The Matrix: Dissecting The Philosophy Of Real And Reality

The Matrix is one of the informative film especially within the realism of dissecting the philosophy of real and reality. Linking this film with the world in which live in, there is a number of comparison that can be made. Such comparison is the face value appearance and the reality. The comparison can help to dissect the real and reality from the deceptive appearance that human eyes tend to believe without questioning. A close review of Rene Descartes philosophy on the very prism of view of The Matrix can help illuminate the real and reality. Rene Descartes holds that sometimes what our senses perceive may be deceiving. This paper intends to go beyond the face value appearance and dissect the underlying reality that may be imperceptible. Accordingly, humanity ought to exercise in a critical way in every aspect of their life to get to the logic and rationality that can be used to explain the real.
Review of The Matrix Film
In this regard, this paper examines the real in the film and its determination. The real and reality in this paper is defined as the underlying truth that goes beyond deceptive perception of the eye. It is a definition extracted from the philosophical lenses of Rene Descartes. As an overview, The Matrix is one of philosophically educative film that was
The actors in the film live in a world of deceit that is controlled by machines, machines operate human beings. They are controlled by the computer codes (Flavell & Green, 2014). In the matrix all seem to be powerful, however, once the matrix code is discovered, the power of machine become powerless. This is an indication that the unreal and imagined power that does not exist in real life situation. Once one exists the matrix then the once perceive powerful life that was entirely computer controlled cease to be. The humanity is freed from bondage of machines and they regain their normal human