I didn't say it would be easy now I just said it would be the truth. The genius of the matrix is it proved that movies can make us care about dry philosophical ideas in the Wachowskis 1999 film about a programmer who realizes he's living in a computer simulation the deepest intrigue doesn't lie in what happens but in why it happens and what it means all I'm offering is the truth nothing at the heart of this story are questions like what's real do we actually want the truth and can human beings be free such abstract inquiries become tangible personal agent as neo progresses from nihilism to enlightenment and becomes the one the only person with the potential to free human beings from their machine overlords this tightly structured hero's journey is the philosophers journey possible packaged as a gripping action packed Hollywood flick 20 years later here's our take on the deep meaning of The Matrix and why

it's a guide to freeing your mind which.