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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LoneWolf23" data-source="post: 1214122" data-attributes="member: 643">Short review: I LOVED IT, from beginning to end.Long Review: I loved it because, unlike some, I wasn't looking at the details; never have, never do, probably never will again. I was trying to do like Neo, and look past the appearances, past the symbolism, to see the Truth.Because, when you get right down to it, ALL of it was symbolism, from the Matrix to Zion. That's probably why so many people are getting cognitive dissonance trying to figure out how things like the Ships or the Sentinels or the Battery thing work: They're not supposed to. All those things are just symbolic elements containing the greater elements of the story.And what is the story? Humanity is oppressed by a Inhuman entity that it created itself, one born of dispassionate science. In order to defeat it and liberate itself, Humanity has to go beyond the Machines and get back in touch with higher qualities such as courage, love and hope, not to vanquish the Machines, but to restore a balance of peace.All in all, comparaisons to series like Utena or Eva are probably accurate ones, as those (and other Anime series) tend to be more about the philosophical content then the apparant story. In Eva, the giant robot battles and the conspiracy theories eventually take a backseat to the deeper spiritual/emotional concepts of "Why am I here?" and "Choose your Destiny".Look past the appearances, and The Matrix makes sense. As long as you can't see the Forest for the Trees, you're going to be disappointed.</blockquote>

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