i never did understand the movie 'the matrix'.can somebody tell me in a summarise way whats it about?

Answer 1

Plot Summary for The Matrix



The premise of the movie is the human race has been enslaved by technology. The machines apparently require humans to operate; they derive their electrical power from the human’s natural cellular metabolism1. The machines create humans via some automated reproductive and incubation process. Once the humans have been incubated, they are connected to various tubes and wires for life support and neural interfaces. The human is never aware of the process. The neural interface fools the human into believing in a simulated world created by software: The Matrix. While the enslaved humans believe in this simulated world, their bodies are physically located in a small capsule, feeding the machine world with cellular metabolism energy. There are millions and millions of capsules, providing power to the machines. The enslaved humans are never aware of it; their minds are busy living a simulated life.



There have been several incarnations of The Matrix software. At first, the machines enslaved the humans in a virtual utopia: their bodies were physically located in the cellular-metabolism energy capsules, but their minds were living a simulated utopia. The human minds got bored and started to reject the simulated world. By adjusting the software to provide less utopia and more real life, power production increased. Apparently, it took a couple revisions of software until things started to run smoothly.



There are some humans who have not been enslaved by the machines. They live in an underground city named Zion. These humans are natural-born, as opposed to the automated reproduction procedure of the enslaved humans. A natural-born human is easy to spot. They do not have the various apertures for the neural interfaces.



Zion has a fleet of hovercraft, which are equipped with computer-uplink ports. These hovercraft zoom around underground and plug into a mainframe computer. They can access the make-believe world, and can even insert themselves as simulated humans into The Matrix. Thus lays the first mental barrier to the viewer of The Matrix: What’s real? The quick answer is the underground, dirty world is real. The above-ground modern world is a simulation, and all of the people living in that world are enslaved humans participating in the giant computer simulation. Physically, these people are inside of capsules, hooked up to tubes and wires while living their lives in an elaborate simulation while providing the machines with cellular energy.



Occasionally, the crew of a hovercraft will plug into the mainframe and insert themselves into The Matrix. Their minds connect to the make-believe world, and they can participate in the simulation. Their physical bodies remain on the hovercraft. Because their minds are so intrinsically connected to the simulated world, if they are killed in the simulation, their physical bodies will respond by dying as well. However, since they understand their participation is part of a computer simulation, they are not bound by ordinary physics. They exploit The Matrix by bending the simulation rules a bit, allowing them to manipulate the make-believe world with enhanced speed and strength. In addition, they can use their neural interfaces to instantly teach themselves new skills, such as martial arts.



The simulation is able to detect these virtual intruders; it is omnipresent. If anything happens inside of the simulation, it knows. When an intruder starts to participate in The Matrix, the mainframe will dispatch new software to eliminate the intruder2. These programs take over an enslaved human’s spot – the enslaved human disappears from The Matrix and is replaced by an ‘Agent Smith’. Agent Smith is a computer program, so it moves with enhanced speed and strength, using all the simulation has to offer. The computer can create as many Agent Smiths as it needs. They are the primary opponents to the intruding humans. It is worthy to note that although the Agent Smiths exist wholly in software, they still have to obey the rules of the simulation. They are bound by the laws of physics imposed on them by The Matrix.



So why do the hovercraft crews insert themselves into The Matrix? Because if they can teach an enslaved human the reality – that the entire world is a simulation – the enslaved human can look past the simulated world and wake up. This is quite a shock. The enslaved human wakes up in a capsule, connected to tubes and wires. Now awake, the machines can no longer use the human for cellular metabolism energy, so the machines eject the human from the capsule to a disposal pit. The hovercraft then rescues the ejected human from the disposal pit. That’s how Neo got out of The Matrix. Neo is awaked and rescued by the crew of the Nebuchadnezzar, captained by Morpheus. It is on the Nebuchadnezzar that Neo falls for Trinity, a leather-wearing expert on exploring The Matrix.



Once out of The Matrix, the freed humans may live in the underground city Zion, alongside the natural-born humans. Some of them take positions on hovercraft crews, presumably to plug themselves back into The Matrix to free more people. The machine-world seems to have a dislike for the natural-born residents of Zion. The machines routinely dispatch Sentinels, squid-like robots that hunt and destroy hovercraft. The hovercrafts are equipped with a weapon (EMP) that can disable the robots. During a conversation between Agent Smith and Morpheus, it becomes apparent that the machines want to invade the city of Zion with robots. Morpheus refuses to provide Agent Smith with critical information required to invade the city.



