Allegory

Rating: 10/10 (14 April 2001)

For those of you that don't know what an allegory is, it's a story which every storyline, every action, every word, can either be accepted at face value, or completely as an extended metaphor for something else. Famous literary examples include Ulysses and Brave New World. Famous movie examples include Citizen Kane and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. For those of you who haven't realized it and pan The Matrix as plotless eye candy, compare this story to the Bible and realize the eerie similarities between plotlines. You may indeed find... could it be true???... a metaphor for the rise of Jesus Christ. Note the immaculate birth, the betrayal, the death and rebirth, etc. Oh, and the fact that NEO is an anagram for the oft-repeated phrase... the "ONE." Go back and watch this flick again, you doubters; ignore the eye candy and focus on the plotline. Yes there are plot holes, but these, I'm sure, are to be resolved in the following sequels. If they don't contain these answers, you can argue your point afterward.