within the Matrix, a computer simulated world in which their minds are born, live in, and die, while their bodies are connected to it via cerebral connection but, remain in a dormant slumber and are never used. While they are connected to the matrix, their bioelectricity is harvested, powering the artificial intelligence. Neo, with the help of Morpheus (the leader in the resistance

When the film The Matrix debuted in 1999, it was an instant box office success that captivated many viewers. However throughout the featured famed actors, costumes, special effects and fight scenes, many viewers failed to notice the philosophical issues. Plato and Descartes, just like the characters in the movie are faced and driven to extreme measures to understand the world around them. They are compelled to seek knowledge in understanding what is real, evaluating the mind-body problem, and are left wondering if there is any good. These philosophical features of the movie have raised questions and have made it an interesting film to watch. While many viewers can agree that The Matrix is highly action packed, not all can truly appreciate

After the early 21st century, humans built these machines, which are now held in a nuclear-winter-like setting. Being deprived of sunlight as an energy source, they have enslaved the human race and are farming people as a source of bioelectrical energy. The humans are kept in an unconscious state in podlike containers in a vast holding field, plugged in to a central computer. In the scenario of The Matrix, everything in the world; cars, buildings, cities, and countries are part of a complex computer-generated virtual reality, which within the humans interact. Everything they see, smell and hear is part of this virtual construct and does not really exist. A computer merely stimulates their brains and deceives them into believing that they are all living normal 20th-century lives, eating sleeping, working and interacting together. They are all blinded to the truth about how and why they exist. After a handful of people have escaped from the nightmarish world of the Matrix, they find out the truth and reach out to those still consumed with the falsities of this world. One of these, a man named Morpheus, hacks into the Matrix and contacts Neo, telling him,

The Matrix, written and directed by Lary and Andy Wachowski, is a 1999 science-fiction action film that has been regarded as one of the most igneous and highly imaginative films of all time. It depicts the complex story of a dystopian future in which the reality perceived by most human beings is actually a simulated one created by AI machines who use the suppressed humans as energy sources. Though the main characters of the story have freed themselves from the matrix, one character named Cypher (a.k.a. Mr. Reagan) regrets learning the truth and wants to return back to the dream world. Cypher is an example of antagonist Agent Smith's belief that "as a species, human beings define their reality through misery and suffering" as he believes

The Matrix, released in 1999, is a science fiction action film that depicts a dystopian future. In this reality, what is perceived by humans is only a computer simulated reality called ‘The Matrix’ which was created in order to sustain human delusion while their bodies were used as an energy source by machines. The main character, computer hacker Neo (played by Keanu Reeves, respectively) is drawn into rebellion against the machines once he is united with those that have been freed from the false reality. The characters, suffering from the reality of a broken illusion, make specific choices and decisions which can be explained or validated by sociological perspectives discussed by Berger. First off, ‘The Matrix’ can be defined as a social institution with the ability to give those that live within the false reality a fulfilled existence and exert social control over it’s residing victims. Second, the betrayal of Cypher touches upon the concept of sociological knowledge; specifically, the reference group ideology. Lastly, Neo’s previous feelings of unease and change of character after he joins Morpheus’ rebellion shows the importance a reference group can have on the overall personality and ideology of a person. Therefore, the Sociological Perspective understands the personalities, actions, and story of the movie ‘The Matrix’ in a variety of ways.

People just don't understand how technology can demolish the brain….even make you delusional. My opinion is technology is starting to take over people's lives because it starting to be apart of everything we do.We so into our phones and other electronics that we really not worried about the world around us…...We start forgetting things.Some evidences that backs

When humans created artificial intelligence, the machines believed they were superior than humans and rebelled. They survived by imprisoning the humans, thus believing that their lifestyle and culture was superior to the humans. This “slavery” of the humans is similar to the slavery that happened in the nineteenth century, where some people believed they were superior to others. Once the machines in the movie believed they did not need to labor to the humans.

Imagine living through life completely bound and facing a reality that doesn’t even exist. The prisoners in Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” are blind from true reality as well as the people in the movie “The Matrix” written and directed by the Wachowski brothers. They are given false images and they accept what their senses are telling them, and they believe what they are experiencing is all that really exists. Plato the ancient Greek philosopher wrote “The Allegory of the Cave”, to explain the process of enlightenment and what true reality may be. In the movie “The Matrix”, Neo (the main character) was born into a world of illusions called the matrix. His true reality is being controlled by the puppet- handlers called the machines who

When Neo met with the creator and controller of the Matrix system - The Architect - in a scene somewhat reminiscent of the meeting with Mustapha Mond in Brave New World, he was told that complete control was impossible “as a consequence of the imperfection inherent in every human

However, The Matrix places a higher emphasis our minds and the controversial influence of

The Resistance (the general population attempting to get by in the Matrix) and Neo caught in the Matrix universe is fundamentally the same to the prisoners caught in the hole of Plato's purposeful tail. In the Matrix, the machines are controlling the individuals in the story and make them see

The Matrix is a modern work based on Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave.” Neo and the prisoner play parallel roles in their journey for freedom, and ultimately truth. In their journey, both have common themes of being suspicious of one’s senses and the agony of knowledge. On the other hand, the two have different obstacles: the prisoner must go against his own beliefs, while Neo is against both his own mind and an outside force. In essence, despite the difference of characters, both the movie and the text strive to help people see beyond the physical world and find truth through reason. I do think The Matrix succeeded in bringing Plato’s metaphor into the modern era.

In The Matrix, many themes contribute to the greatness of this film. The theme of freedom is expressed in many ways. When Neo takes the red pill instead of the blue pill he had set himself free from the Matrix, a simulation designed to keep humans trapped so machines can use them as batteries; this shows that Neo chooses the harder path of freedom rather than the easier, yet ignorant path of imprisonment. Another example is when Neo dies at the end of the film and his mind has not been set free and he is still being restricted to the things he could do in the Matrix, but when Neo brings himself back, his mind has been completely freed and he became capable of inhumane things, such as being able to move at incredible speeds and being able to stop bullets in midair. Another theme in The Matrix is the theme of man versus machine, which is portrayed all throughout the film. A battle breaks out between the machines and the crew of the Nebuchadnezzar, a hovercraft that the crew uses in the real world, but for the crew to stay alive, they need to use an EMP, but they cannot

The computers have created a complex technology system called the Matrix which simulates a form of reality. To keep humans under control, the technology places them in the Matrix, a computer system that is based on what we know is the real world. “That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else you were born into bondage. Into a prison that you cannot taste or see or touch. A prison for your mind.”(1999 Wachowski) This quotation is explaining that Morpheus is trying to tell Neo that he can not leave the Matrix. “A prison for your mind” is foreshadowing that Neo will not be able to escape the Matrix. In the movie the Matrix the directors reveal to the audience how much influence machines have over humans. Machines act like there enslaving people. In order to understand that machines are slaving people you must