1 discusses the contradiction between true and false. Whether to choose the tough and rough reality, even if this reality has passed through the unknown death and failure; people killed by "love").
When faced with such a choice, the Zion people chose to resist, so their existence was separated from the Matrix world, the beautiful era of civilization subversion, and came to this gray wasteland and became a real human being in the wasteland. This is a kind of tragic beauty, It also reflects the pursuit of freedom and self-affirmation of human beings themselves. This is the embodiment of the theme of the "Awakening of Man" during the Renaissance.
And Neo's choice in 1 is whether to choose to believe, even if he was told by the Oracle that he is not the One, he chose to believe, so because of this choice, he became the One.
But in 2 the movie had bigger ambitions. 2 Focuses on the discussion of propositions such as fate, cause and effect, and the connection between chance and necessity.
In 2, even the rebellious Zion itself was incorporated into the Matrix. All the original resistance to self-affirmation and freedom became inevitable by design. How will Neo choose at this time? Like the choice in the first five versions (i.e. surrendering to fate) or rejecting fate's arrangement, even if Neo is no longer the One, and is no longer the hero of the Zion people (that is, he is no longer fight for freedom and truth). This time, it was fate that stood opposite him. And he is no longer the only one, there have been five versions of him who have made choices before him - to be the 99% of people, even if they feel a faint choice, they still obey the arrangement of fate.
And this time, he chose another path, choosing the old path of the five predecessors.
This also reflects the fact that in ancient Greek tragedy, even knowing that fate cannot be violated, it still chooses to fight.
And whether the Zion people perished because of Neo's choice, the story does not give the result, but left 24h for the third part to solve.
Overall: the core of the story is full. But I also have a lot to complain about:
1. There are too many scenes of sex, fighting, and chasing battles, and it becomes too Hollywood commercial. Although the setting has been updated, it is not as fresh as the first one. The only thing that really makes people feel great is the ten minutes or so of the dialogue between neo and the matrix manager.
2. Whether to choose the new road that represents love, or choose the old road to save Zion people. As discussed above, although there is a core of resistance to fate, the choice of giving up everyone else about love is still uncomfortable. First of all, for Neo's love, apart from the kissing and sex scenes and Trinitty's choice to give up his life to save Neo, I didn't feel that it was well portrayed. "It's touching. Secondly, as a sci-fi film, the heroine is finally rescued by magical means.
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All in all, due to the inadequate portrayal of this emotion, the final choice has become a choice for the sake of choice, lacking emotional depth.
3. Although a lot of preparations have been made for this theme in advance, for example, the old enemy can suddenly copy himself (to pave the way for different versions later); the male protagonist will suddenly fly like a superman, and the two white agents who can become transparent (for Magical tricks to save the heroine as a foreshadowing). These foreshadowings themselves brought too many fighting scenes, which led to the procrastination and popcornization of the plot.
4. Kung Fu and katana swords not only reflect the Western fantasy of the East, but also because of excessive use, and the presentation itself is not beautiful, so that their fighting scenes, especially the melee hand-to-hand combat with Kung Fu, look like posing Beauty without power. And those psychedelic backflips and the like are simply anti-Newton. The protagonists themselves are relatively slender and long, causing them to suddenly flip, jump, and move like a stick floating in the air.
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