MATRIX OF PERSUASION
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Persuasion can be found all around us. Because a persuasive message is any message that attempts "to change or reinforce attitudes, beliefs, values, or behavior (Beebe 368)," they are very prominent in the world today. Persuasion can be found in the churches people attend every week and in the fashion magazines. It can be seen on television, movies, and just about every other mainstream form of mass communication. On a smaller scale, persuasive messages are used in common, everyday relationships like friendships, family relationships, and relationships with a significant other.
"The Matrix", "The Matrix Reloaded," and "Matrix Revolutions," a trilogy of science fiction action movies, produced a persuasive phenomenon through their wildly interesting story line and emotionally engaging action. Although these movies are not considered typical persuasive messages aimed directly at anyone in particular, most people including myself stumbled across them in an effort to see the latest big movie. Once these movies had attracted people with their intense special effects and passionate stories, they then introduced ideas and concepts intended to get their audiences thinking outside of the standard, accepted "norms." Andy and Larry Wachowski, the brother duo that created the wild story of the Matrix and brought it to life, had grandiose dreams for their three-part episode of fear, action, love, and intrigue. They have mentioned in interviews that one of their main goals in creating these movies was to do something no one else had ever done or would do both in the special effects they used and in the unique story line, and to do it in such a way that it got the world thinking outside of the box...