People of current culture have trouble digesting a biblical movie. The Matrix is a movie that is loaded with references to many different themes throughout. People in general have different takes upon the movie. Some see Neo as Christ, Morpheus as God, or the movie as a fairy tale. All of these views are arguable and they all have references made to them throughout the movie. One thing is certain though, the biblical references are plentiful, to say the least. The fairy tale references such as Neo as Alice or the Sleeping Beauty theme, during the resurrection scene, are there for a separate purpose, however. They are placed throughout it in order to get the difficult concept of the movie across to people. I see Morpheus as Christ and the crew as his disciples. This is explained by Morpheus" search for them, the people he will need in order to save the world. In particular, I see Neo as the biblical hero and disciple Peter. Neo, being "the one" is most important to Morpheus because like Peter, Neo is the one who will rebuild the world. In Matthew 16:18 Jesus says, "And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church". Therefore in The Matrix, Neo is likened to Peter since the fairy tale references are only placed in the movie in order to downplay the theme to a level expectable to a much larger audience.
Towards the beginning of the movie Neo is at work and this scene parallels part of Peter's life closely. Neo receives a package containing a cellular phone that immediately rings. Neo answers the phone. .
Neo: Hello.
Morpheus: Hello Neo. Do you know who this is?.
Neo: Morpheus.
Morpheus: Yes. I've been looking for you, Neo.
Intrinsic knowledge is something which is unexplainable yet seen in both Neo here and Peter in Matthew 16:15-17. In this part of the Bible, Peter is approached by, what to most people would seem, an ordinary man. This man however is Jesus.
