When it comes to science fiction movies, many people will think of "The Matrix".
As soon as the film was released, it became popular all over the world, setting off a "hacker" fever.
But few people know that there are actually animated movies in The Matrix.
The film tells 6 different stories based on the worldview of the film version of The Matrix.
Among them, the famous Japanese "aesthetics of violence" master Yoshiaki Kawajiri also participated, and brought a story with a very strong Japanese style - "Virtual Program".
Tell the story of the beautiful and cruel female hacker, because of the different concept from her boyfriend, refuses to elope, takes the white blade with her bare hands, and kills her boyfriend.
The entire animation is filled with Kawajiri Yoshiaki's strong personal style, the painting style is ancient and sharp, the fight scenes are smooth and extremely silky, it is called a million luck mirrors, and each frame of painting is delicate enough to be used as wallpaper.
Let's enjoy this visual feast.
The story begins with a dark night.
Behind the sparse reeds, a group of cavalrymen came with torches.
The horse's hooves galloped, and the knight in heavy armor opened his bow and drew the string, and three arrows were fired at the same time.
In an instant, countless flying swords with fire cut through the night sky and flew like meteors to a certain place.
As soon as the picture turns, a white-haired female warrior sits on a horse, holding a spear.
The female warrior's wrist flipped over, swinging away the rain of arrows.
With a long drink, the female warrior crossed the flames and flew to meet the enemy.
The cold light of the spear flashed by, and the bodies of those galloping cavalry were quickly cut away.
But what comes out of the broken body is not blood.
It's green data.
The cavalry disappeared, and the female warrior looked back with her gun.
A new black-armored warrior appears.
It turned out that this was just a virtual program, and the female warrior was actually a hacker, which was a simulated combat program she wrote.
The black-armored warrior was her boyfriend, and seeing that the woman was in a good mood, the two began to fight.
The scene quickly changed, and the two men fought on horseback in the corridor of the shrine.
In the end, the woman's spear fell short of the man's trident and fell off the horse.
The boyfriend laughed at her, did he regret taking the red pill.
The woman casually said perfunctory, turned over on the horse, and fought again.
The two walked through the bamboo forest, crossed a cliff, and fell into the bamboo forest on the opposite bank together.
As soon as the horse was set off, the man attacked first, but the woman was flexible.
One flew down and pointed the tip of the gun at the man's throat.
In this round, the woman won.
However, the boyfriend said that he wanted the woman to leave the virtual world with him and return to the real body.
At that time, the woman had already chosen to take the red medicine, knowing that the world was an illusion.
But the woman has accepted such a life, and she regards her boyfriend's actions as a betrayal and cannot accept it.
The boyfriend insisted that the woman leave with him.
But the woman chose to escape.
The picture changes back to a Japanese-style japanese house, and the layers of wooden doors are pulled open, extending an eerie sense of unreality.
The boyfriend said that when he knew the truth, he could no longer look directly at the false world.
But the woman believes that what matters is not whether the world is real or not, but how to spend this life.
But in any case, after understanding that the whole world is nothing more than virtual data, they can no longer go back to their past lives.
Everything has been disrupted.
Some people choose to break through the shackles, while others choose to stick to old dreams.
The heroine is undoubtedly the latter.
Under the moonlight, the figure of the woman leaped over the eaves, followed by the man.
Neither of them could convince the other.
They all think that the other party is the one who escapes from reality.
On the eaves, a great battle broke out, swords clashed, and sporadic sparks burst out.
The boyfriend advised the heroine to hurry up and go with him, and there was almost no time.
But the woman said that it was the man who betrayed them.
The woman's sword was broken, and she stepped back a few feet and began summoning the host, hoping to leave the program quickly.
But the host did not respond.
Ke Nan told her that the signal between the two of them had long been blocked.
The woman was helpless.
The man said that the heroine had no choice but to go with him.
But the woman also made up her mind that she would not leave.
That was the final showdown.
The man had moved to kill.
The katana came with a cold remnant of light, and the heroine closed her eyes.
At the moment before the blade falls, strike quickly, taking the white blade empty-handed.
The heroine broke the sword, with a stoic expression, and aimed the tip of the knife at her boyfriend.
This time, she showed no mercy and made a decisive move.
Two lovers whose concepts cannot match have finally reached the point of parting ways.
As soon as the picture is black, the story ends.
This short film has only 6 minutes and is a small short film from The Matrix.
Many people may not understand this short film alone. This requires a separate look at the Worldview of The Matrix.
In the world of the movie, the real earth enters the end of science fiction, the human body is preserved in the nutrient solution, and the consciousness is trapped in the virtual world, but the human being is unaware of all this.
Some people will be faced with a choice after discovering the nature of the world, and by eating the red pill, they will know everything that is real.
In the short film, the male and female protagonists understand the reality, but because the choices of the two sides are different, they have embarked on different paths.
In fact, this short film does not have much story meaning, which is more like Kawajiri Yoshiaki's showmanship, which brings the "aesthetics of violence" to the extreme.
The use of simple but stark color contrasts creates a strong visual impact.
For example, in the scene of the final decisive battle, the background color is laid out with bright red, and then the black and white color is used to create a cold and slaughtering atmosphere, so that the picture has a feeling of decisively fighting the top of the Forbidden Purple.
The six story styles of the Animated Version of The Matrix movie vary, ranging from the realistic style of 3D American manga to the freehand Japanese style of Kawajiri.
There are several fight scenes in this short story, which makes people feel as if they have seen a figurative jianghu.
Unfortunately, with the development of the times, whether it is Japanese comics or national comics, it is rare to see this style of animation again, and perhaps it is also a pity.