| − | |Glorifies anarchism and [[nihilism]], as well as containing several hints towards a pro-communist, anti-American/[[anti-Christian]] view, despite the salvation narrative. In addition, the Architect scene is implied to have been done to give a "devastating critique/twist" to salvation myths (thus implying that the Architect was a malevolent allegory of the Christian [[God]]). This same scene compares George Bush Jr. to Hitler during a discussion of evil in the world (on the panel of screens in the background.) Far-[[leftist|left]] [[race-baiting]] scholar Cornel West was also hired to play a role in the film specifically because the [[The Wachowskis|Wachowski Brothers]] (as they were known at the time) felt his pro-Socialist/Communist and anti-American rhetoric. | + | |Glorifies anarchism and [[nihilism]], as well as containing several hints towards a pro-communist, anti-American/[[anti-Christian]] view, despite the salvation narrative. In addition, the Architect scene tries to give a "devastating critique/twist" to salvation myths with the Architect as a malevolent allegorical substitute for the Christian [[God]]). This same scene compares George Bush Jr. to Hitler during a discussion of evil in the world (on the panel of screens in the background.) Far-[[leftist|left]] [[race-baiting]] scholar Cornel West was also hired to play a role in the film specifically because the [[The Wachowskis|Wachowski Brothers]] (as they were known at the time) felt his pro-Socialist/Communist and anti-American rhetoric. |
| − | |Attacks [[capitalist]]s and the [[military]], portraying the former as ruthless, greedy railroad executives and the latter as 'thugs' who support their actions. Also distorts the messages of it's source material by displaying the [[Lone Ranger]], shown to be a smart intellectual character in the original TV show and radio show, as dumb-founded and unintelligent, and instead featuring his sidekick [[Tonto]] (played by [[liberal]] [[marijuana|pot]]-smoker [[Johnny Depp]] as not only the 'star' of the film, but as the Lone Ranger's voice of reason. | + | |Attacks [[capitalist]]s and the [[military]], portraying the former as ruthless, greedy railroad executives and the latter as 'thugs' who support their actions. Also distorts the messages of it's source material by displaying the [[Lone Ranger]], shown to be a smart intellectual character in the original TV show and radio show, as dumb-founded and unintelligent, instead featuring his sidekick [[Tonto]] (played by [[liberal]] [[marijuana|pot]]-smoker [[Johnny Depp]] as not only the 'star' of the film, but as the Lone Ranger's voice of reason. |