"The Matrix" is a work that has changed my three views, I expect more from Black 4 than any other work, Black 4 was very controversial after its release, but I was not disappointed, I liked the story and setting of "The Matrix" 4.
Here are a few interesting settings to share.
In the old trilogy, Morpheus's ship was made in the United States, and the new ship inside was made in the European Union; the old survivor was Zion, and the new habitat was Io. It almost also symbolizes the change of the world pattern, when the United States was a single country hegemony, a superpower, and now a pluralistic, integrated Europe has become the representative of civilization. At the time of Zion, human beings only knew about struggle and neglected life. Io is different: Io is a city built by humans and machines (the machines are also divided into pro-human and anti-human factions). Isn't it progress that ios are no longer keen to fight and start to explore the enjoyment of food? Here I actually stand in Neobi, Naioby despises Zion people who live like Matrix, she no longer tries to liberate humanity, but goes with the flow, Neoby has experienced the defense of Zion, once was Morpheus's lover, sees better than anyone, and is always the best helmsman. And Neobi said that she didn't believe neo was a savior, still didn't believe it, she was actually right, and this will be explained later.
Merovinga: The name comes from the French royal family, symbolizing the ancient nobles who were extremely poor and extravagant. With the awakening of the ordinary people represented by neo, the nobility declined, but it is undeniable that universal means vulgarity, which is a disaster for art. Mero Wenjia's denunciation of neo's vulgar voice drowned out the elegant style. It is very interesting for him to complain about the current classic destruction OF IP flooding.
Smith: Smith itself is a program, a negative value of neo, the opposite of neo, and neo has the same ability, the two are two sides of the same coin, it can be said that one wins and one loses. It was Neo's awakening that set him free, and Smith had been seeking true freedom from the beginning, and his freedom was true freedom without boundaries. Neo's freedom has love and responsibility and the rules that human society should have, but this is the embodiment of neo's choice of his voluntary, free will. And Smith didn't, Smith was not bound by anything. The only thing he had to do was for neo to die and not be sent back to the nutrition capsule. Neo's slumber directly leads to Smith's slumber, so that's why Smith joined forces with NEO against analysts. Smith's dream is probably to eat and sleep and beat neo, and then eat and sleep for a leather neo. Smith said: Anyone can be neo, but Smith can be anyone. Neo symbolizes the awakening of free will of ordinary people, but everything has a cycle. Smith has been searching for the purpose of his existence from the beginning, but the purpose of his existence is actually the inevitable result of neo's existence, he is to balance neo. The only difference is that Smith and Neo have different choices.
Let's talk about analysts again: he symbolizes the stubborn old school. He doesn't like change, he has to do nothing more than maintain order, maintain the status quo, and get the most out of the status quo. He is more insatiable than the older generation of architects, who are purely rational and impartial, while analysts are clearly on the side of the machine. He doesn't like updates, he doesn't want change, he wants to put the awakened neo back into the nutrition capsule from scratch, otherwise he will kill Trinity, neo must go to the appointment. The older generation of architects actually looked down on humans but didn't hate humans, while analysts clearly said that they hated humans because they knew humans. It is true that the architect does not understand human beings, and his understanding of human nature is limited to the prophets, otherwise he would not have failed 5 times. Since the analyst directly monitors neo as a psychologist, it also implies that he is very transparent about human nature. The analyst can be said to have no pity for humans, and he has set up a new honeycomb system, which is a rather terrifying system, which means that there are a considerable number of humans in the matrix that have no body in the real-world control of the nutrition warehouse, and are pure program NPCs, and these NPCs are the "worker bees" in the analyst's mouth - ordinary men. When they prevent Neo and Trinity from escaping, they simply reappear as human/flesh/bombs/bombs (those who are most opposed to female awakening).
Finally, let's talk about our Savior and His lover. Neo is a collection of variables in the system, representing uncontrollable, he has a huge energy, he can be good or bad, he is a bug in the whole system. He symbolizes the power of the common man, the power of the masses, the universal values, the free will. Neo's choice is the most important, and in the third ending, in the face of Smith's persecution, Neo only says "Because it is my choice". Neo is the awakening of the free will of the ordinary man, and whatever his choices, are the result of his own choices. And this ordinary person can be you, it can be me, it can be him, it can be anyone, so Smith said to neo "anyone can be you". It also confirms Neoby's statement that "I still don't believe you're a savior" because everyone can be a savior.
Finally, let's talk about the most critical character in the fourth part, Trinity. Neo himself says that he does not believe that he is a savior, but Trinity believes that it is Trinity who awakens his energy, and it can be said that Trinity is his key, his soul, his goal. Trinity believes that he is the savior and he is the savior, trinity believes that others are saviors, others are saviors, and also symbolizes that the patriarchal society has its own female giving ingredient. So at this point we may suddenly realize that maybe the real savior, the real key, is not neo's choice, but Trinitti's choice. Trinity is deceived by the analyst (stereotype) and is disgusted but obedient, but when neo (free will) finds her, Trinity awakens, and Trinity awakens more quickly and adaptively, as if she had been waiting for a long time. Here I think of the news that was quite popular before, "abandoning their husbands and abandoning their sons" to travel the world of women, what tempted them, without him, is just free will.
The fourth part of the Matrix highlights the awakening of women more than the first three, which is the progress of the times, and Wachowski has always been a true avant-garde artist. The Matrix 4 didn't disappoint me and is still my favorite movie series.