When Christmas arrives, the whole of Los Angeles seems to be immersed in the joy of the holidays, shopping malls, restaurants, nightclubs, movie theaters, and even airports, police stations and other public places are decorated with small lanterns and hung with gift boxes. Overnight, Santa Claus with a white beard was everywhere, standing at the door of shopping malls and restaurants, definitely handing out flyers, and more carrying a big bag, giving a small gift when he saw a child, in exchange for a 'thank you' and a kiss from the child, and then laughing happily, and the big white beard curled with laughter.

It's the same in Hollywood, where Santa Claus walks around with big pockets, even Sun Ziming's dressing room.

"Merry/Christmas (Merry Christmas)"

“Merry/Christmas”

Jesse, who just put on good makeup for Sun Ziming's friend Zhang Wanting? Oka Saku, who didn't have the demeanor of a top makeup artist, shouted as soon as he saw Whitebeard: "Fa, if you don't come again, I won't care about you!" ”

Santa Claus hurriedly threw away his big pockets, hats, and big white beard, his face fluttered, but his mouth complained: "I can't blame me, only Cruise egged on little Jesse to force me to take her to the store to buy the latest Barbie." ”

"Cut, that's only to blame you for not acting like you!"

Tom? Cruise and his new girlfriend Penelope? Cruz, holding the pink little Jesse walked in, and after letting go of the child's little hand, he hurriedly sat in front of the makeup mirror, waiting for the makeup artist to put on his makeup, and did not forget to say hello to Zhang Wanting next to him.

"Ting, is your script complete?"

Zhang Wanting pouted to the corner not far away, and whispered: "I just finished revising, I don't know the final result yet, thank you for your concern." ”

Cruise glanced at Sun Ziming, who was sitting by the window, the guy was like a wooden man, thinking about something with his eyes closed, and holding a thick script in his hand. Suddenly, Sun Ziming opened his eyes and beckoned to Zhang Wanting, and the happy dressing room immediately fell silent, and even Jesse, who was running around in the dressing room, stopped and looked at the adults curiously.

Seeing that everyone was looking at the two of them, Sun Ziming couldn't help but laugh dumbly, this script won't make everyone like this, right? However, he also understands that today is not a day to talk about work, and if there is a quarrel at the meeting, I am afraid that everyone will not end well.

"After the holiday, let's talk about it again, and now let's go to the premiere first."

Zhang Wanting saw Sun Ziming's eyes look around, and suddenly realized that the tempers of the two of them are not very good, today is a big holiday, or the premiere of "The Matrix", which is really not suitable for talking about work.

"Okay, let's finish the festival first, I've been here for three years, and I won't be here for a while."

"Cut", everyone who wanted to watch the play 'cut' in disappointment, and turned their heads to do what to do.

When the belated Fa Ge and Cruise put on their makeup, the time was almost up, and the group went to the Chinese Theater to attend the premiere.

……

The most anticipated "The Matrix" in the Christmas file has finally been released, and the first shot attracted the audience with the cool fights, making them forget the heroic beauty in the movie, who is the super model of 'Victoria's Secret'? Mutter.

When the big truck crashed into the phone booth, the frightened expression on Karen's face flashed, which made the audience even more unbearable to witness and curious why she rushed to the phone booth when she knew it was dangerous.

A story about the virtual and real worlds began with the exclamation of the audience.

Cyber hacker Neo (Li Lianjie) becomes suspicious of this seemingly normal real world. He befriended hacker Trinity (Karen?) Mutter) and meets the leader of the hacker group, Morpheus (Lawrence?). Fishburne). Morpheus told him that the real world is actually controlled by a computer artificial intelligence system called "Matrix", that people are like animals they raise, without freedom and thought, and that Neo is the savior who can save humanity.

However, the road to salvation is never easy, so where is the real world? How can you defeat those superman-like agents? Is Neo the hope of humanity? This is the empire of hackers, programs and code welcome everyone!

The 136-minute movie is so tense that the audience breathless, and from time to time they exclaim for the wonderful action scenes, mystical theories, and whimsical futuristic electronic products inside.

……

'That's cool! ’

'I love Neo, he's so cool!' How was that punch hit? God, his movements are as beautiful as dance! ’

'Yes, I love Trinity, she's beautiful and sexy. By the way, who played her? ’

'Hey, what's that little thing plugged into a computer?' Why isn't it a floppy disk? ’

"You're too inferior, it's called USB/flash/disk (U disk), Hanhua Electronics developed it last week, with a capacity of 32M......"

"Why are the computers of the future so beautiful?"

"Do you still watch TV? DELL is about to launch an LCD computer! ”

'GOD, DO WE REALLY LIVE IN THE MATRIX?' Zion''

Movie fans talk about the coolness of "The Matrix", while professional film critics are stunned by it, how can a sci-fi movie be made like this?

A thousand people look at it, and there are a thousand Matrix empires

Wake up every morning,

Is that sleepy-eyed person in the mirror really you?

Do you have an inexplicable sense of emptiness,

Are the facts you know true?