There are some other participants in The Matrix. Some enslaved humans unconsciously detect the existence of the simulated world. These people are capable of bending some of the simulation rules – such as being psychics – but their minds are still trapped in The Matrix. There is also the Oracle, who is a character that seemingly knows about the simulation, yet chooses to remain in the simulation. The Oracle apparently has very unusual knowledge.. She is particularly interested in people who can bend the rules of The Matrix. She appears to want to encourage Neo, for unknown reasons. The Oracle informs Trinity that she will fall in love with Neo. More pivotal to the plot, the Oracle informs Morpheus that Neo is the One, and individual that will have powers over the machines.



Neo eventually faces and destroys the Agent Smith software (i.e. he kills Agent Smith inside of the simulation). Neo appears to be killed by Agent Smith while attempting to exit The Matrix3. Neo rises from the floor, and realizes that he has the ability to view the simulated world as software code. Realizing this, he enters and destroys the Agent Smith code. He successfully exits The Matrix, just in time to rejoin his friends aboard the hovercraft.



Neo discovers he can ‘read’ the simulation’s programming. He can even ‘read’ the software that creates the Agents. With this ability, he is able to manipulate the simulated world to his liking. In the real world – underground in the hovercraft – Neo is just an ordinary guy. Plugged in to the software matrix, Neo is invincible. Neo uses his newfound talents in a daring rescue of Trinity. Neo is considered by Morpheus to be The One, and Morpheus is obsessed with supporting Neo in that role.

Answer 2

The Matrix is a movie series all about self awakening. It is a philosophy driven, bible quoting, ingenious trilogy. The entire series is about Neo finding himself. The matrix is a computer generated dream world. Everyone that was in the matrix were permantely sleeping, like a never ending dream. Just like normal dreams, you were unable to make your own choices, ie... FATE. Neo finally came to the conclusion, that he actually could make his own distinct choices, even different from that of which the Oracle saw. At the end of the day, Neo was Jesus, realizing his potential, and being forced into saving all of humanity. But just as Jesus, Neo will rise again, when the next "one" comes along, when the matrix is rebuilt again. Just like our earth. The matrix is a spiritual journey for those who can actually understand it.

Answer 3

The Matrix, released on Easter weekend, is actually a Christian themed movie, according to those who made it. I know, many don't want to hear this, but it is from those who made the movie itself. Here is an excerpt from a webpage:

We studied that exact topic at school, and here are a few facts we got from the official Matrix reps:

1. It is loosely based on Mark's Gospel
2. Morpheus is John the Baptist
3. Neo is Jesus, not Adam or anyone else
4. The Matrix is the modern world with all its temptations etc.
5. Zion City is heaven

Read Mark's Gospel, then watch the movie and you'll see many consistencies.


Look at the names in the movie: Trinity, Zion, Nebuchadnezzar, Cipher (a play on Lucifer), and even Mr. Anderson (andro is Greek for Man, thus "Son of Man").

The main theme is that like those trapped in the Matrix, what we "see" in this world we perceive as reality, until we learn to "see" beyond our "reality".

Answer 4

The film describes a future in which our world is actually the Matrix, an artificial reality created by sentient machines in order to pacify, subdue and make use of the human population as an energy source by growing them and connecting them to the Matrix with cybernetic implants. It contains numerous references to the cyberpunk and hacker subcultures; philosophical and religious ideas, including messianism and Socratic, Cartesian, and Platonic idealism; and homages to Hong Kong action movies and Japanese animation.

Answer 5

the movie? its like this in the beginning god created man in time it is good, then man develop vanity. Corrupted by his own pride and vanity man grew to be like god. So man created the machines to be mans servant, then one day a machine committee murder on man, so the man develop a hate on the machine. Thinking that all the machines are like this they try to destroy them. One by one the machine where shot down killed and destroyed. Then the remaining machines seek refugee on a island called 001, in time the machine grow they become grater than man but never lost the interest to make peace with man. so the ambassador of the machine colony 001 talk to the UN council to make a peace. but the leaders of man did not believe the machine to them the machine are trying to take over. so the man declare war on the machines, but the weapons of man were no match for the machine so the scientist of man created the ultimate weapon blacking of the sun. This resulted to the total destruction of man the machines seek them for energy, so they build the generators which is fueled by the energy of man. then the matrix was burn

Answer 6

rewatch the movie.

Good stuff.

About technology becoming so advanced, it becomes the superior and enslaves the human race to serve it instead of computers and technology serving us. About humans revolting with the power to question, and think for ourselves and to overcome through problem solving. Anyhow watch all 3 movies.

Answer 7

I watched all 3 films and didn't get any of it.

Answer 8

It's a meaningless movies with great graphics special effects

Answer 9

its good entertainment