case study - the matrix (keanu reeves continues to sell his soul) i'm going out on a limb with this one. because i flip-flop on it. there's clearly *something* going on in these movies, but there's two ways of looking at them, and it could go either way. option #1 what i've been doing thus far neo is azazel. the war angel, hence he can "know kung fu" and shit in less time than it takes to peel a banana.  he escapes the matrix and joins the other fallen angels who are imprisoned (as fallen angels are) underground, in zion. he is pursued by agent smith, or jesus, as you know him. this man literally converts people into copies of himself. he turns them into christians. an army of agent smiths, identikit, golems almost with identical beliefs and ways of behaving. (this is how most hollywood movies portray christians, unthinking robots, literally as cylons in bsg) anyway, they go through three movies and at the end smith does his jesus pose and flattens azazel/neo thinking he's won, but of course that just resets the matrix. that's one interpretation, the other is gnostic and the roles are flipped neo in this case would be jesus smith in this case would be azazel and/or satan he gives a speech at one point where he talks about being "unplugged" and "free" and yet "compelled to stay, compelled to disobey", which is certainly a speech i can see satan making, less so jesus.  so, kind of on the fence with this one. but make no doubt about it, one way or the other you're watching jesus vs satan.  if you want a more obvious gnostic movie, go watch the ryan reynold's flick where he's a character in a video game. it's pure gnosticism. the two male and female programmers are sophia and jesus - the dyad who help him escape. taika waititi is the demiurge mad god trying to kill him before he can.
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