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At the heart of The Matrix is, well, Matrix, a simulated reality created by artificial intelligence to give us humans a proper sleep so we don't wake up to the reality. There are pods filled with that disgusting substance where homegrown humans are kept in, a dystopian world where the sunlight cannot reach the earth, and a question for you: what if all of this is actually a simulation?
I am writing this, feeling the touch of the keys, hearing the sound of the keys clicking. Someone's cooking a delicious lamb chop in the neighborhood. Or is all of this an interpretation of electrical signals by a brain? The Matrix is about that only. As a kid, it's fun to think about that we are living in sort of a video game (metaverse, if you will). As an adult, it's unnerving.
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Sure, the 1999 film was ahead of its time, as it gave us those flying bullets and other savory CGI-based visuals. But the core philosophy of the film was what we can truly say is a mind thinking ahead of its time. Minds, actually, Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski, who directed the film.
Consciousness, which merges in the film's concept seamlessly, tells us what our minds are capable of. Going in and out of the worlds. Or simulations, if you want to put it that way. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness went in and out of the multiverse. But he traveled. If we go by the concept of The Matrix, we are in this simulation.
Maybe some software is overseeing us that isn't connected to other similar ones. Could that be a way to avoid incursions? I have come to this theory all because I saw The Matrix again today. And after 25 years, it still haunts me: what if I am actually drowned in that disgusting liquid in a pod sitting high above the ground?
Coming to this conclusion means I leveled up, not grow up, all thanks to The Matrix
Every kid in a grown-up body, fostered with imagination, will resonate with what I am about to say (I am not talking about manchildren). Every year, I level up; I don't grow up. The Matrix (read this world) demands that you need to level up, or the Agent Smiths of the world will just eat you alive.
We are learning all the time, and so is our protagonist, Neo (Keanu Reeves), in the film. And every time Neo is exposed to a revelation, he levels up, be it from a visit to The Architect or The Oracle. Otherwise, you wouldn't have seen him flying or dodging bullets like you saw.
The Matrix isn't exactly about existential crisis, but it can help navigate through it
If you simply add 'existential crisis' to the movie's name, you'll realize how many there are who think it is about existential crisis. But it is about inner conflicts, as we see Neo denying when he is exposed to the truth.
An existential crisis is more about a lack of meaning in life. We don't see anything play out like that in the film; there's tension, but there's no depression. But there's a harsh message if anyone wants to take it: life (or the matrix) goes on without giving a damn about your depressing life. So, as Captain Price would say,
"On your feet, soldier, we are leaving."
That ought to get you moving.
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