Over-analyzing Christianity in the Matrix

Rating: Null/10 (6 December 2002)

It is my opinion that, as long as you have decided what you believe, you can interpret just about anything into whatever you see. Sure, there are many similarities between Neo and Jesus: the baptism of Christ verses the extraction of Neo from the matrix; the disciples of Jesus verses the crew of the Nebuchadnezzer; the comparison of Cypher's betrayal and Judas'; the deaths and resurrections of Neo and Jesus, and the unlimited power and salvation that follows. All these things are notable parallels between The Matrix and the Bible, but are they really that significant? It is indisputable that some of these are direct exerts from the life of Christ, but that certainly doesn't make it a Christian movie. Maybe The Wachowski brothers are trying to send subliminal messages, but that's a little hard to believe when one exams the saturating violence and occasional swearing. Maybe they just thought it was a good premise for a story, maybe they thought it would be a cool remake, either way it's an awesome movie; don't ruin it by over-analyzing it.