The Matrix & The brains in a vat

Rating: 10/10 (12 May 2010)

The Matrix is a really complex movie in which every names and sentences have their metaphoric meanings. Until I was explained about the movie, I didn't really understand it,honestly it was simply kung fu! However,I can see now its truly depth.
The philosophic idea "Brains in a vat" says that we can never be aware whether we are human beings with corpse and mind who live in our lovely planet, or single minds connected to computers that send to our brains all the information to cause on us feelings and emotions. By taking in consideration the latter explanation we fall into a skepticism since we have no idea of how we can find the truth, moreover, we've no idea which reality is the truth. This idea is also quite similar to Descarte's malin génie. According to the philosopher we can't be sure of anything since there is a sort of an evil genius capable of making us falling into mistake and also willing to do it. In this case the Evil Genius (aka malin génie) has the same role as the computers in "Brains in a vat".
The movie The Matrix explores the same idea. Thomas Anderson (Neo) was a computer hacker who thought to be living in a real world. However, Morpheus and his crew come to the fantasy world (called the Matrix) to rescue him. In this recent version the human beings are prisoners of Artificial Intelligence in order to supply energy to the machines. Humans are connected to computers who integrate them in a fantasy world or a dream called The Matrix. The machines are the computers and the Evil genius simultaneously who make us living in dream.
After Morpheus rescuing Neo (anagram for the ONE), he explains him how Matrix works and how to survive inside it: the more you believe it doesn't the exist, more are the rules you are capable of breaking. If you believe you're living your own dream you can do whatever you want. This is how Neo learns Kong Fu, stop bullets and reborns after being killed. This idea is also present in the classic Alice in Wonderland.
After some research I started understanding most of the movie but the Smits were still a mystery for me... I didn't take much longer until i figure it out. The agents are the ones who avoid people of finding the truth. As soon as someone starts to ration the agents interfer in order to kill them and keep the ignorance around.
What else can we say about the movie? Well a lot more apart from it being a trilogy which includes a lot more information and symbols. Definitely this is a must see movie who will provide you a wonderful time as it has the perfect balance between action, plot and philosophic context.