A qiē will be slowly revealed......

God, I've never seen a sci-fi film like this, and it gave me a shock comparable to Star Wars. It may not have the grandeur and imagination of Star Wars, but it is more philosophical, and a 136-minute film combines the ideas of Zàiism, fetishism, Gnosticism, hedonism, and philosophers such as Kant, Lacan, and Descartes.

……

God, all I can say is that the philosophical value of The Matrix has outpaced its entertainment value, and even aside from its dazzling special effects and action scenes, it is already a rare classic movie!

- "Premiere"

Freedom, what is freedom?

Have you ever felt that one day you woke up and felt that something was wrong in your life, but after thinking about it, you couldn't think of a reason? Or, looking at a qiē in your life, you always feel that it is strange and that you do not belong to it? At the beginning of Matrix's story, that's actually what it is.

It seems that something is wrong, as if something is wrong, as if there is ...... You feel a weirdness. Then, very quickly, you are told that you have been living in a dream and that the real world is so cruel, cold, and decisive......

I don't want to say too much about the plot of "The Matrix", because at this point it is no longer a problem with Mars or Pluto, it is already a problem with Centaur Alpha (the Cybertron planet next to it). But what made me ponder was what Seifer, the antagonist and harlequin, said to the heroine, Tritini. He knows what is real and what is freedom, but he cannot afford the pressure that this reality and freedom brings him, and for this reason he prefers to give up this freedom, to abandon the real and turn to the virtual, to those who enslave him and use him (although Hugo?). Waven's acting skills are quite good, but in terms of the plot, it is impossible to call him "human") compromises, and voluntarily enjoys this slavery and deception - a very high level of deception.

Man, if he gives up his sense of self, gives up freedom, gives up reality, then he has ceased to be human. He's just a part of a huge machine, a battery, insignificant, and thrown away when used. In "Escape from Freedom", a term is also mentioned: mechanical convergence. Man is born free, but this freedom is only a passive freedom. When man realizes this freedom, his original bond with the whole world is completely severed, and his life as a member of the community is interrupted. As a result, he feels lonely, fearful, and isolated......

The vast majority of us react immediately by running away, escaping from this freedom that we fear, finding a new community to fit into, so that we can no longer be afraid or fearful. However, this "integration" is only an escape from freedom, and their insecurity is not dissipated, but follows them like a shadow. This sense of insecurity torments them all the time, causing them to constantly "integrate" into more groups, trying to feel safe, and this attempt appears again and again, and each time it becomes stricter and stricter, and eventually leads to a complete spiritual breakdown.

Fortunately, we have a strong self-preservation function that can convince ourselves that we are fully part of a group while we strive to "fit in", and that we are willing to go to great lengths for the community as evidence of our unity and strength. And it makes us laugh at people who can't fit in, makes them feel uneasy, and makes us feel confident that we are healthy.

But in fact, this false sense of integration is like a tall tower built on sand, which looks gorgeous and sturdy, but in fact it can be easily toppled down. In this process, people not only lose their own freedom, but also lose their sense of autonomy, allowing themselves to become a part of the whole machine, and they are also complacent about it. I think the spirit of "screws" that we have been teaching for a long time is, basically, just that.

Materialism is a terrible philosophical point of view, especially when materialism is generalized. Because when we find ourselves facing the world so small and insignificant, so a drop in the ocean, this sense of powerlessness will instantly take root in our hearts, and make us look for an authority that we can submit to and obey, and find a refuge that can give us a sense of security, even if it is a prison. Man, though not the core of the universe; But each person is really the core of his or her own little world. If one is willing to give up this idea and would rather live for others than just for oneself, then this is really the sorrow of being a creature with a completely autonomous consciousness.

Freedom, what is freedom? You believe that you are the heart of your world; I believe that in this world, as long as you "think" and work hard, there is always a chance of success; I believe that no one in this world can bind you; I believe that in this world, you can rely on your own efforts to reintegrate with the whole world, not just "integrate" into some small group (no matter how large the social group is, it can only be regarded as a small group compared to the whole human race); I believe that we can take the initiative to pursue freedom, rather than trading it for some "happy" life...... In this way, it can be called happiness.

- The Hollywood Reporter

Man invented the machine qì and was eventually replaced by the machine qì.

Illusion is usually limited to science, and science usually precedes technology. The most common science fiction is scientifically developed and rarely involves other content. For action movies, it is even more boring except for special effects.

First of all, I want to evaluate the name of the movie, which I think is brilliant: The/Matrix. Matrix has 6 meanings in Marriam-Webster. Matrix describes the birthplace of production and development. This meaning is very consistent with the fact that the machine qì originates from human wisdom and that human society relies on the machine qì to continue.

Secondly, about the content of this film. In addition to the fighting part, it is very important that this film covers a lot of philosophical and religious content, which is really good in sci-fi action movies. According to Hegel's theory of alienation, when things develop to a certain stage, they will alienate themselves into their opposite, and the development of the alien will eventually replace the ontology.

-- The New York Times