The Matrix

In the film, The Matrix, many characters are viewed as real and many are viewed as "unreal," or those living inside the faux world that the matrix has created. When I reflect on the film, however, it is hard to tell between who actually is a real person and who is a matrix bound human, even when the characters reveal themselves as their true person. For me, I believe that almost every person in the movie is a real person besides Agent Smith. He is a part of the machine; a computer that's sole objective is to stop anybody who tries to defy the rules. This sets him up as a virus in the other movies, so basically he isn't real. The other characters in the movie are; whether they are in the matrix or not, the people are still people. They are living in a world created by the machines, they are still humans. It is kind of weird, but it makes sense (even if it's only to me).

Post 2: In Relation...

The events that are occurring in Sophie’s World remind me a lot about other films that I have seen. Not so much because of the actual philosophical content, but more because of the whole “notes from a stranger” idea. This book we are reading reminds me of is The Lake House, starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves (hey, we just watched a movie with him!). While I really didn't like the film at all (whatsoever), I did find it similar to Sophie’s World because of the notes. In The Lake House, Reeves is in the past and Bullock is in the future, but they communicate to each other via mailboxes. This sends the two of them into learning more about each other’s lives and the notes each convey a different personal message that leads the two to find deeper meaning in their lives. This reminds me of Sophie’s World because these notes that she is getting make her think harder and harder about her own life.

In the film The Matrix, the character Neo is living inside a virtual world run by computers, which he is eventually woken from when Morpheus, the leader of the Resistance against the machines, finds him. One of the themes is the idea of anonymity because you never truly know who is woken up and who isn’t. Honestly, I have no idea who is awake and who isn't.  While I am a literalist and believe that the film is just a film, I could see how other people could find deeper meaning within the storyline. If there was anybody who I knew was awake, I would say it was the Oracle. She seems to know everything that is happening and everything that will happen, so I do believe that she is awake. Aside from her, I have no idea…