Master and Commander
No Country for Old Men
Michael Clayton
Iron Man
Spy Game
Taken
Harry Potter & Sorcerers stone
South Park Bigger Longer Uncut
Tropic Thunder
Anchorman
The two Narnia Movies get Honorable Mention as well. Those are great movies this time of year anyway.
Snatch
LOTR
Departed
Gladiator
Batman Begins
In Bruges
Kill Bill
Mystic River
Memento
Mean Girls
[quote]BobParr wrote:
[quote]spyoptic wrote:
[quote]Anonymity wrote:
[quote]spyoptic wrote:
They’ve written books about all the hidden meanings of The Matrix. Basically its a story of many different world religions told on the only medium people today will pay attention to - lots of violence mixed into techo music.[/quote]
The same can be said about “Lord of the Rings” being an allegory for the atomic bomb, but J. R. R. Tolkien has denied ever writing the books around that subject.
I think sometimes people try to overanalyze the true meaning of a writers work.[/quote]
Theres too much in the Matrix for it to be coincidence, literally every name in the movie and every scene can be applied to a religious story. haven’t found many good web sites about it but the book “Taking The Red Pill” is pretty good.[/quote]
Personally I’m very suspicious of this kind of thing. I remember when Star Wars first came out (yes, I’m that old) I excitedly bought some book that explained all about The Force. Even as an 8-year-old kid, I soon realized I was reading some kind of Fundamentalist Christian tract that was trying to glom onto the movie’s popularity! I wasn’t happy about being played for a sucker.
Some of the Matrix references don’t really add up. For example, Morpheus was the mythological god of sleep. But in the movie, Morpheus is the one waking people up. Also, while it’s true that the ship Nebuchednezzar shares the name of a biblical figure, the Wachowski brothers have said they took that name from a large liquor advertising sign on the wall of this restaurant where they frequently had lunch.
It’s easy to read too much into things.
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well Ive only read 15 pages into the book so far and this is what I’ve gotten - The story is the coming of mankind’s Messiah, echoes the story of christ (misunderstood, he saves those who believe in him)
In the story, Agent Smith said the first Matrix was perfect, but the human mind rejected it someone - reference to Garden of Eden
Neo (anagram for One) touches a mirror with his fingertips and it becomes whole and engulfs him - A journey into himself, he is finally whole.
Morpheus God of Dreams - travels freely between the waking world and the dreaming world.
Tank and Dozer - Apostles James and John (Sons of Thunder)
Cypher- Judas - in the movie, he accepts his fate as traitor over a meal. Often wears a reptilian/green clothing (satan) He’s chewing on meat, pondering if its real - its a jab at the moviegoers that miss the real point; oppression through totalitarian pleasure.
Information bypasses straight to brain, controlled by someone else… television?
“many are inert, so hoplessly dependent of the system that they will fight to protect it” - neo conservatism? weak democracy?
[quote]dshroy wrote:
Snatch
LOTR
Departed
Gladiator
Batman Begins
In Bruges
Kill Bill
Mystic River
Memento
Mean Girls[/quote]
Mystic River… Good call.
i’ll remove the matrix from my list as it was from '99
[quote]FlameofOsiris wrote:
[quote]bluefingas wrote:
Some of you have the shittiest taste in movies.
Lucky Number Slevin? Are you fucking kidding me?[/quote]
What movies, specifically, did you think were shitty? I haven’t seen “Lucky Number Slevin” myself, and the only other movie you mentioned was “The Departed,” which I didn’t find to be amazing. More than anything else, watching Leonardo Dicaprio act within it made it worth it. The Batman movies were good, but I definitely don’t think they belong in the top 10 movies of the decade. Another movie I really enjoyed was “Thank You For Smoking.” Has anyone seen it? Also, has anyone seen “Amelie?” It’s French, but really interesting. [/quote]
Anyone who didn’t like Lucky Number Sleven is probably a communist.
Thank You for Smoking was good, I wouldn’t put it in my top movies, though.
I don’t watch french movies.
some good french ones were -
cache
i’ve loved you so long
the diving bell and the butterfly
tell no one
also, i forgot to add to my list -
bigger, stronger, faster
tropic thunder
planet terror
The Lord of the Rings trilogy…period 
And I have no doubt that Avatar is going to be up there as well.