ipl-logo

What Is The Matrix?

298 Words2 Pages
The Matrix is a 1999 film directed by the Wachowski Brothers. It is the first in a trilogy of otherwise terrible movies, however the first, The Matrix, is an excellent, symbolic and theme heavy film that asks some important and though provoking questions about life and existence.

One idea in the film that interested me was the idea of man and machine being very much alike. The Matrix is set in a future where humans have been turned into batteries to serve as power for the machines that now rule over what was earth. The humans believe that they are still alive and well in the year 1998 but in reality they are only ‘plugged in’ to a digital reality known as the Matrix. Neo, the main protagonist, is unplugged from the Matrix and joins a band
Open Document