Film Theory: Neo ISN'T The One in The Matrix Trilogy

Think you know the Matrix? Weren't even born when the first Matrix movie came out? Either way, you probably know this world-is-a-computer-simulation sci-fi series by its slo-mo bullets, screens full of green text, and a whole lot of Keanu Reeves making his "serious face." What you might NOT know about the Matrix is that the main character, Neo, is not actually the savior of the world and acts is actually just a pawn throughout the entire series meant to throw off you and almost everyone else in the movie. But that begs the question: If Neo isn't the ONE, who IS?

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[sagbag]

You want to hear something truly mind blowing? It took me over 10 years to realized 'Neo' is 'One' rearranged. YES! Someone that fucking oblivious ACTUALLY exists.

[Chopinwannabe]

The Oracle said that Smith was a result of the equation trying to balance itself out. If x=x, and you add ONE to one side, then you must add ONE to other, balancing the equation. Both Neo and Smith are ONEs from either side of the equation.

Edit: either that or a negative one on the same side of the equation.

[t.c.bramblett]

This actually made me appreciate the trilogy better

[ユウキニール]

Neo is "the 1" and Smith is "the 0" - they must coexist, like good and evil

[toadmedicine]

Trinity is not my lover
She's just a girl that thinks that
I am The One.

[Corghy]

To be honest, I really want a movie about the first guy, that woke up from the Matrix.

[ulaso]

Neo is 1 and Agent Smith is 0, 1's and 0's make everything.

/thread

[oweeenie]

i like this theory because it states that neo isn’t the prophesied messiah, therefore, he’s just a natural hero who is driven solely by his own agency. it feels empowering to the everyday person more than a “destiny complex”

[coachg]

If Neo doesn’t believe he is the one, he doesn’t make the sacrifice in the end. <Check Mate>, well played, Oracle, well played. 👏🏾👏🏾

[kapboom_]

ROSES ARE RED
VIOLETS ARE RED
TULIPS ARE RED
BUSHES ARE RED
TREES ARE RED
FENCES ARE RED
OMFG
MY GARDEN IS ON FIRE.

[Artbug]

Honestly... after that summary I finally understand what the series was about.

[paulschumacher]

7 years later ... and this is still a great Film Theory.

[eddydyno]

Neo entered smith first.. Smith entered Neo second. They are both halves of the same.. ONE.

[bubblewrap]

I really like all the comments saying that Neo and Smith are BOTH the one, two sides of the equation, balancing each other out.

[mjsart]

Morpheus: holding a blue pill and a red pill
me: eats both
"Now we wait..."

[nedofthedead]

Yes Neo wasn’t around when the 1st matrix was built that’s cause he’s a reincarnation of the previous anomalies before him. They say this in the 2nd film. Also what probably happened with Smith is that Neo imprinted some of his digital self when they first assimilated in the first movie thus making smith a second anomaly that needed correcting and when in the last movie, when Smith finally assimilates Neo, Neo was jacked through the source allowing the source to correct both anomalies in one go.

[HezkelLemerio]

I think both neo and smith is the one, but neo is +1 and smith is -1, and together they are 0

[MusicDecomposer]

The Oracle's final line in the trilogy: "I believed."

*_I_* be *_LI_* ev *_ED_*

[freedomgaming]

Only Smith & Neo combined are The One. Once assimilated The One destroys The Matrix.

The Oracle say's "He is you, your opposite, your negative, the result of the equation trying to balance it's self out.

The Architect say's "If I am the father of The Matrix she would undoubtedly be its mother." Neo is the bastard son of the Architect maintaining order over Zion and the 6th Anomaly to make it to him. (I say bastard because the humans in Zion are literally tossed out of their Pods as waste because they're now unwanted.) The Oracle also refers to Smith as a bastard. The game is the Oracles control over The Matrix & The Architects control of the Machine City & Zion. With both Neo & Smith gone the balance of power has been restored.

[titoyama]

Neo is the one, the Oracle told Morpheus that he will find the one
But when Neo went to speak to the Oracle she told him you are not the one but you have the gift, maybe in your next life
The Oracle told trinity that she will fall in love with a dead man
Then Neo died and trinity fell in love, she kiss him and he resurrected and that was Neo's other life were he became the one
So all the three prophecies were fullfil when Neo died